Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik deck: the core, the flex slots, and what beats it

What Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik looks like when you open the box

Across the 34 lists we counted, this deck runs 16 to 25 Pokémon, 23 to 35 Trainers and 9 to 13 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Lightning.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « manectric-eelektrik ». 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: 9 to 13 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.

It sets up fast. Eelektrik 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: 23 to 35 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 97 decks we track. Inside that, 9 to 18 Supporters, and the rule there is strict — one a turn, even if you are holding three. The 8 to 16 Items you can play all of in the same turn. It also brings up to 3 Stadiums, and 91 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

Mega Manectric ex and Eelektrik give this deck its name. Here is what is written on them.

Mega Manectric ex is in all 34 lists, 2 copies of it.

Eelektrik is in all 34 lists, 3 copies of it. Its Ability is called Dynamotor, and here is what is printed on it, word for word: « Once during your turn, you may attach a Basic {L} Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. »

How Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik actually wins

Mega Manectric ex attacks with Riotous Blasting. It needs 3 Lightning Energy attached, and it has 330 HP. The damage box reads "200+": 200 to start with, and 330 if you agree to discard every Energy attached to it. You hit enormously once, then you are back to nothing and everything needs recharging.

The cost of Riotous Blasting 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. Eelektrik, which the list runs 3 of, has an Ability called Dynamotor: it digs Energy out of your discard pile and puts it back on one of your Pokémon. 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.

Good news on mobility: Mega Manectric ex retreats for free. You get it back to the Bench without discarding a single Energy, and you can still attack in the same turn. An attacker that comes and goes like that walks out of almost any mess.

Mega Manectric ex is a Mega Evolution ex, and that is the most expensive rule in the game: your opponent takes 3 Prize cards instead of one the turn it goes down. They need 6 to win the game, so 2 well-placed knockouts on that card beat you, where it would take 6 knockouts 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 Mega Manectric exStage 1	330	Riotous Blasting	200+	Lightning + Lightning + Lightning	Fighting ×2	0
Close EelektrikStage 1	90	Electric Ball	50	Lightning + Lightning + Colorless	Fighting ×2	2

The core: the 9 cards every list runs

These 9 cards appear in all 34 lists, without a single exception. That is 32 of the 60 slots. The other 28 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 32 slots break down: 16 Trainers, 8 Pokémon, 8 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.

9 of those 9 cards do not sit at the same count from list to list: Eelektrik (2 to 3), Tynamo (2 to 4) and Mega Manectric ex (2 to 3), plus 6 more. Add those spreads up and you get 17 copies the 34 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
2–3	Close Eelektrik	ASC 60	Pokémon	stays
2–4	Close Tynamo	ASC 59	Pokémon	stays
2–3	Close Mega Manectric ex	MEG 50	Pokémon	stays
3–4	Close Buddy-Buddy Poffin	TEF 144	Trainer	leaves
2–4	Close Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer	stays
1–4	Close Ultra Ball	MEG 131	Trainer	stays
2–3	Close Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer	stays
1–2	Close Night Stretcher	ASC 196	Trainer	leaves
5–10	Lightning Energy	MEE 4	Energy	stays

The 61 cards that change from list to list

61 cards fight over the 28 slots that are left: 7 above three lists in four, 40 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Manectric at 97 %, Voltaic Lightning Energy at 97 % and Canari at 94 %, plus 4 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Hero's Cape, at 47 %: 16 of 34 players took it, 18 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, Fezandipiti ex (8 lists out of 34) and Patrat (8 lists out of 34).

