{"id":469396,"date":"2025-06-13T15:10:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=469396"},"modified":"2025-07-16T11:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T03:25:08","slug":"pokemon-tcg-the-marnies-grimmsnarl-ex-deck-takes-spread-damage-to-a-new-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2025\/06\/13\/pokemon-tcg-the-marnies-grimmsnarl-ex-deck-takes-spread-damage-to-a-new-level\/","title":{"rendered":"[Pok\u00e9mon TCG] The Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex Deck Takes Spread Damage to a New Level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Update 16 Jul 2025] This deck has been proven to be rather matchup-dependent; as such, its results are often inconsistent and often depend on whether most of the field is using decks which the Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex deck matches up well against (Dragapult ex, Gardevoir ex) or poorly against (Raging Bolt ex, Joltik Box, Flareon ex\/Noctowl).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is reflected in the deck’s recent tournament results. Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex deck users Naoya Honda and Ken Morishita placed second and fifth at the 2025 Japan Championships and just a week later, Lee Yi Quan and Joey Ho finished ninth and tenth respectively with this deck at the Singapore Master Ball League.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, at the Pok\u00e9mon North America International Championships (NAIC), only one Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex deck player\u2014Piper Lepine of the United States\u2014finished in the top 25 while just three in total even made the top 50.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The launch of ex Starter Set Marnie’s Morpeko & Grimmsnarl ex [SVOM]<\/a> initially didn’t appear to move the needle too much with regard to the Pok\u00e9mon TCG metagame. However, that’s exactly what has now happened; the Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex deck is now a legitimate force in tournament play. Following impressive results at Champions League Aichi and the Indonesia Master Ball League, it’s a deck which many are now taking note of heading into the 2025 Pok\u00e9mon North America International Championships (NAIC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strategy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This deck’s general strategy builds on the spread damage tactic utilized by the Froslass\/Munkidori deck; both of that deck’s titular cards play supporting roles in the Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex deck. Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex itself serves a dual purpose in the deck. The card adds to the spread damage via its Shadow Bullet attack, striking an opposing Benched Pok\u00e9mon for 30 damage, while also dealing 180 damage to the opposing Active Pok\u00e9mon for just two Dark Energy cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, since Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex makes use of Dark Energy cards anyway, it makes it much easier for the aforementioned Munkidori card from Mask of Change [SV6] to obtain the Dark Energy card it needs to make use of its Ability of Adrena-Brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most important setup card in the deck is also from ex Starter Set Marnie’s Morpeko & Grimmsnarl ex [SVOM]: Spikemuth Gym. When paired with Technical Machine: Evolution from Future Flash [SV4M], Spikemuth Gym makes it significantly easier to get Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex into play. Additionally, since that Stadium card is specifically linked to Marnie’s Pok\u00e9mon, only mirror-match opponents will be able to take advantage of the fact that it allows both players to put a Marnie’s Pok\u00e9mon card in hand from the deck once per turn before shuffling the deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Buying all the cards in the Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex deck costs at least 8,370 JPY (~US$59).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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