What is the Hydreigon ex deck list?

There isn't one, so we built one for you: all 60 cards are written out further up this page. Across 81 tournament lists harvested between 16 August 2026 and 26 October 2026, 2 cards turn up in every single one, 8 slots out of 60. The remaining 52 change from player to player, with 230 different cards competing for them. Both tables are above.

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

81 lists, played across 74 different tournaments, harvested between 16 August 2026 and 26 October 2026 from play.limitlesstcg.com. All 81 were read card by card, and every card recognised.

Where do I start if I want to build Hydreigon ex?

With the whole core: 2 cards, 8 slots. Inside it, buy the 0 Trainer slots and the 5 Energy first: they carry over into your next deck. Leave the 3 Pokémon slots for last. Only then work down the flex table and add the cards the most lists agree on, starting with Lillie's Determination at 91 % and Deino at 90 %.

What beats Hydreigon ex?

Its attackers are Weak to Grass, so they take double damage from an attacker of that type. 21 of the 132 decks we track play an attacker of that type: Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex, Festival Lead, Crustle and Cynthia's Garchomp ex, among others.

Will Hydreigon ex survive the next rotation?

Not intact: 1 core cards out of 2 carry the letter H, starting with Hydreigon ex.

Are a lot of people playing Hydreigon ex?

We have read 81 lists of it, which puts it 41st of the 132 decks we track by lists read. The platform those tournaments run on counts 67 entries for it, 0.21 % of the field, across all its players. That figure is theirs.

81 lists · 74 events · 16 August 2026 to 26 October 2026

Hydreigon ex

The cards in this deck

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Hydreigon ex
Surging SparksSSP 119Pokémon
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Deino
Surging SparksSSP 117Pokémon
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Zweilous
Surging SparksSSP 118Pokémon
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Fezandipiti ex
Ascended HeroesASC 142Pokémon
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Pecharunt ex
Shrouded FableSFA 39Pokémon
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Meowth ex
Perfect OrderPOR 62Pokémon
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Budew
Ascended HeroesASC 16Pokémon
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Dudunsparce
Temporal ForcesTEF 129Pokémon
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Munkidori
Twilight MasqueradeTWM 95Pokémon
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Dunsparce
Temporal ForcesTEF 128Pokémon
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Lillie's Determination
Mega EvolutionMEG 119Trainers
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Rare Candy
Mega EvolutionMEG 125Trainers
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Boss's Orders
Mega EvolutionMEG 114Trainers
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Buddy-Buddy Poffin
Temporal ForcesTEF 144Trainers
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Crispin
Stellar CrownSCR 133Trainers
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Ultra Ball
Mega EvolutionMEG 131Trainers
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Night Stretcher
Ascended HeroesASC 196Trainers
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Poké Pad
Perfect OrderPOR 81Trainers
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Hilda
White FlareWHT 84Trainers
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Team Rocket's Petrel
Destined RivalsDRI 176Trainers
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Special Red Card
Chaos RisingCRI 82Trainers
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Tera Orb
Surging SparksSSP 189Trainers
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Counter Gain
Surging SparksSSP 169Trainers
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Energy Recycler
Destined RivalsDRI 164Trainers
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Area Zero Underdepths
Stellar CrownSCR 131Trainers
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Energy Switch
Mega EvolutionMEG 115Trainers
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Darkness Energy
Mega Evolution EnergyMEE 7Energy
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Psychic Energy
Mega Evolution EnergyMEE 5Energy
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Metal Energy
Mega Evolution EnergyMEE 8Energy
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Neo Upper Energy
Temporal ForcesTEF 162Energy
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The game plan

Published 16 August 2026Data updated 26 October 2026

We took 81 lists of this deck, handed in at 74 different tournaments, and counted every card in every one. For 77 of them we know how the day ended, and none won their tournament. 2 cards turn up in all of them, 8 slots out of 60. The other 52 are decided player by player, with 230 different cards turning up in them.

THE SHORT VERSION

2 cards show up in all 81 lists, no exceptions: 8 of your 60 slots. Of those, 0 are Trainers, 3 are Pokémon and 5 are Energy. Start there. That leaves 52 slots for you to pick yourself.
Your big card is Hydreigon ex, 330 HP. Crashing Headbutt hits for 200. It needs 2 Energy, 1 Darkness and 1 Colorless attached.
The sharpest disagreement is over Pecharunt ex: 40 of the 81 lists run it. The table below has all 230 cards fighting over the 52 free slots.
Your attackers are Weak to Grass, and 21 of the 132 decks we track attack in that type: Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex, Festival Lead and Crustle, among others. They are listed at the bottom, with the card that does the damage.

