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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-22T19:00:00.000Z",
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    "Pokémon Trading Card Game",
    "The Pokemon Company International",
    "Pokemon Legends Z-A",
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  "textContent": "Lumiose City, the setting of _Pokemon Legends Z-A_ , is the focus of the latest _Pokemon Trading Card Game_ set. We’ve seen a few new Megas recently, of course! But this expansion actually gets a lot more into the world and characters of _Z-A_. What, then, are the best _Perfect Order_ cards? We’ll get into that too!\n\n## The coolest _Pokemon TCG Perfect Order_ cards\n\n**Mega Zygarde ex** is the obvious centerpiece of the set, both in flash and substance. It’s big, and the energy costs make it sort of unwieldy, but you’d probably feel pretty powerful if you got it up and going! Its three-energy attack deals 200 damage and makes it a bit more resistant to damage, and its five-energy attack flips a coin for each opponent and deals 150 to them on a heads.\n\nIt’s also fun to see **more _Z-A_ characters**. Jacinthe, Tarragon and Naveen get their own cards, and for a franchise (and, frankly, genre) that has often struggled with representation, we’ll note that these characters getting a bit more time is welcome. You can also spend some time in the city and eat a galette!\n\nPhoto by Siliconera\n\n## The most interesting _Perfect Order_ cards\n\nThis definitely falls into “interesting” because it feels way too unwieldy to be meta-relevant, but there’s a combo in this set that feels great to pull off. Combining **Vivillon** and **Decidueye ex** — yeah, two stage twos — gets you a lot! You can use Vivillon’s ability to shuffle your opponent’s hand and have them draw to four cards, and then Decidueye’s ability makes it ignore energy costs if the opponent has exactly four cards. Which means it gets a no-cost 240-damage attack that also discards an energy.\n\nA new stall candidate joins the fray in the form of **Turtonator**. Its Shell Spikes ability makes an opponent discard an energy if it’s damaged. **Dewgong** lets you move Water energy to your Active as much as you’d like, which could be handy with unpredictability or transferring energy from a beaten-up ally. This might be a fun combo with **Lapras ex** and its Hydro Turn attack, which does more damage with more energy and forces its own retreat at the end.\n\nPhoto by Siliconera\n\n## The most meta-relevant _Pokemon TCG Perfect Order_ cards\n\nNever before has this one been so clear! It’s **Meowth ex**. Like Lumineon V and Tapu Lele GX before it, it’s a utility play, with a Last-Ditch Catch ability that lets you search for a Supporter when you put it on your bench. And they seem to be setting up this sort of ability for the long haul! “Last-Ditch” is now a sort of keyword, limiting abilities like it to one per turn. This may stop some legendary one-turn wins, but also? The game could use some balancing, so we welcome the attempt.\n\nIn addition, we’ve got a few new Special Energy to use! Growing Grass Energy gives a Pokemon of the type an extra 20 HP. Rocky Fighting Energy prevents status effects from attacks. Telepathic Psychic Energy lets you search for Basics as a bonus when you attach it. These all seem like nice bonuses, and will probably make it into decks as long as they don’t have abilities that need energy cards to be basic.\n\nWe’ll also mention **Aromatisse** , with the ability to pull two Psychic energy from your deck every turn and accelerate strategies, and **Barbaracle** , which similarly accelerates by attaching an extra Fighting energy each turn.\n\n## The cutest _Perfect Order_ cards\n\nThis set has a few good ones! Our favorite might be **Shinx** , with an upbeat thick-lined illustration from artist Saboteri. An earnest **Clefairy** and calmer **Dedenne** are close runners-up. **Seel** looks like it’s having a good time, and we’re endeared to **Snorlax** doing its best to fit in the frame.\n\nThe **Illustration Rares** also have a few standouts, like Rowlet and two alternative takes on those Dedenne and Clefairy. It’s honestly nice that _Perfect Order_ only clocks in at 88 normal cards and 124 total, after the whopper that was _Ascended Heroes_ , but it does mean fewer of these full-art chase cards to admire.\n\n* * *\n\nThe latest _Pokemon Trading Card Game_ set, _Mega Evolution: Perfect Order_ , will launch March 27, 2026. For more on the game, check out our Pokemon TCG archive. _\n_\n\nThe post Pokemon TCG: The Best Perfect Order Cards appeared first on Siliconera.",
  "title": "Pokemon TCG: The Best Perfect Order Cards"
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