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Closing It Out

My Top 5 Plays for São Paulo Regionals, the Last Major Event of UPR–CEC “Malamar/Giratina/GXs GardEon PikaRom RoxieChomp Mewtwo Box Interestingly, four of the five decks that I like most for São Paulo are focused on TAG TEAMs. (And even Malamar/Giratina plays TAG TEAMs!) These decks just need a few cards in their opening hands to start developing their strategy, which makes them consistent and avoid silly losses due to bad starting hands or early pressure from the opponent. Also, I believe these decks are versatile and can adapt to many different game situations. My favorite Malamar/Giratina variant at the moment is a version similar to the one used by Team DDG at San…

Banned to the Bone

Discussing the Expanded Format Banned List and Possible Revisions “Let me use this time to say that I’m not a game designer or developer, nor am I an employee of TPCi. All of the opinions expressed in this article are just that, opinions. I definitely spend more time than the average person thinking about this sort of stuff, but I am far from an expert or professional. I can’t speak to the exact motivations of any group or organization that I’m not a part of. I can only use my brain to produce the best thoughts I can, and put them into words for all of you. With that…

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As the Crow Flies

U150 December 2014 Tournament Report “So in the end I went 2-2 — pretty poor as far as my performance goes. I didn’t get to use the Wigglytuff & Darkrai combo once! The problem was that it was a completely separate strategy to the rest of my deck and the pieces would often show up when I was trying to assemble something else. It could work but it’d need its own deck rather than being tacked onto an existing one. I’ve since tested Regigigas much more and it seems to be a strong deck with an interesting new playstyle to me; make a strong attacker,…