What Hydreigon ex looks like when you open the box

Across the 81 lists we counted, this deck runs 9 to 29 Pokémon, 15 to 42 Trainers and 6 to 18 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Darkness.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « hydreigon-ex ». 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: 6 to 18 out of 60, when half the 132 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.

It takes a while to set up. Hydreigon ex is a Stage 2 Pokémon: you put down the baby, you evolve it, and then you evolve it again. Three cards stacked before anything attacks. That is what the hardest-hitting decks cost you, and it is also where they crack — a fast opponent can bury you before the line is standing.

Look at the Trainers: 15 to 42 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 132 decks we track. Inside that, 3 to 23 Supporters, and the rule there is strict — one a turn, even if you are holding three. The 3 to 27 Items you can play all of in the same turn. It also brings up to 4 Stadiums, and 91 of the 132 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 fills the 60 slots

Pokémon: 9–29
Trainers: 15–42
Energy: 6–18
Supporters: 3–23
Items: 3–27
Tools: 0–5
Stadiums: 0–4

A range means the lists disagree with each other.

How Hydreigon ex actually wins

Hydreigon ex attacks with Crashing Headbutt for 200. It needs 2 Energy, 1 Darkness and 1 Colorless attached, and it has 330 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: "Discard the top 3 cards of your opponent's deck."

The cost of Crashing Headbutt 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.

Energy is not your only clock. Deino has to climb two steps before it becomes Hydreigon ex, and an evolution asleep at the bottom of your deck does you no good at all. The list has that covered. Hilda, which the list runs 2 of, goes into your deck for an evolution. Careful, though: only 55 of the 81 lists bring it, so it is a choice, and players are still arguing about it.

Here is the detail that quietly loses games. To pull Hydreigon ex back to the Bench you have to discard 3 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 3 Energy you spent 3 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.

Hydreigon ex carries the "ex" suffix, and your opponent takes 2 Prize cards instead of one when Hydreigon ex falls. They need 6 to win: 3 well-placed knockouts on that card 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
Hydreigon exStage 2	330	Crashing Headbutt	200		Grass ×2	3

The core: the 2 cards every list runs

These 2 cards appear in all 81 lists, without a single exception. That is 8 of the 60 slots. The other 52 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 8 slots break down: 0 Trainers, 3 Pokémon, 5 Energy. Pokémon dominate, which is unusual: this deck needs bodies on the board, and it depends on any single attacker less than it looks.

2 of those 2 cards do not sit at the same count from list to list: Hydreigon ex (2 to 4) and Darkness Energy (1 to 15). Add those spreads up and you get 16 copies the 81 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
2–4	Hydreigon ex	SSP 119	Pokémon	leaves
1–15	Darkness Energy	MEE 7	Energy	stays

The 230 cards that change from list to list

230 cards fight over the 52 slots that are left: 10 above three lists in four, 198 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Lillie's Determination at 91 %, Deino at 90 % and Rare Candy at 90 %, plus 7 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Pecharunt ex, at 49 %: 40 of 81 players took it, 41 put something else there. The ones who run it bring 1 copy. Right at the bottom of the table, Dawn (20 lists out of 81) and Rosa's Encouragement (20 lists out of 81).

