Mega Camerupt ex deck: the core, the flex slots, and what beats it

What Mega Camerupt ex looks like when you open the box

Across the 16 lists we counted, this deck runs 11 to 22 Pokémon, 30 to 38 Trainers and 8 to 11 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Fire.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « mega-camerupt-ex ». Every card named in that label turns up in the tables below, which is what makes it a fair name for the deck.

Look at the Energy: 8 to 11 out of 60, exactly the median of the 91 decks we track. It draws neither too much nor too little, so this is not where its games are won or lost.

It sets up fast. Mega Camerupt ex is a Stage 1 Pokémon: a Basic, one evolution on top, and you are attacking. Two cards instead of three. You lose fewer turns building, and you rebuild much more easily when an early knockout lands on you.

On the Trainer side: 10 to 17 Supporters, 13 to 20 Items, 0 to 2 Tools and 1 to 4 Stadiums, out of 30 to 38 — the median across the 91 decks we track being 31. Items edge it without crushing the Supporters. And it runs up to 4 Stadiums, which is no accident: it plans on bumping the one across the table.

What those four families of Trainer actually do, and why the Energy count says so much: how to read a deck list.

How Mega Camerupt ex actually wins

Mega Camerupt ex attacks with Volcanic Meteor for 280, and it costs 4 Energy (Fire, Colorless, Colorless and Colorless), with 340 HP to absorb the answer. The whole list exists to get it online fast.

Do the arithmetic, it decides your first few turns. One Energy attached a turn, 4 to pay for Volcanic Meteor: with no help you swing on turn 4, and every card that accelerates Energy buys one of those turns back.

Here is the detail that quietly loses games: Mega Camerupt ex has a Retreat Cost of 4, which is a whole turn to get it back to the Bench.

Mega Camerupt ex carries the "ex" suffix, and your opponent takes TWO Prize cards instead of one when Mega Camerupt ex falls. They need six to win: three well-placed knockouts on that card beat you, where it would take six anywhere else on your Bench.

The attackers in the deck's core, with their best attack, its cost and their Weakness

Pokémon	HP	Attack	Damage	Cost	Weakness	Retreat
Mega Camerupt exStage 1	340	Volcanic Meteor	280	Fire + Colorless + Colorless + Colorless	Water ×2	4

The core: the 6 cards every list runs

These 6 cards appear in all 16 lists, without a single exception. That is 23 of the 60 slots. The other 37 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 23 slots break down: 13 Trainers, 3 Pokémon, 7 Energy. Trainers outweigh everything else put together, which is the mark of a deck that goes and fetches its cards rather than waiting to draw them.

4 of those 6 cards do not sit at the same count from list to list: Mega Camerupt ex (2 to 3), Ultra Ball (2 to 4) and Boss's Orders (2 to 3), plus 1 more. Everybody runs them, the last copy is arguable.

What "3 to 4" means in the copies column, what the "TWM 130" code under each name is for, and why we count dozens of lists instead of one: how to read a deck list.

The cards present in every list counted, with the number of copies

Copies	Card	Printing	Kind
2–3	Mega Camerupt ex	MEG 22	Pokémon
4	Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer
4	Poké Pad	POR 81	Trainer
2–4	Ultra Ball	MEG 131	Trainer
2–3	Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer
6–11	Fire Energy	MEE 2	Energy

The 59 cards that change from list to list

59 cards fight over the 37 slots that are left: 10 above three lists in four, 36 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Switch at 94 %, Ignition Energy at 94 % and Numel at 88 %, plus 7 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Moltres, at 50 %: 8 of 16 players took it, 8 put something else there. Read its text before you decide. Right at the bottom, Dunsparce at 25 % and Volcanion ex at 25 %: personal ideas, only worth copying if you know why.

Why a card at 45 % is not a bad card, and what order to buy all this in: how to read a deck list.

