Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex deck: the core, the flex slots, and what beats it

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

Across the 35 lists we counted, this deck runs 18 to 22 Pokémon, 23 to 29 Trainers and 11 to 15 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Psychic, Grass and Water.

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 97 decks we track run 10 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 29 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 97 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 13 Items you can play all of in the same turn. It also brings up to 4 Stadiums, and 57 of the 97 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 35 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 35 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. Teal Mask Ogerpon ex, which the list runs 2 of, has an Ability called Teal Dance: it attaches Energy from your hand on top of the one you already play. An Ability costs you nothing: not your attack, not your card for the turn. 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, Fezandipiti ex and Iron Leaves 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	Psychic + Psychic + Colorless	Darkness ×2	2
Close Iron Leaves exBasic	220	Prism Edge	180	Grass + Grass + Colorless	Fire ×2	1
Close Chien-PaoBasic	120	Icicle Loop	120	Water + Water + Colorless	Metal ×2	1
Close Meowth exBasic	170	Tuck Tail	60	Colorless + Colorless + Colorless	Fighting ×2	1

The core: the 17 cards every list runs

These 17 cards appear in all 35 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: 18 Trainers, 13 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 97 decks we track fix 34 or fewer. Fewer choices left to you than usual, and fewer ways to get them wrong.

14 of those 17 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 21 copies the 35 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	Close Chien-Pao	SSP 56	Pokémon	leaves
1–2	Close Fezandipiti ex	ASC 142	Pokémon	leaves
1	Close Iron Leaves ex	TEF 25	Pokémon	leaves
3–4	Close Ultra Ball	MEG 131	Trainer	stays
3–4	Close Area Zero Underdepths	SCR 131	Trainer	leaves
1–4	Close Crispin	SCR 133	Trainer	leaves
3–4	Close Energy Switch	MEG 115	Trainer	stays
2–3	Close Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer	stays
2–4	Close Lillie's Pearl	JTG 151	Trainer	stays
1–2	Close Cyrano	SSP 170	Trainer	leaves
5–7	Grass Energy	MEE 1	Energy	stays
2–4	Psychic Energy	MEE 5	Energy	stays
1–4	Close Telepathic Psychic Energy	POR 88	Energy	stays

The 37 cards that change from list to list

37 cards fight over the 19 slots that are left: 6 above three lists in four, 22 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 97 %, Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex at 91 % and Water Energy at 91 %, plus 3 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Prime Catcher, at 51 %: 18 of 35 players took it, 17 put something else there. It is an ACE SPEC card, and you are allowed exactly one in your whole deck. The players who passed on it did not leave the slot empty: they put a different ACE SPEC there. Right at the bottom of the table, Iron Crown ex (8 lists out of 35) and Passimian (5 lists out of 35).

