Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone

What Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone looks like when you open the box

Across the 58 lists we counted, this deck runs 10 to 25 Pokémon, 23 to 40 Trainers and 9 to 25 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Fighting.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « ursaluna-lunatone ». 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: 9 to 25 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.

Nothing here needs evolving — everything that attacks is a Basic Pokémon. Put it down, charge it, swing. That is as fast as the game gets, and it makes those turns where you draw nothing far less painful.

Look at the Trainers: 23 to 40 cards out of 60, against a median of 31 across the 126 decks we track. Inside that, 6 to 16 Supporters, and the rule there is strict — one a turn, even if you are holding three. The 8 to 24 Items you can play all of in the same turn. It also brings up to 7 Stadiums, and it is the only one of the 126 decks we track that brings that many. 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

Bloodmoon Ursaluna and Lunatone give this deck its name. Here is what is written on them.

Bloodmoon Ursaluna is in all 58 lists, 2 copies of it. Its Ability is called Battle-Hardened, and here is what is printed on it, word for word: « When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may attach up to 2 Basic {F} Energy cards from your hand to this Pokémon. »

Lunatone is in all 58 lists, 2 copies of it. Its Ability is called Lunar Cycle, and here is what is printed on it, word for word: « Once during your turn, if you have Solrock in play, you may discard a Basic {F} Energy card from your hand in order to use this Ability. Draw 3 cards. You can't use more than 1 Lunar Cycle Ability each turn. »

How Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone actually wins

Bloodmoon Ursaluna attacks with Mad Bite. It needs 3 Energy, 2 Fighting and 1 Colorless attached, and it has 150 HP. The damage box reads "100+": 100 to start with, and 30 more per damage counter already sitting on the Pokémon across the table, and one counter is 10 damage.

The cost of Mad Bite 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. Except you are not on your own. Crispin, which the list runs 2 of, looks at the top of your deck and attaches the Energy it finds there. Bloodmoon Ursaluna does the same job. 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 Bloodmoon Ursaluna 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.

Not one ex Pokémon in the core, and only 27 of the 126 decks we track are in that position. It is a hidden advantage: every knockout your opponent takes is worth a single Prize, so they need 6, where 3 would do against a deck stuffed with ex cards.

The attackers in the deck's core, with their best attack, its cost and their Weakness

Pokémon	HP	Attack	Damage	Cost	Weakness	Retreat
Close Bloodmoon UrsalunaBasic	150	Mad Bite	100+		Grass ×2	4
Close SolrockBasic	110	Cosmic Beam	70		Grass ×2	1
Close LunatoneBasic	110	Power Gem	50		Grass ×2	1

The core: the 7 cards every list runs

These 7 cards appear in all 58 lists, without a single exception. That is 24 of the 60 slots. The other 36 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 24 slots break down: 10 Trainers, 7 Pokémon, 7 Energy. Nothing stands out in that split. What sets this deck apart is how thick its core is: 24 of the 60 slots are the same for everybody, when half the 126 decks we track fix 25 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: Solrock (1 to 4), Bloodmoon Ursaluna (2 to 3) and Lunatone (1 to 2), plus 4 more. Add those spreads up and you get 25 copies the 58 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
1–4	Close Solrock	MEG 75	Pokémon	stays
2–3	Close Bloodmoon Ursaluna	PRE 54	Pokémon	leaves
1–2	Close Lunatone	MEG 74	Pokémon	stays
2–4	Close Fighting Gong	MEG 116	Trainer	stays
2–4	Close Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer	stays
2–4	Close Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer	stays
6–20	Fighting Energy	MEE 6	Energy	stays

The 106 cards that change from list to list

106 cards fight over the 36 slots that are left: 6 above three lists in four, 85 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Night Stretcher at 97 %, Poké Pad at 90 % and Tarragon at 88 %, plus 3 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Team Rocket's Venture Bomb, at 57 %: 33 of 58 players took it, 25 put something else there. The ones who run it bring 4 copies. Right at the bottom of the table, Latias ex (13 lists out of 58) and Crushing Hammer (12 lists out of 58).

