Glaceon ex Deck List and Guide – Prismatic Evolutions
Despite some challenges around using these Stellar Tera Pokemon, many Pokemon TCG players are going to be looking to leverage and play the excellent Eeveelutions coming out in Prismatic Evolutions. One of the most compelling Pokemon we’ll be getting will be Glaceon ex.
In this guide below, we’ll be looking at Glaceon ex paired with the underrated Iron Valiant ex and how you can use this deck to take instant knockouts against whatever deck you face down.
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Pokémon: 18
4 Iron Valiant ex PAR 89
3 Eevee SSP 143
3 Glaceon ex SV8a 41
1 Origin Forme Palkia V ASR 39
1 Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR ASR 40
1 Terapagos ex SCR 128
1 Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex TWM 141
1 Fezandipiti ex SFA 38
1 Mew ex MEW 193
1 Squawkabilly ex PAF 75
1 Radiant Greninja ASR 46
Trainer: 34
2 Surfer SSP 187
2 Iono PAF 80
2 Irida ASR 147
1 Boss's Orders BRS 132
1 Crispin SCR 133
4 Switch SVI 194
4 Nest Ball PAF 84
3 Switch Cart ASR 154
3 Glass Trumpet SCR 135
3 Ultra Ball PAF 91
2 Earthen Vessel PAR 163
1 Prime Catcher TEF 157
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146
1 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144
1 Super Rod PAL 188
1 Future Booster Energy Capsule TEF 149
2 Area Zero Underdepths SCR 174
Energy: 8
4 Water Energy SVE 3
2 Darkness Energy SVE 7
2 Grass Energy SVE 1
Gleaceon ex and Iron Valiant ex are the perfect pair
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Pokémon • Water
Stage 1 • 270 HP
WC Frost Bullet 110
This attack also does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Euclase
Knock Out 1 of your opponent's Pokémon that has exactly 6 damage counters on it.
Weakness: Metal
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1
Glaceon ex has two attacks but the one we’re really interested in is the Euclase attack. Although it requires a rather random assortment of energy in order to get this off, this deck runs plenty of energy acceleration options to make this possible. The attack itself acts as an instant knockout against any Pokemon on your opponent’s bench or active spot as long as it has 60 damage counters on it.
With Iron Valiant ex, however, getting exactly 60 damage onto a Pokemon is relatively easy to do. Every time Iron Valiant ex switches to the active, you can place two damage counters on a Pokemon.
This also makes having plenty of switching cards available to make this possible.
Plenty of switching cards make Tachyon Bits more effective
For this strategy, I really like the Surfer supporter we got in Surging Sparks for this strategy, giving you a card that not only lets you switch your active to the bench but one that also allows you to replenish your hand.
Otherwise this deck really runs the gamut on switching cards from Switch Cart to Switch, to Prime Catcher and even the handy Future Capsule card that grants your Iron Valiant free retreat.
Energy acceleration options make Glaceon ex more reliable
From my experience, you typically want multiple ways to accelerate energy onto your Pokemon, and this deck certainly fits the bill in that requirement. In total, you have Glass Trumpet, Crispin, and Palkia VSTAR as your best ways to get energies onto your Pokemon alongside your manual attachments. Let’s break down each of these mechanics in order to see how they work.
Glass Trumpet is a pretty undervalued card for how potentially strong it actually can be. You can use it to put any basic energy from your discard onto up to two of your benched colorless Pokemon. This works because you whould easily manage to bench your Eevee. Use Glass Trumpet to power them up and then evolve them the same turn using Boosted Evolution.
Glass Trumpet can also be used to accelerate energy onto Terapagos ex or Ursaluna ex.
Crispin
Crispin is just a solid card for any deck like this that needs more than one different type of energy in order to get an attack off. Because it uses up your supporter slot for the turn, you probably won’t be playing this too often in the game which is why I’ve only included two in my deck. But it could easily change the course of the game when you manage to get it off.
Palkia VSTAR
Lastly, you have Palkia VSTAR. While you’ll have to evolve Palkia VSTAR first in order to use it, Star Portal is a very effective ability, letting you accelerate energy not only onto your Glaceon ex but also onto your Greninja ex to take multiple KOs in a turn or even onto Palkia VSTAR itself to take advantage of the formidable Subspace Swell.
To make finding what you need to pull this off easier, I’ve included two copies of Irida in this deck.
Use Irida to search out either either Palkia V, VSTAR or Greninja plus any item card that fits the situation.
Although a tricky deck to play, it’s nonetheless very effective, making Glaceon ex a very attractive attacker post Prismatic Evolutions for those daring enough to take on this challenging build!
