Best Mega Absol ex Decks

Mega Absol ex B1-151 is a 170-HP Basic. Darkness Claw needs two Darkness Energy, deals 80, then reveals the opponent’s hand and discards a Supporter you choose there. A Mega Absol ex deck cannot use it to discard an Item or Pokémon. With no Supporter in hand, there is no such discard.

Its one-Energy retreat gives the Mega Absol ex deck a way to change attackers, but a knockout awards three points. Before committing it, compare its remaining HP with the next opposing attack; hand disruption does not reduce damage already available on the board.

Hoopa ex B4-103 uses one Darkness Energy for 30 damage to the Active and 20 to one opposing Benched Pokémon. In a Mega Absol ex deck, that spread can make a Benched target eligible for Cyrus, which only brings forward a damaged Benched Pokémon.

Hoopa’s other attack needs two Darkness and one Colorless, deals 100 and damages itself for 20. The Mega Absol ex deck therefore has different Energy commitments: do not assume Hoopa can use its larger attack just because Darkness Claw is ready.

Hydreigon B1-157 is a 150-HP Stage 2. Once per turn, its Ability can attach two Darkness Energy from the Energy Zone to itself, taking 30 damage if used. It does not power Mega Absol. Its three-Darkness attack deals 130 and discards all its Energy.

For this Mega Absol ex deck, Rare Candy skips the matching Stage 1, but cannot be used on your first turn or on a Basic played that turn. Establish Deino before the turn you need Hydreigon. The acceleration and recoil belong to that attacker; changing to Absol still needs separate Energy planning.

Umbreon C1-084 has 90 HP and a one-Darkness attack for 30, with 50 more only against an opposing Active Basic. This Mega Absol ex deck gets an 80-damage option in that situation, not against every evolution.

Eevee B1-184 has 50 HP. Its Ability permits evolution on your first turn or the turn it was played only while it is Active. A Benched Eevee does not receive that exception. Compare the Umbreon builds if this early evolution is the part you want to explore.

Deceptive Needle deals 10 to the opposing Active at the end of your turn only when its attached Darkness Pokémon is Active. Leaving that holder on the Bench does not provide the damage. This condition matters when the Mega Absol ex deck retreats to protect its three-point attacker.

Bombirdier B3-115 does the reverse job: its Ability works from the Bench and reduces your Active Darkness Pokémon’s retreat cost by one. Absol’s printed retreat is one, so this can remove that retreat payment while Bombirdier remains Benched. It does not add Energy for Darkness Claw.

Copycat shuffles your hand into the deck and draws as many cards as the opponent holds. If Darkness Claw removed a Supporter and the hand stayed smaller, a later Copycat would also draw fewer cards. That is a conditional resource trade in a Mega Absol ex deck, not guaranteed hand lock.

Serena’s Choice instead examines your top three cards, takes one and shuffles the rest back. It selects among those three rather than searching the whole deck. Use the actual Mega Absol ex list to check which draw cards it contains before planning a sequence around them.

The Hydreigon / Mega Absol ex build has a real PMPT #49 submission by puronito. That original contains one Mega Absol ex, two Deino, two Hydreigon, two Rare Candy and two Serena’s Choice. These slots show an evolution package alongside Absol, rather than extra copies of the Mega.

The cited original and the site’s statistical representative are different lists. Use the original source for puronito’s exact twenty cards. In a Mega Absol ex deck with this package, removing Rare Candy removes the submitted route that skips Stage 1; the example does not prove another card is an equivalent replacement.

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The Hoopa ex / Mega Absol ex build has an accessible Almezda submission at LeoWizard #15 on 10 October 2026. Its twenty cards include two Hoopa ex, one Darkrai ex, one Mega Absol ex, two Cyrus and two Deceptive Needle. This is a dated individual example, not a claim that every current player uses those counts.

The Mega Absol ex deck comparison above uses the current tournament snapshot; the linked original preserves that player’s submission. Compare the full representative list and your collection separately. A higher number of submitted lists establishes greater use in that window, not a promise of a better matchup or ladder result.

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