Mega Camerupt ex

What Mega Camerupt ex looks like when you open the box

Across the 62 lists we counted, this deck runs 11 to 24 Pokémon, 27 to 38 Trainers and 5 to 15 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Fire.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « mega-camerupt-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: 5 to 15 out of 60, when half the 125 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. Mega Camerupt ex 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 38 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 125 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 12 to 20 Items you can play all of in the same turn. It also brings up to 4 Stadiums, and 87 of the 125 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.

How Mega Camerupt ex actually wins

Mega Camerupt ex attacks with Volcanic Meteor for 280. It needs 4 Energy, 1 Fire and 3 Colorless attached, and it has 340 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 2 Energy from this Pokémon."

The cost of Volcanic Meteor decides your first few turns. You only get to attach one Energy a turn, and that attack asks for 4. On your own attachments alone, your first real swing lands on turn 4. We have not found anything in this list that attaches Energy faster than that, so plan on holding out for 3 turns before you swing. Those turns still get played: you fill your Bench, you build your lines, and you keep something back to rebuild with when your attacker falls.

Energy is not your only clock. Numel has to climb a step before it becomes Mega Camerupt 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 60 of the 62 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 Mega Camerupt ex back to the Bench you have to discard 4 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 4 Energy you spent 4 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.

Mega Camerupt 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 Camerupt exStage 1	340	Volcanic Meteor	280		Water ×2	4

The core: the 6 cards every list runs

These 6 cards appear in all 62 lists, without a single exception. That is 23 of the 60 slots. The other 37 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 23 slots break down: 13 Trainers, 3 Pokémon, 7 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.

6 of those 6 cards do not sit at the same count from list to list: Mega Camerupt ex (2 to 3), Lillie's Determination (2 to 4) and Poké Pad (2 to 4), plus 3 more. Add those spreads up and you get 19 copies the 62 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
2–3	Close Mega Camerupt ex	MEG 22	Pokémon
2–4	Close Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer
2–4	Close Poké Pad	POR 81	Trainer
1–4	Close Ultra Ball	MEG 131	Trainer
2–3	Close Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer
5–15	Fire Energy	MEE 2	Energy

The 92 cards that change from list to list

92 cards fight over the 37 slots that are left: 11 above three lists in four, 66 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Hilda at 97 %, Switch at 97 % and Ignition Energy at 94 %, plus 8 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Numel, at 50 %: 31 of 62 players took it, 31 put something else there. The ones who run it bring 1 copy. Right at the bottom of the table, Air Balloon (12 lists out of 62) and Xerosic's Machinations (11 lists out of 62).

