Froslass / Munkidori

What Froslass / Munkidori looks like when you open the box

Across the 60 lists we counted, this deck runs 16 to 25 Pokémon, 27 to 37 Trainers and 7 to 11 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Water and Psychic.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « froslass-munkidori ». 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: 7 to 11 out of 60, when half the 126 decks we track run 11 or more. This one is lean. It lives on cheap attacks and leans on Trainers to find the right Energy at the right moment rather than stockpiling it.

It sets up fast. Froslass is a Stage 1 Pokémon: a Basic, one evolution on top, and you are attacking. Two cards instead of three. You lose fewer turns building, and you rebuild much more easily when an early knockout lands on you.

Look at the Trainers: 27 to 37 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 126 decks we track. Inside that, 8 to 15 Supporters, and the rule there is strict — one a turn, even if you are holding three. The 12 to 23 Items you can play all of in the same turn. It also brings up to 3 Stadiums, and 119 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

Froslass and Munkidori give this deck its name. Here is what is written on them.

Froslass is in all 60 lists, 3 copies of it. Its Ability is called Freezing Shroud, and here is what is printed on it, word for word: « During Pokémon Checkup, put 1 damage counter on each Pokémon that has an Ability (both yours and your opponent's), except any Froslass. »

Munkidori is in all 60 lists, 4 copies of it. Its Ability is called Adrena-Brain, and here is what is printed on it, word for word: « Once during your turn, if this Pokémon has any {D} Energy attached, you may move up to 3 damage counters from 1 of your Pokémon to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. »

How Froslass / Munkidori actually wins

Froslass attacks with Frost Smash for 60. It needs 2 Energy, 1 Water and 1 Colorless attached, and it has 90 HP.

The cost of Frost Smash decides your first few turns. You only get to attach one Energy a turn, and that attack asks for 2. On your own attachments alone, your first real swing lands on turn 2. Except you are not on your own. Crispin, which the list runs 2 of, looks at the top of your deck and attaches the Energy it finds there. That is where this deck buys its turns, and it is the first thing to look for in your opening hand.

Good news on mobility: pulling Froslass back to the Bench costs you 1 Energy attached to it, and that is all. Retreating does not cost you your turn, so you step back and swing anyway. That matters enormously the day your opponent lands something nasty on it.

Not one ex Pokémon in the core, and only 27 of the 126 decks we track are in that position. It is a hidden advantage: every knockout your opponent takes is worth a single Prize, so they need 6, where 3 would do against a deck stuffed with ex cards.

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

Pokémon	HP	Attack	Damage	Cost	Weakness	Retreat
Close FroslassStage 1	90	Frost Smash	60		Metal ×2	1
Close MunkidoriBasic	110	Mind Bend	60		Darkness ×2	1
Close SnoruntBasic	70	Chilly	10		Metal ×2	1

The core: the 8 cards every list runs

These 8 cards appear in all 60 lists, without a single exception. That is 30 of the 60 slots. The other 30 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 30 slots break down: 15 Trainers, 11 Pokémon, 4 Energy. Trainers outweigh everything else put together, which is the mark of a deck that goes and fetches its cards rather than waiting to draw them.

8 of those 8 cards do not sit at the same count from list to list: Munkidori (3 to 4), Snorunt (3 to 4) and Froslass (3 to 4), plus 5 more. Add those spreads up and you get 17 copies the 60 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 Munkidori	TWM 95	Pokémon	leaves
3–4	Close Snorunt	ASC 46	Pokémon	stays
3–4	Close Froslass	TWM 53	Pokémon	leaves
1–4	Close Buddy-Buddy Poffin	TEF 144	Trainer	leaves
3–4	Close Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer	stays
2–4	Close Poké Pad	POR 81	Trainer	stays
1–4	Close Night Stretcher	ASC 196	Trainer	leaves
1–6	Darkness Energy	MEE 7	Energy	stays

The 121 cards that change from list to list

121 cards fight over the 30 slots that are left: 4 above three lists in four, 95 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Budew at 93 %, Boss's Orders at 93 % and Air Balloon at 93 %, plus 1 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Special Red Card, at 53 %: 32 of 60 players took it, 28 put something else there. The ones who run it bring 1 copy. Right at the bottom of the table, Psyduck (15 lists out of 60) and Nighttime Mine (12 lists out of 60).