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 %33/34	Close Manectric	1–2	PBL 24	Pokémon
97 %33/34	Close Voltaic Lightning Energy	2–4	PBL 84	Energy
94 %32/34	Close Canari	1–4	ASC 185	Trainer
91 %31/34	Close Mega Eelektross ex	1	ASC 61	Pokémon
88 %30/34	Close Battle Cage	1–3	PFL 85	Trainer
88 %30/34	Close Air Balloon	1–3	ASC 181	Trainer
76 %26/34	Close Electrike	1–4	MEG 49	Pokémon
71 %24/34	Close Switch	1–2	MEG 130	Trainer
68 %23/34	Close Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
68 %23/34	Close Judge	1–4	POR 76	Trainer
62 %21/34	Close Poké Pad	1–4	POR 81	Trainer
62 %21/34	Close Special Red Card	1	CRI 82	Trainer
59 %20/34	Close Iono's Kilowattrel	1–2	JTG 55	Pokémon
59 %20/34	Close Iono's Wattrel	1–2	JTG 54	Pokémon
47 %16/34	Close Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
41 %14/34	Close Wally's Compassion	1	MEG 132	Trainer
38 %13/34	Close Meowth ex	1	POR 62	Pokémon
38 %13/34	Close Stunfisk	1	ASC 62	Pokémon
32 %11/34	Close Prime Catcher	1	TEF 157	Trainer
32 %11/34	Close Prism Tower	1–2	CRI 80	Trainer
29 %10/34	Close Electrike	2–4	PBL 23	Pokémon
24 %8/34	Close Fezandipiti ex	1	ASC 142	Pokémon
24 %8/34	Close Patrat	1	CRI 70	Pokémon
24 %8/34	Close Hilda	1–3	WHT 84	Trainer
21 %7/34	Close Dudunsparce	2–3	TEF 129	Pokémon
21 %7/34	Close Dunsparce	1–3	JTG 120	Pokémon
21 %7/34	Close Xerosic's Machinations	1	SFA 64	Trainer
18 %6/34	Close Naveen	1–2	POR 79	Trainer
15 %5/34	Close Budew	1	ASC 16	Pokémon
15 %5/34	Close Hand Trimmer	1	TEF 150	Trainer
12 %4/34	Close Joltik	1–2	SCR 50	Pokémon
12 %4/34	Close Zeraora	1	DRI 78	Pokémon
12 %4/34	Close Pokégear 3.0	2–3	SVI 186	Trainer
12 %4/34	Close Scoop Up Cyclone	1	TWM 162	Trainer
9 %3/34	Close Psyduck	1	ASC 39	Pokémon
9 %3/34	Close Team Rocket's Petrel	1–2	DRI 176	Trainer
6 %2/34	Close Dunsparce	1	TEF 128	Pokémon
6 %2/34	Close Carmine	4	TWM 145	Trainer
6 %2/34	Close Jumbo Ice Cream	1–4	PFL 91	Trainer
6 %2/34	Close Secret Box	1	TWM 163	Trainer
6 %2/34	Close Surfer	1	SSP 187	Trainer
3 %1/34	Close Lillie's Clefairy ex	2	JTG 56	Pokémon
3 %1/34	Close Abra	1	TWM 80	Pokémon
3 %1/34	Close Black Kyurem ex	1	SSP 48	Pokémon
3 %1/34	Close Cramorant	1	TWM 58	Pokémon
3 %1/34	Close Galvantula ex	1	SCR 51	Pokémon
3 %1/34	Close Morpeko	1	TWM 72	Pokémon
3 %1/34	Close Zekrom ex	1	BLK 34	Pokémon
3 %1/34	Close Clemont's Quick Wit	1	SSP 167	Trainer
3 %1/34	Close Energy Search	1	POR 72	Trainer
3 %1/34	Close Eri	1	TEF 146	Trainer
3 %1/34	Close Gwynn	1	PBL 78	Trainer
3 %1/34	Close Iris's Fighting Spirit	1	JTG 149	Trainer
3 %1/34	Close Morty's Conviction	1	TEF 155	Trainer
3 %1/34	Close Pokémon Center Lady	1	MEG 123	Trainer
3 %1/34	Close Powerglass	1	SFA 63	Trainer
3 %1/34	Close Sacred Ash	1	DRI 168	Trainer
3 %1/34	Close Scramble Switch	1	SSP 186	Trainer
3 %1/34	Close Team Rocket's Watchtower	1	DRI 180	Trainer
3 %1/34	Psychic Energy	2	MEE 5	Energy
3 %1/34	Close Mist Energy	1	TEF 161	Energy

The most common Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik list, all 60 cards

Here they are in full, ready to build. 32 slots come from the core, the cards all 34 lists run. The remaining 28 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 18 Pokémon, 31 Trainers and 11 Energy.

