Mega Lopunny ex

What Mega Lopunny ex looks like when you open the box

Across the 52 lists we counted, this deck runs 11 to 24 Pokémon, 18 to 39 Trainers and 6 to 18 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: 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 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: 18 to 39 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 132 decks we track. Inside that, 8 to 20 Supporters, and the rule there is strict — one a turn, even if you are holding three. The 6 to 21 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.

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.

Energy is not your only clock. Buneary has to climb a step before it becomes Mega Lopunny 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 39 of the 52 lists bring it, so it is a choice, and players are still arguing about it.

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 52 lists, without a single exception. That is 6 of the 60 slots. The other 54 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 6 slots break down: 3 Trainers, 3 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), Boss's Orders (1 to 4) and Lillie's Determination (1 to 4). Add those spreads up and you get 8 copies the 52 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
1–4	Close Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer
1–4	Close Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer

The 154 cards that change from list to list

154 cards fight over the 54 slots that are left: 5 above three lists in four, 126 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Buneary at 96 %, Buddy-Buddy Poffin at 92 % and Wally's Compassion at 77 %, plus 2 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Ultra Ball, at 50 %: 26 of 52 players took it, 26 put something else there. The ones who run it bring 4 copies. Right at the bottom of the table, Judge (11 lists out of 52) and Fezandipiti ex (10 lists out of 52).

