Best Mega Sceptile ex Decks
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Most played: 69 of 131 tournament lists use this build.
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Current Mega Sceptile ex Deck Lists
Mega Sceptile ex deck · Greninja
Mega Sceptile ex deck · Sceptile (B3)
Mega Sceptile ex deck · Alolan Exeggutor ex
Mega Sceptile ex deck · Ribombee
Compare Mega Sceptile ex decks
ButterfreeB3b-003Which Sceptile builds include Butterfree · B3b-003?
GreninjaA1-089Which Sceptile builds include Greninja · A1-089?
SceptileB3-007Which Sceptile builds include Sceptile · B3-007?
Alolan Exeggutor exC1-005Which Sceptile builds include Alolan Exeggutor ex · C1-005?
RibombeeC1-015Which Sceptile builds include Ribombee · C1-015?
Which Trainer Cards Do Sceptile Decks Use?
Across 131 tournament Sceptile deck lists, how many included each Trainer?
CopycatB1-22599.2%130 of 131 lists include this card
CyrusA2-15096.9%127 of 131 lists include this card
Professor's ResearchP-A-00796.9%127 of 131 lists include this card
Fragrant ForestB3-15360.3%79 of 131 lists include this card
Quick-Grow ExtractB1a-06759.5%78 of 131 lists include this card
Leaf CapeA3-14753.4%70 of 131 lists include this card
More Trainer cards (19)
SabrinaA1-22546.6%61 of 131 lists include this card
ErikaA1-21943.5%57 of 131 lists include this card
Rare CandyA3-14443.5%57 of 131 lists include this card
Poké BallP-A-00541.2%54 of 131 lists include this card
Small BalloonB3b-06430.5%40 of 131 lists include this card
Hiking TrailB2b-06926.7%35 of 131 lists include this card
X SpeedP-A-00222.1%29 of 131 lists include this card
Serena's ChoiceC1-12718.3%24 of 131 lists include this card
Field BlowerB3-14713%17 of 131 lists include this card
Pokémon Center LadyA2b-0703.8%5 of 131 lists include this card
LillieA3-1553.8%5 of 131 lists include this card
JulianaB3a-0713.1%4 of 131 lists include this card
Lucky Ice PopB2-1452.3%3 of 131 lists include this card
Rocky HelmetA2-1481.5%2 of 131 lists include this card
MayB1-2231.5%2 of 131 lists include this card
Protective PonchoB2-1471.5%2 of 131 lists include this card
Giant CapeA2-1470.8%1 of 131 lists include this card
RepelA3a-0640.8%1 of 131 lists include this card
CabbieB3-1500.8%1 of 131 lists include this card
Mega Sceptile ex Deck Tournament Results
Compare win rates alongside game counts; a smaller sample can move more sharply.

Mega Sceptile ex deck · Butterfree
- Win rate
- 43.3%
- games
- 330
- Best finish
- #4

Mega Sceptile ex deck · Greninja
- Win rate
- 55.1%
- games
- 336
- Best finish
- #1

Mega Sceptile ex deck · Sceptile (B3)
- Win rate
- 25%
- games
- 16
- Best finish
- #77

Mega Sceptile ex deck · Alolan Exeggutor ex
- Win rate
- 37.5%
- games
- 8
- Best finish
- #443

Mega Sceptile ex deck · Ribombee
- Win rate
- 30%
- games
- 10
- Best finish
- #48
Mega Sceptile ex Deck Matchups
Which Sceptile Deck Can I Build?
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Archived Sceptile Deck Lists
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Sceptile deck FAQ
Which Sceptile deck list should I check first?
Start with Mega Sceptile ex deck · Butterfree if you want the largest tournament sample: 69 of the 131 lists in this window used that build. Its record covers 330 games. Open the full list before crafting cards; the most-played build is a useful reference, but popularity alone doesn’t tell you which one will win more often.
Current Mega Sceptile ex Deck ListsHow do the Butterfree and Greninja builds compare?
