Hello everyone! With EUIC done, the format has started to adjust heading into the next couple of Regional Championships. The decklists became very refined at EUIC, so lets talk about what the top decks look like before Pokémon's 2025 Standard Rotation!

#1 Dragapult ex

I'm currently ranking Dragapult ex as the best deck in the format. Dragapult ex's Phantom Dive is one of the strongest attacks available to Pokémon TCG players right now, and allows for a lot of fast wins when paired with Dusknoir and Dusclops from Shrouded Fable. This deck plays well both while you're ahead and wiping opposing boards and when you're behind, as you can use Counter Catcher and Iono to buy extra turns from your opponent by not taking Knock Outs and spreading damage for multi-Prize turns.

The list I chose to showcase is the one I used to come 2nd at EUIC. I like the inclusions of three Lance and three Iono as these are very important cards to find at the right time. There are other versions of this deck that don't use Dusknoir, and instead use Munkidori or Charizard to fill in the holes when you can only use Phantom Dive. While I do think Munkidori is favored in the mirror match, I still prefer Dusknoir as it's useful against every deck, whereas the other tech cards can sometimes not do much in certain matchups.

This deck is very complicated to play, but you have routes to win in every matchup which make it a very attractive choice.

#2 Terapagos/Poison

Ryuki Okada won EUIC with this Poison decklist, which I think is a very solid choice for the metagame. The list made a number of interesting omissions in order to include Munkidori and a Darkness Energy, which give the deck significant benefits in certain scenarios.

Your main game plan is to start with Budew in the Active, poison it with Brute Bonnet, and then attach Binding Mochi. From then on Budew's attacks will deal 50 damage to the opposing Active Pokémon in addition to locking them out of Items. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is poisoned while you have Radiant Hisuian Sneaser, then the poison will tick over and Itchy Pollen will effectively deal 80 damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon. If you have Munkidori you can heal your Budew every turn while increasing your damage even further. This puts on a ton of pressure on your opponent, and they have to search for an out without being able to use Item cards.

Once they deal with the Budew, you can then move into attacking with Terapagos ex to try and take one-hit Knock Outs. While Terapagos ex is a weaker than most attackers, when you're ahead by 3-4 Prize cards due to the opponent being unable to play Items, it's good enough!

#3 Miraidon ex

Miraidon ex is a very strong aggressive deck. You try and attack with either Miraidon ex or Iron Hands ex on your first attacking turn, then use Magneton to power up your future attackers. Raichu V also gives this deck another option to take one-hit Knock Outs, but you do have to go all-in on its big Dynamic Spark attack.

This decklist is what Azul Garcia Griego used to win the Merida Regional Championships, and since then its been standard for Miraidon decks to play Area Zero Underdepths and Secret Box.  Playing Area Zero also lets you use Latias ex, which I've found to be very important to move from Iron Hands ex into Raichu V. That said, you can play a version without Area Zero Underdepths and with a 2/2 Magneton line and Prime Catcher instead.

Miraidon surprisingly isn't that bad into the Poison Terapagos deck, mostly thanks to Iron Hands allowing you to trade two Prizes for two Prizes against Klawf. If you're confident that you can hit with Electric Generator, then I think Miraidon ex is a solid choice for the format!

#4 Archaludon ex

Archaludon ex is another solid deck in the Prismatic Evolutions format. This deck typically has a favored matchup against Dragapult ex and Poison Terapagos due to Archadulon's 300 HP being difficult for both of them to reach. Additionally, this deck comes with healing in the form of Professor Turo's Scenario and Scoop Up Cyclone, both of which allow you to effectively wipe most of an opponent's attack.

The list I chose to showcase here is Simone Fiorito's top 4 list from EUIC which chose to play the Dialga VSTAR line. While Dialga VSTAR is difficult to use, the potential for the extra turn with Star Chronos makes it well worth it, as it gives you a huge boost at any point in the game. Archaludon's shortcomings are its lack of a consistency engine, however the deck is very self-sufficient, which make it a solid choice for the upcoming Regional Championships.

#5 Gholdengo ex

Gholdengo ex was played by one of the top American testing groups at EUIC, with Xander Pero making it to a Top 4 finish with the deck!

This list is mainly built to target Dragapult ex, as you are able to take one-hit KOs on Dragapult ex while healing your Gholdengo with Munkidori and Professor Turo's Scenario. Gholdengo is also favored into Gardevoir ex, though it does struggle with a poor matchup into the Poison Terapagos deck, which made it a very polarizing choice for EUIC. However, other strong matchups make it a very appealing deck for many players, and I would expect it to be played more at upcoming Regional Championships.

#6 Gardevoir ex

Gardevoir ex was poised to be one of the more solid decks in the Prismatic Evolutions format, however it has struggled to put up results. This is likely because the deck occupies a very similar position to Dragapult ex while having slightly worse matchups, specifically against Miraidon ex. While you do have Klefki to try and slow them down, your slower game plan struggles significantly against a fast Iron Hands ex. That said, Gardevoir does have a ton of damage manipulation with triple Munkidori, and it gets to use Unfair Stamp, which is one of the strongest ACE SPEC cards in the format.

This list from Sebastian Lashmet only uses two Munkidori and no Bravery Charm. Instead, against Miraidon ex, it uses Mawile to try and lock a Pokémon that can't attack in the Active andwin through deck out.

Even though Gardevoir ex's matchups are mostly seen as a worse version of Dragapult ex, the deck is still solid and can see success in the hands of experienced players who know how to adapt it to the metagame.

#7 Lugia VSTAR

Lugia VSTAR fell off significantly at EUIC after being initially hyped as one of the strongest decks in the format.

The main bonus that Lugia got from Prismatic Evolutions was Regigigas to help it take one-hit KOs on Dragapult ex. However, it was pushed out of the format by Miraidon being one of the strongest decks during the early part of the metagame, as Amp You Very Much can hit Lugia V for weakness and take three Prizes in one hit.

Outside of Miraidon, Lugia VTSAR appears to be well positioned if you include the Cinccino line. You can use Cinccino to KO Gholdengo ex and Archaludon ex, which are unable to be Knocked Out by Bloodmoon Ursaluna or Regigigas.

Lugia VSTAR is still a solid deck in the Standard format, just so long as you manage to dodge Miraidon ex!