Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity

What Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity looks like when you open the box

Across the 122 lists we counted, this deck runs 15 to 21 Pokémon, 30 to 37 Trainers and 8 to 11 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Darkness.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « sharpedo-toxtricity ». 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 11 out of 60, when half the 125 decks we track run 11 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. Mega Sharpedo 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: 30 to 37 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 125 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 11 to 22 Items you can play all of in the same turn. It also brings up to 4 Stadiums, and 87 of the 125 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

Mega Sharpedo ex and Toxtricity give this deck its name. Here is what is written on them.

Mega Sharpedo ex is in all 122 lists, 3 copies of it.

Toxtricity is in all 122 lists, 2 copies of it. Its Ability is called Sinister Surge, and here is what is printed on it, word for word: « Once during your turn, you may use this Ability. Search your deck for a Basic {D} Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Benched {D} Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck. If you attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, place 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. »

How Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity actually wins

Mega Sharpedo ex attacks with Hungry Jaws. It needs 2 Darkness Energy attached, and it has 330 HP. The damage box reads "120+", and that little symbol hides the real decision on this card: 120 to start with, 270 the moment it has taken a hit itself.

The cost of Hungry Jaws 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. Except you are not on your own. Toxtricity, which the list runs 2 of, has an Ability called Sinister Surge: it goes into your deck for Energy and attaches it. 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.

Good news on mobility: Mega Sharpedo ex retreats for free. You get it back to the Bench without discarding a single Energy, and you can still attack in the same turn. An attacker that comes and goes like that walks out of almost any mess.

Mega Sharpedo 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 Sharpedo exStage 1	330	Hungry Jaws	120+		Grass ×2	0
Close ToxtricityStage 1	140	Gentle Slap	100		Fighting ×2	2
Close CarvanhaBasic	70	Reckless Charge	30		Grass ×2	1
Close ToxelBasic	70	Playful Kick	20		Fighting ×2	1

The core: the 9 cards every list runs

These 9 cards appear in all 122 lists, without a single exception. That is 36 of the 60 slots. The other 24 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 36 slots break down: 16 Trainers, 11 Pokémon, 9 Energy. Nothing stands out in that split. What sets this deck apart is how thick its core is: 36 of the 60 slots are the same for everybody, when half the 125 decks we track fix 26 or fewer. Fewer choices left to you than usual, and fewer ways to get them wrong.

8 of those 9 cards do not sit at the same count from list to list: Carvanha (3 to 4), Mega Sharpedo ex (2 to 4) and Toxel (2 to 3), plus 5 more. Add those spreads up and you get 18 copies the 122 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
3–4	Close Carvanha	PFL 60	Pokémon
2–4	Close Mega Sharpedo ex	PFL 61	Pokémon
2–3	Close Toxel	PFL 67	Pokémon
2	Close Toxtricity	PFL 68	Pokémon
2–4	Close Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer
2–4	Close Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer
2–4	Close Poké Pad	POR 81	Trainer
1–4	Close Ultra Ball	MEG 131	Trainer
6–11	Darkness Energy	MEE 7	Energy

The 82 cards that change from list to list

82 cards fight over the 24 slots that are left: 9 above three lists in four, 67 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Munkidori at 99 %, Buddy-Buddy Poffin at 98 % and Pecharunt ex at 98 %, plus 6 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Yveltal, at 48 %: 59 of 122 players took it, 63 put something else there. The ones who run it bring 1 copy. Right at the bottom of the table, Hero's Cape (27 lists out of 122) and Janine's Secret Art (25 lists out of 122).

