30th Anniversary: The Solgaleo deck at a glance

After Lunala, its counterpart from the anniversary set 30th Celebration gets its own deck too: Solgaleo. The idea is a Metal engine that puts Energy into play faster than your opponent can get rid of it.

The card: Solgaleo 105/128

Solgaleo 105/128 from Pokémon 30th Celebration
Solgaleo 105/128 from the 30th Celebration set.
  • Stage 2, evolves from Cosmoem, 170 HP, Metal type
  • Ability (German name: Sonnenaufgang): Once during your turn, if Solgaleo is on your Bench, you search your deck for up to 2 Basic Metal Energy cards and attach them to Solgaleo.
  • Stahlgestirn (German attack name) for two Metal and two Colorless Energy: 220 damage, then you discard all Energy from Solgaleo.
  • Illustration: Nurikabe

The whole line comes from 30th Celebration: Cosmog 078/128 (60 HP) and Cosmoem 079/128 (100 HP). With Rare Candy you go straight from Cosmog to Solgaleo.

How the deck works

Solgaleo sits on the Bench first and uses its Ability to grab two Energy from the deck. The other two come from Metang, then Solgaleo moves to the Active Spot and attacks. Because Stahlgestirn discards all Energy, the deck needs fresh supply every turn. These cards deliver it:

  • Metang (Temporal Forces): Its Ability (German name: Metallmacher) looks at the top 4 cards once per turn and attaches any Basic Metal Energy among them to your Pokémon in any way you like.
  • Metagross (the set known in German as Wachsendes Chaos): Its attack (German name: Metallhammer) deals 150 damage and 150 more if you discard 3 Metal Energy from Metagross. So up to 300.
  • Mega Skarmory ex (Perfect Order): Its attack (German name: Überschallreißer) shuffles all attached Energy back into the deck and hits any one of your opponent's Pokémon for 220, including on the Bench.
  • Genesect ex (Black Bolt): Its Ability (German name: Metallisches Signal) searches for up to 2 Metal Evolution Pokémon, so Metang, Metagross or Solgaleo.
  • Regigigas (Prismatic Evolutions) and Shaymin (Destined Rivals): Regigigas hits Tera Pokémon for 330, Shaymin's Ability (German name: Blumenschleier) protects your Benched Pokémon without a Rule Box from attack damage.
Metang 114/162 from Temporal Forces
Metang 114/162 is the deck's Energy engine.
Metagross 061/086
Metagross 061/086 hits for up to 300.
Mega Skarmory ex 055/088 from Perfect Order
Mega Skarmory ex 055/088 clears the Bench.
Genesect ex 067/086 from Black Bolt
Genesect ex 067/086 gathers the Evolutions.

The complete decklist

Pokémon: 20

  • 3x Cosmog (30th Celebration)
  • 1x Cosmoem (30th Celebration)
  • 3x Solgaleo (30th Celebration)
  • 3x Beldum (Wachsendes Chaos)
  • 3x Metang (Temporal Forces)
  • 1x Metagross (Wachsendes Chaos)
  • 2x Genesect ex (Black Bolt)
  • 1x Mega Skarmory ex (Perfect Order)
  • 1x Regigigas (Prismatic Evolutions)
  • 1x Shaymin (Destined Rivals)
  • 1x Fezandipiti ex (Ascended Heroes)

Trainer cards: 26

  • 4x Lillie's Determination (Ascended Heroes)
  • 2x Brock's Scouting (Journey Together)
  • 2x Team Rocket's Petrel (Destined Rivals)
  • 1x Boss's Orders (Mega Evolution)
  • 1x Sinius (Twilight Masquerade, German card name)
  • 1x Jens' Überzeugung (Temporal Forces, German card name)
  • 4x Dicke-Freunde-Knursp (Ascended Heroes, German card name)
  • 4x Rare Candy (Mega Evolution)
  • 3x Energieaufbereitung (Destined Rivals, German card name)
  • 1x Night Stretcher (Ascended Heroes)
  • 1x Prime Catcher (Prismatic Evolutions)
  • 2x Air Balloon (Ascended Heroes)

Energy cards: 14

  • 14x Basic Metal Energy

Is the deck worth it?

The Solgaleo line is made of regular cards from 30th Celebration, the Beldum line and Genesect ex come from current Scarlet & Violet sets. If you open 30th Celebration anyway, you will have the core together quickly. The Lunala counterpart is in 30th Anniversary: The Lunala deck at a glance, everything about the set in 30th Celebration: Everything you need to know.

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Source: PokeZentrum, October 21, 2026. Card texts taken from the German card scans; some attack, Ability and Trainer names are given in German where the English name is not confirmed. Two differences from the source: according to the card, Metang's Ability works only once per turn, and Metagross's attack is Metallhammer (150 plus 150).

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