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
91 %74/81	Lillie's Determination	1–4	MEG 119	Trainer
90 %73/81	Deino	1–4	SSP 117	Pokémon
90 %73/81	Rare Candy	1–4	MEG 125	Trainer
88 %71/81	Boss's Orders	1–3	MEG 114	Trainer
88 %71/81	Psychic Energy	1–6	MEE 5	Energy
86 %70/81	Buddy-Buddy Poffin	1–4	TEF 144	Trainer
86 %70/81	Metal Energy	1–4	MEE 8	Energy
83 %67/81	Crispin	1–4	SCR 133	Trainer
78 %63/81	Ultra Ball	1–4	MEG 131	Trainer
77 %62/81	Zweilous	1–3	SSP 118	Pokémon
72 %58/81	Night Stretcher	1–4	ASC 196	Trainer
70 %57/81	Poké Pad	2–4	POR 81	Trainer
68 %55/81	Hilda	1–4	WHT 84	Trainer
60 %49/81	Neo Upper Energy	1	TEF 162	Energy
58 %47/81	Fezandipiti ex	1–2	ASC 142	Pokémon
49 %40/81	Pecharunt ex	1–2	SFA 39	Pokémon
46 %37/81	Meowth ex	1–2	POR 62	Pokémon
43 %35/81	Budew	1–2	ASC 16	Pokémon
42 %34/81	Team Rocket's Petrel	1–4	DRI 176	Trainer
38 %31/81	Special Red Card	1–2	CRI 82	Trainer
37 %30/81	Dudunsparce	1–3	TEF 129	Pokémon
36 %29/81	Munkidori	1–2	TWM 95	Pokémon
35 %28/81	Tera Orb	1–4	SSP 189	Trainer
32 %26/81	Dunsparce	1–4	TEF 128	Pokémon
30 %24/81	Counter Gain	1–2	SSP 169	Trainer
28 %23/81	Energy Recycler	1	DRI 164	Trainer
27 %22/81	Area Zero Underdepths	1–2	SCR 131	Trainer
27 %22/81	Energy Switch	1–4	MEG 115	Trainer
27 %22/81	Switch	1–3	MEG 130	Trainer
26 %21/81	Fan Rotom	1–2	SCR 118	Pokémon
26 %21/81	Dudunsparce ex	1	JTG 121	Pokémon
26 %21/81	Yveltal	1	MEG 88	Pokémon
25 %20/81	Dawn	1–3	PFL 87	Trainer
25 %20/81	Rosa's Encouragement	1–2	POR 84	Trainer
23 %19/81	Hoothoot	2–4	SCR 114	Pokémon
23 %19/81	Noctowl	2–4	SCR 115	Pokémon
21 %17/81	Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	2–3	TWM 25	Pokémon
21 %17/81	Grass Energy	3–6	MEE 9	Energy
17 %14/81	Cinderace	1–4	MEG 28	Pokémon
17 %14/81	Energy Search	1–3	POR 72	Trainer
16 %13/81	Risky Ruins	1–2	MEG 127	Trainer
15 %12/81	Jumbo Ice Cream	1–3	PFL 91	Trainer
15 %12/81	Air Balloon	1–2	ASC 181	Trainer
14 %11/81	N's Zoroark ex	1–4	JTG 98	Pokémon
14 %11/81	Lillie's Clefairy ex	1–2	JTG 56	Pokémon
14 %11/81	Energy Retrieval	1	SVI 171	Trainer
14 %11/81	Sacred Ash	1	DRI 168	Trainer
12 %10/81	N's Zorua	1–4	JTG 97	Pokémon
12 %10/81	Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
12 %10/81	Battle Cage	1–3	PFL 85	Trainer
12 %10/81	Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking	1–3	TEF 145	Trainer
12 %10/81	Fighting Energy	1–3	MEE 6	Energy
11 %9/81	Dunsparce	1–2	JTG 120	Pokémon
11 %9/81	Binding Mochi	1–2	PRE 95	Trainer
11 %9/81	Xerosic's Machinations	1–2	SFA 64	Trainer
11 %9/81	Fire Energy	1–4	MEE 2	Energy
10 %8/81	Precious Trolley	1	SSP 185	Trainer
9 %7/81	Mew ex	1–3	30C 66	Pokémon
9 %7/81	Zweilous	1–3	WHT 66	Pokémon
9 %7/81	Grimsley's Move	2–4	PFL 90	Trainer
9 %7/81	Judge	1–2	POR 76	Trainer
9 %7/81	Salvatore	1	TEF 160	Trainer
9 %7/81	Sparkling Crystal	1	SCR 142	Trainer
7 %6/81	Pokégear 3.0	1–4	SVI 186	Trainer
7 %6/81	Janine's Secret Art	1–3	PRE 112	Trainer
7 %6/81	Prism Energy	1–4	ASC 216	Energy
7 %6/81	Water Energy	1–3	MEE 3	Energy
6 %5/81	Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex	1	TWM 141	Pokémon
6 %5/81	Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex	1	TWM 112	Pokémon
6 %5/81	Latias ex	1–2	SSP 76	Pokémon
6 %5/81	Mega Audino ex	1	ASC 172	Pokémon
6 %5/81	Mega Kangaskhan ex	1–3	MEG 104	Pokémon
6 %5/81	Cyrano	1–3	SSP 170	Trainer
6 %5/81	Dark Bell	1–3	PBL 75	Trainer
6 %5/81	Colress's Tenacity	1–4	SFA 57	Trainer
6 %5/81	Brock's Scouting	1–2	JTG 146	Trainer
6 %5/81	Gravity Mountain	1	SSP 177	Trainer
6 %5/81	Jamming Tower	1	TWM 153	Trainer
6 %5/81	Scramble Switch	1	SSP 186	Trainer
5 %4/81	Steven's Beldum	3	DRI 143	Pokémon
5 %4/81	Steven's Metagross ex	3	DRI 145	Pokémon
5 %4/81	Bronzong	2	TEF 69	Pokémon
5 %4/81	Bronzor	2	PRE 66	Pokémon
5 %4/81	Steven's Metang	2	DRI 144	Pokémon
5 %4/81	Toxel	1–2	PFL 67	Pokémon
5 %4/81	Toxtricity	1–2	PFL 68	Pokémon
5 %4/81	Genesect ex	1	BLK 67	Pokémon
5 %4/81	N's Zekrom	1	ASC 155	Pokémon
5 %4/81	Team Rocket's Transceiver	1–4	DRI 178	Trainer
5 %4/81	Academy at Night	2–4	SFA 54	Trainer
5 %4/81	Punk Helmet	2–3	PFL 92	Trainer
5 %4/81	N's Castle	1–2	JTG 152	Trainer
5 %4/81	Black Belt's Training	1	JTG 143	Trainer
