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Mewtwo & Mew-GX with Welder and Attackers for Worlds/DC Open and What’s Good in UPR-on “Back to Worlds testing and the big, humongous question mark that is the UPR-on metagame. I’ve been playing quite a bit, making and unmaking lists over and over trying to find the right balance in things. I’m not sure anything is perfect because there are so many options and directions each deck can go, and it’s hard to test absolutely everything. It has been surprising to me to find myself building decks so differently in what is a heavily-reduced card pool compared to SUM-on. Claiming to know what the BDIF is as of right now is impossible and whoever says…
Pairing Zoroark-GX with Golisopod in Expanded “I am still a huge fan of this deck! I am still confident that it will be a strong pick for Dallas despite the increasing popularity of Pokemon Ranger. Obviously Pokemon Ranger is a very nice inclusion for opponents to have against this deck, but it is not the end of the world by any means. It is not the easiest card for an opponent to find while Item locked, and you can help to deny its value by using cards like Ghetsis and N. I have seen people playing a lower Enhanced Hammer count in the deck, and I…
The Comprehensive Look at What Kenny Wisdom will be Playing (and Eating!) in Vancouver “Pablo Meza did a great job of going over the current Standard metagame, so I won’t bore you with a rehash of that information. Instead, I’ll just get straight to the point and say that I’ll be playing a Gardevoir-GX deck in Vancouver, and I think you have to have a pretty good reason not to be doing the same. There’s a lot to consider with this deck, so I reserve the right to make small tweaks over the next few days, but I can’t imagine a world where I’m not sleeving up something like this come Saturday morning. Usually…
Midrange Zoroark-GX and the Sinister Vileplume Stall Reformulated for Santa Clara “When beginning my testing for SUM–UNB, I overlooked Zoroark-GX as many others have. With its decline in success due mostly to Lightning decks (Zapdos and Pikarom variants) swarming the fields, Zoroark has lost respect in the eyes of many as the “top dog” it once was. With its Standard legality coming to an end at North America Internationals in June, I thought I should give Zoroark-GX a chance to shine in this new format. Throughout its history, Zoroark-GX has been an incredibly versatile card and its ability to be utilized by many different styles of decks has been very apparent.…
This short-tempered and aggressive Pokémon chugs stagnant water to absorb any toxins it might contain. (Toxtricity)
A Discussion on the Flawed Structure of League Challenges “I’ll come right out with it: I think League Challenges should not be part of the competitive invite structure. I know that they are designed to be entry level tournaments for people to get a feel for the tournament atmosphere, which begs the question as to why they are then part of the invite structure at all. Not only that, they can also be worth up to a staggering one-third of an invite! If you live in an area where there are few to no League Challenges, then you are inherently at a disadvantage to someone who lives in an area…
A powerful curse was woven into an ancient painting. After absorbing the spirit of a Yamask, the painting began to move. (Runerigus)
Brazil Recap and Meta Reset “The Top 32 of the Brazilian Intercontinental Championship looked like this: Top 8 Standings played out as such: 1. Juan Pablo Salas [CL] – Decidueye GX/Vileplume AOR/Jolteon EX/Regice AOR 2. Thiago Giovannetti Marques Ricardo [BR] – Decidueye GX/Vileplume AOR/Yanmega STS 3. Ian Anderson Fukuda [BR] – M Rayquaza EX 4. Connor Finton [US] – Decidueye GX/Vileplume AOR 5. Philip Schulz [DE] – Turbo Darkrai EX 6. Sid Filho [BR] – Volcanion EX 7. Diego Cassiraga [AR] – Decidueye GX/Vileplume AOR 8. Yee Wei Chun [MY] – Volcanion EX There weren’t really a ton of surprises this past weekend. We didn’t really see any crazy…
Tool Time Deck Analysis “The whole point of Toolbox is to set up a Trubbish, usually by turn two, and hopefully get enough Tools out into play with the help of Sigilyph so that you can power up Trubbish’s attack Tool Drop. For the cost of a Psychic and Colorless Energy, this attack does 20x the amount of Tools in play. Sigilyph who has an Ability called Toolbox, hence the name of the deck, that allows you to attach up to 4 Pokémon Tools to it, which breaks the normal limit of one Pokémon Tool per Pokémon opening up the gate to getting more…
Profiles on Zoroark/Seismitoad and Zoroark/Golisopod for Dallas Expanded “Honestly, I don’t think this card would be in the deck if it were not for the release of Faba. Faba made it so that this deck would have to include basic energies to continue being playable, and that made it very easy to include this majestic beast. Artciuno, while useless in some matchups, made some of the deck’s closer matchups substantially better. Primal Groudon was a deck that gave us a ton of trouble in Portland, and Articuno provides a strong answer to that issue. Additionally, Buzzwole was a close matchup in the past, and Articuno helps to make…
Building a Better Tournament Structure “After my last article received the feedback that it did, I decided that I would write one in a very similar vein, this time about the actual tournament structure. To clarify, my last article was about how to improve the way that players earn invites to the World Championships, whereas this article will be focused on how to improve each single tournament. Hopefully, there is enough distinction in the topics that this article can spawn a whole new discussion, as I know tournament structure is on every competitive player’s mind basically all the time. This article will be organized by my…
Strategic Standards in Expanded and Standard Formats “On “Smart Mistakes” Again What We Know About Standard “Strategic Dissonance” Did Next Destinies Just Get Released? Responding to Standard What We Know About Expanded Expanded Tricks and Tips Conclusion In Brit Pybas’s latest article, he addressed my notion of “smart mistakes,” highlighting a couple of areas where he felt my logic was misguided. I’m actually glad he spent a portion of his article on this, since it helps open discussion on the idea. If parts of it are misguided, it’s better to have considered it first and see where it doesn’t work than just blindly follow what everyone else is…
It’s capable of flying faster than 120 mph. It battles alongside Dreepy and dotes on them until they successfully evolve. (Drakloak)
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