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• ✅ Mega Sharpedo EX's 'Hungry Jaws' attack can deal additional damage if there are damage counters, allowing you to KO powerful opponents like Surfing Pikachu VMAX in one hit.
• ✅ Toxtricity is the savior of Dark-type decks, and through its ability 'Toxic Bad Upper', you can attach energy to Benched Pokémon and add damage.
• ✅ Toxtricity's damage addition effect can be linked with Mega Sharpedo EX's 'Hungry Jaws' attack to deal even more powerful damage.

Card	Effect
Mega Sharpedo EX	Hungry Jaws: 120 damage + 150 additional damage if damage counters are present
Toxtricity	Toxic Bad Upper: Attaches energy to Benched Pokémon and adds 20 damage

You can also consider adding Mega Gengar to the Mega Sharpedo EX deck to reduce the number of Side cards to 2.

• ✅ Seviper can add 120 to the attack damage through its ability 'Excite Power' if there is a Dark-type Mega Evolution EX Pokémon, dealing a total of 240 damage.
• ✅ By combining Seviper and Mega Gengar, you can use a strategy to keep the number of Side cards at 0 even if Seviper is defeated.
• ✅ By utilizing Toxtricity's ability, you can accelerate energy to Seviper and add damage to make an even more powerful attack.

Card	Effect
Seviper	Excite Power: Adds 120 to the attack damage if a Dark-type Mega Evolution EX is present
Sableye's Grasp	Select a Dark-type Pokémon from the deck and place it on the field

Sableye's Grasp is a strategic card that can be combined with Academy at Night in critical situations to quickly set up Mega Gengar.

• ✅ Mega Lopunny EX's 'Gust Surge' attack can add 170 damage when moving from the Bench to the Active Spot, dealing a total of 230 damage.
• ✅ You can use Top-Coat to quickly bring Mega Lopunny and Jet Energy.
• ✅ Through Milo, you can recover the damaged Mega Lopunny and return the energy to your hand.

Card	Effect
Mega Lopunny EX	Gust Surge: Adds 170 additional damage when moving from the Bench to the Active Spot
Milo	Recovers HP of Mega Evolution Pokémon and returns energy to hand
Magma's Excite Dash	Swaps Magma on the Bench with the Active Spot

You can use the strategy of quickly moving Mega Lopunny to the Active Spot by utilizing Magma's Excite Dash.

• ✅ You can build a style of gathering energy early on using Blazing Courage and attacking with Surfing Pikachu VMAX.
• ✅ Moltres can add 90 damage through its ability 'Wings of Investment' if the opponent's Active Pokémon is an EX, dealing a total of 110 damage.
• ✅ Moltres can be KO'd in one hit by being weak to Genesect or Ogerpon, and Surfing Pikachu VMAX can be KO'd in one hit by using Iron Hands ex, etc.

Card	Effect
Blazing Courage	Energy Acceleration
Moltres	Wings of Investment: Adds 90 additional damage to opponent's EX Pokémon

Moltres is an essential card in the Surfing Pikachu VMAX deck and can effectively counter decks that use Fighting Style Dojo.

• ✅ You can quickly gather energy early on by using Blazing Courage.
• ✅ Infernal Blade Ceruledge can deal 220 damage if you discard 4 basic energy cards from your hand.
• ✅ You can use the pre-evolution Charcadet to bring basic energy from the deck.

Card	Effect
Infernal Blade Ceruledge	220 Damage when discarding 4 basic energy cards
Charcadet	Adds 2 basic energy cards from the deck to the hand

You can narrow the side difference by using Legacy Energy.

• ✅ Mega Charizard XEX has 360 HP, and the Inferno X attack discards Fire Energy on the field and increases damage by that amount.
• ✅ You can use a strategy of increasing firepower with Mega Charizard XEX in the early stages and switching to Mega Charizard's Dark Tera Starmobile in the later stages.
• ✅ Through a combo with Pidgeot EX, you can attach Fire Energy to the Bench with Excite Turbo to unleash powerful firepower.

Card	Effect
Mega Charizard XEX	Inferno X: Increases damage after discarding Fire Energy
Sparkling Wings	Adds 1 Basic, Stage 1, and Stage 2 Pokémon from the deck to the hand

You can use Sparkling Wings to quickly align the Pidgeot line and Charizard line.