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
97 %34/35	Close Mega Kangaskhan ex	2–4	MEG 104	Pokémon
91 %32/35	Close Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex	1	TWM 64	Pokémon
91 %32/35	Water Energy	1	MEE 3	Energy
86 %30/35	Close Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking	1–2	TEF 145	Trainer
80 %28/35	Close Paldean Tauros	1	SSP 18	Pokémon
80 %28/35	Fire Energy	1–2	MEE 2	Energy
60 %21/35	Close Night Stretcher	1–2	ASC 196	Trainer
51 %18/35	Close Prime Catcher	1	TEF 157	Trainer
49 %17/35	Close Dusk Ball	2–4	SSP 175	Trainer
40 %14/35	Close Energy Retrieval	1	SVI 171	Trainer
40 %14/35	Close Unfair Stamp	1	TWM 165	Trainer
37 %13/35	Close Moltres	1	PFL 14	Pokémon
37 %13/35	Close Lillie's Determination	2–3	MEG 119	Trainer
31 %11/35	Close Special Red Card	1	CRI 82	Trainer
26 %9/35	Close Prism Energy	1–2	ASC 216	Energy
23 %8/35	Close Iron Crown ex	1	TEF 81	Pokémon
14 %5/35	Close Passimian	1	SSP 111	Pokémon
14 %5/35	Fighting Energy	1–2	MEE 6	Energy
11 %4/35	Close Black Belt's Training	1	JTG 143	Trainer
9 %3/35	Close Raging Bolt ex	2	TEF 123	Pokémon
9 %3/35	Close Mega Lopunny ex	1	PFL 84	Pokémon
9 %3/35	Close Psyduck	1	ASC 39	Pokémon
9 %3/35	Close Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
9 %3/35	Lightning Energy	2	MEE 4	Energy
6 %2/35	Close Buneary	1	MEG 107	Pokémon
6 %2/35	Close Flutter Mane	1	TEF 78	Pokémon
6 %2/35	Close Frillish	1	WHT 44	Pokémon
6 %2/35	Close Xerosic's Machinations	1	SFA 64	Trainer
3 %1/35	Close Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex	1	TWM 141	Pokémon
3 %1/35	Close Buneary	1	PFL 83	Pokémon
3 %1/35	Close Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex	1	TWM 112	Pokémon
3 %1/35	Close Genesect	1	SFA 40	Pokémon
3 %1/35	Close Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
3 %1/35	Close Brock's Scouting	1	JTG 146	Trainer
3 %1/35	Close Enhanced Hammer	1	TWM 148	Trainer
3 %1/35	Close Pokémon Catcher	1	POR 82	Trainer
3 %1/35	Close Mist Energy	2	TEF 161	Energy

What Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex costs to build, and how long it will last

You need 54 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 17 of which nobody argues about. We do not have card prices, so we are not going to put a number on it.

All 35 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 18 took Prime Catcher, 14 took Unfair Stamp 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 Prime Catcher and watch what the others do with theirs before you switch.

Then there is time. 8 of the 17 core cards carry the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation: Latias ex, Teal Mask Ogerpon ex, Chien-Pao and Fezandipiti ex, plus 4 more. The core table marks every one of them. In copies, that is 14 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, Fire, Metal and Fighting, so they take DOUBLE damage from those types. 40 of the 97 decks we track attack in exactly those types.

Concretely, here is what is waiting for you: Mega Excadrill ex, Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex and Slowking (Metagross), plus 37 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 40 decks out of the 97 we track. The other 57 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, Grass and Water, and 28 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex, N's Zoroark ex and Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.

Questions people ask

What is the Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex deck list?

There isn't one. Across 35 tournament lists harvested between 16 August 2026 and 5 September 2026, 17 cards turn up in every single one, 41 slots out of 60. The remaining 19 change from player to player, with 37 different cards competing for them. Both tables are above.

How many lists is this counted on, and where do they come from?

35 lists, played across 27 different tournaments, harvested between 16 August 2026 and 5 September 2026 from play.limitlesstcg.com. All 35 were read card by card, and every card recognised.

Where do I start if I want to build Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex?

With the whole core: 17 cards, 41 slots. Inside it, buy the 18 Trainer slots and the 10 Energy first: they carry over into your next deck. Leave the 13 Pokémon slots for last. Only then work down the flex table and add the cards the most lists agree on, starting with Mega Kangaskhan ex at 97 % and Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex at 91 %.

What beats Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex?

Its attackers are Weak to Darkness, Fire, Metal and Fighting, so they take double damage from an attacker of that type. 40 of the 97 decks we track play an attacker of that type: Mega Excadrill ex, Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex, Slowking and N's Zoroark ex, among others.

Will Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex survive the next rotation?

Not intact: 8 core cards out of 17 carry the letter H, starting with Latias ex, Teal Mask Ogerpon ex, Chien-Pao and Fezandipiti ex, plus 4 more.

Are a lot of people playing Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex?

We have read 35 lists of it, which puts it 24th of the 97 decks we track by lists read. The platform those tournaments run on counts 119 entries for it, 0.29 % of the field, across all its players. That figure is theirs.

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