Mega Venusaur ex deck: the core, the flex slots, and what beats it

What Mega Venusaur ex looks like when you open the box

Across the 29 lists we counted, this deck runs 15 to 25 Pokémon, 19 to 37 Trainers and 7 to 19 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Grass.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « mega-venusaur-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: 7 to 19 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 takes a while to set up. Mega Venusaur 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: 19 to 37 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 97 decks we track. Inside that, 8 to 15 Supporters, and the rule there is strict — one a turn, even if you are holding three. The 6 to 17 Items you can play all of in the same turn. It also brings up to 5 Stadiums, and 8 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 card in this deck's name actually does

Mega Venusaur ex gives this deck its name. Here is what is written on it.

Mega Venusaur ex is in all 29 lists, 2 copies of it. Its Ability is called Solar Transfer, and here is what is printed on it, word for word: « As often as you like during your turn, you may use this Ability. Move a Basic {G} Energy from 1 of your Pokémon to another of your Pokémon. »

How Mega Venusaur ex actually wins

Mega Venusaur ex attacks with Jungle Dump for 240. It needs 4 Grass Energy attached, and it has 380 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: "Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon."

The cost of Jungle Dump 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. Except you are not on your own. Teal Mask Ogerpon ex, which the list runs 4 of, has an Ability called Teal Dance: it attaches Energy from your hand on top of the one you already play. 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.

Here is the detail that quietly loses games. To pull Mega Venusaur 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 Venusaur 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 Venusaur exStage 2	380	Jungle Dump	240	Grass + Grass + Grass + Grass	Fire ×2	4
Close IvysaurStage 1	110	Razor Leaf	60	Grass + Grass	Fire ×2	3
Close BulbasaurBasic	80	Bind Down	10	Grass	Fire ×2	2

The core: the 7 cards every list runs

These 7 cards appear in all 29 lists, without a single exception. That is 27 of the 60 slots. The other 33 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 27 slots break down: 10 Trainers, 6 Pokémon, 11 Energy. Nothing stands out in that split. What sets this deck apart is how thick its core is: 27 of the 60 slots are the same for everybody, when half the 97 decks we track fix 34 or more. This one leaves more room than most, and two players can build it very differently.

7 of those 7 cards do not sit at the same count from list to list: Bulbasaur (2 to 3), Ivysaur (1 to 3) and Mega Venusaur ex (2 to 3), plus 4 more. Add those spreads up and you get 18 copies the 29 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 Bulbasaur	MEG 1	Pokémon	stays
1–3	Close Ivysaur	MEG 2	Pokémon	stays
2–3	Close Mega Venusaur ex	MEG 3	Pokémon	stays
2–4	Close Bug Catching Set	TWM 143	Trainer	leaves
2–4	Close Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer	stays
1–4	Close Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer	stays
7–14	Grass Energy	MEE 1	Energy	stays

The 88 cards that change from list to list

88 cards fight over the 33 slots that are left: 9 above three lists in four, 68 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Teal Mask Ogerpon ex at 97 %, Forest of Vitality at 97 % and Meganium at 90 %, plus 6 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Chikorita, at 52 %: 15 of 29 players took it, 14 put something else there. The ones who run it bring 3 copies. Right at the bottom of the table, Xerosic's Machinations (7 lists out of 29) and Switch (6 lists out of 29).

