Best Oricorio Decks

The Oricorio deck uses A3-066 Oricorio, a 70-HP Lightning Basic. Safeguard prevents damage from opposing Pokémon ex attacks to this Pokémon. Check the attacker before leaving it Active: damage from a non-ex attacker does not meet that protection condition. Zzzap costs one Lightning and one Colorless for 50. Its Fighting weakness adds 20, and retreat costs one.

Oricorio / Pikachu ex

In this Oricorio build, Zeraora receives one Lightning from the Energy Zone at the end of your first turn. That timing cannot pay for an earlier action. On a later turn, Elemental Switch can move a Lightning from a Benched Zeraora to your Active attacker. Removing that Item loses the transfer; simply keeping Zeraora on the Bench does not charge Oricorio. Zeraora itself needs two Lightning for 50.

Oricorio / Pikachu ex

The Oricorio list pairs C1-043 Pikachu ex with A1-096 Pikachu ex. C1 offers 30 for one Lightning, or 130 for two Lightning and one Colorless, discarding two Lightning. A1 uses two Lightning and deals 30 per Benched Lightning Pokémon. With three such Pokémon it reaches 90 before modifiers. An attached Light Ball adds 30 against the opposing Active: 120 for that A1 example, or 160 for C1. The discard still applies.

Oricorio / Pikachu ex

An Oricorio deck can use Small Balloon to reduce a Basic Pokémon’s retreat cost by one. Oricorio and both Pikachu ex prints have retreat cost one, so the Tool makes that cost zero unless another effect changes it. This keeps the Lightning attached when retreating; it does not move Energy to the next attacker. The original list has two Balloons, a separate choice from its two Elemental Switch.

Oricorio / Pikachu ex

In the Oricorio build, Eviolite reduces damage from opposing Pokémon’s attacks to its attached Basic by 20. Starting Plains gives every Basic in play 20 more HP, including the opponent’s. Oricorio therefore has 90 HP while that Stadium applies. Each Pokémon can hold only one Tool: choosing Balloon gives up Eviolite on that same Pokémon, while Light Ball only boosts Pikachu ex. Removing a Tool slot loses its specific effect; none replaces Safeguard’s condition.

Oricorio / Pikachu ex

The Oricorio deck’s Professor’s Research draws two; Copycat shuffles your hand into the deck and draws as many cards as the opponent holds. You can play only one Supporter per turn. Cyrus uses that same allowance and needs a damaged opposing Benched Pokémon. Earlier damage can make a later pull possible. Poké Ball finds a random Basic, so it cannot promise the particular attacker or shield you wanted.

Oricorio / Pikachu ex

PokeDoudouille’s Oricorio list for the tournament held on 8 November 2026 contains two Oricorio, two Zeraora and one of each Pikachu ex print. Its fourteen Trainers include two each of Research, Copycat, Poké Ball, Elemental Switch and Small Balloon, plus one each of Cyrus, Eviolite, Light Ball and Starting Plains. The source below is that personal twenty-card submission. The on-site Oricorio build displays a statistical representative and can differ from that submission.

Oricorio / Pikachu ex

An Oricorio deck needs an attacking plan when the opponent can deal non-ex attack damage. Safeguard is tied to the bird itself; promoting Pikachu ex exposes a Pokémon whose knockout gives two points. Compare the Pikachu deck page for its attacker choices, then use the deck builder to check the exact prints in your collection. Keep the transfer, retreat and Tool costs together when choosing the next Active Pokémon.

Oricorio / Pikachu ex