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

What Scovillain ex looks like when you open the box

Across the 6 lists we counted, this deck runs 20 to 22 Pokémon, 30 to 31 Trainers and 8 to 9 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Water and Psychic.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « scovillain-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 9 out of 60, when half the 97 decks we track run 10 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. Dudunsparce 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: 30 to 31 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 97 decks we track. Inside that, 8 to 9 Supporters, and the rule there is strict — one a turn, even if you are holding three. The 16 to 18 Items you can play all of in the same turn. It also brings up to 3 Stadiums, and 91 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

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

Scovillain ex is in all 6 lists, 3 copies of it. Its Ability is called Double Type, and here is what is printed on it, word for word: « As long as this Pokémon is in play, it is {G} and {R} type. »

How Scovillain ex actually wins

Dudunsparce attacks with Land Crush for 90. It needs 3 Colorless Energy attached, and it has 140 HP.

The cost of Land Crush decides your first few turns. You only get to attach one Energy a turn, and that attack asks for 3. On your own attachments alone, your first real swing lands on turn 3. We have not found anything in this list that attaches Energy faster than that, so plan on holding out for 2 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.

Here is the detail that quietly loses games. To pull Dudunsparce back to the Bench you have to discard 3 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 3 Energy you spent 3 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.

Scovillain ex carries the "ex" suffix, and your opponent takes 2 Prize cards instead of one when Scovillain 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 DudunsparceStage 1	140	Land Crush	90	Colorless + Colorless + Colorless	Fighting ×2	3
Close FroslassStage 1	90	Frost Smash	60	Water + Colorless	Metal ×2	1
Close MunkidoriBasic	110	Mind Bend	60	Psychic + Colorless	Darkness ×2	1
Close DunsparceBasic	60	Dig	30	Colorless + Colorless	Fighting ×2	0

The core: the 21 cards every list runs

These 21 cards appear in all 6 lists, without a single exception. That is 55 of the 60 slots. The other 5 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 55 slots break down: 25 Trainers, 22 Pokémon, 8 Energy. Nothing stands out in that split. What sets this deck apart is how thick its core is: 55 of the 60 slots are the same for everybody, when half the 97 decks we track fix 34 or fewer. Fewer choices left to you than usual, and fewer ways to get them wrong.

7 of those 21 cards do not sit at the same count from list to list: Capsakid (3 to 4), Froslass (2 to 3) and Munkidori (2 to 3), plus 4 more. Add those spreads up and you get 7 copies the 6 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 Capsakid	SSP 12	Pokémon	leaves
2–3	Close Froslass	TWM 53	Pokémon	leaves
2–3	Close Munkidori	TWM 95	Pokémon	leaves
3	Close Scovillain ex	SSP 37	Pokémon	leaves
2–3	Close Snorunt	ASC 46	Pokémon	stays
1–2	Close Budew	ASC 16	Pokémon	leaves
2	Close Dudunsparce	TEF 129	Pokémon	leaves
2	Close Dunsparce	JTG 120	Pokémon	stays
1	Close Dunsparce	TEF 128	Pokémon	leaves
4	Close Buddy-Buddy Poffin	TEF 144	Trainer	leaves
4	Close Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer	stays
4	Close Poké Pad	POR 81	Trainer	stays
3	Close Risky Ruins	MEG 127	Trainer	stays
2	Close Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer	stays
2–3	Close Crispin	SCR 133	Trainer	leaves
2	Close Night Stretcher	ASC 196	Trainer	leaves
2	Close Ultra Ball	MEG 131	Trainer	stays
1	Close Hero's Cape	TEF 152	Trainer	leaves
1	Close Special Red Card	CRI 82	Trainer	stays
5–6	Fire Energy	MEE 2	Energy	stays
3	Darkness Energy	MEE 7	Energy	stays

The 6 cards that change from list to list

6 cards fight over the 5 slots that are left: 0 above three lists in four, 0 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

Not one of these cards reaches three quarters of the lists. The 5 free slots in this deck are genuinely open, and two players can build it very differently without either being wrong.

The dividing line runs through Meowth ex, at 50 %: 3 of 6 players took it, 3 put something else there. The ones who run it bring 1 copy.

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
67 %4/6	Close Crushing Hammer	3	POR 71	Trainer
67 %4/6	Close Powerglass	1	SFA 63	Trainer
50 %3/6	Close Meowth ex	1	POR 62	Pokémon
50 %3/6	Close Pokégear 3.0	2	SVI 186	Trainer
50 %3/6	Close Judge	1	POR 76	Trainer
33 %2/6	Close Team Rocket's Venture Bomb	3	DRI 179	Trainer

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

You need 27 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 21 of which nobody argues about. We do not have card prices, so we are not going to put a number on it.

Add Hero's Cape: all 6 players picked the same one. You are allowed ONE ACE SPEC card in your whole deck, so a single copy covers it whatever it costs.

Then there is time. 11 of the 21 core cards carry the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation: Capsakid, Froslass, Munkidori and Scovillain ex, plus 7 more. The core table marks every one of them. In copies, that is 26 of the 55 slots the core fills. Which day it lands, we do not know yet.

What Scovillain ex struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Fighting, Metal and Darkness, so they take DOUBLE damage from those types. 33 of the 97 decks we track attack in exactly those types.

Concretely, here is what is waiting for you: Mega Excadrill ex, Slowking (Metagross) and N's Zoroark ex, plus 30 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 33 decks out of the 97 we track. The other 64 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 Water and Psychic, and 15 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex, Mega Lucario ex and Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.

Questions people ask

What is the Scovillain ex deck list?

There isn't one. Across 6 tournament lists harvested between 16 August 2026 and 23 August 2026, 21 cards turn up in every single one, 55 slots out of 60. The remaining 5 change from player to player, with 6 different cards competing for them. Both tables are above.

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

6 lists, played across 6 different tournaments, harvested between 16 August 2026 and 23 August 2026 from play.limitlesstcg.com. All 6 were read card by card, and every card recognised.

Where do I start if I want to build Scovillain ex?

With the whole core: 21 cards, 55 slots. Inside it, buy the 25 Trainer slots and the 8 Energy first: they carry over into your next deck. Leave the 22 Pokémon slots for last. Only then work down the flex table and add the cards the most lists agree on.

What beats Scovillain ex?

Its attackers are Weak to Fighting, Metal and Darkness, so they take double damage from an attacker of that type. 33 of the 97 decks we track play an attacker of that type: Mega Excadrill ex, Slowking, N's Zoroark ex and Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass, among others.

Will Scovillain ex survive the next rotation?

Not intact: 11 core cards out of 21 carry the letter H, starting with Capsakid, Froslass, Munkidori and Scovillain ex, plus 7 more.

Are a lot of people playing Scovillain ex?

We have read 6 lists of it, which puts it 96th of the 97 decks we track by lists read. The platform those tournaments run on counts 6 entries for it, 0.01 % of the field, across all its players. That figure is theirs.

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