Tournament Meta
The competitive Pokémon TCG Standard metagame, built from real tournament results pulled weekly from Limitless TCG — archetype share, win rates, top-8 conversion, matchup spreads, and tech trends.
These are the top 8 archetypes by tournament share. Create a free account to unlock the full field, matchup heatmaps, tech trends, tournament decklists, and per-archetype deep dives.
Click any archetype to see its full breakdown — matchups, tech, and recent top-cut decks. Meta share is the percentage of decks in the window that registered as this archetype on Limitless. Top-8 rate is what fraction of those pilots placed in the top 8.
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Overall Meta Strategy Overview
The current meta features 12 tracked competitive archetypes. The top three archetypes — dragapult-ex, dragapult-dusknoir, n-zoroark — heavily influence the meta.
Key strategic considerations for deck building:
Current Standard Meta Snapshot (Based on data up to 2026-07-11)
Top Archetypes by Representation
#1 dragapult-ex — 313 decks (8.0%), 68% win rate, 195 Top 8 (Conv: 5.0%)
#2 dragapult-dusknoir — 294 decks (7.6%), 68% win rate, 178 Top 8 (Conv: 4.6%)
#3 n-zoroark — 266 decks (6.8%), 66% win rate, 141 Top 8 (Conv: 3.6%)
#4 slowking-scr — 244 decks (6.3%), 66% win rate, 133 Top 8 (Conv: 3.4%)
#5 alakazam-dudunsparce — 226 decks (5.8%), 64% win rate, 112 Top 8 (Conv: 2.9%)
#6 dragapult-blaziken — 168 decks (4.3%), 67% win rate, 99 Top 8 (Conv: 2.5%)
#7 rockets-honchkrow — 158 decks (4.1%), 68% win rate, 91 Top 8 (Conv: 2.3%)
#8 mega-greninja-ex — 152 decks (3.9%), 61% win rate, 57 Top 8 (Conv: 1.5%)
#9 lucario-hariyama — 143 decks (3.7%), 63% win rate, 83 Top 8 (Conv: 2.1%)
#10 beedrill-ex-cri — 122 decks (3.1%), 63% win rate, 65 Top 8 (Conv: 1.7%)
#11 ogerpon-meganium-hydrapple — 122 decks (3.1%), 67% win rate, 63 Top 8 (Conv: 1.6%)
#12 other — 116 decks (3.0%), 58% win rate, 54 Top 8 (Conv: 1.4%)