Mega Lopunny ex

What Mega Lopunny ex looks like when you open the box

Across the 19 lists we counted, this deck runs 11 to 19 Pokémon, 31 to 39 Trainers and 8 to 14 Energy. Its attacks do not ask for any particular type of Energy.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « mega-lopunny-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: 8 to 14 out of 60, exactly the median of the 117 decks we track. It draws neither too much nor too little, so this is not where its games are won or lost.

It sets up fast. Mega Lopunny 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: 31 to 39 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 117 decks we track. Inside that, 9 to 17 Supporters, and the rule there is strict — one a turn, even if you are holding three. The 8 to 21 Items you can play all of in the same turn. It also brings up to 3 Stadiums, and 110 of the 117 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 Lopunny ex actually wins

Mega Lopunny ex attacks with Spiky Hopper for 160. It needs 2 Colorless Energy 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: "This attack's damage isn't affected by any effects on your opponent's Active Pokémon."

The cost of Spiky Hopper 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. We have not found anything in this list that attaches Energy faster than that, so plan on holding out for a turn 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.

Good news on mobility: pulling Mega Lopunny ex 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.

Mega Lopunny 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 Lopunny exStage 1	330	Spiky Hopper	160		Fighting ×2	1

The core: the 3 cards every list runs

These 3 cards appear in all 19 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: 6 Trainers, 2 Pokémon, 0 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.

3 of those 3 cards do not sit at the same count from list to list: Mega Lopunny ex (2 to 4), Lillie's Determination (2 to 4) and Boss's Orders (1 to 4). Add those spreads up and you get 7 copies the 19 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
2–4	Close Mega Lopunny ex	PFL 84	Pokémon
2–4	Close Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer
1–4	Close Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer

The 114 cards that change from list to list

114 cards fight over the 52 slots that are left: 3 above three lists in four, 84 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Ultra Ball at 95 %, Buneary at 89 % and Buddy-Buddy Poffin at 84 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Psychic Energy, at 53 %: 10 of 19 players took it, 9 put something else there. The ones who run it bring 5 copies. Right at the bottom of the table, Pokémon Catcher (4 lists out of 19) and Drayton (4 lists out of 19).