Both build around Mega Sceptile ex. This window has 69 lists classified under Butterfree and 54 under Greninja. Compare card inclusion to see where the builds overlap.
Compare Mega Sceptile ex decksHow many Mega Sceptile ex cards does a Sceptile deck need?
The 20-card representative lists use Mega Sceptile ex deck · Butterfree ×1, Mega Sceptile ex deck · Greninja ×2, Mega Sceptile ex deck · Sceptile (B3) ×1, Mega Sceptile ex deck · Alolan Exeggutor ex ×1, and Mega Sceptile ex deck · Ribombee ×1. If you own only one Mega Sceptile ex, start with Mega Sceptile ex deck · Butterfree: its representative list already runs one copy.
View full deck list: Mega Sceptile ex deck · ButterfreeWhich Sceptile deck has the best tournament record?
Among builds with at least 30 tournament games, Mega Sceptile ex deck · Greninja has the highest win rate: 55.1% over 336 games. Mega Sceptile ex deck · Butterfree, the most-played build, won 43.3% over 330 games. These are tournament results, not ranked ladder data, and a smaller sample can swing more.
Mega Sceptile ex Deck Tournament ResultsWhere can I copy a full Sceptile deck list?
Open Mega Sceptile ex deck · Butterfree. Its deck page shows a 20-card representative list built from 69 tournament lists, with a button to copy the list. Each count reflects the average copies across those lists, so the result may not match any single player's list exactly.
View full deck list: Mega Sceptile ex deck · ButterfreeWhich cards can I swap in a Sceptile deck if I'm missing one?
In the representative list for Mega Sceptile ex deck · Butterfree, 7 of the 14 distinct cards appeared in all 69 tournament lists. Supporting cards seen less often include Erika (54/69), Sabrina (59/69), and Leaf Cape (62/69). Check the full list before choosing a replacement.
View full deck list: Mega Sceptile ex deck · ButterfreeHow common is Copycat in Sceptile deck lists?
Copycat appeared in 130 of the 131 current tournament lists across all builds. That makes it worth checking when you compare your collection with a list. The count tells you how often the card appeared, not how many copies to run; use the full list for the exact count.
Which Trainer Cards Do Sceptile Decks Use?Where can I find an older Sceptile deck list?
For example, Mega Sceptile ex Teal Mask Ogerpon ex was last seen on 2026-10-26. Its list remains available so you can revisit the build, but its old results aren’t included in current card-use percentages. Check the tournament window at the top before treating a past result as evidence about today’s decks.
Archived Sceptile Deck ListsKeep the evolution and the next Grass attachment connected
Two Grass pay for the hit, then one leaves
A Mega Sceptile ex deck starts with Mega Sceptile ex B3-008: a Grass Stage 2 with 210 HP that evolves from Grovyle. Its attack needs two Grass Energy, deals 130, discards one Grass from itself and Poisons the opposing Active Pokémon. The Sceptile deck therefore has two separate resource questions: can it attack now, and can it pay again afterward? A Sceptile list that reaches the first attack has not automatically prepared the second. Count the Energy that will remain after the discard before choosing where to put the next attachment.
If the attacker has exactly two Grass before attacking, it will have one afterward. That is a conditional calculation from the printed discard, not an extra Energy engine built into the Mega Sceptile ex deck. The Sceptile build needs to restore the missing cost or choose another legal attack. Poison is an additional effect on the opponent's Active Pokémon; it is not permission to add an invented fixed damage total against every board. Read the actual remaining HP and any relevant effects when using the Sceptile list.
Sceptile B3-007 gives a Sceptile deck another Stage 2 choice. It has 140 HP and attacks for 70 with two Grass; a heads result adds 50. A Sceptile list cannot treat that attack as a guaranteed 120. Both versions evolve from Grovyle, so the ordinary card is not a required step before the Mega. Choosing the ordinary evolution and choosing the Mega are different decisions about the same evolution base in this Sceptile build.
