Raging Bolt ex Deck List and Guide
Raging Bolt ex is one of the most anticipated Pokemon cards to come out of Temporal Forces. In this Raging Bolt ex deck list and guide we will be looking at how you can pair Raging Bolt ex up with Sandy Shocks to accelerate energies and take OHKOs against any deck.
Raging Bolt ex deck list
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Pokémon - 11
4 Raging Bolt ex TEF 123
3 Sandy Shocks ex PAR 108
1 Mew ex MEW 151
1 Radiant Greninja ASR 46
1 Slither Wing PAR 107
1 Squawkabilly ex PAL 169
Trainer Cards - 39
4 Professor Sada's Vitality PAR 170
1 Boss's Orders PAL 172
1 Iono PAF 80
4 Earthen Vessel PAR 163
4 Energy Sticker MEW 159
4 Nest Ball PAF 84
4 Switch Cart ASR 154
4 Gutsy Pickaxe
4 Ultra Ball PAF 91
1 Pal Pad SVI 182
1 Super Rod PAL 188
2 Ancient Booster Energy Capsule TEF 140
4 PokéStop PGO 68
1 Prime Catcher TEF 157
Energy - 10
7 Basic Fighting Energy SVE 6
3 Basic Lightning Energy SVE 4
Raging Bolt ex has unlimited damage potential
How hard does Raging Bolt ex hit? Well, that’s really up to you. Raging Bolt ex is one of those attackers who doesn’t have a set limit to how much damage it can do. Instead, Bellowing Thunder does 70 damage for each energy card you discard from any of your Pokemon. That means all you really need is about 5 energies in play and you are OHKOing anything out there.
But how do you get those five energies into play? Well, this Raging Bolt ex deck has several options for you.
Raging Bolt ex
Energy acceleration is key for Raging Bolt ex’s attack
Sada’s Vitality is going to be your strongest and most reliable way to accelerate energy onto your Pokemon. She can attach two energy into your Ancient Pokemon and let you draw cards. What’s also great about Sada’s Vitality is that she acts as energy acceleration and draw engine all rolled into one – enabling you to cut out cards like Professor’s Research in favor of additional cards you will need to keep accelerating energies.
Professor Sada’s Vitality
Sandy Shocks ex is a powerful energy acceleration engine
Sandy Shocks ex
While Sada’s Vitality may be your strongest and most reliable card to use, Sandy Shocks is also quite helpful. Released in Paradox Rift, Sandy Shocks fits easily into this deck thanks to its ability that lets you attach energies from your discard onto it. Of course, once attached in this way, you can easily discard them to power up your Raging Bolt ex’s attack.
On its own, Sandy Shocks also does an impressive amount of damage, meaning you can use it in a pinch to take KOs.
Energy accelerating items: Gutsy Pickaxe and Energy Sticker
Given how important energy acceleration is to this deck, trainers can also run a Gutsy Pickaxe and an Energy Sticker in their deck, helping them reach higher levels of energies on the board. Gutsy Pickaxe is the stronger of the two, letting you either accelerate an extra energy or draw a card, while Energy Sticker plays luck of the draw, letting you attach an energy based on a coinflip.
Energy Sticker
Gutsy Pickaxe
Additional cards to keep in mind
While Raging Bolt ex is a fairly straightforward deck to play, revolving mostly around Raging Bolt ex’s powerful attack and energy acceleration to enhance it, there are several other plays here to keep in mind. First of all, you have plenty of additional draw support thanks to Mew ex and Radiant Greninja. The latter is also helpful to keep energies well stocked in your discard pile which you can then use cards like Sada’s Vitality or Energy Sticker to accelerate.
This deck also runs a Squawkabilly which is a great way to refresh your hand after your first turn or recover from a dead one. Squawkabilly also is great for getting those energies into your discard. Last but not least, you have access to just one Slither Wings. Slither Wings isn’t going to win the game for you, but it can certainly help you in many matchups, enabling you to get a positive prize trade against opponents when Raging Bolt ex’s attack isn’t charged up or just would be overkill.
Is Raging Bolt ex a competitive deck?
Raging Bolt ex has many good things going for it – most of which is its powerhouse attack. However, it’s not placed highly at a tournament yet, making us wonder how competitively viable this deck actually is. After some additional testing, players might find a way to make this particular attacker very effective. Until the, you can’t argue that it’s a fun archetype to play!
