Best Cards to Get in Pokemon TCG Pocket: Mythical Island

Mythical Island: Essential Cards from the Pokemon TCG Pocket Mini-Expansion

The Pokemon TCG Pocket Mythical Island expansion introduces 80 new cards, including the highly anticipated Mew Ex. This mini-set significantly impacts the game's meta, offering powerful additions and new deck-building strategies. Let's examine some of the standout cards.

Table of Contents

• Mew Ex
• Vaporeon
• Tauros
• Raichu
• Blue

Despite its small size, Mythical Island delivers exciting cards capable of revolutionizing or bolstering existing Pokemon TCG Pocket decks. Let's delve into each card's strengths.

Mew Ex

• HP: 130
• Psyshot (1 Psy Energy): 20 damage.
• Genome Hacking (3 Colorless Energy): Copy one attack from your opponent's Active Pokémon and use it as this attack.

Mew Ex is a game-changer. This Basic Pokémon boasts high HP, a serviceable initial attack, and the game-altering Genome Hacking. Its versatility allows inclusion in existing Mewtwo Ex decks alongside Gardevoir, or even within Colorless strategies.

Vaporeon

• HP: 120
• Wash Out (Ability): Move a Water Energy from a Benched Water Pokémon to your Active Water Pokémon as often as desired during your turn.
• Wave Splash (1 Water, 2 Colorless Energy): 60 damage.

Vaporeon presents a significant challenge, especially against prevalent Misty decks. Its ability to freely shift Water Energy between Pokémon dramatically enhances Water-type strategies, potentially making them even more dominant.

Tauros

• HP: 100
• Fighting Tackle (3 Colorless Energy): Deals 80 additional damage if the opponent's Active Pokémon is a Pokémon Ex. Base damage: 40.

Tauros, while requiring setup, delivers devastating damage against Ex decks. The ability to inflict 120 damage on any Ex Pokémon instantly cripples Pikachu Ex decks, and poses a considerable threat to Charizard Ex.

Raichu

• HP: 120
• Gigashock (3 Lightning Energy): 60 damage plus 20 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon.

Raichu exacerbates the threat already posed by Pikachu Ex/Zebstrika decks. The additional 20 damage to each Benched Pokémon significantly disrupts strategies reliant on bench development, particularly when paired with Surge decks.

Blue (Trainer/Supporter)

• Effect: During your opponent's next turn, all your Pokémon take 10 less damage from attacks.

Blue is a new defensive Supporter card, providing crucial protection against powerful attacks from Blaine and Giovanni-based strategies. Its ability to mitigate damage from quick knockouts makes it a valuable counter to many prevalent Ex decks.

These are our top picks from the Mythical Island expansion. For more Pokemon TCG Pocket strategies and solutions (including Error 102 fixes), check out The Escapist.