Before evolving, compare what the board needs: the Mega's printed 130 and Poison, or the ordinary version's different attack and body. A Mega Sceptile ex deck does not need to select its largest card on every turn. Neither evolution supplies the other's attack simply because both share a species name. Open the full Sceptile list to see which version and how many copies its representative configuration contains; do not transfer those quantities to every tournament submission.
Build from Treecko with the right search effect
Treecko B3-005 is a 60-HP Basic that attacks for 20 with one Grass and retreats for one. Grovyle B3-006 is the 80-HP Stage 1 that evolves from it. Those are the named steps behind this Sceptile deck, rather than interchangeable filler cards. The Sceptile build can need its Basic in play while an evolution stays in hand or in the deck. Decide which location the next effect actually needs before spending a search card from the Sceptile list.
Fragrant Forest puts a random Basic Grass Pokémon from the deck into the acting player's hand, once during each player's turn. It does not search for Grovyle, the Mega or a Water Basic. Poké Ball can find a random Basic without the Grass restriction, but still cannot find a Stage 1 or Stage 2. In a Sceptile deck with a second evolution line, these effects have different eligible targets. Neither promises the particular Basic you wanted in the Mega Sceptile ex deck.
Quick-Grow Extract chooses a Grass Pokémon in play and evolves it with a random Grass Pokémon from the deck that evolves from it. It cannot be used on your first turn or on a Pokémon put into play that turn. The Sceptile build must keep the required evolution in the deck for that effect. More copies of the Item do not remove its timing limits. Check the intended target and the cards still available before applying it to the Sceptile list.
Rare Candy instead needs the corresponding Stage 2 in hand and a Basic in play, skipping the Stage 1. It also excludes your first turn and a Basic put into play that turn. A Mega Sceptile ex deck opening with the Mega in hand is therefore different from one with only the deck-search evolution Item. Compare the actual positions of Treecko, Grovyle and the Stage 2. The Sceptile deck should choose its route from those positions, without assuming the two Items search the same place.
Prepare the damaged target before playing Cyrus
The A1 Greninja in a Sceptile deck is a 120-HP Water Stage 2. Its Ability can do 20 damage to any opposing Pokémon once during your turn. The Ability does not ask for a Water attachment, while its own 60-damage attack needs Water plus Colorless. That distinction matters to a Mega Sceptile ex deck using Grass for its main attacker. A Sceptile list can use the damage Ability without claiming that Grass pays the Water symbol in the attack.
With no other modifiers, 20 from that Ability plus the Mega's printed 130 is 150 damage on the same target. That arithmetic is a conditional option for the Sceptile build, not a universal knockout claim. Check which target can receive both actions and how much HP it actually has left. A Sceptile deck should not borrow the result from a different matchup or assume every opposing Pokémon begins at the same damage threshold.
Cyrus brings a damaged opposing Benched Pokémon into the Active Spot. The Sceptile list can first use the A1 Ability on a Benched target, then consider the Supporter and the Mega's attack. The target must already be damaged when the Supporter is played. Sabrina offers a different change: the opponent chooses the replacement Active Pokémon. A Mega Sceptile ex deck cannot call those two targeting effects identical or claim to choose freely with both.
Pheromosa provides another printed damage route: one Grass deals 20 to the Active and 20 to one opposing Benched Pokémon. Grovyle can instead attack a Benched Pokémon for 50 with two Grass. These are attacks with their own costs, unlike the A1 Ability. In a Sceptile deck, decide which action supplies the damage and which action supplies the finish. The complete Sceptile list shows whether those cards are present; their names alone do not prove a ready combination.
Read the B3b Butterfree line as its own attacker
The Caterpie used in this Sceptile build is the 40-HP B3b version. At the end of the opponent's turn, its Ability can evolve it with a random matching evolution from the deck if it is Active. A Sceptile deck leaving it on the Bench does not meet that location condition. Likewise, keeping the evolution in hand does not leave that same card in the deck for the Ability. Check both conditions before relying on this opening for the Mega Sceptile ex deck.
