Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex

What Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex looks like when you open the box

Across the 79 lists we counted, this deck runs 18 to 22 Pokémon, 23 to 30 Trainers and 11 to 15 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Psychic and Grass.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « clefairy-ogerpon ». Every card named in that label turns up in the tables below, which is what makes it a fair name for the deck.

Look at the Energy: 11 to 15 out of 60, when half the 126 decks we track run 11 or fewer. This one carries more than most, and you feel it at the table — it wants to load up a big Pokémon and swing hard, even if that means drawing a spare Energy now and then.

Nothing here needs evolving — everything that attacks is a Basic Pokémon. Put it down, charge it, swing. That is as fast as the game gets, and it makes those turns where you draw nothing far less painful.

Look at the Trainers: 23 to 30 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 126 decks we track. Inside that, 7 to 12 Supporters, and the rule there is strict — one a turn, even if you are holding three. The 10 to 15 Items you can play all of in the same turn. It also brings up to 4 Stadiums, and 88 of the 126 decks we track bring that many or more. Only one Stadium sits on the table at a time: the one you play sends the one already there to the discard pile.

What Tools and Stadiums do — the two Trainer families we skipped here — and why the Energy count says so much: how to read a deck list.

What the cards in this deck's name actually do

Lillie's Clefairy ex and Teal Mask Ogerpon ex give this deck its name. Here is what is written on them.

Lillie's Clefairy ex is in all 79 lists, 3 copies of it. Its Ability is called Fairy Zone, and here is what is printed on it, word for word: « The Weakness of each of your opponent's {N} Pokémon in play is now {P}. (Apply Weakness as ×2.) »

Teal Mask Ogerpon ex is in all 79 lists, 2 copies of it. Its Ability is called Teal Dance, and here is what is printed on it, word for word: « Once during your turn, you may attach a Basic {G} Energy card from your hand to this Pokémon. If you attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, draw a card. »

How Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex actually wins

Latias ex attacks with Eon Blade for 200. It needs 3 Energy, 2 Psychic and 1 Colorless attached, and it has 210 HP. And the number is not everything the card says. There is one more line printed under the attack, and it is the one everybody skips: "During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack."

The cost of Eon Blade decides your first few turns. You only get to attach one Energy a turn, and that attack asks for 3. On your own attachments alone, your first real swing lands on turn 3. Except you are not on your own. Crispin, which the list runs 4 of, looks at the top of your deck and attaches the Energy it finds there. Teal Mask Ogerpon ex does the same job. That is where this deck buys its turns, and it is the first thing to look for in your opening hand.

Here is the detail that quietly loses games. To pull Latias ex back to the Bench you have to discard 2 Energy attached to it. Retreating does not cost you your turn, you can step back and still swing right after. What it costs you is the 2 Energy you spent 2 turns attaching, and you start that climb again from nothing. Pack a card that moves it for free, or send it up knowing it stays up.

Lillie's Clefairy ex, Meowth ex, Latias ex, Teal Mask Ogerpon ex and Fezandipiti ex carry the "ex" suffix, and your opponent takes 2 Prize cards instead of one when one of them falls. They need 6 to win: 3 well-placed knockouts on those cards beat you, where it would take 6 anywhere else on your Bench.

The attackers in the deck's core, with their best attack, its cost and their Weakness

Pokémon	HP	Attack	Damage	Cost	Weakness	Retreat
Close Latias exBasic	210	Eon Blade	200		Darkness ×2	2
Close Meowth exBasic	170	Tuck Tail	60		Fighting ×2	1
Close Teal Mask Ogerpon exBasic	210	Myriad Leaf Shower	30+		Fire ×2	1
Close Lillie's Clefairy exBasic	190	Full Moon Rondo	20+		Metal ×2	1

The core: the 15 cards every list runs

These 15 cards appear in all 79 lists, without a single exception. That is 41 of the 60 slots. The other 19 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 41 slots break down: 20 Trainers, 11 Pokémon, 10 Energy. Nothing stands out in that split. What sets this deck apart is how thick its core is: 41 of the 60 slots are the same for everybody, when half the 126 decks we track fix 25 or fewer. Fewer choices left to you than usual, and fewer ways to get them wrong.

14 of those 15 cards do not sit at the same count from list to list: Lillie's Clefairy ex (3 to 4), Meowth ex (2 to 3) and Teal Mask Ogerpon ex (2 to 3), plus 11 more. Add those spreads up and you get 24 copies the 79 lists do not agree on, inside the core itself.

