Charizard EX + Fiery Inferno of Rage

Welcome to Charizard Ex, the ultimate deck of winning hard or losing hard. This deck is all about high risk and high reward. If you like to go big or go home, then you’re in for a treat. 

Why Play Charizard EX?

What’s great about this deck is that when this deck opens well, it is hard for the opponent to come back from. It’s a deck that truly believes in playing solitaire and not caring if the opponent can play. This deck is all about no mercy, so if you are someone who would love to incinerate your opponent and not care for what the opponent does, this is the deck for you.   

✅ Strengths

• Extremely fast and explosive
• Has space for tech options
• Bulky and massive damage output

❌ Weaknesses

• Can Brick
• Oricorio shuts this deck down

Game Plan

Early Game:

• Start with Charmander (ideally) and search for both Charizard and Rare Candy aggressively
• If you see electric energy from your opponent's energy zone, search for Heatran or whatever tech you are playing; if not, search for Charmeleon
• Evolve into Charizard using Rare Candy

Mid Game: 

• Here is where you want to start attacking and setting up your second Charizard
• Make sure to use Lillie to keep your first Charizard healthy while the second Charizard is being built up

Late Game:

• If your first Charizard goes down, hopefully, your second Charizard is ready
• Continue swinging until your opponent dies
• Use supporters to support your final Charizard

Key Card Roles & Highlights

Charmander - Mandatory active Pokémon

Charizard - Main Damage Dealer, the ultimate nuke

Rare Candy - Helps speed evolution along

Lillie - Heals your Charizard and keeps it alive and away from bad breakpoints

Giant Cape - Increases its absurd health further to avoid dying for longer

Tech Options & Variants

Other variants include Charizard + Incineroar and Charizard + Turtonator. If you don’t like being completely walled by Oricorio, these two options are available for a better chance against the Birb of Hell. However, you do run the risk of other matchups, such as Darktina being harder for you to win. 

Alternatively, if you don’t want to sacrifice how the deck plays, you could always tech a Komala into it and pray you don’t start with it. 

Another option is to tech one Heatran, which does a similar job to Komala, but does require being damaged before swinging for 80.  

Lastly, you could always increase the number of Lillies you run to two, but that comes at the risk of more bricking. 

Final Thoughts: Mastering the Deck

If you want a deck that is explosive, kills Darktina like it owes it lunch money and just want to win fast, this is the deck for you. And if you hate Oricorio, you can always tech a Heatran as a solid answer. Just be prepared to brick now and then.

Deck Status:

🏆 Tier 2 — Tournament Proven
✅ Strengths: Explosive, High damage and HP thresholds
⚠️ Weaknesses: Linear, Oricorio