B3b Metapod has 80 HP, attacks for 30 with one Grass and retreats for two. B3b Butterfree has 130 HP, evolves from it and retreats for one. The Sceptile list therefore changes both its body and retreat bill when that line reaches Stage 2. Those printed numbers belong to these versions. A Sceptile deck should not copy an effect from another same-named print when deciding what this line can do next.
B3b Butterfree attacks for 60 with one Grass and heals 20 from itself. It does not have a team-wide healing Ability. In this Mega Sceptile ex deck, the smaller attack can be a separate action to consider while the main attacker waits for its cost. The healing belongs to the attacking card, not automatically to the Mega on the Bench. A Sceptile build using this version must make that distinction before counting how much damage will remain on each Pokémon.
Both attackers are Grass, but their costs and effects differ: one Grass for this 60-and-self-heal attack, two Grass for the Mega's 130-and-discard attack. Compare the actual attacker and attached Energy in the Sceptile list. The linked Sceptile deck representative keeps its own allocated card counts; the public tournament source remains an individual example. Neither one proves that every opening evolves on schedule or that the smaller attacker will survive the opponent's reply.
Separate the other Grass partners and their roles
A Sceptile list naming C1 Alolan Exeggutor ex adds a different Stage 1: 180 HP, evolving from Exeggcute, with a three-Grass attack. It deals 100 to the Active and 50 to a randomly chosen opposing Benched Pokémon. The Sceptile deck cannot choose that Bench target as though it were the A1 damage Ability. Its retreat costs four, so inspect the actual movement cost before treating this Sceptile build as an interchangeable version of the Mega's one-retreat body.
The C1 Cutiefly and Ribombee route has another evolution base. The Basic has 30 HP, attacks for 20 with one Grass and has zero retreat; its 70-HP Stage 1 attacks for 40 with one Grass and retreats for one. Those are specific cards in that Sceptile list. Do not turn the partner name into an unsupported claim about Grass acceleration. Open the full Sceptile deck and the linked card details to inspect what the selected configuration actually includes.
B3 Celebi has 70 HP and an Ability that lets your evolved Pokémon use attacks from their previous Evolutions, while still paying the required Energy. That creates a conditional choice in a Mega Sceptile ex deck: a Pokémon evolved over B3 Grovyle can have access to its two-Grass Bench attack while the Ability applies. The Sceptile build must actually have that previous Evolution and the Energy. It is not a free copy of every attack belonging to the species.
A Sceptile deck with the ordinary B3 Stage 2 also needs its version kept distinct from the Mega. The ordinary attack's coin flip, the Mega's discard and a previous Evolution's Bench attack are three different actions. Check the selected Sceptile list, the actual evolution stack and whether the B3 Ability is available. Then name the attack you intend to use. A partner selector identifies a recorded Sceptile build; it does not certify that every listed interaction exists in every individual submission.
Choose healing and draw before using the Supporter
Leaf Cape adds 30 HP only to the Grass Pokémon carrying it. On the Mega's printed 210 HP, that gives 240 before other effects; it does not heal existing damage or guarantee survival. Field Blower can discard one Tool or a Stadium in play, so the Sceptile deck cannot assume that extra HP is permanent. A Mega Sceptile ex deck should compare the actual remaining HP and visible Tool with the opposing attack before committing its main body.
Healing targets differ in this Sceptile list: Erika heals 50 from one Grass Pokémon; Lillie heals 60 from one Stage 2; Pokémon Center Lady heals 30 from one Pokémon and clears its Special Conditions. Lucky Ice Pop instead heals 20 only from the Active, with a possible coin-based return to hand after healing. A Sceptile build must match the effect to the damaged target. None of those texts says that every heal can reach every Pokémon in the Sceptile deck.
