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1st Place 2014 Philippines Nationals Report with Virizion/Genesect “I started to play the Pokemon TCG as early as Base Set. (Yes, my brother and I took turns using the Machamp/Charmeleon half-decks.) I joined my first League in 2007. Some of my recent achievements include: 2013 City Champion, 2014 City Champion, 2014 States Top 4, and now 2014 National Champion! This is the first big tournament after the release of Flashfire. And as expected, players will attempt to either: (1) build a deck based on Flashfire or (2) tech against the hyped Flashfire cards. At first, it makes sense to not play Virizion/Genesect because of the fear of battling…
Virizion/Genesect Deck Analysis “I’ll start off with the skeleton list for the deck: Usually when I write up a deck skeleton I end up with a 55 card list and 5 cards I need to fit in. Virizion/Genesect only needed 50 cards for a satisfactory skeleton. This means there will be more room for techs. For now let’s look at the main cards of the deck: 3 Virizion EX Getting a Virizion into play and keeping it in play is vital for this deck. On the first turn you want a Virizion with an attachment otherwise you’re in for a rough game. The deck…
A Profile of a Suite of Expanded Rogues for the Portland Regional Championships “Quite a few of the decks I am bringing to you today have been around for a long time as more fringe plays. I’m here to tell you that they have gained new viability due to the recent bans. The first of these is Medicham PRC. Medicham has always been a cute concept, being able to attack twice is truly a great gimmick. However, with the release of cards like Diancie Prism Star and Hustle Belt, Medicham can hit for numbers higher than ever before. This is the list that I’ve been testing somewhat extensively. Cards like Shining Celebi, Diancie,…
Infinite amounts of energy pour from this Pokémon’s enlarged core, warping the surrounding space-time. (Eternamax Eternatus)
Squeaky’s 2013 Tennessee Cities Marathon Report “Justin and I got everything set up to record and we were nervous because it was our first real day of recording games. Here is how our setup looked for the day: And here is a recap of my day: R1: Darkrai/Hydreigon (L) R2: Empoleon (W) R3: Landy/Garbodor (W) R4: Victini and Friends (W) R5: Plasma (T) Top 8 Top 4 Top 2 And just like that, I am Gallatin City Champion. After winning I decided to change my deck and try to cover the meta. The main decks in top cut were Virizion/Genesect and Plasma decks. This made me…
Three States, Two Trophies and One Fluid Format “The return of Seismitoad-EX decks was undoubtedly the highlight of the beginning of States. Flareon and Night March had a scary amount of success at the only event with results from Primal Clash and so countering those decks became the main goal of anyone trying to come up with a play. Since the release of Furious Fists, I had never been inclined to play a deck that could only Quaking Punch. Something about it never appealed to me or simply seemed too linear, but my early testing quickly focused on very normal builds of Seismitoad/Slurpuff and Seismitoad/Crobat. I liked both…
Brave and prideful, this Pokémon dashes airily through the forest, its steps aided by the psychic power stored in the fur on its fetlocks. (Galarian Rapidash)
Meta Shifts to Hartford, How to Counter Shock Lock, Plus Zoroark/Vespiquen and Buzzwole/Garbodor/Jirachi for this Weekend “But before anything else, I want to talk about how the Daytona meta is likely going to impact what we see in Hartford. Over half of Top 8 was made up of Control decks Zoroark/Garbodor and Archie’s Blastoise fell off the map in Day 2 Seismitoad is back and still a major threat Shock Lock made two consecutive Top 8 placements by the same player Pikarom is easily the strongest deck in the game But what does this all mean? Hot Take #1: We should see more people playing Shock Lock. How does the game deal with this though? There…
It’s famous for its high level of intelligence, and the large size of its brain is proof that it also possesses immense psychic power. (Orbeetle)
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