Mew VMAX Deck List – Top Four At Major Tournament
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Defying all obstacles, Mew VMAX remains one of the best Pokemon TCG decks of all after more than two years in the game.
Without a doubt, Mew VMAX will go down in history as one of the greats thanks to its power, versatility and longevity in the standard format. For over two years Mew VMAX has continued to dominate – and that’s pretty incredible given the constantly changing nature of the Pokemon TCG meta.
It seems that no matter what you through at this incredible deck archetype, it still has an answer for it to stay relevant and place well at major tournmanets (not to mention a victory at 2023 World’s.
In this guide, we’re going to looking at a recently successful deck and outline how to play Mew VMAX to stay competitive in the current Pokemon TCG meta.
Mew VMAX League Battle Deck
Before getting into the rest of this guide, we’d recommend you take a look at this Mew VMAX League Battle Deck at TCGplayer. It will give you many of the staples you need to build your own Mew VMAX battle deck from scratch!
Mew VMAX Deck List 2023 Standard
Deck credit: 4th Place Regional Brisbane - Joshua Sparks
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Pokémon (13)
4 Mew V CRZ 60
3 Mew VMAX FST 114
4 Genesect V FST 185
1 Meloetta FST 124
1 Eiscue BRS 44
Trainer (40)
2 Elesa's Sparkle FST 233
2 Boss's Orders PAL 172
1 Judge SVI 176
1 Iono PAL 185
1 Professor Turo's Scenario PAR 171
4 Power Tablet FST 236
4 Battle VIP Pass FST 225
4 Ultra Ball SVI 196
4 Cram-o-matic FST 229
3 Grabber MEW 162
2 Nest Ball SVI 181
1 Escape Rope BST 125
1 Switch Cart ASR 154
1 Lost Vacuum CRZ 135
1 Pal Pad SVI 182
3 Forest Seal Stone SIT 156
1 Box of Disaster LOR 154
1 Choice Belt PAL 176
1 Lost City LOR 161
1 Town Store OBF 196
1 Path to the Peak CRE 148
Energy (7)
4 Fusion Strike Energy FST 244
3 Double Turbo Energy BRS 151
Mew VMAX Deck Breakdown by Card Type
Mew VMAX Deck – Basic Strategy
Despite how drastically the meta has changed since Mew VMAX’s initial release, the deck still functions largely the same way. It still benefits from the incredibly powerful Genesect V draw engine, and despite pretty of cards that technically counter that draw engine, it’s still relevant today.
The typical flow of the game with Mew VMAX looks something like this:
Bench as many Genesect V as possible using either Nest Ball, Battle VIP Pass, or Ultra Ball.
Get energies onto Mew V ASAP using either a combination of manual attachments and Elesa’s Sparkle or just plain old Double Turbo Energy.
Evolve Mew V into Mew VMAX and start dishing out KOs.
Take strategic knockouts using Boss’s Orders.
Leverage one of three powerful stadiums as the situations requires i.e. Lost City against Lost Zone decks, Path to the Peak to block off harmful abilities, and Town Store to pull the Pokemon Tools you need – especially the hyper powerful Forest Seal Stone.
Keep your opponent off balance with hand disruption cards like Iono, Judge or the spicy Grabber item card.
Use single prize attacker Meloetta to snag a favorable prize trade or Eiscue to snipe benched Pokemon.
Mew VMAX Key Cards
Genesect V
Genesect V is the backbone of the Mew VMAX deck, and still the strongest draw engine in the game after two years in the format.
Forest Seal Stone
As if Mew VMAX wasn’t a strong, consistent enough of a deck already – enter Forest Seal Stone. This card lets you take any card from your deck. Any card. All it costs is your VSTAR ability. Guess what? Mew VMAX doesn’t have a VSTAR ability so that’s just fine!
Mew VMAX Deck – Interesting Techs
Iono
Iono is one of those cards that either works or it doesn’t, and you never really know which way it is going to go. Still, in the current meta, it’s one of the best ways to gain an advantage against your opponent from a resources in hand perspective, and it’s often enough to turn the tide of the battle.
Box of Disaster
For all of Mew VMAX’s excellence, it comes from a time in the meta when most Pokemon weren’t trying to OHKO a 280 VSTARs or even stronger Pokemon ex. That being said, Mew VMAX can certainly take out high HP two-prize Pokemon in one shot, provided you draw the right cards.
Box of Disaster mitigates some of the risks of not drawing those cards by potentially lowering your opponent’s active Pokemon’s HP, putting it that much more in reach of a strong Techno Blast circa Cross Fusion Strike.
Professor Turo’s Scenario
Despite Professor Turo’s Scenario being quite strong, it’s not seen the kind of play you might think it would. That being said, including it in this deck is definite creative flourish worth highlighting. Many decks can’t dish out the kind of damage you need to in order to take out a Mew VMAX. With Professor Turo’s Scenario, simply return that Mew VMAX to your hand and force your opponent to waste an attack!
Mew VMAX Deck Weaknesses
Now that we’ve talked about how to play this awesome deck, let’s get into its weaknesses. And boy does it have them. In no particular order, these weaknesses are:
Path to the Peak
Mew VMAX is only as strong as your bench, and that means you need plenty of Genesect in play to keep drawing the cards you need. It may be the best draw engine in the game, but that draw engine is dependent on the ability of Pokemon V – which is becoming a liability in a game that is desparately trying to break free of its V-Pokemon past.
Path to the Peak has the potential to totally shut your deck down and leave it dead in the water. That’s why you’ll notice this deck running a Lost Vacuum and two other stadium cards to counteract this glaring weakness. That being said, Path to the Peak can also be a double edged sword for Mew VMAX, as having it in play defends Mew VMAX from powerful counter attackers like Drapion V and also has the potential to shut down opposing decks that rely on abilities once you have the upper-hand.
Drapion V
Drapion V was a very popular tech for many decks back when Mew VMAX was running unchecked through the meta – more than a year after its debut. Today, you are less likely to run into Mew VMAX in a tournament than you were back then, so players are playing Drapion V less. However, Drapion V remains a powerful counter to Mew VMAX, and makes for a strategic inclusion in your deck if you are looking to counter this powerhouse deck.
Spiritomb from Paldea Evolved
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more stacked against Mew VMAX, along came Spiritomb. Spiritomb blocks the abilities of all basic Pokemon V. Luckily, if you play a Fusion Strike energy to your Genesect V, you can counter/block Spiritomb’s ability, rendering this otherwise powerful ability less deadly.
An Unfavorable Typing
Lastly, Mew VMAX is still doing well despite the fact that there are several other powerful decks that it is weak against. We’re talking about the super powerful Charizard ex deck and the more recent and notable Roaring Moon ex deck. When Roaring Moon ex came out, we anticipated it would once and for all remove Mew VMAX from the top of the heap. That, however, has not happened, and Mew VMAX remains deadly. Still, if you run dark type decks, look to make the most out of your advantage. You only need two knockouts against a Mew VMAX to win!