What "3 to 4" means in the copies column, what the "TWM 130" code under each name is for, and why we count dozens of lists instead of one: how to read a deck list.

The cards present in every list counted, with the number of copies

Copies	Card	Printing	Kind	Rotation
3–4	Close Lillie's Clefairy ex	JTG 56	Pokémon	stays
2–3	Close Meowth ex	POR 62	Pokémon	stays
2	Close Latias ex	SSP 76	Pokémon	leaves
2–3	Close Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	TWM 25	Pokémon	leaves
1–2	Close Fezandipiti ex	ASC 142	Pokémon	leaves
1–4	Close Crispin	SCR 133	Trainer	leaves
3–4	Close Energy Switch	MEG 115	Trainer	stays
3–4	Close Ultra Ball	MEG 131	Trainer	stays
3–4	Close Area Zero Underdepths	SCR 131	Trainer	leaves
2–3	Close Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer	stays
1–4	Close Lillie's Pearl	JTG 151	Trainer	stays
1–3	Close Cyrano	SSP 170	Trainer	leaves
5–7	Grass Energy	MEE 1	Energy	stays
1–4	Psychic Energy	MEE 5	Energy	stays
1–4	Close Telepathic Psychic Energy	POR 88	Energy	stays

The 51 cards that change from list to list

51 cards fight over the 19 slots that are left: 7 above three lists in four, 33 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Mega Kangaskhan ex at 99 %, Chien-Pao at 99 % and Iron Leaves ex at 92 %, plus 4 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Iron Crown ex, at 51 %: 40 of 79 players took it, 39 put something else there. The ones who run it bring 1 copy. Right at the bottom of the table, Moltres (15 lists out of 79) and Energy Retrieval (14 lists out of 79).

Why a card at 45 % is not a bad card, and what order to buy all this in: how to read a deck list.

The cards some lists run and others don't, most common first

Lists running it	Card	Copies	Printing	Kind
99 %78/79	Close Mega Kangaskhan ex	2–4	MEG 104	Pokémon
99 %78/79	Close Chien-Pao	1	SSP 56	Pokémon
92 %73/79	Close Iron Leaves ex	1	TEF 25	Pokémon
86 %68/79	Close Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex	1–2	TWM 64	Pokémon
85 %67/79	Close Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking	1–2	TEF 145	Trainer
85 %67/79	Water Energy	1–2	MEE 3	Energy
80 %63/79	Close Night Stretcher	1–2	ASC 196	Trainer
66 %52/79	Close Paldean Tauros	1	SSP 18	Pokémon
66 %52/79	Close Unfair Stamp	1	TWM 165	Trainer
61 %48/79	Fire Energy	1–2	MEE 2	Energy
51 %40/79	Close Iron Crown ex	1	TEF 81	Pokémon
51 %40/79	Close Dusk Ball	1–4	SSP 175	Trainer
51 %40/79	Fighting Energy	1–2	MEE 6	Energy
48 %38/79	Close Special Red Card	1	CRI 82	Trainer
39 %31/79	Close Lillie's Determination	1–3	MEG 119	Trainer
38 %30/79	Close Passimian	1	SSP 111	Pokémon
30 %24/79	Close Prime Catcher	1	TEF 157	Trainer
29 %23/79	Close Prism Energy	1–3	ASC 216	Energy
19 %15/79	Close Moltres	1	PFL 14	Pokémon
18 %14/79	Close Energy Retrieval	1	SVI 171	Trainer
13 %10/79	Close Koraidon ex	1	ASC 121	Pokémon
9 %7/79	Close Bug Catching Set	2	TWM 143	Trainer
8 %6/79	Close N's Plan	1	BLK 83	Trainer
6 %5/79	Close Enamorus	1	TWM 93	Pokémon
6 %5/79	Close Judge	1	POR 76	Trainer
6 %5/79	Lightning Energy	1–2	MEE 4	Energy
5 %4/79	Close Raging Bolt ex	1–2	TEF 123	Pokémon
5 %4/79	Close Mega Lopunny ex	1	PFL 84	Pokémon
5 %4/79	Close Black Belt's Training	1	JTG 143	Trainer
4 %3/79	Close Buneary	1	MEG 107	Pokémon
4 %3/79	Close Psyduck	1	ASC 39	Pokémon
4 %3/79	Close Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
4 %3/79	Close Xerosic's Machinations	1	SFA 64	Trainer
3 %2/79	Close Flutter Mane	1	TEF 78	Pokémon
3 %2/79	Close Frillish	1	WHT 44	Pokémon
3 %2/79	Close Pecharunt ex	1	SFA 39	Pokémon
3 %2/79	Close Stunfisk	1	ASC 62	Pokémon
3 %2/79	Close Brock's Scouting	1	JTG 146	Trainer
3 %2/79	Close Mist Energy	1–2	TEF 161	Energy
1 %1/79	Close Mew ex	2	30C 66	Pokémon
1 %1/79	Close Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex	1	TWM 141	Pokémon
1 %1/79	Close Buneary	1	PFL 83	Pokémon
1 %1/79	Close Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex	1	TWM 112	Pokémon
1 %1/79	Close Genesect	1	SFA 40	Pokémon
1 %1/79	Close Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
1 %1/79	Close Team Rocket's Articuno	1	DRI 51	Pokémon
1 %1/79	Close Enhanced Hammer	1	TWM 148	Trainer
1 %1/79	Close Glass Trumpet	1	SCR 135	Trainer
1 %1/79	Close Pokémon Catcher	1	POR 82	Trainer
1 %1/79	Close Tool Scrapper	1	ASC 212	Trainer
1 %1/79	Close Wondrous Patch	1	PFL 94	Trainer