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 %28/29	Close Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	1–4	TWM 25	Pokémon
97 %28/29	Close Forest of Vitality	2–4	MEG 117	Trainer
90 %26/29	Close Meganium	2	MEG 10	Pokémon
90 %26/29	Close Ultra Ball	1–4	MEG 131	Trainer
90 %26/29	Close Night Stretcher	1–2	ASC 196	Trainer
86 %25/29	Close Bayleef	1–3	MEG 9	Pokémon
86 %25/29	Close Wally's Compassion	1–4	MEG 132	Trainer
79 %23/29	Close Fezandipiti ex	1	ASC 142	Pokémon
76 %22/29	Close Meowth ex	1–2	POR 62	Pokémon
69 %20/29	Close Poké Pad	1–4	POR 81	Trainer
59 %17/29	Close Mega Meganium ex	1–2	ASC 10	Pokémon
55 %16/29	Close Celebi	1–2	MEG 12	Pokémon
55 %16/29	Close Lana's Aid	1	TWM 155	Trainer
52 %15/29	Close Chikorita	2–3	ASC 8	Pokémon
48 %14/29	Close Judge	1–2	POR 76	Trainer
45 %13/29	Close Dawn	1–3	PFL 87	Trainer
45 %13/29	Close Special Red Card	1–2	CRI 82	Trainer
45 %13/29	Close Unfair Stamp	1	TWM 165	Trainer
41 %12/29	Close Chikorita	1–3	MEG 8	Pokémon
28 %8/29	Close Max Rod	1	PRE 116	Trainer
24 %7/29	Close Xerosic's Machinations	1	SFA 64	Trainer
21 %6/29	Close Switch	1–2	MEG 130	Trainer
17 %5/29	Close Genesect	1	PFL 8	Pokémon
17 %5/29	Close Regigigas	1	PRE 86	Pokémon
17 %5/29	Close Lucian	1	TWM 157	Trainer
14 %4/29	Close Tapu Bulu	1	SFA 6	Pokémon
14 %4/29	Close Gwynn	2–3	PBL 78	Trainer
14 %4/29	Close Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
10 %3/29	Close Buddy-Buddy Poffin	1–4	TEF 144	Trainer
10 %3/29	Close Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking	1–2	TEF 145	Trainer
10 %3/29	Close Energy Recycler	1	DRI 164	Trainer
10 %3/29	Close Team Rocket's Petrel	1	DRI 176	Trainer
10 %3/29	Close Growing Grass Energy	1–2	POR 86	Energy
7 %2/29	Close Yanma	2–3	DRI 2	Pokémon
7 %2/29	Close Bayleef	2	ASC 9	Pokémon
7 %2/29	Close Cinccino ex	2	CRI 73	Pokémon
7 %2/29	Close Minccino	2	CRI 72	Pokémon
7 %2/29	Close Shuckle	1–2	MEG 11	Pokémon
7 %2/29	Close Yanmega ex	2	DRI 3	Pokémon
7 %2/29	Close Budew	1	ASC 16	Pokémon
7 %2/29	Close Rabsca	1	TEF 24	Pokémon
7 %2/29	Close Lucky Helmet	2–3	TWM 158	Trainer
7 %2/29	Close Jumbo Ice Cream	1–2	PFL 91	Trainer
7 %2/29	Close Air Balloon	1	ASC 181	Trainer
7 %2/29	Close Area Zero Underdepths	1	SCR 131	Trainer
7 %2/29	Close Battle Cage	1	PFL 85	Trainer
7 %2/29	Close Rare Candy	1	MEG 125	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Carvanha	3	PFL 60	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Dudunsparce	3	TEF 129	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Dunsparce	3	JTG 120	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Mega Darkrai ex	3	PBL 48	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Mega Sharpedo ex	3	PFL 61	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Erika's Gloom	2	ASC 2	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Erika's Oddish	2	ASC 1	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Erika's Vileplume ex	2	ASC 3	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Leafeon	2	TWM 11	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Eevee	1	TWM 135	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Eevee	1	SSP 143	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Flutter Mane	1	TEF 78	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Latias ex	1	SSP 76	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Mega Heracross ex	1	PFL 4	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Patrat	1	CRI 70	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Psyduck	1	ASC 39	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Rellor	1	DRI 24	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Rellor	1	TEF 23	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Toxel	1	PFL 67	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Toxtricity	1	PFL 68	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Zarude	1	SSP 11	Pokémon
3 %1/29	Close Pokégear 3.0	4	SVI 186	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Crispin	2	SCR 133	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Energy Search	2	POR 72	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Hilda	2	WHT 84	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Jasmine's Gaze	2	SSP 178	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Briar	1	SCR 132	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Colress's Tenacity	1	SFA 57	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Energy Switch	1	MEG 115	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Enhanced Hammer	1	TWM 148	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Fennel	1	BLK 82	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Hand Trimmer	1	TEF 150	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Lacey	1	SCR 139	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Megaton Blower	1	SSP 182	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Occa Berry	1	SCR 140	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Precious Trolley	1	SSP 185	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Sacred Ash	1	DRI 168	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Scoop Up Cyclone	1	TWM 162	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Secret Box	1	TWM 163	Trainer
3 %1/29	Close Urbain	1	ASC 214	Trainer
3 %1/29	Darkness Energy	10	MEE 7	Energy