5 %4/81	Briar	1	SCR 132	Trainer
5 %4/81	Grand Tree	1	SCR 136	Trainer
5 %4/81	Team Rocket's Watchtower	1	DRI 180	Trainer
4 %3/81	Blaziken ex	1–4	JTG 24	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Greninja ex	1–3	TWM 106	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Dusknoir	1–2	PRE 37	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Mega Gengar ex	1–2	PFL 56	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Mega Scrafty ex	2	ASC 135	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Scraggy	2	WHT 57	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Cinderace ex	1	SCR 28	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Hisuian Growlithe	1	TWM 99	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Hydreigon	1	30C 99	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Latios	1	MEG 101	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Mega Latias ex	1	MEG 100	Pokémon
4 %3/81	N's Reshiram	1	JTG 116	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Raboot	1	MEG 27	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Scorbunny	1–2	SCR 26	Pokémon
4 %3/81	Backtrack Badge	1–4	PBL 74	Trainer
4 %3/81	Carmine	1–4	TWM 145	Trainer
4 %3/81	Crushing Hammer	3–4	POR 71	Trainer
4 %3/81	Gwynn	1	PBL 78	Trainer
4 %3/81	Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
4 %3/81	Spiky Energy	4	JTG 159	Energy
4 %3/81	Team Rocket's Energy	2–4	DRI 182	Energy
2 %2/81	Drakloak	1–4	TWM 129	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Marill	2–3	ASC 83	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Tatsugiri ex	2–3	SSP 142	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Team Rocket's Moltres ex	3	DRI 31	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Azumarill	2	SSP 74	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Bastiodon	1–2	PBL 62	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Dusclops	1–2	PRE 36	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Duskull	1–2	PRE 35	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Gastly	2	TEF 102	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Gengar ex	1–2	TEF 104	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Haunter	1–2	PFL 55	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Okidogi ex	2	SFA 36	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Purrloin	2	WHT 55	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Team Rocket's Honchkrow	2	ASC 127	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Team Rocket's Murkrow	2	DRI 127	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Terapagos	2	SSP 161	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Terapagos ex	1–2	SCR 128	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Zweilous	2	30C 98	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Chien-Pao	1	SSP 56	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Combusken	1	DRI 41	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Deino	1	WHT 65	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Dragapult ex	1	TWM 130	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Moltres	1	PFL 14	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Psyduck	1	ASC 39	Pokémon
2 %2/81	Drayton	1–4	SSP 174	Trainer
2 %2/81	Meddling Memo	1–4	SSP 181	Trainer
2 %2/81	Team Rocket's Proton	4	DRI 177	Trainer
2 %2/81	Antique Armor Fossil	1–3	PBL 72	Trainer
2 %2/81	Fossil Quarry	2	PBL 76	Trainer
2 %2/81	N's PP Up	2	JTG 153	Trainer
2 %2/81	Team Rocket's Giovanni	2	DRI 174	Trainer
2 %2/81	Team Rocket's Hypnotizer	2	ASC 206	Trainer
2 %2/81	Enhanced Hammer	1	TWM 148	Trainer
2 %2/81	Handheld Fan	1	TWM 150	Trainer
2 %2/81	Lumiose City	1	POR 77	Trainer
2 %2/81	Redeemable Ticket	1	JTG 156	Trainer
2 %2/81	Tool Scrapper	1	ASC 212	Trainer
2 %2/81	Mist Energy	1–2	TEF 161	Energy
2 %2/81	Shadowy Darkness Energy	2	PBL 83	Energy
