Get more from Pokémon TCG Live when you use the in-game Battle Pass. With the Battle Pass, you can complete quests to earn experience and unlock new tiers by playing Ranked or Casual matches. Each Battle Pass is accessible only until the next expansion releases.

Begin your path along the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade Battle Pass with a new deck featuring Teal Mask Ogerpon ex. Advance through the Battle Pass to unlock booster packs, Credits, a Collector Crate, and 16 additional cards that you can add to your new deck!

You can also redeem Crystals for a Premium Pass to unlock an additional deck, which is centered around Dragapult ex. Premium Pass tiers also offer a deluge of fun items themed around Ogerpon, booster packs, Coins, another Collector Crate, Crystals, and 16 additional cards to upgrade your Dragapult ex deck. The Premium Pass + gives you a 15-tier head start to your journey, on top of the items offered with the regular Premium Pass.

Learn how to play and upgrade these powerful decks in Pokémon TCG Live.

Use Teal Mask Ogerpon ex’s Teal Dance Ability to accelerate Basic Energy and draw a card. Then bonk your foe with Myriad Leaf Shower or use Ogre’s Mask to swap with another Pokémon ex with Ogerpon in its name from your discard pile to use a different attack!

Starting Deck

Initial Strategy

Teal Mask Ogerpon ex can draw cards and attach Basic Energy to itself. This is not only a good way to power up its attacks but can also be great to discard for Sinistcha’s Spill the Tea attack, doing 70 damage for each card discarded.

You can also match this early game aggression with some tricky use of Ogre’s Mask. One of the premier choices is Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex, which has a powerful attack that can hit the Active Pokémon for 100 and one of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon for 120.

You could also opt to switch to Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex, whose Cornerstone Stance Ability protects it from damage done by Pokémon with Abilities. Its Demolish attack also cuts through any effects on the opponent’s Active Pokémon, letting it punch through foes its other forms normally couldn’t.

Finally, Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon ex can retaliate for twice the amount of damage it has taken with its Wrathful Hearth attack. And if you can load three Fire Energy onto it, it can unleash a devastating Dynamic Blaze, doing up to 280 damage to an opposing evolved Pokémon.

Make your way through Tier 16 to unlock the cards listed below:

Many of these cards can be added to your deck to provide more power and flexibility. But to add cards, you’ll also need to remove cards. We’ve highlighted some cards in the “Starting Deck” list that you might consider swapping out for the new ones, but feel free to mix and match!

Upgraded Strategy

While it was difficult to attach enough Fire Energy to make use of Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon ex before, Magma Basin can help ease the pain, letting you attach a Fire Energy from your discard pile to one of your Benched Fire Pokémon. This also puts 2 damage counters on the Pokémon it attaches to, which helps boost the damage of Wrathful Hearth! Don’t forget about Entei V and Radiant Charizard, two other Fire-type Pokémon that can also make use of Magma Basin.

Mela can also attach Fire Energy to your Pokémon while drawing you up to 6 cards in the process, but such power comes with a cost: you can only play this card when one of your Pokémon is Knocked Out. Thankfully, Legacy Energy can make this process less painful, not only smoothing over your Energy attachments but also reducing the number of Prize cards your opponent takes when they Knock Out the Pokémon it’s attached to.

Mask but Not Least…

Make your way to Tier 50 to unlock another special illustration rare version of Teal Mask Ogerpon ex! Swap it into your deck to make it even more exciting.

Since you mask-ered Ogerpon ex, perhaps it’s time to launch your way into a new playstyle.

Dragapult ex’s Phantom Dive cost a Fire and Psychic Energy but will do 200 damage and put 6 damage counters on your opponent’s Benched Pokémon in any way you like! These damage counters can be used to set up future Knock Outs or chase down damaged Pokémon that retreated to the Bench.

Also, remember that effects like Manaphy’s Wave Veil Ability only protect against damage, whereas Phantom Dive places damage counters. This means that Dragapult ex can damage your opponent’s Bench even if they have a damage-preventing effect—but watch out for Pokémon like Rabsca or Toedscruel ex that prevent effects of attacks.

Starting Deck

Initial Strategy

In order to help set up your Dragapult ex’s Energy requirements, it’ll be useful to draw cards. Drakloak is the pre-Evolution of Dragapult ex, whose Recon Directive Ability lets you look at the top 2 cards of your deck, add one to your hand, and puts the other on the bottom of your deck.

Xatu can also help you draw cards, while helping you attach Psychic Energy to your Benched Pokémon with its Clairvoyant Sense Ability. In order to make sure your attachments are going to the correct spot, you can use Switch and Rescue Board to make sure your Dreepy, Drakloak, and Dragapult ex are the ones getting powered up.

Finally, you can use Lumineon V’s Luminous Sign Ability to dive for any Supporter card of your choice, like Arven to grab a Buddy-Buddy Poffin and Technical Machine: Evolution to get two Drakloak in play as early as your first turn! Don’t forget that you can grab this useful Pokémon with a card like Ultra Ball.

By Tier 14, the following cards will be granted to you:

Cards highlighted in the “Starting Deck” list are suggested cuts to make way for your new ones, but you can adjust as you like! For the Energy cards, you can try removing two Basic Fire and Psychic Energy each to fit in the four Luminous Energy.

Upgraded Strategy

Losing Jacq may make it more difficult to find Xatu, but the addition of Lance gives your early turns a lot more flexibility, letting you search for 3 Dreepy if you couldn’t find a Buddy-Buddy Poffin, Drakloak to dig into your deck, Dragapult ex to put on the pressure, or any combination of them!

Counter Catcher and Prime Catcher make it easier for Dragapult ex to finish what it started, or set up some nice damage calculations to take multiple Knock Outs. Lost Vacuum can help get rid of pesky Stadium cards that hinder your way or remove Pokémon Tools that are increasing a Pokémon’s HP, like Ancient Booster Energy Capsule or Bravery Charm. Not only does it make those Pokémon easier to Knock Out, but it will also retroactively KO them if they have enough damage after the reduction of HP.

Luminous Energy can make it easier to hit the right Energy you might be missing, but remember that it will turn into a Colorless Energy if another Special Energy is attached to the same Pokémon—including another copy of Luminous Energy!

Dragon Your Way across the Finish Line

If you make it all the way to Tier 50 of the Premium Pass, an additional ultra rare Dragapult ex will be your reward. Add it to your deck to Phantom Dive in style.

Enjoy your new decks, Trainers!

But wait! It looks like there might be another free, all-foil deck making a splash on the June Ranked Ladder. We’re not quite ready for you to dive in yet, so be sure to log into Pokémon TCG Live early next month to find out more.

For more Pokémon TCG Live strategy and analysis, visit Pokemon.com/Strategy.

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