Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium

What Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium looks like when you open the box

Across the 66 lists we counted, this deck runs 13 to 21 Pokémon, 26 to 35 Trainers and 8 to 17 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Grass.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « ogerpon-meganium ». 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 17 out of 60, when half the 126 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 takes a while to set up. Meganium 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: 26 to 35 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 126 decks we track. Inside that, 7 to 14 Supporters, and the rule there is strict — one a turn, even if you are holding three. The 11 to 22 Items you can play all of in the same turn. It also brings up to 5 Stadiums, and 22 of the 126 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

Teal Mask Ogerpon ex and Meganium give this deck its name. Here is what is written on them.

Teal Mask Ogerpon ex is in all 66 lists, 4 copies of it. Its Ability is called Teal Dance, and here is what is printed on it, word for word: « Once during your turn, you may attach a Basic {G} Energy card from your hand to this Pokémon. If you attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, draw a card. »

Meganium is in all 66 lists, 2 copies of it. Its Ability is called Wild Growth, and here is what is printed on it, word for word: « Each Basic {G} Energy attached to all of your Pokémon provides {G}{G} Energy. The effect of Wild Growth doesn't stack. »

How Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium actually wins

Meganium attacks with Solar Beam for 140. It needs 4 Energy, 2 Grass and 2 Colorless attached, and it has 160 HP.

The cost of Solar Beam 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.

Energy is not your only clock. Chikorita has to climb two steps before it becomes Meganium, and an evolution asleep at the bottom of your deck does you no good at all. The list has that covered. Dawn, which the list runs 2 of, goes into your deck for an evolution. Careful, though: only 61 of the 66 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 Meganium back to the Bench you have to discard 2 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 2 Energy you spent 2 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.

Teal Mask Ogerpon ex carries the "ex" suffix, and your opponent takes 2 Prize cards instead of one when Teal Mask Ogerpon ex falls. They need 6 to win: 3 well-placed knockouts on that card beat you, where it would take 6 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 MeganiumStage 2	160	Solar Beam	140		Fire ×2	2
Close Teal Mask Ogerpon exBasic	210	Myriad Leaf Shower	30+		Fire ×2	1

The core: the 5 cards every list runs

These 5 cards appear in all 66 lists, without a single exception. That is 26 of the 60 slots. The other 34 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 26 slots break down: 7 Trainers, 6 Pokémon, 13 Energy. Nothing stands out in that split. What sets this deck apart is how thick its core is: 26 of the 60 slots are the same for everybody, when half the 126 decks we track fix 25 or fewer. Fewer choices left to you than usual, and fewer ways to get them wrong.

5 of those 5 cards do not sit at the same count from list to list: Teal Mask Ogerpon ex (3 to 4), Meganium (2 to 3) and Lillie's Determination (2 to 4), plus 2 more. Add those spreads up and you get 16 copies the 66 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
3–4	Close Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	TWM 25	Pokémon	leaves
2–3	Close Meganium	MEG 10	Pokémon	stays
2–4	Close Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer	stays
1–4	Close Forest of Vitality	MEG 117	Trainer	stays
8–17	Grass Energy	MEE 1	Energy	stays

The 125 cards that change from list to list

125 cards fight over the 34 slots that are left: 9 above three lists in four, 102 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Bug Catching Set at 98 %, Boss's Orders at 97 % and Energy Switch at 94 %, plus 6 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Mega Meganium ex, at 48 %: 32 of 66 players took it, 34 put something else there. The ones who run it bring 1 copy. Right at the bottom of the table, Team Rocket's Petrel (16 lists out of 66) and Bayleef (15 lists out of 66).

