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Hoopa ex Mega Absol ex
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Deceptive Needle
Trainer
“Deceptive Needle” (B4-148) is a Trainer card from the Ruler of the Skies set in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Its type is Tool, and its effect is: At the end of your turn, if the {D} Pokémon this card is attached to is in the Active Spot, do 10 damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
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Deceptive Needle Card Details
Illustrator·Studio Bora Inc.Effect
At the end of your turn, if the {D} Pokémon this card is attached to is in the Active Spot, do 10 damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
How to get Deceptive Needle
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Where Deceptive Needle is played
Observed use in sampled public tournaments. These figures are not ladder usage, a card win rate, or a recommendation to play a particular number of copies. Versions with the same effect are combined. Examples retain their source artwork.
- Tournament usage
- 11.7%
- 389 / 3,335 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 93.6% of lists using it
Decks that use “Deceptive Needle”
Event window: Sep 18, 2026 – Oct 16, 2026
Deceptive Needle versions and alt art
2 matching cards
Daily tournament data
Build with Deceptive Needle
Seen in 11.7% of 3,335 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 2 copies.
- Tournament usage
- 11.7%
- 389 / 3,335 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 93.6% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1.94
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 17
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Deceptive Needle”
- Hoopa ex Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (172)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 5.2%
- Hydreigon Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 10.1% (9)
- 2 copies
- 89.9% (80)
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- Inclusion
- 95.7%
- Meta share
- 2.8%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Deino
- 2× Hydreigon
- 1× Bombirdier
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Deino
- 2× Hydreigon
- 1× Bombirdier
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Zoroark ex Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 2.3% (1)
- 2 copies
- 97.7% (43)
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- Inclusion
- 97.8%
- Meta share
- 1.4%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Zorua
- 2× Zoroark ex
- 1× Bombirdier
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Dark Pendant
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Zorua
- 2× Zoroark ex
- 1× Bombirdier
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Team Rocket's Weezing ex Hoopa ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (16)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.5%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Team Rocket's Koffing
- 2× Team Rocket's Weezing ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hoopa ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 45.5% (5)
- 2 copies
- 54.5% (6)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.3%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hoopa ex Mega Sableye ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (9)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.3%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Sableye ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 1× Mars
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Repel
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Zoroark ex Team Rocket's Weezing ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (6)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.2%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 2× Zorua
- 2× Zoroark ex
- 1× Hoopa ex
- 1× Team Rocket's Koffing
- 1× Team Rocket's Weezing ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hydreigon Absol
- 1 copy
- 25.0% (1)
- 2 copies
- 75.0% (3)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.1%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Deino
- 2× Hydreigon
- 1× Bombirdier
- 2× Absol
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Lucky Egg
- 1× Deceptive Needle
- 1× Team Rocket's Thieving Machine
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 2× Deino
- 2× Hydreigon
- 2× Absol
- 1× Happiny
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Tournament intelligence
Deceptive Needle in tournament decks
This card appears in 17 current and 4 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Historical decks featuring this card
Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.
- Archived meta snapshot
Mandibuzz Greninja
Last seen Aug 31, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Hoopa ex Hydreigon
Last seen Oct 12, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Hydreigon Hoopa ex
Last seen Sep 1, 2026100.0% card inclusion - Archived meta snapshot
Glimmora Darkrai ex
Last seen Sep 11, 2026100.0% card inclusion
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with Deceptive Needle
These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as Deceptive Needle. Rankings use archetype-level samples and inclusion; they do not measure how often two cards occur in the exact same list.
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 17
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 17
- avg. inclusion
- 99.7%
Professor's Research
P-A-007
- shared archetypes
- 17
- avg. inclusion
- 99.7%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 17
- avg. inclusion
- 99.2%
Lucky Ice Pop
B2-145
- shared archetypes
- 14
- avg. inclusion
- 89.5%
Mega Absol ex
B1-151
- shared archetypes
- 9
- avg. inclusion
- 96.3%
