We are witnessing the peak of Regidrago VSTAR’s power and the meta is loving it. Currently, Regidrago is easily one of the strongest decks in the Pokemon TCG, and quickly becoming the most popular. It’s not hard to see why. Regidrago’s attack isn’t limited in the way that most are: it can do any attack from another Dragon Pokemon in your discard. Meanwhile, its VSTAR ability gives you powerful card search by letting you discard the top seven cards of your deck and then adding any two cards from your discard into your hand.

As if that weren’t enough, new and powerful dragon type Pokemon released in Shrouded Fable have ramped up Regidrago’s already impressive range of attacks, giving it answers for just about any situation.

In this guide, we’re going to look at the basics of Regidrago as well as how to counter this powerful deck.

Regidrago VSTAR Deck List

Pokémon: 19
3 Regidrago V SIT 135
3 Regidrago VSTAR SIT 136
3 Teal Mask Ogerpon ex TWM 25
2 Dragapult ex TWM 130
1 Giratina VSTAR LOR 131
1 Hawlucha SVI 118
1 Mew ex MEW 151
1 Kyurem SFA 47
1 Fezandipiti ex SFA 38
1 Hisuian Goodra VSTAR LOR 136
1 Squawkabilly ex PAL 169
1 Radiant Charizard CRZ 20
Trainer: 31
4 Professor's Research SVI 189
2 Iono PAL 185
2 Boss's Orders PAL 172
4 Ultra Ball SVI 196
4 Earthen Vessel PAR 163
4 Energy Switch SVI 173
4 Nest Ball SVI 181
2 Switch SVI 194
1 Night Stretcher SFA 61
1 Superior Energy Retrieval PAL 189
1 Prime Catcher TEF 157
2 PokéStop PGO 68
Energy: 10
7 Grass Energy SVE 1
3 Fire Energy SVE 2

Regidrago VSTAR Deck basics

If you like decks that are pretty uncomplicated in how they set up, then you’ll love Regidrago. You don’t need to worry much about how many Pokemon you have in play turn one as you mostly just need two Regidrago V.

Beyond that, you’re going to want to use Squawkabilly’s ability turn one on most games. This helps thin your deck and get key cards into the discard. Unlike other decks that need to be careful about what gets discarded, this is less of an issue with Regidrago as its Legacy Star ability makes it possible to bring back any two cards into your hand.

Regidrago VSTAR deck – supporting Pokemon

We’ll look at each of your Dragon type attackers in a moment, but first lets take a look at your supporting Pokemon.

Teal Mask Ogerpon ex

Ogerpon is your most vital supporting Pokemon. You will use its Teal Dance to accelerate additional energies and for added draw support. You can then easily switch these energies onto your Regidrago to start taking KOs.

Mew ex and Fezandipiti

While this deck runs both of these Pokemon, you could probably also get away with just one. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses. While Mew ex doesn’t have any conditions set to use its ability, there are times when you won’t be able to use Restart because you will simply have too many cards in your hand.

Meanwhile, Fezandipiti lets you draw three cards regardless of what is in your hand. However, the ability only works if a Pokemon was knocked out in the previous turn.

Both also have handy attacks that you could technically leverage using your Energy Switch onto them. However, you will most likely be using your Energy Switches to power-up Regidrago so that may not be a necessary play.

Hawlucha and Radiant Charizard

Your last two supporting Pokemon help with offense instead of resource management. Radiant Charizard can be a solid late game attacker to take KOs when it’s not as advantageous to do so with Regidrago. Meanwhile, Hawlucha is here to help whittle down already low HP Pokemon, making them easier targets for bench sniping via (primarily) Dragapult ex’s Phantom Drive attack (via Apex Dragon) or Trifrost via Kyurem

Regidrago VSTAR has an attack for every situation

Apex Dragon is the attack that really makes Regidrago VSTAR so compelling. It’s a sort of shortcut to use Dragon attacks that would otherwise be very difficult to get off. Let’s take a look at each of the attacks you have at your disposal and when and why you would use them.

Phantom Dive

There’s a reason Dragapult ex is the only Dragon type Pokemon of other than Regidrago that this deck runs more than one copy of. Dragapult ex’s Phantom dive is your most deadly attack, and it’s much easier to get off in this Regidrago VSTAR deck than it is in a Dragapult ex only deck. The reason – no rare candies.

Meanwhile, you can start destroying the playing field by quickly decimating your opponent’s board with Hawlucha’s Flying Entry, easily Koing most meta relevant single prize Pokemon.

How deadly Phantom dive is depends on the matchup, ranging from game ending to simply handy. For example, this move can be devastating against a Charizard ex deck if you manage to get rid of the Pokemon it needs to evolve and start attacking the next turn.

Meanwhile, it’s just mildly annoying against a Raging Bolt ex deck, and not going to let you take multiple prizes in a turn outside of special circumstances.

Lost Impact

For decks that don’t field weaker HP Pokemon, you have Giratina VSTAR and its Lost Impact attack. Lost Impact is going to be your attack that you use to OHKO powerful Pokemon VSTAR attackers and basic Pokemon ex. This will enable you to stay ahead in the prize race against the likes of Chien-Pao ex or Lugia VSTAR.

However, it comes with a drawback: you’re going to be bleeding energies each and every time you use this attack, making it critical that you manage your resources well and have plenty of Energy Switches handy.

Rolling Iron

Regidrago VSTAR isn’t all offense. One attack that certainly adds to its versatility is the powerful Rolling Iron attack. This attack dishes out a pretty insane 200 damage while protecting you from 80 damage the following turn.

One matchup that this is really helpful against is the Ancient Box matchup, helping you ensure you can take OHKOs without giving up too many prizes in return.

Trifrost

Last but not least, Trifrost is an attack with a ton of potential but also one you probably won’t use very often. This attack only really works if your opponent isn’t able to get a Manaphy in play or if they are fielding a ton of weak Pokemon. While there are scenarios where you can use this to take multiple KOs in a turn, usually this attack will be sitting on the bench.

Countering Regidrago VSTAR

A deck with answers to so many other decks certainly is a challenge to beat. But to be honest, facing Regidrago VSTAR doesn’t worry me much. In some ways, you can think of Regidrago VSTAR as a jack-of-all-trades but master-of-none. While yeah it has a lot of powerful attacks, it doesn’t run deep in any particular strategy, making it relatively easy to deal with as long as you dance around it efficiently enough.

The main thing I always do when playing against this deck is to make sure I don’t burn through my gust cards: in my case that’s Boss’s Orders and Prime Catcher.

You’ll need these cards to deal with a plethora of Regidrago’s defensive strategies, such as its Rolling Iron attack or (in some decks) Noivern’s Covert Flight.

Additionally, you will need to make sure you have a defense up against its Trifrost attack as that one can easily decimate your board if you aren’t being careful. Either make sure to only field Pokemon that can’t be knocked out this way or have a Manaphy on deck before Regidrago VSTAR attacks.

Lastly, as this is an evolve deck, if your opponent manages to only field one Regidrago V and you have a chance to knock it out, you’ll gain significant advantage as they will take a long time to set up.

So while this deck is very strong and versatile, it is not nearly invincible.

Regidrago VSTAR Deck List and Guide