1 %1/81	Ditto	4	30C 115	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Carvanha	3	PFL 60	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Chandelure	3	TWM 38	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Ferrothorn	3	CRI 63	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Mega Froslass ex	3	ASC 47	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Mega Sharpedo ex	3	PFL 61	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Tyrantrum	3	POR 45	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Alolan Exeggutor ex	2	SSP 133	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Bombirdier	2	SCR 97	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Chatot	2	TEF 132	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Crobat	2	CRI 51	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Deoxys	2	CRI 32	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Eevee	2	30C 116	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Exeggcute	2	SSP 1	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Froakie	2	CRI 20	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Frogadier	2	CRI 21	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Gengar ex	2	30C 90	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Kecleon	2	SSP 150	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Lapras ex	2	SCR 32	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Morpeko ex	2	PBL 55	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Pikipek	2	PBL 66	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Team Rocket's Mimikyu	2	DRI 87	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Toucannon	2	PBL 68	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Trumbeak	2	PBL 67	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Tyranitar	2	JTG 95	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Tyrunt	2	POR 44	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Umbreon ex	2	30C 92	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex	2	TWM 64	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Zubat	2	CRI 49	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Audino	1	BLK 74	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Chi-Yu	1	PBL 59	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Deoxys	1	CRI 31	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Deoxys	1	CRI 34	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Dreepy	1	TWM 128	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Eternatus	1	PFL 69	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Flutter Mane	1	TEF 78	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Golbat	1	CRI 50	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Jynx	1	PBL 32	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Mega Absol ex	1	MEG 86	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Mega Darkrai ex	1	PBL 48	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Mega Delphox ex	1	PBL 8	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Mega Greninja ex	1	CRI 22	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Mr. Mime	1	TEF 63	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Shieldon	1	PBL 61	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Smoochum	1	SSP 75	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Tatsugiri	1	TWM 131	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Torchic	1	DRI 40	Pokémon
1 %1/81	Acerola's Mischief	4	MEG 113	Trainer
1 %1/81	Hand Trimmer	4	TEF 150	Trainer
1 %1/81	Antique Jaw Fossil	3	POR 68	Trainer
1 %1/81	Boxed Order	3	TEF 143	Trainer
1 %1/81	Team Rocket's Factory	3	DRI 173	Trainer
1 %1/81	Jacinthe	2	POR 75	Trainer
1 %1/81	Kofu	2	SCR 138	Trainer
1 %1/81	Poké Ball	2	POR 80	Trainer
1 %1/81	Powerglass	2	SFA 63	Trainer
1 %1/81	Bianca's Devotion	1	TEF 142	Trainer
1 %1/81	Energy Search Pro	1	SSP 176	Trainer
1 %1/81	Festival Grounds	1	TWM 149	Trainer
1 %1/81	Kieran	1	TWM 154	Trainer
1 %1/81	Lana's Aid	1	TWM 155	Trainer
1 %1/81	Lillie's Pearl	1	JTG 151	Trainer
1 %1/81	Lucian	1	TWM 157	Trainer
1 %1/81	Morty's Conviction	1	TEF 155	Trainer
1 %1/81	Ruffian	1	JTG 157	Trainer
1 %1/81	Scoop Up Cyclone	1	TWM 162	Trainer
1 %1/81	Secret Box	1	TWM 163	Trainer
1 %1/81	Surfer	1	SSP 187	Trainer
1 %1/81	Unfair Stamp	1	TWM 165	Trainer
1 %1/81	Wondrous Patch	1	PFL 94	Trainer
1 %1/81	Rocky Fighting Energy	3	POR 87	Energy
1 %1/81	Ignition Energy	2	WHT 86	Energy
1 %1/81	Legacy Energy	1	TWM 167	Energy
1 %1/81	Lightning Energy	1	MEE 4	Energy