The most common Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex list, all 60 cards

Here they are in full, ready to build. 41 slots come from the core, the cards all 79 lists run. The remaining 19 come from the table just above, working down it: the cards the most players chose, each at its most common copy count, until the total lands on 60.

This list is nobody's list in particular. It takes, slot by slot, what the most people played, under the guardrails a judge would hold you to: never more than four copies of a card, and one ACE SPEC. Behind the core it took 15 more cards to reach 60. The whole thing comes to 20 Pokémon, 27 Trainers and 13 Energy.

One thing to know before you build it: the 79 lists we counted are all from players who came in the top twenty of their tournament. Nobody publishes the lists of the players who lost. So what you have in front of you is what the players finishing near the top bring most often.

The text under the table is the one the game expects: copy it, paste it into the deck manager, and the list builds itself.

Why we only read lists from players who came in the top twenty of their tournament, and what that changes about every percentage on this page: how to read a deck list.

Pokémon: 20
3 Lillie's Clefairy ex JTG 56
3 Meowth ex POR 62
2 Latias ex SSP 76
2 Teal Mask Ogerpon ex TWM 25
1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142
4 Mega Kangaskhan ex MEG 104
1 Chien-Pao SSP 56
1 Iron Leaves ex TEF 25
1 Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex TWM 64
1 Paldean Tauros SSP 18
1 Iron Crown ex TEF 81

Trainer: 27
4 Crispin SCR 133
4 Energy Switch MEG 115
4 Ultra Ball MEG 131
3 Area Zero Underdepths SCR 131
2 Boss's Orders MEG 114
2 Lillie's Pearl JTG 151
1 Cyrano SSP 170
1 Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking TEF 145
1 Night Stretcher ASC 196
1 Unfair Stamp TWM 165
2 Dusk Ball SSP 175
1 Special Red Card CRI 82
1 Lillie's Determination MEG 119

Energy: 13
5 Grass Energy MEE 1
3 Psychic Energy MEE 5
2 Telepathic Psychic Energy POR 88
1 Water Energy MEE 3
1 Fire Energy MEE 2
1 Fighting Energy MEE 6

Total Cards: 60

How many different cards Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex needs, and how long it will last

You need 66 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 15 of which nobody argues about. The rest is where lists differ from one another, and that is where you have room to choose.

All 79 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 52 took Unfair Stamp, 24 took Prime Catcher and 3 took Hero's Cape. You are allowed ONE ACE SPEC card in your whole deck, so a single copy covers it whatever it costs. New to this deck? Take Unfair Stamp and watch what the others do with theirs before you switch.

Then there is time. 6 of the 15 core cards carry the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation: Latias ex, Teal Mask Ogerpon ex, Fezandipiti ex and Crispin, plus 2 more. The core table marks every one of them. In copies, that is 13 of the 41 slots the core fills. Which day it lands, we do not know yet.

What Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Darkness, Fighting, Fire and Metal, so they take DOUBLE damage from those types. 51 of the 126 decks we track attack in exactly those types.

Concretely, here is what is waiting for you: N's Zoroark ex, Slowking (Metagross) and Mega Excadrill ex, plus 48 more decks. The table below takes them one at a time, and those are the lists you practise against first before an event.

This table counts one thing, Weakness, and that comes to 51 decks out of the 126 we track. The other 75 do not attack into yours, and this table says nothing about them. You will still run into them.

Going the other way, your attackers are Psychic and Grass, and 28 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: N's Zoroark ex, Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama and Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.