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

What Mega Feraligatr ex looks like when you open the box

Across the 18 lists we counted, this deck runs 15 to 23 Pokémon, 27 to 34 Trainers and 8 to 13 Energy. Its attacks are paid for in Water.

On results pages and on stream you will see it written « mega-feraligatr-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 13 out of 60, when half the 72 decks we track run 10 or fewer. This one carries more than most, and you feel it at the table — it wants to load up a big Pokémon and swing hard, even if that means drawing a spare Energy now and then.

It takes a while to set up. Mega Feraligatr ex is a Stage 2 Pokémon: you put down the baby, you evolve it, and then you evolve it again. Three cards stacked before anything attacks. That is what the hardest-hitting decks cost you, and it is also where they crack — a fast opponent can bury you before the line is standing.

On the Trainer side: 9 to 15 Supporters, 9 to 21 Items, 0 to 3 Tools and 0 to 4 Stadiums, out of 27 to 34 — the median across the 72 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 Feraligatr ex actually wins

Mega Feraligatr ex attacks with Mortal Crunch for 200+, and it costs 3 Energy (Water, Water and Colorless), with 370 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, 3 to pay for Mortal Crunch: with no help you swing on turn 3, and every card that accelerates Energy buys one of those turns back.

Here is the detail that quietly loses games: Mega Feraligatr ex has a Retreat Cost of 3, which is a whole turn to get it back to the Bench.

Mega Feraligatr ex carries the "ex" suffix, and your opponent takes TWO Prize cards instead of one when Mega Feraligatr 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 Feraligatr exStage 2	370	Mortal Crunch	200+	Water + Water + Colorless	Lightning ×2	3

The core: the 5 cards every list runs

These 5 cards appear in all 18 lists, without a single exception. That is 17 of the 60 slots. The other 43 are decided player by player.

Look at how those 17 slots break down: 9 Trainers, 2 Pokémon, 6 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.

5 of those 5 cards do not sit at the same count from list to list: Mega Feraligatr ex (2 to 3), Lillie's Determination (3 to 4) and Boss's Orders (2 to 4), plus 2 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 Feraligatr ex	ASC 43	Pokémon
3–4	Lillie's Determination	MEG 119	Trainer
2–4	Boss's Orders	MEG 114	Trainer
1–3	Rare Candy	MEG 125	Trainer
4–8	Water Energy	MEE 3	Energy

The 76 cards that change from list to list

76 cards fight over the 43 slots that are left: 8 above three lists in four, 43 below one in four, and the percentage on each row says how many players took it.

The most agreed on first: Totodile at 94 %, Buddy-Buddy Poffin at 94 % and Poké Pad at 94 %, plus 5 more above 75 %. Add those to the core and you have the common build.

