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Deceptive Needle
Trainer
“Deceptive Needle” (B4b-370) is a Trainer card from the Deluxe Pack: Mega set in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Its type is Tool, and its effect is: At the end of your turn, if the {D} Pokémon this card is attached to is in the Active Spot, do 10 damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
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Deceptive Needle Card Details
Illustrator·Studio Bora Inc.Effect
At the end of your turn, if the {D} Pokémon this card is attached to is in the Active Spot, do 10 damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
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Where Deceptive Needle is played
Observed use in sampled public tournaments. These figures are not ladder usage, a card win rate, or a recommendation to play a particular number of copies. Versions with the same effect are combined. Examples retain their source artwork.
- Tournament usage
- 11.7%
- 340 / 2,912 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 95.3% of lists using it
Decks that use “Deceptive Needle”
Event window: Sep 23, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026
Deceptive Needle versions and alt art
2 matching cards
Daily tournament data
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Seen in 11.7% of 2,912 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 2 copies.
- Tournament usage
- 11.7%
- 340 / 2,912 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 95.3% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1.95
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 15
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Deceptive Needle”
- Hoopa ex Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (156)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 5.4%
- Hydreigon Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 6.5% (5)
- 2 copies
- 93.5% (72)
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- Inclusion
- 96.3%
- Meta share
- 2.8%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Deino
- 2× Hydreigon
- 1× Bombirdier
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Deino
- 2× Hydreigon
- 1× Bombirdier
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Zoroark ex Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (35)
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- Inclusion
- 97.2%
- Meta share
- 1.2%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Zorua
- 2× Zoroark ex
- 1× Bombirdier
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Team Rocket's Weezing ex Hoopa ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (14)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.5%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Team Rocket's Koffing
- 2× Team Rocket's Weezing ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hoopa ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 23.1% (3)
- 2 copies
- 76.9% (10)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.5%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hoopa ex Mega Sableye ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (6)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.2%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Sableye ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 1× Mars
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Repel
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hydreigon Absol
- 1 copy
- 25.0% (1)
- 2 copies
- 75.0% (3)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.1%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Deino
- 2× Hydreigon
- 1× Bombirdier
- 2× Absol
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Lucky Egg
- 1× Deceptive Needle
- 1× Team Rocket's Thieving Machine
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 2× Deino
- 2× Hydreigon
- 2× Absol
- 1× Happiny
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hydreigon Mega Sableye ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (4)
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- Inclusion
- 80.0%
- Meta share
- 0.2%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 1× Greninja
- 2× Deino
- 1× Zweilous
- 2× Hydreigon
- 1× Mega Sableye ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Juliana
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Tournament intelligence
Deceptive Needle in tournament decks
This card appears in 15 current and 0 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
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