Pokemon TCG Pocket Lapras ex event guide, best decks, rewards and more
The Lapras event in Pokemon was about beating water-themed decks for card rewards - but𒁏 it's over now

The Pokemon TCG Pocket Lapras ex event has officially ended, the event drawn to a close and no clear sign if the event will be returning at any point. Lapras ex has since risen to become a pretty common mainstay of Water-themed decks, but the chance to earn it for yourself has drawn to a close. Nonetheless, we'll keep this up for posteri🔯ty's sake, explaining everything that was the 🅷case about the Lapras event, and make sure to update this page if we ever see the event coming back in the future!
The Pokemon TCG Pocket Lapras ex even꧅t and how to beat it explai♈ned
The Lap🧔ras ex Drop Event in Pokemon TCG Pocket is currently live and works as follows:
- New limited-time solo battles against water-type decks have been added.
- Each deck you beat unlocks the next tier of difficulty, with four tiers total.
- If you win any battle, they reward players with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pokemon TCG Pocket Promo cards, shop tickets and shinedust.
- Each attempt against a Lapras Event battle costs you 1 "Event Stamina", a special resource. Event Stamina recharges over time, but you can spend Gold or Event Hourglasses to speed up the process.
- Each solo battle also has one-time optional challenges associated with it, for Wonder Hourglass rewards that let you engage with the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pokemon TCG Pocket Wonder Pick system more often.
Lapras ex Event date and times
The Lapras ex event in Pokemon TCG Pocket is officially over, having concluded at the following times and da꧃tes:
- 21:59 AM 17 November (PST)
- 00:59 AM 18 November (EST)
- 05:59 AM 18 November (GMT)
It's not clear right now if the Lapras ex event will return in the future, and there's certainly been no indication that it will. Not only that, but the Lapras ex card specifically is not available in any of the current "Genetic Apex" packs, so for the time being the chance to earn a Lapras ex is over (though the eventual addition of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pokemon TCG Pocket trading feature means 🍒that you might be able to swap them into you deck by getting them from another player).
How to𝓀 beat the Lapras ex Drop eve♚nt solo battles and challenges
There are four Lapras ex solo battles that players can unlock: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert. All of these are variations and upgrades on the same w🍎ater-themed deck, and have their own challenges attached.
To beat any of the Lapras ex battles, we definitely recommend a Lightning deck, as all the water cards (and even some of the normal ones you'll see in the Sol꧟o/Intermediate decks), are weak t🌟o electrical damage.
The Lapras decks also focus on getting out "glass cannon cards" that do high damage quickly, so slow decks will suffer as they try to set up their strategies. The Golduck and Star𒅌mie ex cards that come out later on both hit hard and fast.
Best deck for the Lapras Ex event
The meta-pushing 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pokemon TCG Pocket Pikachu ex deck is great for dealing with th⛦e Lapras Ex event. We've laid out a strong version of it below: if you are missing any of the cards involved, find a substit♍ute based on the principles we outlined above:
- Pikachu ex x2
- Zapdos ex x2
- Zapdos x2
- Pincurchin x2
- Potion x2
- X Speed x2
- Poke Ball x2
- Sabrina x2
- Giovanni x2
- Professor's Research x2
The Pikachu ex is especi♔ally devastating here, as its ability to do up to 90 damage with two energy is a potent one. You can make working decks without it, but if there's a better model for dealing with the Lapras ex event, we haven't seen it.
Of course, if you don't have these cards or even anything close to them, it's worth considering the Lt. Surge Rental Deck that you can unlock. It's not as 🍌good and you're not guaranteed victory, but it can work in a pinch.
Of course, you don't need to necessarily play off the type advantage to secure victory. Any of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Pokemon TCG Pocket decks should have a reasonable chance at victory.
Lapras ex event rewards
The Lapras 🙈ex event has the following li🎃st of rewards:
- The first time you beat any Lapras ex solo battle, you'll get:
- Pack Hourglasses (number varying depending on difficulty)
- Shinedust
- 1 Shop Ticket
- EVERY time you beat a Lapras ex solo battle, you'll get one, some or all of:
- 1 random promo card from the list below
- 25 Shinedust
- 1 Shop Ticket
- Optional challenges (battle tasks) for each battle reward players with:
- Event Hourglasses (if they're on Beginner/Intermediate)
- Wonder Hourglasses (if they're on Advanced/Expert)
All event promo cards and how to get the Lapr♒as ex card
T✅here are five promo cards you can get as part of the Lapras ex event:
- Lapras ex
- Butterfree (alternate art)
- Pikachu (alternate art)
- Clefairy (alternate art)
- Mankey (alternate art)
Want to know if the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pokemon TCG Pocket bent packs really offer better, rarer♐ cards? We'v😼e been researching...
You can get all of these as part of the "promo packs" that are won for beating any of the event's solo battles. A promo pack with a single random card in it will then be sent to your gifts inbox, which you can then open. You can win all these cards multiple times, so if you haven't got the💞 Lapras ex card yet, you just need to keep trying.
Speaking of which, the Lapras ex card is the only mechanically unique card added by the event. The others are alternate-art versions of already existing cards - the Pikacꦗhu you win in🌄 this event will have a different picture on it, but function exactly the same on the battlefield as a normal Pikachu.
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