The cards some lists run and others don't, most common first

Lists running it	Card	Copies	Printing	Kind
94 %15/16	Switch	1–4	MEG 130	Trainer
94 %15/16	Ignition Energy	2–3	WHT 86	Energy
88 %14/16	Numel	2–4	ASC 27	Pokémon
88 %14/16	Hilda	2–4	WHT 84	Trainer
81 %13/16	Volcarona	2	BLK 16	Pokémon
81 %13/16	Pokégear 3.0	2–4	SVI 186	Trainer
81 %13/16	Night Stretcher	1–3	ASC 196	Trainer
81 %13/16	Wally's Compassion	1–4	MEG 132	Trainer
81 %13/16	Special Red Card	1–2	CRI 82	Trainer
75 %12/16	Gravity Mountain	1–2	SSP 177	Trainer
69 %11/16	Dudunsparce	2–3	TEF 129	Pokémon
69 %11/16	Dunsparce	1–2	TEF 128	Pokémon
69 %11/16	Meowth ex	1	POR 62	Pokémon
69 %11/16	Buddy-Buddy Poffin	2–4	TEF 144	Trainer
63 %10/16	Larvesta	2	SSP 24	Pokémon
63 %10/16	Numel	1–3	MEG 21	Pokémon
63 %10/16	Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
56 %9/16	Fezandipiti ex	1	ASC 142	Pokémon
56 %9/16	Energy Retrieval	2	SVI 171	Trainer
56 %9/16	Battle Cage	1	PFL 85	Trainer
50 %8/16	Moltres	1	PFL 14	Pokémon
50 %8/16	Maximum Belt	1	TEF 154	Trainer
31 %5/16	Air Balloon	1–2	ASC 181	Trainer
25 %4/16	Dunsparce	2–3	JTG 120	Pokémon
25 %4/16	Volcanion ex	1–3	JTG 31	Pokémon
25 %4/16	Firebreather	1	PFL 89	Trainer
19 %3/16	Dudunsparce ex	1	JTG 121	Pokémon
19 %3/16	Fan Rotom	1	SCR 118	Pokémon
19 %3/16	Team Rocket's Watchtower	2–4	DRI 180	Trainer
19 %3/16	Judge	2	POR 76	Trainer
19 %3/16	Dangerous Laser	1	SFA 58	Trainer
19 %3/16	Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
19 %3/16	Team Rocket's Petrel	1–2	DRI 176	Trainer
13 %2/16	Larvesta	2–3	JTG 28	Pokémon
13 %2/16	Fennekin	2	CRI 11	Pokémon
13 %2/16	Latias ex	1–2	SSP 76	Pokémon
13 %2/16	Chien-Pao	1	SSP 56	Pokémon
13 %2/16	Mega Signal	4	MEG 121	Trainer
13 %2/16	Surfer	4	SSP 187	Trainer
13 %2/16	Sacred Ash	1	DRI 168	Trainer
13 %2/16	Nitro Fire Energy	2	CRI 86	Energy
6 %1/16	Drakloak	3	TWM 129	Pokémon
6 %1/16	Dreepy	3	TWM 128	Pokémon
6 %1/16	Larvesta	2	BLK 15	Pokémon
6 %1/16	Magmar	2	JTG 20	Pokémon
6 %1/16	Magmortar	2	JTG 21	Pokémon
6 %1/16	Ninetales	2	CRI 9	Pokémon
6 %1/16	Vulpix	2	CRI 8	Pokémon
6 %1/16	Budew	1	ASC 16	Pokémon
6 %1/16	Camerupt	1	ASC 28	Pokémon
6 %1/16	Psyduck	1	ASC 39	Pokémon
6 %1/16	Dawn	2	PFL 87	Trainer
6 %1/16	AZ's Tranquility	1	CRI 76	Trainer
6 %1/16	Blowtorch	1	PFL 86	Trainer
6 %1/16	Cyrano	1	SSP 170	Trainer
6 %1/16	Lana's Aid	1	TWM 155	Trainer
6 %1/16	Lucian	1	TWM 157	Trainer
6 %1/16	Prime Catcher	1	TEF 157	Trainer
6 %1/16	Scoop Up Cyclone	1	TWM 162	Trainer

The most common Mega Camerupt ex list, all 60 cards

Here they are in full, ready to build. 23 slots come from the core, the cards all 16 lists run. The remaining 37 come from the table just above, working down it: the cards the most players chose, each at its most common copy count, until the total lands on 60.

This list is nobody's list in particular. It takes, slot by slot, what the most people played, under the same guardrails a judge would hold you to: four copies of a card at most, one ACE SPEC, and a split that stays inside what these 16 lists actually showed. It comes to 18 Pokémon, 32 Trainers and 10 Energy.

A word on what it measures, because it changes what you can expect from it. The lists we read are the ones from players who came in the top twenty of their tournament. So there is no losing list to hold up against them, and "the cards that win" is not a sentence this count knows how to write. What you have in front of you is what the players finishing near the top bring most often. Start there.