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
96 %50/52	Close Buneary	1–4	PFL 83	Pokémon
92 %48/52	Close Buddy-Buddy Poffin	1–4	TEF 144	Trainer
77 %40/52	Close Wally's Compassion	1–4	MEG 132	Trainer
77 %40/52	Psychic Energy	1–9	MEE 13	Energy
75 %39/52	Close Hilda	1–4	WHT 84	Trainer
71 %37/52	Close Switch	1–4	MEG 130	Trainer
63 %33/52	Close Night Stretcher	1–2	ASC 196	Trainer
62 %32/52	Close Snorunt	2–4	ASC 46	Pokémon
62 %32/52	Close Battle Cage	1–3	PFL 85	Trainer
62 %32/52	Water Energy	2–6	MEE 11	Energy
60 %31/52	Close Mega Froslass ex	2–4	ASC 47	Pokémon
56 %29/52	Close Air Balloon	1–2	ASC 181	Trainer
52 %27/52	Close Budew	1–3	ASC 16	Pokémon
52 %27/52	Close Poké Pad	1–4	POR 81	Trainer
50 %26/52	Close Ultra Ball	1–4	MEG 131	Trainer
50 %26/52	Close Dawn	1–2	PFL 87	Trainer
48 %25/52	Close AZ's Tranquility	2	CRI 76	Trainer
46 %24/52	Close Magearna	1–2	JTG 107	Pokémon
40 %21/52	Close Mega Signal	2–3	MEG 121	Trainer
40 %21/52	Close Xerosic's Machinations	1–3	SFA 64	Trainer
38 %20/52	Close Prism Energy	1–4	ASC 216	Energy
37 %19/52	Close Pokégear 3.0	2–4	SVI 186	Trainer
35 %18/52	Close Crispin	1–4	SCR 133	Trainer
31 %16/52	Close Wondrous Patch	1–4	PFL 94	Trainer
31 %16/52	Close Mist Energy	1–4	TEF 161	Energy
27 %14/52	Close Fan Rotom	1–3	SCR 118	Pokémon
27 %14/52	Close Lillie's Clefairy ex	1–3	JTG 56	Pokémon
27 %14/52	Close Meowth ex	1–3	POR 62	Pokémon
21 %11/52	Close Judge	1–3	POR 76	Trainer
19 %10/52	Close Fezandipiti ex	1	ASC 142	Pokémon
19 %10/52	Close Lillie's Pearl	1–3	JTG 151	Trainer
19 %10/52	Close Ignition Energy	2	WHT 86	Energy
17 %9/52	Close Pecharunt ex	1–2	SFA 39	Pokémon
17 %9/52	Close Energy Search	1–2	POR 72	Trainer
17 %9/52	Close Special Red Card	1	CRI 82	Trainer
15 %8/52	Close Yveltal	1–2	MEG 88	Pokémon
15 %8/52	Close Telepathic Psychic Energy	2–4	POR 88	Energy
13 %7/52	Close Jirachi ex	1	30C 102	Pokémon
13 %7/52	Close Colress's Tenacity	1	SFA 57	Trainer
12 %6/52	Close Mew ex	2–3	30C 66	Pokémon
12 %6/52	Close Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
12 %6/52	Close Energy Switch	1–4	MEG 115	Trainer
12 %6/52	Close Cyrano	1–3	SSP 170	Trainer
12 %6/52	Close Prime Catcher	1	TEF 157	Trainer
12 %6/52	Fire Energy	1–4	MEE 2	Energy
12 %6/52	Close Legacy Energy	1	TWM 167	Energy
10 %5/52	Close Munkidori	1–3	TWM 95	Pokémon
10 %5/52	Close Unown	2	30C 72	Pokémon
10 %5/52	Close Crushing Hammer	1–4	POR 71	Trainer
10 %5/52	Close Lucky Helmet	1–3	TWM 158	Trainer
10 %5/52	Close Energy Retrieval	1	SVI 171	Trainer
10 %5/52	Close Maximum Belt	1	TEF 154	Trainer
8 %4/52	Close Latias ex	1–2	SSP 76	Pokémon
8 %4/52	Close Dewgong	1	POR 19	Pokémon
8 %4/52	Close Mega Audino ex	1	ASC 172	Pokémon
8 %4/52	Close Seel	1	POR 18	Pokémon
8 %4/52	Close Pokémon Catcher	4	POR 82	Trainer
8 %4/52	Close Drayton	1–2	SSP 174	Trainer
8 %4/52	Close Deluxe Bomb	1	SCR 134	Trainer
8 %4/52	Close Nighttime Mine	1–3	ASC 197	Trainer
8 %4/52	Close Bubbly Water Energy	4	CRI 84	Energy
8 %4/52	Close Enriching Energy	1	SSP 191	Energy
6 %3/52	Close Dusclops	2	PRE 36	Pokémon
6 %3/52	Close Duskull	2	PRE 35	Pokémon
6 %3/52	Close Mega Kangaskhan ex	2–4	MEG 104	Pokémon
6 %3/52	Close Dusknoir	1	PRE 37	Pokémon
6 %3/52	Close Mew	1	30C 65	Pokémon
6 %3/52	Close Moltres	1	PFL 14	Pokémon
6 %3/52	Close Psyduck	1	ASC 39	Pokémon
6 %3/52	Close Salvatore	1–4	TEF 160	Trainer
6 %3/52	Close Brock's Scouting	2	JTG 146	Trainer
6 %3/52	Close Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
6 %3/52	Close Secret Box	1	TWM 163	Trainer
6 %3/52	Close Team Rocket's Petrel	1	DRI 176	Trainer
6 %3/52	Close Team Rocket's Watchtower	1–2	DRI 180	Trainer
6 %3/52	Close Tool Scrapper	1	ASC 212	Trainer
6 %3/52	Darkness Energy	3–5	MEE 15	Energy
4 %2/52	Close Drakloak	3	TWM 129	Pokémon
4 %2/52	Close Dreepy	3	TWM 128	Pokémon
4 %2/52	Close Jynx	2–3	PBL 32	Pokémon
4 %2/52	Close Deoxys	1–2	CRI 34	Pokémon
4 %2/52	Close Ditto	2	30C 115	Pokémon
4 %2/52	Close Dunsparce	2	TEF 128	Pokémon
4 %2/52	Close Audino	1	BLK 74	Pokémon
4 %2/52	Close Dudunsparce	1	TEF 129	Pokémon
4 %2/52	Close Lopunny	1	MEG 108	Pokémon
4 %2/52	Close Pikipek	1	PBL 66	Pokémon
4 %2/52	Close Toucannon	1	PBL 68	Pokémon
4 %2/52	Close Trumbeak	1	PBL 67	Pokémon
4 %2/52	Close Dusk Ball	3–4	SSP 175	Trainer
4 %2/52	Close Gravity Gemstone	1–4	SCR 137	Trainer
4 %2/52	Close Gravity Mountain	1–3	SSP 177	Trainer
4 %2/52	Close Handheld Fan	2–3	TWM 150	Trainer
4 %2/52	Close Lisia's Appeal	1–3	SSP 179	Trainer
4 %2/52	Close Eri	2	TEF 146	Trainer
4 %2/52	Close Surfer	2	SSP 187	Trainer
4 %2/52	Close Enhanced Hammer	1	TWM 148	Trainer
4 %2/52	Close Sacred Ash	1	DRI 168	Trainer
4 %2/52	Close Scoop Up Cyclone	1	TWM 162	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Iron Leaves ex	4	TEF 25	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	4	TWM 25	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Buneary	3	MEG 107	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Buneary	3	PRE 83	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Fezandipiti	3	TWM 96	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Froslass	3	TWM 53	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close N's Zoroark ex	3	JTG 98	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close N's Zorua	3	JTG 97	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Noibat	3	JTG 127	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Noivern	3	JTG 128	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Vulpix	3	SSP 16	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Azelf	2	SSP 80	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Clefable	2	TWM 79	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Clefairy	2	POR 30	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Cubchoo	2	BLK 25	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Ethan's Sudowoodo	2	DRI 93	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Mega Diancie ex	2	PFL 41	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Mega Dragalge ex	2	CRI 65	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Ninetales	2	CRI 9	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Skrelp	2	CRI 58	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Xerneas	2	CRI 42	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Abra	1	TWM 80	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex	1	TWM 112	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Diancie	1	SCR 86	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Dragapult ex	1	TWM 130	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Elgyem	1	BLK 40	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Gastrodon	1	SSP 107	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Genesect	1	SFA 40	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Maractus	1	JTG 8	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Mega Floette ex	1	CRI 35	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Shellos	1	SSP 46	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Stunfisk	1	ASC 62	Pokémon
2 %1/52	Close Bug Catching Set	4	TWM 143	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking	4	TEF 145	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Friends in Paldea	4	PRE 109	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Lumiose City	4	POR 77	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Call Bell	2	SSP 165	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Caretaker	2	TWM 144	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Carmine	2	TWM 145	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Hand Trimmer	2	TEF 150	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Hassel	2	TWM 151	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Lively Stadium	2	SSP 180	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Repel	2	MEG 126	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Roxie's Performance	2	CRI 81	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Amulet of Hope	1	SSP 162	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Dark Bell	1	PBL 75	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Kieran	1	TWM 154	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Larry's Skill	1	PRE 115	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Risky Ruins	1	MEG 127	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Scramble Switch	1	SSP 186	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Tyme	1	SSP 190	Trainer
2 %1/52	Close Unfair Stamp	1	TWM 165	Trainer
2 %1/52	Grass Energy	14	MEE 1	Energy
2 %1/52	Close Spiky Energy	3	JTG 159	Energy
2 %1/52	Close Rocky Fighting Energy	1	POR 87	Energy