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
99 %121/122	Close Munkidori	1–3	TWM 95	Pokémon
98 %120/122	Close Buddy-Buddy Poffin	1–4	TEF 144	Trainer
98 %119/122	Close Pecharunt ex	1–3	SFA 39	Pokémon
97 %118/122	Close Binding Mochi	2–3	PRE 95	Trainer
84 %103/122	Close Night Stretcher	1–3	ASC 196	Trainer
80 %97/122	Close Judge	1–4	POR 76	Trainer
78 %95/122	Close Fezandipiti ex	1	ASC 142	Pokémon
76 %93/122	Close Team Rocket's Petrel	1–4	DRI 176	Trainer
75 %91/122	Close Tatsugiri	1–2	TWM 131	Pokémon
71 %87/122	Close Team Rocket's Watchtower	1–4	DRI 180	Trainer
63 %77/122	Close Unfair Stamp	1	TWM 165	Trainer
48 %59/122	Close Yveltal	1–2	MEG 88	Pokémon
42 %51/122	Close Gravity Mountain	1–4	SSP 177	Trainer
34 %41/122	Close Mega Signal	1–3	MEG 121	Trainer
28 %34/122	Close Special Red Card	1–2	CRI 82	Trainer
22 %27/122	Close Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
20 %25/122	Close Janine's Secret Art	1–3	PRE 112	Trainer
17 %21/122	Close Energy Recycler	1	DRI 164	Trainer
15 %18/122	Close Chi-Yu	1	PBL 59	Pokémon
15 %18/122	Close Mega Lopunny ex	1	PFL 84	Pokémon
12 %15/122	Close Brock's Scouting	1–2	JTG 146	Trainer
12 %15/122	Close Tool Scrapper	1	ASC 212	Trainer
12 %15/122	Close Wally's Compassion	1–2	MEG 132	Trainer
11 %13/122	Close Secret Box	1	TWM 163	Trainer
10 %12/122	Close Psyduck	1	ASC 39	Pokémon
8 %10/122	Close Okidogi ex	2	SFA 36	Pokémon
8 %10/122	Close Buneary	1–2	PFL 83	Pokémon
7 %9/122	Close Mega Kangaskhan ex	1–3	MEG 104	Pokémon
7 %8/122	Close Buneary	1	MEG 107	Pokémon
6 %7/122	Close Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
6 %7/122	Close Energy Switch	1–3	MEG 115	Trainer
6 %7/122	Close Air Balloon	1–2	ASC 181	Trainer
4 %5/122	Close Cyrano	1	SSP 170	Trainer
4 %5/122	Close Dark Bell	1–2	PBL 75	Trainer
3 %4/122	Close Dudunsparce	1–3	TEF 129	Pokémon
3 %4/122	Close Energy Retrieval	1	SVI 171	Trainer
3 %4/122	Close Hilda	1–2	WHT 84	Trainer
3 %4/122	Close Risky Ruins	1–2	MEG 127	Trainer
3 %4/122	Close Switch	1	MEG 130	Trainer
3 %4/122	Close Xerosic's Machinations	1	SFA 64	Trainer
2 %3/122	Close Budew	1	ASC 16	Pokémon
2 %3/122	Close Dudunsparce ex	1	JTG 121	Pokémon
2 %3/122	Close Dunsparce	1	JTG 120	Pokémon
2 %3/122	Close Seviper	1	PFL 62	Pokémon
2 %3/122	Close Yveltal	1	30C 100	Pokémon
2 %3/122	Close Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking	2	TEF 145	Trainer
2 %3/122	Close Pokégear 3.0	1–2	SVI 186	Trainer
2 %3/122	Close Prime Catcher	1	TEF 157	Trainer
2 %3/122	Close Prism Energy	1–2	ASC 216	Energy
2 %2/122	Close Mega Absol ex	1–2	MEG 86	Pokémon
2 %2/122	Close Flutter Mane	1	TEF 78	Pokémon
2 %2/122	Close Genesect	1	SFA 40	Pokémon
2 %2/122	Close Moltres	1	PFL 14	Pokémon
2 %2/122	Close Yveltal ex	1	POR 53	Pokémon
2 %2/122	Close Crushing Hammer	2–4	POR 71	Trainer
2 %2/122	Close Battle Cage	1–2	PFL 85	Trainer
2 %2/122	Close Kofu	2	SCR 138	Trainer
2 %2/122	Close Team Rocket's Factory	2	DRI 173	Trainer
2 %2/122	Close Handheld Fan	1	TWM 150	Trainer
2 %2/122	Close Maximum Belt	1	TEF 154	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Dunsparce	3	TEF 128	Pokémon
1 %1/122	Close Brute Bonnet	2	TWM 118	Pokémon
1 %1/122	Close Meowth ex	1	POR 62	Pokémon
1 %1/122	Close Pecharunt	1	SVP 149	Pokémon
1 %1/122	Close Dusk Ball	2	SSP 175	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close AZ's Tranquility	1	CRI 76	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Colress's Tenacity	1	SFA 57	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Drayton	1	SSP 174	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Energy Search	1	POR 72	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Enhanced Hammer	1	TWM 148	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Eri	1	TEF 146	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Explorer's Guidance	1	TEF 147	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Gravity Gemstone	1	SCR 137	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Hand Trimmer	1	TEF 150	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Iris's Fighting Spirit	1	JTG 149	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Jamming Tower	1	TWM 153	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Punk Helmet	1	PFL 92	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Repel	1	MEG 126	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Team Rocket's Transceiver	1	DRI 178	Trainer
1 %1/122	Close Mist Energy	2	TEF 161	Energy
1 %1/122	Close Shadowy Darkness Energy	2	PBL 83	Energy
1 %1/122	Psychic Energy	1	MEE 5	Energy

