Zach Bivens
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Bio: I have been playing pokemon for almost 3 years now. Thanks to pokemon I have traveled to many different states that I may have never visited otherwise. Currently I have 53 Championship Points with a rating of 1896 putting me at #10 in NA Masters.
Aside from all things pokemon related I also enjoy Poker, Video Games, Basketball, and spending as much time as possible with family and friends.
A brief list of my accomplishments:
8Γ 1st Br, 3Γ 1st cities, 4th states ’12, top 16 Regionals’10, 3rd Regionals ’11, 8th regionals ’11, 4th regionals’12
A Case Study on Countering the Meta “Tackling this year’s City Championship metagame proved to be a particularly daunting task in comparison to previous years because I actually had to go back and read most of the cards from all sets released after Plasma Blast due to my absence from the game. For the first three tournaments I decided I would keep it simple to get a feel for the game once again. At Cities number one I played a Donphan deck for the first time, wrecking my way to the finals where I lost to Jake Dudzig in a mirror match. Donphan decks managed to claim…
Only Farfetch’d that have survived many battles can attain this evolution. When this PokΓ©mon’s leek withers, it will retire from combat. (Sirfetch’d)
Via the protrusion on its head, it senses other creatures’ emotions. If you don’t have a calm disposition, it will never warm up to you. (Hatenna)
The special metal that composes its body is very light, so this PokΓ©mon has considerable agility. It lives in caves because it dislikes the rain. (Duraludon)