The most common Hydreigon ex list, all 60 cards

Here they are in full, ready to build. 8 slots come from the core, the cards all 81 lists run. The remaining 52 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 28 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 81 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.

The sixty cards of the most common list, with copy counts and each card's set
Copies	Card	Printing	Kind	Where it comes from
3	Hydreigon ex	SSP 119	Pokémon	every list
5	Darkness Energy	MEE 7	Energy	every list
4	Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer	91 %
3	Deino	SSP 117	Pokémon	90 %
3	Rare Candy	MEG 125	Trainer	90 %
2	Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer	88 %
3	Psychic Energy	MEE 5	Energy	88 %
4	Buddy-Buddy Poffin	TEF 144	Trainer	86 %
2	Metal Energy	MEE 8	Energy	86 %
2	Crispin	SCR 133	Trainer	83 %
2	Ultra Ball	MEG 131	Trainer	78 %
1	Zweilous	SSP 118	Pokémon	77 %
1	Night Stretcher	ASC 196	Trainer	72 %
3	Poké Pad	POR 81	Trainer	70 %
2	Hilda	WHT 84	Trainer	68 %
1	Neo Upper EnergyACE SPEC	TEF 162	Energy	60 %
1	Fezandipiti ex	ASC 142	Pokémon	58 %
1	Pecharunt ex	SFA 39	Pokémon	49 %
1	Meowth ex	POR 62	Pokémon	46 %
1	Budew	ASC 16	Pokémon	43 %
1	Team Rocket's Petrel	DRI 176	Trainer	42 %
1	Special Red Card	CRI 82	Trainer	38 %
2	Dudunsparce	TEF 129	Pokémon	37 %
1	Munkidori	TWM 95	Pokémon	36 %
2	Tera Orb	SSP 189	Trainer	35 %
3	Dunsparce	TEF 128	Pokémon	32 %
1	Counter Gain	SSP 169	Trainer	30 %
1	Energy Recycler	DRI 164	Trainer	28 %
2	Area Zero Underdepths	SCR 131	Trainer	27 %
1	Energy Switch	MEG 115	Trainer	27 %

Pokémon: 17
3 Hydreigon ex SSP 119
3 Deino SSP 117
1 Zweilous SSP 118
1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142
1 Pecharunt ex SFA 39
1 Meowth ex POR 62
1 Budew ASC 16
2 Dudunsparce TEF 129
1 Munkidori TWM 95
3 Dunsparce TEF 128

Trainer: 32
4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
3 Rare Candy MEG 125
2 Boss's Orders MEG 114
4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144
2 Crispin SCR 133
2 Ultra Ball MEG 131
1 Night Stretcher ASC 196
3 Poké Pad POR 81
2 Hilda WHT 84
1 Team Rocket's Petrel DRI 176
1 Special Red Card CRI 82
2 Tera Orb SSP 189
1 Counter Gain SSP 169
1 Energy Recycler DRI 164
2 Area Zero Underdepths SCR 131
1 Energy Switch MEG 115

Energy: 11
5 Darkness Energy MEE 7
3 Psychic Energy MEE 5
2 Metal Energy MEE 8
1 Neo Upper Energy TEF 162

Total Cards: 60

How many different cards Hydreigon ex needs, and how long it will last

You need 232 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 2 of which nobody argues about. The rest is where lists differ from one another, and that is where you have room to choose.

All 81 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 49 took Neo Upper Energy, 8 took Precious Trolley and 7 took Sparkling Crystal. The flex table shows you all 11. 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 Neo Upper Energy and watch what the others do with theirs before you switch.

Then there is time. 1 of the 2 core cards carries the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation: Hydreigon ex. The core table marks it. In copies, that is 3 of the 8 slots the core fills. Which day it lands, we do not know yet.

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What Hydreigon ex struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Grass, so they take DOUBLE damage from that type. 21 of the 132 decks we track attack in exactly that type.

Concretely, here is what is waiting for you: Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex, Festival Lead (Thwackey) and Crustle, plus 18 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 21 decks out of the 132 we track. The other 111 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 Darkness, and 28 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex, N's Zoroark ex and Dhelmise, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.