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
98 %65/66	Close Bug Catching Set	2–4	TWM 143	Trainer
97 %64/66	Close Boss's Orders	2–4	MEG 114	Trainer
94 %62/66	Close Energy Switch	1–4	MEG 115	Trainer
94 %62/66	Close Night Stretcher	1–4	ASC 196	Trainer
92 %61/66	Close Dawn	1–3	PFL 87	Trainer
92 %61/66	Close Ultra Ball	1–4	MEG 131	Trainer
89 %59/66	Close Fezandipiti ex	1	ASC 142	Pokémon
83 %55/66	Close Bayleef	1–3	MEG 9	Pokémon
79 %52/66	Close Poké Pad	1–4	POR 81	Trainer
71 %47/66	Close Chikorita	1–3	MEG 8	Pokémon
61 %40/66	Close Meowth ex	1–2	POR 62	Pokémon
59 %39/66	Close Lana's Aid	1–2	TWM 155	Trainer
48 %32/66	Close Mega Meganium ex	1–2	ASC 10	Pokémon
45 %30/66	Close Budew	1–4	ASC 16	Pokémon
45 %30/66	Close Tera Orb	1–3	SSP 189	Trainer
45 %30/66	Close Special Red Card	1–2	CRI 82	Trainer
41 %27/66	Close Chikorita	1–4	ASC 8	Pokémon
41 %27/66	Close Energy Retrieval	1–2	SVI 171	Trainer
36 %24/66	Close Judge	1	POR 76	Trainer
35 %23/66	Close Rare Candy	1–2	MEG 125	Trainer
27 %18/66	Close Briar	1	SCR 132	Trainer
27 %18/66	Close Unfair Stamp	1	TWM 165	Trainer
26 %17/66	Close Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
24 %16/66	Close Team Rocket's Petrel	1–3	DRI 176	Trainer
23 %15/66	Close Bayleef	1–4	ASC 9	Pokémon
20 %13/66	Close Alolan Exeggutor	2–3	30C 2	Pokémon
17 %11/66	Close Switch	1–2	MEG 130	Trainer
15 %10/66	Close Exeggcute	1–4	SSP 1	Pokémon
15 %10/66	Close N's Plan	1	BLK 83	Trainer
15 %10/66	Close Wally's Compassion	1	MEG 132	Trainer
14 %9/66	Close Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex	2	TWM 64	Pokémon
12 %8/66	Close Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex	1	TWM 112	Pokémon
12 %8/66	Close Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon ex	1	TWM 40	Pokémon
12 %8/66	Close Ogre's Mask	3	TWM 159	Trainer
12 %8/66	Close Air Balloon	1–2	ASC 181	Trainer
12 %8/66	Close Sparkling Crystal	1	SCR 142	Trainer
12 %8/66	Close Prism Energy	4	ASC 216	Energy
11 %7/66	Close Exeggcute	1–2	MEG 4	Pokémon
11 %7/66	Close Tool Scrapper	1	ASC 212	Trainer
9 %6/66	Close Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
9 %6/66	Close Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking	1–2	TEF 145	Trainer
9 %6/66	Close Grand Tree	1	SCR 136	Trainer
9 %6/66	Close Jumbo Ice Cream	1–2	PFL 91	Trainer
9 %6/66	Close Xerosic's Machinations	1	SFA 64	Trainer
9 %6/66	Water Energy	1–3	MEE 11	Energy
8 %5/66	Close Exeggcute	1–4	30C 1	Pokémon
8 %5/66	Close Noctowl	1–2	SCR 115	Pokémon
8 %5/66	Close Alolan Exeggutor ex	1	SSP 133	Pokémon
8 %5/66	Close Crispin	1–2	SCR 133	Trainer
8 %5/66	Close Buddy-Buddy Poffin	1–2	TEF 144	Trainer
8 %5/66	Close Hilda	1–2	WHT 84	Trainer
8 %5/66	Close Max Rod	1	PRE 116	Trainer
8 %5/66	Fighting Energy	1	MEE 14	Energy
6 %4/66	Close Genesect	1–2	PFL 8	Pokémon
6 %4/66	Close Rabsca	1	TEF 24	Pokémon
6 %4/66	Close Rellor	1	TEF 23	Pokémon
6 %4/66	Close Colress's Tenacity	1	SFA 57	Trainer
6 %4/66	Close Cyrano	1–4	SSP 170	Trainer
6 %4/66	Close Scramble Switch	1	SSP 186	Trainer
6 %4/66	Close Growing Grass Energy	2	POR 86	Energy
5 %3/66	Close Hoothoot	1–2	PRE 77	Pokémon
5 %3/66	Close Bulbasaur	1	MEG 1	Pokémon
5 %3/66	Close Celebi	1–3	MEG 12	Pokémon
5 %3/66	Close Ivysaur	1	MEG 2	Pokémon
5 %3/66	Close Latias ex	1	SSP 76	Pokémon
5 %3/66	Close Mega Venusaur ex	1	MEG 3	Pokémon
5 %3/66	Close Patrat	1	CRI 70	Pokémon
5 %3/66	Close Energy Search	1–4	POR 72	Trainer
5 %3/66	Close Gwynn	2	PBL 78	Trainer
5 %3/66	Close Prime Catcher	1	TEF 157	Trainer
5 %3/66	Close Rosa's Encouragement	1	POR 84	Trainer
3 %2/66	Close Chesnaught	2	CRI 7	Pokémon
3 %2/66	Close Chespin	2	CRI 5	Pokémon
3 %2/66	Close Mega Heracross ex	1–2	PFL 4	Pokémon
3 %2/66	Close Mega Kangaskhan ex	2	MEG 104	Pokémon
3 %2/66	Close Quilladin	2	CRI 6	Pokémon
3 %2/66	Close Yanma	2	DRI 2	Pokémon
3 %2/66	Close Yanmega ex	2	DRI 3	Pokémon
3 %2/66	Close Psyduck	1	ASC 39	Pokémon
3 %2/66	Close Tapu Bulu	1	SFA 6	Pokémon
3 %2/66	Close Area Zero Underdepths	1–2	SCR 131	Trainer
3 %2/66	Close Brave Bangle	2	WHT 80	Trainer
3 %2/66	Close Glass Trumpet	1–2	SCR 135	Trainer
3 %2/66	Close Sacred Ash	1–2	DRI 168	Trainer
3 %2/66	Close Battle Cage	1	PFL 85	Trainer
3 %2/66	Close Energy Recycler	1	DRI 164	Trainer
3 %2/66	Close Handheld Fan	1	TWM 150	Trainer
3 %2/66	Close Secret Box	1	TWM 163	Trainer
3 %2/66	Close Surfer	1	SSP 187	Trainer
2 %1/66	Close Blissey ex	2	TWM 134	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Chansey	2	TWM 133	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Fomantis	2	PBL 3	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Hoothoot	2	TEF 126	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Lurantis ex	2	PBL 4	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Scatterbug	2	SSP 5	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Serperior ex	2	BLK 3	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Servine	2	BLK 2	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Shuckle	2	MEG 11	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Snivy	2	POR 4	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Spewpa	2	POR 8	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Vivillon	2	POR 9	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Applin	1	SCR 12	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Arboliva ex	1	DRI 23	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Chikorita	1	MEP 46	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Dipplin	1	TWM 18	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Dolliv	1	DRI 22	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Fan Rotom	1	SCR 118	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Hoothoot	1	SCR 114	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Hydrapple ex	1	SCR 14	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Maractus	1	JTG 8	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Minior	1	30C 124	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Regigigas	1	PRE 86	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Smoliv	1	DRI 21	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Zarude	1	SVP 199	Pokémon
2 %1/66	Close Crushing Hammer	3	POR 71	Trainer
2 %1/66	Close Pokégear 3.0	2	SVI 186	Trainer
2 %1/66	Close Redeemable Ticket	2	JTG 156	Trainer
2 %1/66	Close Team Rocket's Venture Bomb	2	DRI 179	Trainer
2 %1/66	Close Energy Swatter	1	POR 73	Trainer
2 %1/66	Close Heavy Baton	1	TEF 151	Trainer
2 %1/66	Close Lt. Surge's Bargain	1	MEG 120	Trainer
2 %1/66	Close Mega Signal	1	MEG 121	Trainer
2 %1/66	Close Precious Trolley	1	SSP 185	Trainer
2 %1/66	Close Scoop Up Cyclone	1	TWM 162	Trainer
2 %1/66	Close Legacy Energy	1	TWM 167	Energy

