Hi there. In this Pokemon TCG news, I cover the news release of the Tapu Koko ex Level 1 Deck and the Iron Leaves ex deck.
I write this on Aug 1 when the news releases. Full decklists are not known but there are a few card revealed from the retail boxes.
Maybe more reveals later in August. These products are released in late October 2024.
The Tapu Koko ex Deck
This Level 1 deck has Tapu Koko ex as its main attacker.
The first attack is useful as it does 30 plus 90 damage if any of your Pokemon were knocked out in the previous turn. To add on top of the 120 damage the opponent's Active Pokemon is Paralyzed.
Tapu Koko's second attack does 180 damage for 2 Lightning and one Colourless Energy with the drawback of discarding one Energy from it.
Tapu Koko ex Deck Box Front & Back
Front the back of the box it looks like the attacking Pokemon are all Electric types plus Tapu Koko ex. Here is the list with clickable links.
There are too many evolution lines in this deck. The stage 2 line of Tynamo, Eelektrik and Eelektross is not that powerful. The Boltund is okay I suppose as you hit for 50 damage and charge up two Eletric Energy from discard to Benched Lightning Pokemon.
The Pokemon in this Tapu Koko deck are not great in the competitive sense. Trainer cards unknown but I don't expect much.
Iron Leaves ex Deck
The Iron Leaves ex deck features Iron Leaves ex as its main attacker. The card itself is good in certain decks like in Future decks and Grass Ogerpon ex decks. This deck product here does not make good use of Iron Leaves ex. It is thrown there with a bunch not so great Grass Pokemon.
Iron Leaves Deck Front & Back
From the back of the deck product here are the other Grass Pokemon.
The grass attackers from this deck are slightly worse than the Electric deck attackers. Iron Leaves ex does save this deck in terms of attackers. This deck overall is not that good. If this is a first deck I guess it is okay for learning purposes.
Thank you for reading.