One thing to know before you build it: the 34 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.

There is no price total on this page. The readings we have are Cardmarket's, in euros, and the shop link further down sends you to TCGplayer, which quotes in dollars. Putting a euro figure next to a dollar shop would be one currency too many. The French and German pages carry the total.

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: 18
3 Eelektrik ASC 60
3 Tynamo ASC 59
2 Mega Manectric ex MEG 50
1 Manectric PBL 24
1 Mega Eelektross ex ASC 61
3 Electrike MEG 49
1 Shaymin DRI 10
2 Iono's Kilowattrel JTG 55
2 Iono's Wattrel JTG 54

Trainer: 31
4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144
4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
4 Ultra Ball MEG 131
2 Boss's Orders MEG 114
2 Night Stretcher ASC 196
2 Canari ASC 185
3 Battle Cage PFL 85
2 Air Balloon ASC 181
1 Switch MEG 130
2 Judge POR 76
3 Poké Pad POR 81
1 Special Red Card CRI 82
1 Hero's Cape TEF 152

Energy: 11
8 Lightning Energy MEE 4
3 Voltaic Lightning Energy PBL 84

Total Cards: 60

What Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik costs to build, and how long it will last

You need 70 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 9 of which nobody argues about. We do not have card prices, so we are not going to put a number on it.

All 34 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 16 took Hero's Cape, 11 took Prime Catcher and 4 took Scoop Up Cyclone. The flex table shows you all 5. 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 Hero's Cape and watch what the others do with theirs before you switch.

Then there is time. 2 of the 9 core cards carry the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation: Buddy-Buddy Poffin and Night Stretcher. The core table marks every one of them. In copies, that is 6 of the 32 slots the core fills. Which day it lands, we do not know yet.

What Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Fighting, so they take DOUBLE damage from that type. 12 of the 97 decks we track attack in exactly that type.

Concretely, here is what is waiting for you: Mega Lucario ex, Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama and Cynthia's Garchomp ex, plus 9 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 12 decks out of the 97 we track. The other 85 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 Lightning, and 25 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: Festival Lead, Toucannon and Raging Bolt ex, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.

Questions people ask

What is the Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik deck list?

There isn't one, so we built one for you: all 60 cards are written out further up this page. Across 34 tournament lists harvested between 11 August 2026 and 5 September 2026, 9 cards turn up in every single one, 32 slots out of 60. The remaining 28 change from player to player, with 61 different cards competing for them. Both tables are above.

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

34 lists, played across 33 different tournaments, harvested between 11 August 2026 and 5 September 2026 from play.limitlesstcg.com. All 34 were read card by card, and every card recognised.

Where do I start if I want to build Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik?

With the whole core: 9 cards, 32 slots. Inside it, buy the 16 Trainer slots and the 8 Energy first: they carry over into your next deck. Leave the 8 Pokémon slots for last. Only then work down the flex table and add the cards the most lists agree on, starting with Manectric at 97 % and Voltaic Lightning Energy at 97 %.

What beats Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik?

Its attackers are Weak to Fighting, so they take double damage from an attacker of that type. 12 of the 97 decks we track play an attacker of that type: Mega Lucario ex, Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama, Cynthia's Garchomp ex and Greninja ex, among others.

Will Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik survive the next rotation?

Not intact: 2 core cards out of 9 carry the letter H, starting with Buddy-Buddy Poffin and Night Stretcher.

Are a lot of people playing Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik?

We have read 34 lists of it, which puts it 30th of the 97 decks we track by lists read. The platform those tournaments run on counts 299 entries for it, 0.73 % of the field, across all its players. That figure is theirs.

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