The most common Mega Lopunny ex list, all 60 cards

Here they are in full, ready to build. 6 slots come from the core, the cards all 52 lists run. The remaining 54 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 21 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 52 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.

One thing to fix before you play: there is no ACE SPEC card in these 60. Players split that slot so many ways that none of their cards climbed high enough to get in, and 36 of the 52 lists carry one. Take Legacy Energy, the most chosen, and drop a card from the bottom of the table to make room.

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: 18
3 Mega Lopunny ex PFL 84
4 Buneary PFL 83
4 Snorunt ASC 46
3 Mega Froslass ex ASC 47
2 Budew ASC 16
2 Magearna JTG 107

Trainer: 31
2 Boss's Orders MEG 114
1 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144
4 Wally's Compassion MEG 132
2 Hilda WHT 84
2 Switch MEG 130
1 Night Stretcher ASC 196
2 Battle Cage PFL 85
2 Air Balloon ASC 181
2 Poké Pad POR 81
4 Ultra Ball MEG 131
2 Dawn PFL 87
2 AZ's Tranquility CRI 76
2 Mega Signal MEG 121
1 Xerosic's Machinations SFA 64

Energy: 11
4 Psychic Energy
5 Water Energy
2 Prism Energy ASC 216

Total Cards: 60

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

You need 157 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 3 of which nobody argues about. The rest is where lists differ from one another, and that is where you have room to choose.

36 of these 52 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 6 took Legacy Energy, 6 took Prime Catcher and 5 took Maximum Belt. 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 Legacy Energy 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. 13 of the 132 decks we track attack in exactly that type.

Concretely, here is what is waiting for you: Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama, Cynthia's Garchomp ex and Mega Lucario ex, plus 10 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 13 decks out of the 132 we track. The other 119 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 132 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.