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
93 %56/60	Close Budew	1–3	ASC 16	Pokémon
93 %56/60	Close Boss's Orders	1–4	MEG 114	Trainer
93 %56/60	Close Air Balloon	1–3	ASC 181	Trainer
83 %50/60	Close Pokégear 3.0	1–4	SVI 186	Trainer
72 %43/60	Close Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
68 %41/60	Close Ultra Ball	1–4	MEG 131	Trainer
65 %39/60	Close Crispin	1–4	SCR 133	Trainer
63 %38/60	Close Mega Froslass ex	1–2	ASC 47	Pokémon
62 %37/60	Water Energy	1–5	MEE 3	Energy
60 %36/60	Close Yveltal	1–4	MEG 88	Pokémon
53 %32/60	Close Special Red Card	1–2	CRI 82	Trainer
53 %32/60	Psychic Energy	1–6	MEE 5	Energy
45 %27/60	Close Prism Energy	1–4	ASC 216	Energy
42 %25/60	Close Secret Box	1	TWM 163	Trainer
40 %24/60	Close Fezandipiti ex	1	ASC 142	Pokémon
40 %24/60	Close Gwynn	2–4	PBL 78	Trainer
40 %24/60	Close Risky Ruins	1–3	MEG 127	Trainer
37 %22/60	Close Counter Gain	1–2	SSP 169	Trainer
35 %21/60	Close Team Rocket's Watchtower	1–3	DRI 180	Trainer
33 %20/60	Close Eevee	1–2	SSP 143	Pokémon
32 %19/60	Close Espeon	1–2	30C 69	Pokémon
28 %17/60	Close Hilda	1–3	WHT 84	Trainer
28 %17/60	Close Unfair Stamp	1	TWM 165	Trainer
27 %16/60	Close Meowth ex	1	POR 62	Pokémon
27 %16/60	Close Ting-Lu	1–2	TWM 110	Pokémon
27 %16/60	Close Team Rocket's Petrel	1–4	DRI 176	Trainer
25 %15/60	Close Psyduck	1	ASC 39	Pokémon
20 %12/60	Close Nighttime Mine	1–3	ASC 197	Trainer
18 %11/60	Close Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex	1–2	TWM 64	Pokémon
17 %10/60	Close Sylveon	1–2	PRE 40	Pokémon
17 %10/60	Close Hassel	1–2	TWM 151	Trainer
15 %9/60	Close Umbreon ex	1–2	30C 92	Pokémon
15 %9/60	Close Lana's Aid	1	TWM 155	Trainer
13 %8/60	Close Dark Bell	1–3	PBL 75	Trainer
13 %8/60	Close Energy Search	1	POR 72	Trainer
12 %7/60	Close Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex	1	TWM 141	Pokémon
12 %7/60	Close Crushing Hammer	3–4	POR 71	Trainer
12 %7/60	Close Enhanced Hammer	1–2	TWM 148	Trainer
12 %7/60	Fire Energy	1–2	MEE 2	Energy
10 %6/60	Close Eevee	1	TWM 135	Pokémon
10 %6/60	Close Judge	1–2	POR 76	Trainer
10 %6/60	Close Larry's Skill	1–2	PRE 115	Trainer
8 %5/60	Close Dudunsparce	1–3	TEF 129	Pokémon
8 %5/60	Close Uxie	1–2	SSP 78	Pokémon
8 %5/60	Close Eevee	1–2	30C 116	Pokémon
8 %5/60	Close Paldean Tauros	1	SSP 18	Pokémon
8 %5/60	Close Energy Switch	1	MEG 115	Trainer
8 %5/60	Close Team Rocket's Factory	1	DRI 173	Trainer
7 %4/60	Close Dunsparce	1–3	JTG 120	Pokémon
7 %4/60	Close Maractus	1	JTG 8	Pokémon
7 %4/60	Close Colress's Tenacity	1–3	SFA 57	Trainer
7 %4/60	Close Prime Catcher	1	TEF 157	Trainer
7 %4/60	Close Telepathic Psychic Energy	1–2	POR 88	Energy
7 %4/60	Close Legacy Energy	1	TWM 167	Energy
5 %3/60	Close Festival Grounds	1	TWM 149	Trainer
5 %3/60	Close Gravity Mountain	1–2	SSP 177	Trainer
5 %3/60	Close Neutralization Zone	1	SFA 60	Trainer
5 %3/60	Close Switch	1	MEG 130	Trainer
5 %3/60	Close Shadowy Darkness Energy	2–4	PBL 83	Energy
3 %2/60	Close Moltres	1–2	PFL 14	Pokémon
3 %2/60	Close Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex	1	TWM 112	Pokémon
3 %2/60	Close Elgyem	1	BLK 40	Pokémon
3 %2/60	Close Ethan's Sudowoodo	1	DRI 93	Pokémon
3 %2/60	Close Mew ex	1	30C 66	Pokémon
3 %2/60	Close Pecharunt ex	1	SFA 39	Pokémon
3 %2/60	Close Yveltal	1	SFA 35	Pokémon
3 %2/60	Close Dusk Ball	4	SSP 175	Trainer
3 %2/60	Close Binding Mochi	2	PRE 95	Trainer
3 %2/60	Close Salvatore	1–2	TEF 160	Trainer
3 %2/60	Close Iris's Fighting Spirit	1	JTG 149	Trainer
3 %2/60	Close Precious Trolley	1	SSP 185	Trainer
3 %2/60	Close Wondrous Patch	1	PFL 94	Trainer
3 %2/60	Fighting Energy	1	MEE 14	Energy
2 %1/60	Close Petilil	4	BLK 6	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Abra	3	MEG 54	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Lilligant	3	BLK 7	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Seismitoad	3	30C 84	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Tympole	3	BLK 19	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Alakazam	2	MEG 56	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Bronzong	2	TEF 69	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Bronzor	2	PRE 66	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Kadabra	2	MEG 55	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Alakazam	1	TWM 82	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Bronzor	1	TEF 68	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Dudunsparce ex	1	JTG 121	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Dunsparce	1	TEF 128	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Eevee	1	SFA 50	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Farigiraf ex	1	TEF 108	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Flareon ex	1	PRE 14	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Girafarig	1	TEF 66	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Glalie	1	TWM 52	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Hawlucha	1	POR 46	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Kadabra	1	TWM 81	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Lillie's Clefairy ex	1	JTG 56	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Marnie's Purrloin	1	DRI 130	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Palpitoad	1	BLK 20	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Tatsugiri	1	TWM 131	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Team Rocket's Articuno	1	DRI 51	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Umbreon	1	30C 91	Pokémon
2 %1/60	Close Rare Candy	3	MEG 125	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Gravity Gemstone	2	SCR 137	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Morty's Conviction	2	TEF 155	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Brave Bangle	1	WHT 80	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Brock's Scouting	1	JTG 146	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Eri	1	TEF 146	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Handheld Fan	1	TWM 150	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Jamming Tower	1	TWM 153	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Janine's Secret Art	1	PRE 112	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Lively Stadium	1	SSP 180	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Mystery Garden	1	MEG 122	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Prism Tower	1	CRI 80	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Sacred Ash	1	DRI 168	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Scoop Up Cyclone	1	TWM 162	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Surfer	1	SSP 187	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Wally's Compassion	1	MEG 132	Trainer
2 %1/60	Close Xerosic's Machinations	1	SFA 64	Trainer
2 %1/60	Grass Energy	4	MEE 9	Energy
2 %1/60	Close Rocky Fighting Energy	3	POR 87	Energy
2 %1/60	Close Bubbly Water Energy	1	CRI 84	Energy
2 %1/60	Close Mist Energy	1	TEF 161	Energy

