Summary
It’s very hard to stand against psychic-type cards inPokemon TCG Pocketfor any other element except darkness. But since darkness-type cards are used very rarely in the game, this gives psychic cards a massive advantage. Their best and most effective mechanic is energy manipulation, which could pose a serious problem for many opponents.
Psychic Pokemon also have some very powerful attacks and abilities that can deal a lot of damage. This makes them formidable enemies in almost any match. But it’s still important to choose only the top cards forbuilding an efficient deckthat utilizes psychic-type Pokemon, or they could easily be underused in many situations.
8Jynx
Essential Basic Attacker Card
Jynx may be an ordinary basic attackerat first glance, dealing only 30 points of damage by default, but it’s actually more beneficial to play this card in the latter parts of the match, as it can exploit the opponent’s power against them. For example, if an opponent attaches extra energy to their active Pokemon, Jynx can utilize its Psychic ability to deal an extra 20 damage for each energy attached.
This will not only prevent opponents from giving their active Pokemon more energy, but it will also make them change their overall gameplan and turn offense into defense.
7Mr. Mime
Essential Basic Defender Card
Defense is just as important as offense. That’s why it’s crucial to include at least one defender in a psychic-type deck, such as Mr. Mime. It may not havethe largest HP pool in the game, but its Barrier Attack ability reduces damage received from enemy Pokemon by 20 points.
Taking into account that most basic Pokemon deal around 30–50 points of damage, Mr. Mime will effectively take only 10–30, which will keep it alive for quite a long time.
6Mewtwo EX
Most Overpowered Basic Attacker Card
Most basic Pokemon have very little power to be active for longer stretches of time during a match.But that doesn’t concern Mewtwo EX, which is one of the strongest basic Pokemon inPokemon TCG Pocket. Its default Psychic Sphere attack deals only 50 damage, but if there’s an option to discard two extra Psychic Energy, then it can hit for 150 points of damage instead, using its Psydrive attack.
With its huge health pool and different attack options, Mewtwo EX easily becomes one of the top psychic-type cards in the game.
5Hypno
Best Card With Asleep Effect
The Asleep status effect is a very powerful tool against enemy Pokemon, as it renders them completely useless. They can’t attack or retreat, which is equal to complete elimination. That’s why Hypno is one of themost powerful psychic-type cards inPokemon TCG Pocket, as it can make use of this effect every turn if the RNG is on the right side.
On top of that, Hypno can deal 50 damage every turn using its Psypunch attack, which adds to its danger status. Players should try to evolve Drowzee as quickly as possible to activate this card’s power skills.
4Golurk
Most Overpowered Attacker Card
Golurk could potentially be the most powerful attackerin the whole game. The reason why is its Double Lariat ability, which, although it relies on RNG, could effectively deal 300 points of damage in a single swing. But even if just one coin flips heads, it’ll still deal 200 damage, which is more than most other Pokemon could ever do.
Sure, the Double Lariat attack is rather expensive, costing two Psychic Energy and two Colorless, but when there’s a need to remove a strong enemy, there’s simply no better option than that.
3Gardevoir
Best Energy Acceleration Card
Energy plays a huge role in the strategy of any psychic-type deck. That’s what makes Gardevoir such an important card, as it can directly influence the levels of energy on the battlefield with its Psy Shadow ability. Whenever a friendly Pokemon requires more energy at the moment, Gardevoir will be there to help.
Of course, it can also attack well and defend itself using the Psyshot ability. but its primary purpose in every deck is to transfer energy where it’s needed the most.
2Alakazam
Best Surprise Attacker Card
If a deck utilizes Jynx for surprise attacks, then it’s simply imperative touse Kadabra and Alakazam for their evolved forms. The strategy is similar in all these cases: wait for an opponent to attach extra energy to their active Pokemon and then attack with Alakazam for 60+ damage and 30+ more per each attached energy on the opponent’s Pokemon.
As a result, the damage can grow significantly in this highly effective surprise attack. In this way, the opponent’s energy becomes their worst enemy on the battlefield.
1Gengar EX
Best Card Against Supporters
On its own,Gengar EX is a very strong card, capable of dealing 100 points of damage with the Spooky Shot attack. But that’s really not the main purpose of this psychic-type card; it’s really all about the Shadowy Spellbind ability. It allows Gengar EX to prevent an opponent from using any supporter cards, as long as Gengar EX stays in the active zone.
This means that the opponents can’t use any heals or energy abilities on their supporter cards or any other skills that they might need during the match. Such a powerful disruption skill will completely ruin their gameplan.