The most common Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium list, all 60 cards

Here they are in full, ready to build. 26 slots come from the core, the cards all 66 lists run. The remaining 34 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 17 Pokémon, 30 Trainers and 13 Energy.

One thing to know before you build it: the 66 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 66 of the 66 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.

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: 17
4 Teal Mask Ogerpon ex TWM 25
2 Meganium MEG 10
1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142
2 Bayleef MEG 9
2 Chikorita MEG 8
1 Meowth ex POR 62
1 Mega Meganium ex ASC 10
2 Budew ASC 16
2 Chikorita ASC 8

Trainer: 30
4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
3 Forest of Vitality MEG 117
4 Bug Catching Set TWM 143
2 Boss's Orders MEG 114
2 Energy Switch MEG 115
1 Night Stretcher ASC 196
2 Dawn PFL 87
2 Ultra Ball MEG 131
2 Poké Pad POR 81
1 Lana's Aid TWM 155
2 Tera Orb SSP 189
1 Special Red Card CRI 82
1 Energy Retrieval SVI 171
1 Judge POR 76
1 Rare Candy MEG 125
1 Briar SCR 132

Energy: 13
13 Grass Energy MEE 1

Total Cards: 60

How many different cards Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium needs, and how long it will last

You need 130 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 5 of which nobody argues about. The rest is where lists differ from one another, and that is where you have room to choose.

All 66 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 18 took Unfair Stamp, 17 took Hero's Cape and 8 took Sparkling Crystal. 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 Unfair Stamp and watch what the others do with theirs before you switch.

Then there is time. 1 of the 5 core cards carries the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation: Teal Mask Ogerpon ex. The core table marks it. In copies, that is 4 of the 26 slots the core fills. Which day it lands, we do not know yet.

What Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Fire, so they take DOUBLE damage from that type. 13 of the 126 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 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 126 we track. The other 113 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 24 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: N's Zoroark ex, Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama and Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.