They double the damage they put on you

Harvested decks that attack into this deck's Weakness, and those whose Weakness this deck hits
Deck	Their card	Type
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex	Meganium	Grass
Festival Lead	Thwackey	Grass
Crustle	Crustle	Grass
Cynthia's Garchomp ex	Cynthia's Roserade	Grass
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex	Arboliva ex	Grass
Beedrill ex	Beedrill ex	Grass
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex	Team Rocket's Spidops	Grass
Seaking	Thwackey	Grass
Raging Bolt ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	Grass
Mega Venusaur ex	Mega Venusaur ex	Grass
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium	Meganium	Grass
Yanmega ex	Yanmega ex	Grass
Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	Grass
Team Rocket's Spidops	Team Rocket's Spidops	Grass
Decidueye ex	Decidueye ex	Grass
Sinistcha / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	Sinistcha	Grass
Erika's Victreebel	Erika's Victreebel	Grass
Hydrapple ex	Hydrapple ex	Grass
Scovillain ex	Capsakid	Grass
Scizor ex	Scyther	Grass
N's Zoroark ex / Crustle	Crustle	Grass

You double the damage you put on them

Harvested decks that attack into this deck's Weakness, and those whose Weakness this deck hits
Deck	Their card	Type
Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex	Latias ex	Darkness
N's Zoroark ex	Munkidori	Darkness
Dhelmise	Banette	Darkness
Slowking	Latias ex	Darkness
Alakazam / Dudunsparce	Alakazam	Darkness
Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	Dusknoir	Darkness
Alakazam / Dusknoir	Alakazam	Darkness
Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir	Dusknoir	Darkness
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass	Munkidori	Darkness
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex	Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex	Darkness
Mew ex	Mew ex	Darkness
Hop's Trevenant	Hop's Trevenant	Darkness
Mega Absol ex / Mega Audino ex	Latias ex	Darkness
Mega Chandelure ex	Mega Chandelure ex	Darkness
Toxtricity	Munkidori	Darkness
Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir	Dusknoir	Darkness
Mega Absol ex	Munkidori	Darkness
Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	Latias ex	Darkness
Froslass / Munkidori	Munkidori	Darkness
Alakazam	Alakazam	Darkness
Dragapult ex / Alakazam	Alakazam	Darkness
Mega Diancie ex / Dusknoir	Latias ex	Darkness
Dragapult ex / Froslass	Munkidori	Darkness
Jellicent ex / Dusknoir	Latias ex	Darkness
Bronzong	Bronzong	Darkness
Dudunsparce	Elgyem	Darkness
Scovillain ex	Munkidori	Darkness
Feraligatr	Munkidori	Darkness

Questions people ask

What is the Hydreigon ex deck list?: There isn't one, so we built one for you: all 60 cards are written out further up this page. Across 81 tournament lists harvested between 16 August 2026 and 26 October 2026, 2 cards turn up in every single one, 8 slots out of 60. The remaining 52 change from player to player, with 230 different cards competing for them. Both tables are above.
How many lists is this counted on, and where do they come from?: 81 lists, played across 74 different tournaments, harvested between 16 August 2026 and 26 October 2026 from play.limitlesstcg.com. All 81 were read card by card, and every card recognised.
Where do I start if I want to build Hydreigon ex?: With the whole core: 2 cards, 8 slots. Inside it, buy the 0 Trainer slots and the 5 Energy first: they carry over into your next deck. Leave the 3 Pokémon slots for last. Only then work down the flex table and add the cards the most lists agree on, starting with Lillie's Determination at 91 % and Deino at 90 %.
What beats Hydreigon ex?: Its attackers are Weak to Grass, so they take double damage from an attacker of that type. 21 of the 132 decks we track play an attacker of that type: Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex, Festival Lead, Crustle and Cynthia's Garchomp ex, among others.
Will Hydreigon ex survive the next rotation?: Not intact: 1 core cards out of 2 carry the letter H, starting with Hydreigon ex.
Are a lot of people playing Hydreigon ex?: We have read 81 lists of it, which puts it 41st of the 132 decks we track by lists read. The platform those tournaments run on counts 67 entries for it, 0.21 % of the field, across all its players. That figure is theirs.

Where all of this comes from

81 lists from play.limitlesstcg.com, played across 74 events, harvested between 16 August 2026 and 26 October 2026. The 232 cards named here were read against poko's own catalogue, built on the public TCGdex API.