The text under the table is the one the game expects. Copy it, open the deck manager, paste, and the list builds itself. Names in there are in English, with the set code and collector number right beside them: that pair points at one card and one only, whatever language you play in.

There is no price total on this page. The readings we have are Cardmarket's, in euros, and the shop link further down sends you to TCGplayer, which quotes in dollars. Putting a euro figure next to a dollar shop would be one currency too many. The French and German pages carry the total.

How to read the percentages in the table above, and what order to buy all this in: how to read a deck list.

Pokémon: 18
3 Mega Camerupt ex MEG 22
2 Numel ASC 27
2 Volcarona BLK 16
2 Dudunsparce TEF 129
2 Dunsparce TEF 128
1 Meowth ex POR 62
2 Larvesta SSP 24
1 Numel MEG 21
1 Shaymin DRI 10
1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142
1 Moltres PFL 14

Trainer: 32
4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
4 Poké Pad POR 81
3 Ultra Ball MEG 131
2 Boss's Orders MEG 114
2 Switch MEG 130
2 Hilda WHT 84
3 Pokégear 3.0 BLK 084
2 Night Stretcher ASC 196
2 Wally's Compassion MEG 132
1 Special Red Card CRI 82
1 Gravity Mountain SSP 177
2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144
2 Energy Retrieval
1 Battle Cage PFL 85
1 Maximum Belt TEF 154

Energy: 10
7 Fire Energy MEE 2
3 Ignition Energy WHT 86

Total Cards: 60

What Mega Camerupt ex costs to build, and how long it will last

You need 65 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 6 of which nobody argues about. We do not have card prices, so we are not going to put a number on it.

Where the money goes, though, we can name: it is Mega Camerupt ex, by a distance. The 13 Trainer slots in the core cost next to nothing, and you probably own some already. All 16 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 8 took Maximum Belt, 3 took Dangerous Laser and 3 took Hero's Cape. The flex table shows you all 5. You are allowed ONE ACE SPEC card in your whole deck, so a single copy covers it whatever it costs. New to this deck? Take Maximum Belt and watch what the others do with theirs before you switch.

Then there is time, and the answer is a good one: not one of the 6 core cards carries the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation. This deck walks through the change whole.

What Mega Camerupt ex struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Water, so they take DOUBLE damage from that type. 22 of the 91 decks we track attack in exactly that type.

Concretely, here is what is waiting for you: Festival Lead (Seaking), Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass and Raging Bolt ex (Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex), plus 19 more decks. The table below takes them one at a time, and those are the lists you practise against first before an event.

Do not stop at this table, though. This deck sets up fast, so what troubles it looks less like a Weakness and more like an opponent who absorbs your first hits and answers harder.

Going the other way, your attackers are Fire, and 29 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: Mega Excadrill ex, Festival Lead and Slowking, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.

Questions people ask

What is the Mega Camerupt ex deck list?

There isn't one, and that is the whole point. Across 16 tournament lists harvested on 16 August 2026, 6 cards turn up in every single one — 23 slots out of 60. The remaining 37 change from player to player, with 59 different cards competing for them. Both tables are above.

How many lists is this counted on, and where do they come from?

16 lists, played across 16 different tournaments, harvested on 16 August 2026 from play.limitlesstcg.com. All 16 were read card by card, and every card recognised.

Where do I start if I want to build Mega Camerupt ex?

With the whole core: 6 cards, 23 slots. Inside it, buy the 13 Trainer slots and the 7 Energy first — they are cheap and they carry over into your next deck. Leave Mega Camerupt ex for last, because that is the bill. Only then work down the flex table and add the cards the most lists agree on, starting with Switch at 94 % and Ignition Energy at 94 %.

What beats Mega Camerupt ex?

Its attackers are Weak to Water, so they take double damage from an attacker of that type. 22 of the 91 decks we track play an attacker of that type: Festival Lead, Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass, Raging Bolt ex and Mega Greninja ex, among others.

Will Mega Camerupt ex survive the next rotation?

Yes, whole: not one of the 6 core cards carries the letter H. At equal price, that is the argument that should settle where your money goes.

Are a lot of people playing Mega Camerupt ex?

We have read 16 lists of it, which puts it 74th of the 91 decks we track by lists read. The platform those tournaments run on counts 16 entries for it, 0.06 % of the field, across all its players. That figure is theirs.

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