Tsareena
Tier 3
Aggro
Basic
Tsareena V
is one of these cards that never did much in Standard, yet found a new life in Expanded. Tsareena's Queen's Orders attack deals damage by discarding Pokémon from the Bench. This combines well with three cards (or categories of cards) in the format: first, Sky Field
, which increases Tsareena's damage cap from 220 to 340 damage; second, Giratina
, which can come back from the discard, which makes it easy to increase Tsareena's damage output, while also adding some damage counters on the opponent's board; and finally, Pokémon with Abilities that work when they come into play, such as Dedenne GX
, Eldegoss V
, and Tapu Lele GX
. These Pokémon can be used for their effect, then discarded, and even used again later thanks to Night Stretcher
or Dragonite EX
, which shines in this deck.
Like every aggressive deck, Tsareena has to find a way to beat
Regidrago, which can usually win the Prize race because of the free extra turn afforded by Timeless GX. However, unlike many of its competitors, Tsareena actually has a few ways it can do so, making it one of the best pure aggro decks, although a hard one to sequence perfectly.