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
95 %18/19	Close Ultra Ball	1–4	MEG 131	Trainer
89 %17/19	Close Buneary	1–4	PFL 83	Pokémon
84 %16/19	Close Buddy-Buddy Poffin	1–4	TEF 144	Trainer
74 %14/19	Close Pokégear 3.0	2–4	SVI 186	Trainer
74 %14/19	Close Wally's Compassion	2–4	MEG 132	Trainer
74 %14/19	Close Poké Pad	1–4	POR 81	Trainer
63 %12/19	Close Battle Cage	1–3	PFL 85	Trainer
63 %12/19	Close Night Stretcher	1–2	ASC 196	Trainer
53 %10/19	Psychic Energy	1–9	MEE 5	Energy
47 %9/19	Close Meowth ex	1–2	POR 62	Pokémon
47 %9/19	Close Hilda	1–4	WHT 84	Trainer
47 %9/19	Close Judge	1–3	POR 76	Trainer
42 %8/19	Close Snorunt	2–4	ASC 46	Pokémon
42 %8/19	Close Pecharunt ex	1–2	SFA 39	Pokémon
42 %8/19	Close Wondrous Patch	2–4	PFL 94	Trainer
42 %8/19	Water Energy	2–6	MEE 3	Energy
42 %8/19	Close Mist Energy	1–4	TEF 161	Energy
37 %7/19	Close Mega Froslass ex	2–4	ASC 47	Pokémon
37 %7/19	Close Lillie's Clefairy ex	3	JTG 56	Pokémon
37 %7/19	Close Fezandipiti ex	1	ASC 142	Pokémon
37 %7/19	Close Yveltal	1–2	MEG 88	Pokémon
37 %7/19	Close Switch	1–4	MEG 130	Trainer
37 %7/19	Close Air Balloon	1–2	ASC 181	Trainer
37 %7/19	Close Lillie's Pearl	1–3	JTG 151	Trainer
32 %6/19	Close Mega Signal	2	MEG 121	Trainer
26 %5/19	Close Crushing Hammer	1–4	POR 71	Trainer
26 %5/19	Close Lucky Helmet	1–3	TWM 158	Trainer
26 %5/19	Close Cyrano	1–3	SSP 170	Trainer
26 %5/19	Close Prime Catcher	1	TEF 157	Trainer
26 %5/19	Close Special Red Card	1	CRI 82	Trainer
21 %4/19	Close Pokémon Catcher	4	POR 82	Trainer
21 %4/19	Close Drayton	1–2	SSP 174	Trainer
21 %4/19	Close Energy Search	1–2	POR 72	Trainer
21 %4/19	Close Bubbly Water Energy	4	CRI 84	Energy
21 %4/19	Close Legacy Energy	1	TWM 167	Energy
16 %3/19	Close Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
16 %3/19	Close Brock's Scouting	2	JTG 146	Trainer
16 %3/19	Close Nighttime Mine	1–3	ASC 197	Trainer
16 %3/19	Close Secret Box	1	TWM 163	Trainer
16 %3/19	Close Team Rocket's Petrel	1	DRI 176	Trainer
16 %3/19	Close Team Rocket's Watchtower	1–2	DRI 180	Trainer
16 %3/19	Close Tool Scrapper	1	ASC 212	Trainer
16 %3/19	Fire Energy	2–4	MEE 2	Energy
11 %2/19	Close Deoxys	1–2	CRI 34	Pokémon
11 %2/19	Close Dunsparce	2	TEF 128	Pokémon
11 %2/19	Close Dusclops	2	PRE 36	Pokémon
11 %2/19	Close Duskull	2	PRE 35	Pokémon
11 %2/19	Close Dudunsparce	1	TEF 129	Pokémon
11 %2/19	Close Dusknoir	1	PRE 37	Pokémon
11 %2/19	Close Fan Rotom	1	SCR 118	Pokémon
11 %2/19	Close Moltres	1	PFL 14	Pokémon
11 %2/19	Close Pikipek	1	PBL 66	Pokémon
11 %2/19	Close Toucannon	1	PBL 68	Pokémon
11 %2/19	Close Trumbeak	1	PBL 67	Pokémon
11 %2/19	Close Gravity Gemstone	1–4	SCR 137	Trainer
11 %2/19	Close Handheld Fan	2–3	TWM 150	Trainer
11 %2/19	Close Eri	2	TEF 146	Trainer
11 %2/19	Close Surfer	2	SSP 187	Trainer
11 %2/19	Close Colress's Tenacity	1	SFA 57	Trainer
11 %2/19	Close Enhanced Hammer	1	TWM 148	Trainer
11 %2/19	Close Sacred Ash	1	DRI 168	Trainer
11 %2/19	Close Scoop Up Cyclone	1	TWM 162	Trainer
11 %2/19	Close Enriching Energy	1	SSP 191	Energy
5 %1/19	Close Iron Leaves ex	4	TEF 25	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	4	TWM 25	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Buneary	3	MEG 107	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Buneary	3	PRE 83	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Froslass	3	TWM 53	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Jynx	3	PBL 32	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close N's Zoroark ex	3	JTG 98	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close N's Zorua	3	JTG 97	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Noibat	3	JTG 127	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Noivern	3	JTG 128	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Vulpix	3	SSP 16	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Azelf	2	SSP 80	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Cubchoo	2	BLK 25	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Ethan's Sudowoodo	2	DRI 93	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Latias ex	2	SSP 76	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Mega Dragalge ex	2	CRI 65	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Ninetales	2	CRI 9	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Skrelp	2	CRI 58	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex	1	TWM 112	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Elgyem	1	BLK 40	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Gastrodon	1	SSP 107	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Genesect	1	SFA 40	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Maractus	1	JTG 8	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Shellos	1	SSP 46	Pokémon
5 %1/19	Close Bug Catching Set	4	TWM 143	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Energy Switch	4	MEG 115	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Friends in Paldea	4	PRE 109	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Salvatore	4	TEF 160	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Dusk Ball	3	SSP 175	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Xerosic's Machinations	3	SFA 64	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Call Bell	2	SSP 165	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Carmine	2	TWM 145	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Crispin	2	SCR 133	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Hand Trimmer	2	TEF 150	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Hassel	2	TWM 151	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Lively Stadium	2	SSP 180	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Repel	2	MEG 126	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Amulet of Hope	1	SSP 162	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Dark Bell	1	PBL 75	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Energy Retrieval	1	SVI 171	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Lisia's Appeal	1	SSP 179	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Risky Ruins	1	MEG 127	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Scramble Switch	1	SSP 186	Trainer
5 %1/19	Close Tyme	1	SSP 190	Trainer
5 %1/19	Grass Energy	14	MEE 1	Energy
5 %1/19	Darkness Energy	5	MEE 7	Energy
5 %1/19	Close Prism Energy	4	ASC 216	Energy
5 %1/19	Close Telepathic Psychic Energy	4	POR 88	Energy
5 %1/19	Close Spiky Energy	3	JTG 159	Energy
5 %1/19	Close Rocky Fighting Energy	1	POR 87	Energy

What Mega Lopunny ex costs to build, and how long it will last

You need 117 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 3 of which nobody argues about. We do not have card prices, so we are not going to put a number on it.

All 19 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 5 took Prime Catcher, 4 took Legacy Energy and 3 took Secret Box. 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 Prime Catcher 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 3 core cards carries the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation. This deck walks through the change whole.

What Mega Lopunny ex struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Fighting, so they take DOUBLE damage from that type. 14 of the 117 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 11 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 14 decks out of the 117 we track. The other 103 do not attack into yours, and this table says nothing about them. You will still run into them.

Going the other way, none of the 117 decks we track have an attacker Weak to your types. So you are not going to win trades on Weakness — you will have to win them on raw damage.