The dividing line runs through Meowth ex, at 50 %: 9 of 18 players took it, 9 put something else there. Read its text before you decide. Right at the bottom, Psyduck at 22 % and Relicanth at 22 %: 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 %17/18	Totodile	2–4	TEF 39	Pokémon
94 %17/18	Buddy-Buddy Poffin	1–4	TEF 144	Trainer
94 %17/18	Poké Pad	2–4	POR 81	Trainer
94 %17/18	Night Stretcher	1–3	ASC 196	Trainer
89 %16/18	Hilda	1–3	WHT 84	Trainer
83 %15/18	Feraligatr	1–2	TEF 41	Pokémon
83 %15/18	Neo Upper Energy	1	TEF 162	Energy
78 %14/18	Fezandipiti ex	1	ASC 142	Pokémon
72 %13/18	Munkidori	2–3	TWM 95	Pokémon
72 %13/18	Croconaw	2–3	TEF 40	Pokémon
72 %13/18	Crispin	1–3	SCR 133	Trainer
72 %13/18	Ultra Ball	1–3	MEG 131	Trainer
72 %13/18	Darkness Energy	2–4	MEE 7	Energy
67 %12/18	Special Red Card	1	CRI 82	Trainer
50 %9/18	Meowth ex	1	POR 62	Pokémon
44 %8/18	Shaymin	1	DRI 10	Pokémon
44 %8/18	Risky Ruins	2–4	MEG 127	Trainer
44 %8/18	Surfing Beach	1–3	MEG 129	Trainer
39 %7/18	Snorunt	1–4	ASC 46	Pokémon
39 %7/18	Air Balloon	1–2	ASC 181	Trainer
33 %6/18	Froslass	2–3	TWM 53	Pokémon
33 %6/18	Mega Froslass ex	1–2	ASC 47	Pokémon
33 %6/18	Budew	1	ASC 16	Pokémon
33 %6/18	Latias ex	1	SSP 76	Pokémon
33 %6/18	Dawn	1–3	PFL 87	Trainer
28 %5/18	Croconaw	1–3	ASC 42	Pokémon
28 %5/18	Team Rocket's Crobat ex	2	DRI 122	Pokémon
28 %5/18	Team Rocket's Golbat	2–3	DRI 121	Pokémon
28 %5/18	Team Rocket's Zubat	2–3	DRI 120	Pokémon
28 %5/18	Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex	1	TWM 141	Pokémon
28 %5/18	Tatsugiri	1	TWM 131	Pokémon
28 %5/18	Switch	1–2	MEG 130	Trainer
28 %5/18	Team Rocket's Energy	2	DRI 182	Energy
22 %4/18	Psyduck	1	ASC 39	Pokémon
22 %4/18	Relicanth	1	TEF 84	Pokémon
22 %4/18	Mega Signal	2	MEG 121	Trainer
22 %4/18	Bubbly Water Energy	1–2	CRI 84	Energy
17 %3/18	Pokégear 3.0	2–3	SVI 186	Trainer
17 %3/18	Great Haul Net	1–2	CRI 78	Trainer
17 %3/18	Lana's Aid	1	TWM 155	Trainer
17 %3/18	Team Rocket's Petrel	1–2	DRI 176	Trainer
17 %3/18	Wally's Compassion	1	MEG 132	Trainer
11 %2/18	Flutter Mane	1	TEF 78	Pokémon
11 %2/18	Yveltal	1	MEG 88	Pokémon
11 %2/18	Jumbo Ice Cream	2–3	PFL 91	Trainer
11 %2/18	Brock's Scouting	1	JTG 146	Trainer
11 %2/18	Kieran	1	TWM 154	Trainer
11 %2/18	Misty's Vitality	1	PBL 80	Trainer
11 %2/18	Rosa's Encouragement	1	POR 84	Trainer
11 %2/18	Prism Energy	1	ASC 216	Energy
6 %1/18	Goldeen	3	TWM 44	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Grookey	3	TWM 14	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Thwackey	3	TWM 15	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Totodile	3	ASC 41	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Drakloak	2	TWM 129	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Dreepy	2	TWM 128	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Dudunsparce	2	TEF 129	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Dunsparce	2	TEF 128	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Hoothoot	2	SCR 114	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Mega Kangaskhan ex	2	MEG 104	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Noctowl	2	SCR 115	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex	2	TWM 64	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Pecharunt ex	1	SFA 39	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Seaking	1	PRE 21	Pokémon
6 %1/18	Team Rocket's Venture Bomb	2	DRI 179	Trainer
6 %1/18	Brave Bangle	1	WHT 80	Trainer
6 %1/18	Counter Gain	1	SSP 169	Trainer
6 %1/18	Energy Switch	1	MEG 115	Trainer
6 %1/18	Grand Tree	1	SCR 136	Trainer
6 %1/18	Hassel	1	TWM 151	Trainer
6 %1/18	Hero's Cape	1	TEF 152	Trainer
6 %1/18	Judge	1	POR 76	Trainer
6 %1/18	Redeemable Ticket	1	JTG 156	Trainer
6 %1/18	Tera Orb	1	SSP 189	Trainer
6 %1/18	Unfair Stamp	1	TWM 165	Trainer
6 %1/18	Xerosic's Machinations	1	SFA 64	Trainer

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

You need 81 different cards to cover every version of this deck, 5 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 Feraligatr ex, by a distance. The 9 Trainer slots in the core cost next to nothing, and you probably own some already. All 18 lists bring an ACE SPEC, and that is where they part ways: 15 took Neo Upper Energy, 1 took Grand Tree and 1 took Hero's Cape. The flex table shows you all 4. 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 Neo Upper Energy 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 5 core cards carries the letter H, the one that goes at the next rotation. This deck walks through the change whole.

What Mega Feraligatr ex struggles against

The attackers in this deck are Weak to Lightning, so they take DOUBLE damage from that type. 2 of the 72 decks we track attack in exactly that type.

Concretely, here is what is waiting for you: Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik and Iono's Bellibolt ex. 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 spends three cards getting Mega Feraligatr ex standing, and the deck that hurts you most this season may simply be the one that swings before your line is up, without ever touching your Weakness.

Going the other way, your attackers are Water, and 6 of the decks we track have an attacker Weak to one of those: Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex, Ethan's Typhlosion and Ceruledge ex, among others. That is you doubling, for once. Second half of the table.

Questions people ask

What is the Mega Feraligatr ex deck list?

There isn't one, and that is the whole point. Across 18 tournament lists harvested on 16 August 2026, 5 cards turn up in every single one — 17 slots out of 60. The remaining 43 change from player to player, with 76 different cards competing for them. Both tables are above.

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

18 lists, played across 18 different tournaments, harvested on 16 August 2026 from play.limitlesstcg.com. All 18 were read card by card, and every card recognised.

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

With the whole core: 5 cards, 17 slots. Inside it, buy the 9 Trainer slots and the 6 Energy first — they are cheap and they carry over into your next deck. Leave Mega Feraligatr 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 Totodile at 94 % and Buddy-Buddy Poffin at 94 %.

What beats Mega Feraligatr ex?

Its attackers are Weak to Lightning, so they take double damage from an attacker of that type. 2 of the 72 decks we track play an attacker of that type: Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik and Iono's Bellibolt ex.

Will Mega Feraligatr ex survive the next rotation?

Yes, whole: not one of the 5 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 Feraligatr ex?

We have read 18 lists of it, which puts it 70th of the 72 decks we track by lists read. The platform those tournaments run on counts 35 entries for it, 0.14 % of the field, across all its players. That figure is theirs.

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