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 %56/58	Close Night Stretcher	1–4	ASC 196	Trainer
90 %52/58	Close Poké Pad	1–4	POR 81	Trainer
88 %51/58	Close Tarragon	1–4	POR 85	Trainer
79 %46/58	Close Energy Retrieval	1–3	SVI 171	Trainer
78 %45/58	Close Munkidori	1–4	TWM 95	Pokémon
78 %45/58	Close Air Balloon	1–3	ASC 181	Trainer
74 %43/58	Close Crispin	1–3	SCR 133	Trainer
74 %43/58	Darkness Energy	2–4	MEE 7	Energy
71 %41/58	Close Fezandipiti ex	1	ASC 142	Pokémon
69 %40/58	Close Energy Switch	1–4	MEG 115	Trainer
66 %38/58	Close Risky Ruins	1–4	MEG 127	Trainer
66 %38/58	Close Ultra Ball	1–4	MEG 131	Trainer
60 %35/58	Close Team Rocket's Petrel	1–4	DRI 176	Trainer
57 %33/58	Close Team Rocket's Venture Bomb	2–4	DRI 179	Trainer
43 %25/58	Close Secret Box	1	TWM 163	Trainer
40 %23/58	Close Ting-Lu	1–4	TWM 110	Pokémon
34 %20/58	Close Counter Gain	1	SSP 169	Trainer
33 %19/58	Close Special Red Card	1	CRI 82	Trainer
31 %18/58	Close Genesect	1	SFA 40	Pokémon
31 %18/58	Close Switch	1–2	MEG 130	Trainer
26 %15/58	Close Judge	1–3	POR 76	Trainer
22 %13/58	Close Latias ex	1	SSP 76	Pokémon
21 %12/58	Close Crushing Hammer	2–3	POR 71	Trainer
19 %11/58	Close Premium Power Pro	1–4	MEG 124	Trainer
19 %11/58	Close Colress's Tenacity	1–2	SFA 57	Trainer
17 %10/58	Close Barbaracle	1–3	POR 43	Pokémon
17 %10/58	Close Binacle	1–3	POR 42	Pokémon
17 %10/58	Close Dusclops	1	PRE 36	Pokémon
17 %10/58	Close Duskull	1	PRE 35	Pokémon
17 %10/58	Close Precious Trolley	1	SSP 185	Trainer
16 %9/58	Close Unfair Stamp	1	TWM 165	Trainer
14 %8/58	Close Riolu	2–4	MEG 76	Pokémon
14 %8/58	Close Mega Zygarde ex	1–3	POR 47	Pokémon
14 %8/58	Close Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex	1	TWM 112	Pokémon
14 %8/58	Close Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
12 %7/58	Close Mega Lucario ex	2–4	MEG 77	Pokémon
12 %7/58	Close Meowth ex	1	POR 62	Pokémon
12 %7/58	Close Team Rocket's Transceiver	1	DRI 178	Trainer
10 %6/58	Close Lillie's Clefairy ex	1	JTG 56	Pokémon
10 %6/58	Close Battle Cage	1–4	PFL 85	Trainer
10 %6/58	Close Gravity Mountain	1–3	SSP 177	Trainer
10 %6/58	Close Team Rocket's Watchtower	1–2	DRI 180	Trainer
10 %6/58	Psychic Energy	1–3	MEE 13	Energy
9 %5/58	Close Bunnelby	2–3	POR 64	Pokémon
9 %5/58	Close Diggersby	2	POR 65	Pokémon
9 %5/58	Close Prism Energy	2–4	ASC 216	Energy
7 %4/58	Close Hariyama	2	MEG 73	Pokémon
7 %4/58	Close Makuhita	2	MEG 72	Pokémon
7 %4/58	Close Okidogi	1–2	TWM 111	Pokémon
7 %4/58	Close Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking	2	TEF 145	Trainer
7 %4/58	Close Gwynn	1–3	PBL 78	Trainer
7 %4/58	Close Pokégear 3.0	1–2	SVI 186	Trainer
7 %4/58	Close Xerosic's Machinations	1–2	SFA 64	Trainer
7 %4/58	Close Core Memory	1–3	POR 70	Trainer
7 %4/58	Close Wally's Compassion	1–2	MEG 132	Trainer
7 %4/58	Close Rocky Fighting Energy	1–2	POR 87	Energy
5 %3/58	Close Patrat	1–2	CRI 70	Pokémon
5 %3/58	Close Transformation Tome	4	CRI 83	Trainer
5 %3/58	Close Brave Bangle	1–2	WHT 80	Trainer
5 %3/58	Close Energy Search	1–2	POR 72	Trainer
5 %3/58	Close Mega Signal	1	MEG 121	Trainer
5 %3/58	Close Prism Tower	1–2	CRI 80	Trainer
5 %3/58	Close Legacy Energy	1	TWM 167	Energy
3 %2/58	Close Froslass	2	TWM 53	Pokémon
3 %2/58	Close Maractus	1–2	JTG 8	Pokémon
3 %2/58	Close Snorunt	2	TWM 51	Pokémon
3 %2/58	Close Drilbur	1	TEF 85	Pokémon
3 %2/58	Close Ethan's Sudowoodo	1	DRI 93	Pokémon
3 %2/58	Close Hop's Cramorant	1	JTG 138	Pokémon
3 %2/58	Close Okidogi	1	ASC 122	Pokémon
3 %2/58	Close Pokémon Catcher	1–3	POR 82	Trainer
3 %2/58	Close Brock's Scouting	1–2	JTG 146	Trainer
3 %2/58	Close Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
3 %2/58	Close Lana's Aid	1	TWM 155	Trainer
3 %2/58	Close Max Rod	1	PRE 116	Trainer
3 %2/58	Close Nighttime Mine	1	ASC 197	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Cinderace	4	MEG 28	Pokémon
2 %1/58	Close Mega Hawlucha ex	2	ASC 116	Pokémon
2 %1/58	Close Sawk	2	WHT 49	Pokémon
2 %1/58	Close Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex	1	TWM 141	Pokémon
2 %1/58	Close Buneary	1	PFL 83	Pokémon
2 %1/58	Close Mega Lopunny ex	1	PFL 84	Pokémon
2 %1/58	Close Moltres	1	PFL 14	Pokémon
2 %1/58	Close Stunfisk	1	ASC 62	Pokémon
2 %1/58	Close Jumbo Ice Cream	4	PFL 91	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Bianca's Devotion	2	TEF 142	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Black Belt's Training	2	JTG 143	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Carmine	2	TWM 145	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Cyrano	2	SSP 170	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Iris's Fighting Spirit	2	JTG 149	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Morty's Conviction	2	TEF 155	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close N's Plan	2	BLK 83	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Buddy-Buddy Poffin	1	TEF 144	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Drayton	1	SSP 174	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Energy Recycler	1	DRI 164	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Hassel	1	TWM 151	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Jamming Tower	1	TWM 153	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Kieran	1	TWM 154	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Lumiose City	1	POR 77	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Maximum Belt	1	TEF 154	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Neutralization Zone	1	SFA 60	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Prime Catcher	1	TEF 157	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Scramble Switch	1	SSP 186	Trainer
2 %1/58	Close Tool Scrapper	1	ASC 212	Trainer
2 %1/58	Lightning Energy	1	MEE 12	Energy
2 %1/58	Close Voltaic Lightning Energy	1	PBL 84	Energy

