50+ Decks for the Base – Fossil Format

70 Base-Fossil decks as of 12/31/2025 – more updates coming soon!

The goal for this article was to create a deck compendium for the Base-Fossil format. A compilation of all the decks/archetypes from multiple locations in one convenient place. We will be adding short descriptions to each deck at a later date as well as updating deck lists if/when they change.

The colored bracket system for the tiers is only a general guideline, not a hard and fast rule. It’s intended to give you a rough estimate on where the deck falls on the power scale. It won’t prevent all the feelsbads, but it should keep everyone swinging in roundabouts the same ballpark.

🟢 Tiers 1 / 1.5 / 2 (Good / Competitive)

🟡 Tiers  2.5 / 3 / 3.5 (Decent / Servicable)

🔴 Tiers 4 / 4.5 / 5 (Poor / Underwhelming)

🟢 Lickitung Psychic Stall “PsyStall”

🟢 Lickitung Fire Stall (Credit to Luke T)

🟢 Lickitung Grass Stall (List by Oph)

🟢 Lickitung Mixed “Hybrid Stall” (Credit to Oph)

🟡 Lickitung Muk Fire (Credit to Jason K)

🟡 Lickitung Muk Grass (Credit to Liger)

🟢 Lickitung Fighting Psychic “LFP” (Credit to Oph)

🟡 Lickitung Golduck “Duck Drought” (List by Liger)

🟡 Lickitung Dragonair “Dragon Drought” (List by Liger)

🟡 Lickitung Slowbro (PsyStall2) (Credit to Liger)

🟡 Lickitung Venusaur (GrassStall2) (Credit to RedWez)

🟢 Wigglytuff Fighting “DFW” (Credit to Oph)

🟢 Wigglytuff Fire “WigMar” (Credit to Oph)

🟢 Wigglytuff Mixed “WigZoo v1” (Fire / Fighting)

🟡 Wigglytuff Mixed (Fire / Fighting / Psychic) (Credit to Baiy000r)

🟡 Wigglytuff Mixed (Fighting / Psychic)

🟢 Wigglytuff Mixed “Wiggly Maker” (Fighting / Lightning)

🟡 Wigglytuff Lightning “Wiggly Buzz”

🟡 Wigglytuff Mixed (Lightning / Fire)

🟡 Wigglytuff Mankey “Wiggly Peek”

🔴 Wigglytuff Mewtwo Muk

🟡 Wigglytuff Gengar (List by Oph)

🟡 Double Colorless Energy The Deck (Credit to Ogre / Arc / Red)

🟢 Dodrio Fighting Psychic “DFP”

🟢 Dodrio Fighting Lightning “Dodrio Maker v1” (List by Oph)

🟢 Dodrio Fire Lightning “Dodrio Maker v2” (List by Liger)

🟢 Dodrio Mixed “Potpourri v1” ( Fighting / Lightning / Fire) (Credit to Liger)

🟡 Dodrio Mixed “Potpourri v2” (Fighting / Lightning / Psychic)

🟡 Dodrio Mixed “Potpourri v3” (Fighting / Fire / Psychic)

🟡 Dodrio Fighting Gengar (Credit to Liger)

🟡 Dodrio Fighting Charizard (Credit to Nnstalgic)

🟡 Dodrio Haymaker Charizard (Credit to Nnstalgic)

🔴 Dodrio Fighting Hypno (Playtesting) (Credit to Ogre)

🟡 Dodrio Fighting Dragonite Kangaskhan “Big Stepper v1” (Credit to Jason K)

🟡 Dodrio Fighting Dragonite “Big Stepper v2” (Credit to Liger)

🔴 Dodrio Grass Dragonite “Underground Methods” (Credit to Ogre)

🟡 Dodrio Psychic Dragonite “Mime Lock” (Credit to Oph)

🔴 Alakazam Damage Swap (Classic) (Grass Version)

🔴 Alakazam Damage Swap (Classic) (Psychic Version)

🟡 Alakazam Damage Swap (New) (Playtesting) (Credit to Altair)

🔴 Clefable (Classic) (Credit to SwimBird)

🟡 Clefable Mixed “Fable Maker” (Fighting / Lightning) (Credit to OldRod & CoCo LaCroix)

🟡 Clefable Mixed “Fable Zoo” (Fighting / Fire) (List by Liger)

🟡 Clefable Mixed (Fighting / Psychic)

🔴 Clefable Muk Psychic

🔴 Aerodactyl (Haymaker Variant)

🔴 Aerodactyl (Mewtwo Variant)

🟢 Hitmonchan Electabuzz “TradMaker”

🟢 Magmar Electabuzz “NewMaker”

🟡 Mewtwo Electabuzz “MewMaker”

🔴 Mewtwo Electabuzz “Sponge”

🟡 Hitmonchan Scyther

🟡 Turbo Haymaker (Credit to KaitoRobert)

🔴 Arcanine Grass “The Cleaner” (Classic) (Credit to I-Man)

🟡 Arcanine Midrange “The Cleaner” (New) (List by Liger)

🟡 Arcanine Magmar (Promo Arcanine) (Credit to Oph / Jason K)

🟡 Arcanine Electrode “9Bomb” (Credit to Jason K)

🔴 Electrode Zapdos “BuzzZapdos”

🟡 Electrode Mixed “Lee Donk” (Credit to Ashton)

🔴 Electrode Eeveelutions “Eevee Box” (Playtesting) (Credit to Liger)

🟡 Electrode Exeggutor “Turbo Eggs” (List by Liger)

🟡 Exeggutor Psychic “Eggs” (Credit to Jason K) (List by Liger)

🔴 Golduck Psychic (List by Liger)

🟡 Gengar Psychic (List by Liger)

🔴 Gengar + Kangaskhan “Gengaskhan” (Credit to Jason K)

🟡 Venomoth Midrange (Playtesting) (Credit to Ogre) (List by Liger)

🟢 Blastoise “Rain Dance” (List by Oph)

🟡 Seadra (RainDance2) (Credit to NightVulture)

🟡 Venusaur “VenuCenter” (List by Liger)

🔴 Nidoking & Nidoqueen “Boyfriends”