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 %60/62	Close Hilda	1–4	WHT 84	Trainer
97 %60/62	Close Switch	1–4	MEG 130	Trainer
94 %58/62	Close Ignition Energy	1–4	WHT 86	Energy
92 %57/62	Close Numel	1–4	ASC 27	Pokémon
92 %57/62	Close Gravity Mountain	1–2	SSP 177	Trainer
90 %56/62	Close Volcarona	2	BLK 16	Pokémon
89 %55/62	Close Wally's Compassion	1–4	MEG 132	Trainer
87 %54/62	Close Buddy-Buddy Poffin	1–4	TEF 144	Trainer
84 %52/62	Close Dudunsparce	1–4	TEF 129	Pokémon
81 %50/62	Close Larvesta	2–3	SSP 24	Pokémon
77 %48/62	Close Fezandipiti ex	1	ASC 142	Pokémon
74 %46/62	Close Night Stretcher	1–3	ASC 196	Trainer
71 %44/62	Close Maximum Belt	1	TEF 154	Trainer
71 %44/62	Close Special Red Card	1–2	CRI 82	Trainer
56 %35/62	Close Pokégear 3.0	1–4	SVI 186	Trainer
55 %34/62	Close Meowth ex	1	POR 62	Pokémon
50 %31/62	Close Numel	1–4	MEG 21	Pokémon
48 %30/62	Close Dunsparce	1–3	TEF 128	Pokémon
48 %30/62	Close Energy Retrieval	1–2	SVI 171	Trainer
45 %28/62	Close Dunsparce	1–4	JTG 120	Pokémon
45 %28/62	Close Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
45 %28/62	Close Battle Cage	1	PFL 85	Trainer
39 %24/62	Close Moltres	1	PFL 14	Pokémon
35 %22/62	Close Fan Rotom	1–2	SCR 118	Pokémon
31 %19/62	Close Dudunsparce ex	1	JTG 121	Pokémon
29 %18/62	Close Blowtorch	1–2	PFL 86	Trainer
19 %12/62	Close Air Balloon	1–2	ASC 181	Trainer
18 %11/62	Close Xerosic's Machinations	1	SFA 64	Trainer
16 %10/62	Close Team Rocket's Petrel	1–3	DRI 176	Trainer
15 %9/62	Close Judge	1–2	POR 76	Trainer
13 %8/62	Close Dangerous Laser	1	SFA 58	Trainer
13 %8/62	Close Firebreather	1–2	PFL 89	Trainer
11 %7/62	Close Mega Signal	1–4	MEG 121	Trainer
10 %6/62	Close Magmar	1–3	JTG 20	Pokémon
10 %6/62	Close Magmortar	1–3	JTG 21	Pokémon
10 %6/62	Close Volcanion ex	1–3	JTG 31	Pokémon
10 %6/62	Close AZ's Tranquility	1–2	CRI 76	Trainer
8 %5/62	Close Latias ex	1–2	SSP 76	Pokémon
8 %5/62	Close Victini	1	SSP 21	Pokémon
8 %5/62	Close Surfer	1–4	SSP 187	Trainer
6 %4/62	Close Camerupt	1–2	ASC 28	Pokémon
6 %4/62	Close Cyrano	1	SSP 170	Trainer
6 %4/62	Close Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
5 %3/62	Close Fennekin	2–3	CRI 11	Pokémon
5 %3/62	Close Larvesta	2–3	JTG 28	Pokémon
5 %3/62	Close Larvesta	2	BLK 15	Pokémon
5 %3/62	Close Chien-Pao	1	SSP 56	Pokémon
5 %3/62	Close Mew ex	1–2	30C 66	Pokémon
5 %3/62	Close Team Rocket's Watchtower	2–4	DRI 180	Trainer
5 %3/62	Close Rare Candy	2	MEG 125	Trainer
5 %3/62	Close Prime Catcher	1	TEF 157	Trainer
5 %3/62	Close Salvatore	1–2	TEF 160	Trainer
3 %2/62	Close Blaziken ex	2	JTG 24	Pokémon
3 %2/62	Close Mega Kangaskhan ex	1–2	MEG 104	Pokémon
3 %2/62	Close Oricorio ex	1–2	PFL 18	Pokémon
3 %2/62	Close Salandit	2	POR 15	Pokémon
3 %2/62	Close Salazzle ex	2	POR 16	Pokémon
3 %2/62	Close Lillie's Clefairy ex	1	JTG 56	Pokémon
3 %2/62	Close Dawn	2	PFL 87	Trainer
3 %2/62	Close Energy Search	1–2	POR 72	Trainer
3 %2/62	Close Energy Recycler	1	DRI 164	Trainer
3 %2/62	Close Sacred Ash	1	DRI 168	Trainer
3 %2/62	Close Nitro Fire Energy	2	CRI 86	Energy
2 %1/62	Close Drakloak	3	TWM 129	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Dreepy	3	TWM 128	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Braixen	2	CRI 12	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Delphox	2	CRI 13	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon ex	2	TWM 40	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Mega Delphox ex	2	PBL 8	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Ninetales	2	CRI 9	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Torchic	2	DRI 40	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Torchic	2	JTG 22	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Vulpix	2	CRI 8	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Budew	1	ASC 16	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Patrat	1	CRI 70	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Pecharunt	1	SVP 149	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Psyduck	1	ASC 39	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Volcanion	1	MEG 25	Pokémon
2 %1/62	Close Area Zero Underdepths	2	SCR 131	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Crispin	2	SCR 133	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Prism Tower	2	CRI 80	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Brock's Scouting	1	JTG 146	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Jamming Tower	1	TWM 153	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Jumbo Ice Cream	1	PFL 91	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Lana's Aid	1	TWM 155	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Lucian	1	TWM 157	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Perilous Jungle	1	TEF 156	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Precious Trolley	1	SSP 185	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Scoop Up Cyclone	1	TWM 162	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Secret Box	1	TWM 163	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Tool Scrapper	1	ASC 212	Trainer
2 %1/62	Close Prism Energy	2	ASC 216	Energy

The most common Mega Camerupt ex list, all 60 cards

Here they are in full, ready to build. 23 slots come from the core, the cards all 62 lists run. The remaining 37 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 20 more cards to reach 60. The whole thing comes to 20 Pokémon, 30 Trainers and 10 Energy.

One thing to know before you build it: the 62 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 Mega Camerupt ex MEG 22
2 Numel ASC 27
2 Volcarona BLK 16
3 Dudunsparce TEF 129
2 Larvesta SSP 24
1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142
1 Meowth ex POR 62
1 Numel MEG 21
2 Dunsparce TEF 128
3 Dunsparce JTG 120

Trainer: 30
4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
4 Poké Pad POR 81
3 Ultra Ball MEG 131
2 Boss's Orders MEG 114
2 Hilda WHT 84
2 Switch MEG 130
1 Gravity Mountain SSP 177
1 Wally's Compassion MEG 132
2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144
2 Night Stretcher ASC 196
1 Maximum Belt TEF 154
1 Special Red Card CRI 82
3 Pokégear 3.0 SVI 186
2 Energy Retrieval SVI 171

Energy: 10
7 Fire Energy MEE 2
3 Ignition Energy WHT 86

Total Cards: 60

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

You need 98 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 6 of which nobody argues about. The rest is where lists differ from one another, and that is where you have room to choose.

All 62 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 44 took Maximum Belt, 8 took Dangerous Laser and 4 took Hero's Cape. The flex table shows you all 7. 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 Maximum Belt and watch what the others do with theirs before you switch.

Then there is time, and the answer is a good one: not one of the 6 core cards carries the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation. This deck walks through the change whole.

What Mega Camerupt ex struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Water, so they take DOUBLE damage from that type. 20 of the 125 decks we track attack in exactly that type.

Concretely, here is what is waiting for you: Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex (Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex), Mega Greninja ex and Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass, plus 17 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 20 decks out of the 125 we track. The other 105 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 Fire, and 29 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: Slowking, Mega Excadrill ex and Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.