Best Gengar Decks

A Gengar deck has two very different Stage 2 attackers. Gengar C1-083 has 130 HP: one Darkness Energy deals 50 and makes the opposing Active Poisoned and Asleep. Mega Gengar ex has 210 HP and needs three Darkness plus one Colorless for 120 and a ban on Trainer cards from hand during the opponent’s next turn. Both evolve from Haunter; Mega does not evolve from Gengar.

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Igglybuff gives a Gengar deck a zero-Energy attack: 10 damage and Sleep, on a 30 HP Basic with free retreat. Darkrai B2b-040 deals 20 to the opposing Active at each turn’s end only if it is Asleep. This is conditional damage, not a guaranteed lock. Removing Igglybuff loses that Energy-free opener; adding more Energy to Darkrai does not strengthen its Ability.

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In a Gengar deck, Rare Candy needs the Stage 2 in hand and a Basic already in play. It cannot be used on your first turn or on a Basic played that turn. Lisia finds two random Basics with 50 HP or less: Igglybuff qualifies, but 60 HP Gastly C1-081 and B2b-037 do not. Gastly A2a-031 has 50 HP and does qualify. Changing the print changes this search interaction.

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The Gengar deck’s Poison plan can use Nihilego to add 10 to Poison damage taken by the opposing Active. Deceptive Needle instead deals 10 at the end of your turn when its attached Darkness Pokémon is Active. These are separate conditions. Benching the Tool’s holder stops its damage; removing Nihilego loses the Poison bonus. johnhaven10’s November 1 (UTC) original submission contains both, but that does not prove every Gengar list should copy those slots.

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A Gengar deck with Darkrai ex A2-110 has a 140 HP Basic that deals 20 when Darkness Energy from the Energy Zone is attached to it. That is not Darkrai B2b-040 and its Sleep condition. An Energy attached to Gengar does not trigger Darkrai ex; replacing the ordinary card also removes its Bad Dreams effect. Darkrai ex gives up two points when Knocked Out.

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The Mega Gengar ex / Gengar deck offers a different attack commitment, not an evolution on top of an attacking Gengar. Both Stage 2 cards use Haunter as their predecessor. The ordinary attack needs one Energy; the Mega attack needs four. Its Trainer restriction applies during the opponent’s next turn and does not say it stops attacks or Abilities. A Knock Out gives up three points. Judge the extra setup against the attack currently available, rather than treating 210 HP as a free upgrade.

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A Gengar deck often needs evolution pieces together. Copycat shuffles your hand away and draws according to the opponent’s hand size; it does not preserve a held Gengar or Rare Candy. Consider any useful, legal Item action before that reshuffle. Professor’s Research draws two without that hand reset. Field Blower removes a Tool or Stadium, so cutting it removes that answer; a single submitted list cannot establish a universally better replacement.

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The Gengar / Igglybuff deck is the statistical route, not fijidr1nker’s original submission. The linked November 3 (UTC) tournament example contains two Gengar, two Darkrai, two Igglybuff and two Gastly, plus twelve Trainers. Use that original when checking the specific player’s choices. Compare ordinary Darkrai and Darkrai ex routes by exact printing and resources. Their current counts and tournament records above describe each archetype window, not the results of that one example.

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