The most common Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity list, all 60 cards

Here they are in full, ready to build. 36 slots come from the core, the cards all 122 lists run. The remaining 24 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 12 more cards to reach 60. The whole thing comes to 19 Pokémon, 32 Trainers and 9 Energy.

One thing to know before you build it: the 122 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.

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: 19
4 Carvanha PFL 60
3 Mega Sharpedo ex PFL 61
2 Toxel PFL 67
2 Toxtricity PFL 68
2 Munkidori TWM 95
2 Pecharunt ex SFA 39
1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142
2 Tatsugiri TWM 131
1 Yveltal MEG 88

Trainer: 32
4 Boss's Orders MEG 114
4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
4 Poké Pad POR 81
4 Ultra Ball MEG 131
4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144
3 Binding Mochi PRE 95
1 Night Stretcher ASC 196
3 Judge POR 76
2 Team Rocket's Petrel DRI 176
2 Team Rocket's Watchtower DRI 180
1 Unfair Stamp TWM 165

Energy: 9
9 Darkness Energy MEE 7

Total Cards: 60

Which decks beat Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity at tournaments

Here is how Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity did against every other deck at tournaments. Real games, real players sitting across the table from each other, and the platform those tournaments run on counts them one by one. All of them were played after 30th Celebration became legal for tournaments, and we read the table on 22 October 2026.

The format matters more than people think. When the next set lands, decks get rebuilt around the new cards, and a matchup that leaned one way can swing the other. What you are reading holds for today's format.

We start with the opponent that gives you the most trouble, because that is where the work is before your next tournament. The further down the list you go, the better it goes for you.

Always look at the number of games next to the score. Six wins out of ten happens on its own, even with a middling deck: it is the same as flipping six heads in ten tries. Six hundred out of a thousand, and luck has nothing to do with it. Below 100 games we show nothing at all, because at that count half the matchups look like they lean one way when they lean nowhere.

Against Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex: over 123 games, 32 won and 87 lost. 4 ended with no winner.

Against Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama: over 119 games, 47 won and 71 lost. One ended with no winner.

Against Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex: over 182 games, 75 won and 102 lost. 5 ended with no winner.

Against Mega Excadrill ex: over 139 games, 57 won and 81 lost. One ended with no winner.

Against Dragapult ex: over 449 games, 224 won and 222 lost. 3 ended with no winner.

Against Slowking: over 149 games, 72 won and 74 lost. 3 ended with no winner.

Against Dragapult ex / Dusknoir: over 127 games, 63 won and 62 lost. 2 ended with no winner.

Against N's Zoroark ex: over 201 games, 106 won and 88 lost. 7 ended with no winner.

Against Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex: over 127 games, 68 won and 57 lost. 2 ended with no winner.

Against Alakazam / Dudunsparce: over 153 games, 93 won and 58 lost. 2 ended with no winner.

Against Dhelmise: over 161 games, 112 won and 46 lost. 3 ended with no winner.

How many different cards Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity needs, and how long it will last

You need 91 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 9 of which nobody argues about. The rest is where lists differ from one another, and that is where you have room to choose.

All 122 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 77 took Unfair Stamp, 27 took Hero's Cape and 13 took Secret Box. The flex table shows you all 5. 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, and the answer is a good one: not one of the 9 core cards carries the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation. This deck walks through the change whole.

What Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Grass and Fighting, so they take DOUBLE damage from those types. 34 of the 125 decks we track attack in exactly those types.

Concretely, here is what is waiting for you: Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama, Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex and Festival Lead (Thwackey), plus 31 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 34 decks out of the 125 we track. The other 91 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 Darkness, and 26 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: N's Zoroark ex, Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex and Slowking, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.