Magnezone has been a powerhouse ever since it was first released in Pokemon TCG Pocket's Space-Time Smackdown set, mostly because the Genetic Apex version of Magneton allows it to be played in virtually any deck. But despite being a great partner for any Pokemon, it rarely gets the spotlight.

Extradimensional Crisis introduced a new version of Shiinotic that helps to put Magnezone in the limelight, accelerating your deck by fetching a new Pokemon each turn. Combined with a little support, this deck is incredibly fast and consistent, two hallmarks of a great deck.

Sample Decklist

Magnezone Shiinotic
Morelull (A3) x3	Shiinotic (A3a) x2	Magnemite (A1) x2	Magneton (A1) x2
Magnezone (A2) x2	Oricorio (A3 66) x1	Professor's Research x2	Guzma x1
Pokemon Center Lady x1	Cyrus x1	Sabrina x1	Poke Ball x2
Giant Cape x1

Morelull and Shiinotic both use Colorless Energy, so make sure you turn off Grass and Psychic Energy in the deck builder.

Ideally, Morelull should never attack, so you're free to use any version. However, the Celestial Guardians Morelull has the highest HP, and can attack with Colorless Energy, if necessary. Use this one unless you just don't have it in your collection.

Magnezone Shiinotic Strategy

Magnezone is the only real attacker in this deck. It can deal 110 damage with only three Energy, but you need to discard a Lightning Energy each time you use its Thunder Blast attack. It's also a Stage 2 Pokemon, which requires a little time and luck to set up.

Shiinotic reduces the need for luck with its Illuminate ability, which gives you a random Pokemon from your deck for free each turn. Combined with Poke Ball and Professor's Research, you should be able to get one or both Magnezone lines quickly and start swinging early.

Using Shiinotic to find Pokemon, play your Magnemites and evolve them into Magnetons as soon as you can, then use Magneton's Volt Charge to attach Lightning Energy to them. Use that ability every turn until they evolve into Magnezone in order to be able to attack early and often.

Magnezone Shiinotic Matchups

Giratina ex Darkrai ex

While it isn't the top deck right now, Giratina ex Darkrai ex is a powerhouse deck and a tough match for Magnezone. Giratina ex can set up almost as fast as Magnezone, and can OHKO your ace Pokemon, even with a Giant Cape attached. Darkrai ex, meanwhile, can chip away at Magnezone's HP and usually score a KO with one Dark Prism.

Magnezone's advantages are the fact that it's a single-prize Pokemon, so your opponent needs to KO three of yours, and access to Oricorio. Oricorio can tank Giratina ex's attacks and chip away so you can score a two-point KO with Magnezone when you're ready.

Silvally Zeraora

Silvally is one of the breakout Pokemon from Extradimensional Crisis, and it finds an incredible partner in Zeraora. With Zeraora's Thunderclap Flash ability and Dawn, Silvally can evolve and attack for 100 damage as early as turn three.

This is a really even match, but Magnezone has a slight advantage despite being slower. Magnezone's Thunder Blast can OHKO anything in the Silvally deck, while Silvally cannot do the same in return. Save Guzma to deal with Giant Cape, and be patient setting up favorable trades, and you should do fine.

Guzzlord ex Nihilego

Guzzlord demonstrates exactly why you should hold onto your second Magnezone: Grindcore can set you back multiple Energies, so having a backup Magnezone stacked with Energy allows you to recover if your opponent gets a series of lucky coin flips.

Tyrannical Hole can sweep your team, but your opponent needs three KOs to win, while you only need to KO Guzzlord and one other Pokemon. If you save your Sabrina and Cyrus to snipe that last Pokemon, you should have no problem taking this deck down.

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