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Mega Altaria ex + Darkrai / Igglybuff

Psychic Darkness Control Difficulty ●●○ Cost: Medium Status effects

Sleep lock with chip damage. Swablu and Igglybuff put the opponent to Sleep, Darkrai adds 20 damage to them each turn, and Mega Altaria ex hits 130 for just two Energy.

SRanked LadderSTournamentsBBeginner & F2PAEvents & Solo
7.2%Meta share
52.6%Win rate
760Tournament players

For the “Mega Altaria ex Espeon” build, Standard · B4a tournaments, updated 2026-09-28.

Key cards

Mega Altaria exSwabluDarkraiIgglybuff

How to play it

  1. Put the opponent to Sleep early with Igglybuff or Swablu’s Sing so Darkrai’s ability starts ticking.
  2. Evolve into Mega Altaria ex (190 HP, a Stage 1 from Swablu) behind a buffer attacker.
  3. Let the sleep chip damage set up KOs with Mega Harmony (130).

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