The most common Froslass / Munkidori list, all 60 cards

Here they are in full, ready to build. 30 slots come from the core, the cards all 60 lists run. The remaining 30 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 16 more cards to reach 60. The whole thing comes to 17 Pokémon, 32 Trainers and 11 Energy.

One thing to know before you build it: the 60 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: 17
4 Munkidori TWM 95
4 Snorunt ASC 46
3 Froslass TWM 53
2 Budew ASC 16
1 Shaymin DRI 10
1 Mega Froslass ex ASC 47
1 Yveltal MEG 88
1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142

Trainer: 32
4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144
4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
4 Poké Pad POR 81
3 Night Stretcher ASC 196
3 Boss's Orders MEG 114
2 Air Balloon ASC 181
3 Pokégear 3.0 SVI 186
3 Ultra Ball MEG 131
2 Crispin SCR 133
1 Special Red Card CRI 82
1 Secret Box TWM 163
2 Gwynn PBL 78

Energy: 11
4 Darkness Energy MEE 7
3 Water Energy MEE 3
1 Psychic Energy MEE 5
3 Prism Energy ASC 216

Total Cards: 60

How many different cards Froslass / Munkidori needs, and how long it will last

You need 129 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 8 of which nobody argues about. The rest is where lists differ from one another, and that is where you have room to choose.

57 of these 60 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 25 took Secret Box, 17 took Unfair Stamp and 4 took Legacy Energy. The flex table shows you all 8. 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 Secret Box and watch what the others do with theirs before you switch.

Then there is time. 4 of the 8 core cards carry the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation: Munkidori, Froslass, Buddy-Buddy Poffin and Night Stretcher. The core table marks every one of them. In copies, that is 14 of the 30 slots the core fills. Which day it lands, we do not know yet.

What Froslass / Munkidori struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Metal and Darkness, so they take DOUBLE damage from those types. 28 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 25 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 28 decks out of the 126 we track. The other 98 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 Water and Psychic, and 18 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama, Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex and Mega Lucario ex, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.