The most common Mega Venusaur ex list, all 60 cards

Here they are in full, ready to build. 27 slots come from the core, the cards all 29 lists run. The remaining 33 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 16 more cards to reach 60. The whole thing comes to 22 Pokémon, 27 Trainers and 11 Energy.

One thing to know before you build it: the 29 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 29 of the 29 lists carry one. Take Unfair Stamp, 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.

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: 22
2 Bulbasaur MEG 1
2 Ivysaur MEG 2
2 Mega Venusaur ex MEG 3
4 Teal Mask Ogerpon ex TWM 25
2 Meganium MEG 10
3 Bayleef MEG 9
1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142
1 Meowth ex POR 62
1 Mega Meganium ex ASC 10
1 Celebi MEG 12
3 Chikorita ASC 8

Trainer: 27
4 Bug Catching Set TWM 143
4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
2 Boss's Orders MEG 114
4 Forest of Vitality MEG 117
3 Ultra Ball MEG 131
2 Night Stretcher ASC 196
1 Wally's Compassion MEG 132
3 Poké Pad POR 81
1 Lana's Aid TWM 155
1 Judge POR 76
2 Dawn PFL 87

Energy: 11
11 Grass Energy MEE 1

Total Cards: 60

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

You need 95 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 7 of which nobody argues about. We do not have card prices, so we are not going to put a number on it.

All 29 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 13 took Unfair Stamp, 8 took Max Rod 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 Unfair Stamp and watch what the others do with theirs before you switch.

Then there is time. 1 of the 7 core cards carries the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation: Bug Catching Set. The core table marks it. In copies, that is 4 of the 27 slots the core fills. Which day it lands, we do not know yet.

What Mega Venusaur ex struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Fire, so they take DOUBLE damage from that type. 10 of the 97 decks we track attack in exactly that type.

Concretely, here is what is waiting for you: Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex, Ethan's Typhlosion and Ceruledge ex, plus 7 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 10 decks out of the 97 we track. The other 87 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 Grass, and 18 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: N's Zoroark ex, Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass and Mega Lucario ex, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.

Questions people ask

What is the Mega Venusaur ex deck list?

There isn't one, so we built one for you: all 60 cards are written out further up this page. Across 29 tournament lists harvested between 11 August 2026 and 28 August 2026, 7 cards turn up in every single one, 27 slots out of 60. The remaining 33 change from player to player, with 88 different cards competing for them. Both tables are above.

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

29 lists, played across 29 different tournaments, harvested between 11 August 2026 and 28 August 2026 from play.limitlesstcg.com. All 29 were read card by card, and every card recognised.

Where do I start if I want to build Mega Venusaur ex?

With the whole core: 7 cards, 27 slots. Inside it, buy the 10 Trainer slots and the 11 Energy first: they carry over into your next deck. Leave the 6 Pokémon slots for last. Only then work down the flex table and add the cards the most lists agree on, starting with Teal Mask Ogerpon ex at 97 % and Forest of Vitality at 97 %.

What beats Mega Venusaur ex?

Its attackers are Weak to Fire, so they take double damage from an attacker of that type. 10 of the 97 decks we track play an attacker of that type: Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex, Ethan's Typhlosion, Ceruledge ex and Blaziken / N's Zoroark ex, among others.

Will Mega Venusaur ex survive the next rotation?

Not intact: 1 core cards out of 7 carry the letter H, starting with Bug Catching Set.

Are a lot of people playing Mega Venusaur ex?

We have read 29 lists of it, which puts it 46th of the 97 decks we track by lists read. The platform those tournaments run on counts 224 entries for it, 0.55 % of the field, across all its players. That figure is theirs.

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