Professor's Research draws two cards. Copycat shuffles your hand back before drawing according to the opponent's hand size. May gets two random Pokémon and returns one Pokémon from your hand for each actually obtained. Those are different resource changes for a Sceptile deck; the last effect is not two guaranteed net extra cards. Serena's Choice looks at the top three and chooses one, rather than searching the whole deck. Inspect the missing evolution and hand before selecting the Sceptile list's Supporter.
The Supporter rule printed on Cyrus allows only one Supporter during your turn. A Mega Sceptile ex deck therefore cannot combine a draw Supporter, healing Supporter and target-changing Supporter freely in the same turn. Decide which bottleneck matters now. The Trainer column counts current tournament lists that adopted each card, while the full Sceptile list supplies representative copies. A popular card in the Sceptile deck still has to satisfy its target, timing and the turn's remaining Supporter action.
Keep the point risk and retreat cost visible
The Mega gives the opponent three points when knocked out. That makes its survival a concrete decision in the Mega Sceptile ex deck, not merely a comparison of printed HP. It is weak to Fire and retreats for one. Before exposing it, read the opponent's actual attack and the current damage on your attacker. A Sceptile deck should not promise a favorable matchup from a shared type or a large HP number; the Sceptile list only provides the cards, not a guaranteed result.
X Speed reduces the Active Pokémon's retreat cost by one during this turn. When the Mega can legally retreat, its printed one cost can therefore become zero for that turn. A Sceptile build should still identify the next Active Pokémon and whether it has a usable attack. Moving the main attacker out does not attach missing Energy to the replacement. The Sceptile deck needs a plan for the resulting board, rather than treating a reduced cost as a complete turn by itself.
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex supplies a specific status condition: its Ability clears and prevents Special Conditions for your Pokémon that have Energy attached. A Sceptile list cannot extend that protection to an unenergized target. Its two-Grass attack starts at 60 and adds 60 only when the two Active Pokémon have at least five Energy attached in total. Read that total in the Sceptile build position instead of assuming an automatic 120 or counting all Energy across both Benches.
After the Mega attacks, revisit the discard from its own body, the next legal attack and the opponent's possible reply. A Mega Sceptile ex deck that reaches 130 once can still be short of the next cost. A Sceptile deck using a different attacker should name that card's actual cost and effect, including any healing or random targeting. That check keeps the Sceptile list's evolution choice, attached Energy and target connected instead of treating them as independent advantages that always occur together.
Keep historical options separate from current evidence
Historical Sceptile list entries retain their own last-observed dates and full card lists. A date beside an archive label describes recorded history, not a new recommendation or the final match date of an event. The Sceptile deck's current Trainer adoption, results and matchup sections exclude those archived samples. Open the historical full list when researching an older partner; its continuing URL does not make that Sceptile build current again.
The historical Lurantis route spreads 20 to each opposing Pokémon for one Grass. The historical Vespiquen ex route instead attacks for 70 with two Grass and can add 70 by discarding one of your Benched Basic Grass Pokémon. Those effects ask different things of a Sceptile list. In particular, the latter cannot discard any arbitrary evolved partner to gain its extra damage. Compare the historical Sceptile deck's exact targets and board cost before copying the idea into another configuration.
The historical B3 Bonsly is a 30-HP Basic with zero retreat and no Weakness. Its zero-Energy attack deals 10 and reduces damage from the Defending Pokémon's attacks by 30 during the opponent's next turn. That is a specific historical action for a Sceptile build, not a universal shield for every later attacker. Keep its target and duration with the old Sceptile list; do not attribute the effect to all present-day Mega Sceptile ex deck options.
This site's complete Sceptile list is a twenty-card statistical representative assembled from the tracked card averages, and can differ from an individual player's submission. The linked tournament submission is a real twenty-card example of its recorded build. Keep those two meanings separate when copying a Sceptile deck. List counts, records and matchup samples belong to the stated build and event window; they are not the performance of that one example. Choose the current or archived Sceptile build deliberately, then open its own complete list.