The most common Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone list, all 60 cards

Here they are in full, ready to build. 24 slots come from the core, the cards all 58 lists run. The remaining 36 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 12 Pokémon, 38 Trainers and 10 Energy.

One thing to know before you build it: the 58 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: 12
3 Solrock MEG 75
2 Bloodmoon Ursaluna PRE 54
2 Lunatone MEG 74
3 Munkidori TWM 95
1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142
1 Ting-Lu TWM 110

Trainer: 38
4 Fighting Gong MEG 116
4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
2 Boss's Orders MEG 114
4 Night Stretcher ASC 196
4 Poké Pad POR 81
1 Tarragon POR 85
2 Energy Retrieval SVI 171
2 Air Balloon ASC 181
2 Crispin SCR 133
2 Energy Switch MEG 115
3 Risky Ruins MEG 127
1 Ultra Ball MEG 131
2 Team Rocket's Petrel DRI 176
4 Team Rocket's Venture Bomb DRI 179
1 Secret Box TWM 163

Energy: 10
7 Fighting Energy MEE 6
3 Darkness Energy MEE 7

Total Cards: 60

How many different cards Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone needs, and how long it will last

You need 113 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 7 of which nobody argues about. The rest is where lists differ from one another, and that is where you have room to choose.

55 of these 58 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 25 took Secret Box, 10 took Precious Trolley and 9 took Unfair Stamp. The flex table shows you all 10. 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 Secret Box 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: Bloodmoon Ursaluna. The core table marks it. In copies, that is 2 of the 24 slots the core fills. Which day it lands, we do not know yet.

What Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Grass, so they take DOUBLE damage from that type. 21 of the 126 decks we track attack in exactly that type.

Concretely, here is what is waiting for you: Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex, Festival Lead (Thwackey) and Crustle, plus 18 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 21 decks out of the 126 we track. The other 105 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 Fighting, and 41 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: Dragapult ex, Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex and Slowking, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.