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Gardevoir leads the Pokémon TCGP ranking with 1283 ELO points over 109 duels, ahead of Pikachu 2 and Charizard.

The top three contenders are tightly bunched, with Gardevoir holding a narrow 13-point lead over both Pikachu 2 and Charizard, who sit level at 1270 ELO. Gardevoir wins 61% of its duels, the highest rate at the top of the ranking. The sharpest divide appears between ranks 4 and 5, where Charizard 2 edges ahead of Pikachu by 19 ELO points despite facing fewer duels. The presence of two Pikachu and two Charizard variants in the top five shows the enduring appeal of these classic designs, though voters have clearly distinguished between their different iterations. Charizard 2 at rank 4 posts a 59% win rate across 92 duels, matching the original Charizard's performance.

At the bottom, Slowpoke trails with 1077 ELO after 100 duels, while Giovanni sits just above at 1087 ELO with only 34% of duels won, suggesting these icons struggle to connect with the community. This ranking draws from 700 duels contributed by 18 players across 14 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The vote remains open: head to VAINKEURZ to weigh in on which Pokémon TCGP icon deserves the top spot.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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