Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Black Bolt and Scarlet & Violet—White Flare Battle Pass Deck Strategies

Get more from Pokémon TCG Live when you use the in-game Battle Pass. With the Battle Pass, you can complete quests to earn experience and unlock new tiers by playing Ranked or Casual matches! Each Battle Pass is accessible only until the next expansion releases.

Begin your path along the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Black Bolt and Scarlet & Violet—White Flare Battle Pass with two new decks featuring Reshiram ex or Zekrom ex. Advance through the Battle Pass to unlock booster packs, Collector Crates, Trainer Points, Trade Credits, a full suite of deck cosmetics, and 16 additional cards that can be swapped into one of these decks! You can also earn 16 more cards that can be used to bling out your other deck by the end of the Battle Pass, so try to collect them all!

Learn how to play and upgrade these powerful decks in Pokémon TCG Live.

Reshiram ex’s Blazing Burst gets stronger for each Prize card your opponent has taken, but this attack requires to attack. Thankfully, Emboar’s Inferno Fandango Ability can attach any number of Basic Energy cards from your hand to your Pokémon in any way you like, so firing off Blazing Burst won’t be a problem.

While Reshiram ex is great in the mid- to late game, its damage output before your opponent has taken any Prize cards leaves much to be desired. Gouging Fire ex can act as your early—or late!—game attacker, dishing out a massive 260 damage with Blaze Blitz. Note that it won’t be able to use Blaze Blitz until it leaves the Active Spot, so try attaching Air Balloon to give it free Retreat Cost or use a Switch to reset its attack.

Both Revavroom and Fezandipiti ex have card-drawing Abilities that can help you find more Basic Energy—either by drawing into it directly, or by drawing cards that can search for it. For example, Earthen Vessel can search your deck for 2 Basic Energy at the cost of discarding a card. Try discarding one that’s stuck in your hand, then use one of the Energy cards you got from Earthen Vessel to discard to Revavroom’s Rumbling Engine Ability. You can also use Superior Energy Retrieval to grab Energy from your discard pile, or Max Rod, which can get back both Energy and Pokémon. Levincia is a Stadium card that can return Basic Energy to your hand each turn it’s in play, helping to fulfill any attack costs your Pokémon may have or serving as discard fodder for Revavroom’s Rumbling Engine.

If you make it halfway through the Battle Pass, you’ll receive a variety of blisteringly cool cards, including three special illustration rare Reshiram ex. Feel free to add these into your deck if you want to heat things up even more. Don’t white out yet—you won’t want to miss the next deck, as it might leave your opponent black and blue.

Zekrom ex’s Voltage Burst attack is nearly identical to Reshiram ex’s Blazing Burst, doing more damage as your opponent takes Prize cards. You have a number of ways to power up Zekrom ex in your deck, but your primary means of charging its attacks will be with Eelektrik, as each one you have in play can use its Dynamotor Ability to attach a Basic Energy card from your discard pile to one of your Benched Pokémon once per turn.

One of the first Pokémon you should put into play is Miraidon ex, as its Tandem Unit Ability lets you search your deck for 2 Basic Pokémon and put them directly onto your Bench. This can find your Tynamo to evolve into Eelektrik, your attackers, or even another copy of Miraidon ex to use another Tandem Unit in the same turn!

Another good Pokémon to consider finding with Miraidon ex’s Tandem Unit is v, as its evolved form, Iono’s Kilowattrel, can use its Flashing Draw Ability to discard a Basic Energy from itself to draw cards until you have 6 in your hand. In combination with Eelektrik’s Dynamotor Ability, Iono’s Kilowattrel will make sure your hand is stocked full of cards, even after an opponent plays a disruptive card like Iono or Unfair Stamp.

Like Eelektrik’s Dynamotor, Electric Generator is an Item card that can energize your Benched Pokémon by looking at the top 5 cards of your deck and attaching up to 2 Basic Energy. Things can get electrifying as soon as your first turn since you can play this Item immediately, letting your deck make aggressive plays early in the game. Try to use this to power up Iron Hands ex’s Amp You Very Much to Knock Out a weak Pokémon for an additional Prize card or Zeraora’s Thunder Raid to take out a Benched Pokémon ex (like Mew ex or Fezandipiti ex).

At the end of the Battle Pass, you’ll be granted a selection of shockingly cool and rare Lightning-type Pokémon, including Zekrom ex.

You can swap these special cards with the ones in your deck or use these extra copies to make the deck your own.

Finally, in the home stretch, you’ll unlock a plethora of booster packs, Trainer Points, Trade Credits, cosmetics, and Collector Crates.

Enjoy your new decks, cards, and Battle Pass, Trainers!

P.S. Keep a lookout during the 2025 Pokémon World Championships for a special prom-ocean-al deck.

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