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Week 1 Regional Metagame Analysis, Suggestions by State for Week 2, and a Pair of Rogue Choices “Week 2 Events: Washington Nearby Week 1 Results: British Columbia, Idaho Let’s begin our analysis with the results of the British Columbia Provincial Championship and the Idaho State Championship, which are the closest tournament results from Week 1 that will have an effect on the Washington State Championship: Idaho 1. Chris Collins – Yveltal-EX/Seismitoad-EX 2. William Angel – Seismitoad-EX/Slurpuff PHF/Victini-EX 3. Richard Goldsberry – Yveltal-EX/Seismitoad-EX/Garbodor LTR 4. Karl Kitchin – Flareon 5. Jack Stensrud – Night March/Empoleon 6. Zach Negomir – Seismitoad-EX/Slurpuff PHF/Trevenant-EX 7. Jason Fleshman – Flareon 8. Eduardo Gonzalez – Hippowdon PRC/Fighting British Columbia 1. TJ Traquiar – Primal…
Moving on from States, and Approaching Nationals “States Reflections Preparation Week One – Oklahoma State Championship Week Two – Texas State Championship Wild Blaze!!! Conclusion Since many of my fellow writers will be tackling – and already have tackled – the States experience in far greater detail, I’ll let them get down to reading the tea leaves of the results. However, I do have a relatively unique perspective on these tournaments that can help illuminate not just what we need to conquer this format, but figuring out the ideal approach to preparing for large, significant tournaments. To start, I suppose we should discuss my results. I made…
Profiling Zapdos/Lycanroc-GX in Standard and Recapping Archie’s Blastoise in Expanded “Coming into the tournament, I knew that Zoroark-GX/Garbodor would be a relatively safe play. I liked the list I had posted because it was consistent against everything, and should I dodge Pikachu & Zekrom-GX, the deck would work well. I liked having the extra Rescue Stretchers, Garbotoxin, etc. for my other matchups rather than the specific anti-Lightning cards that didn’t even make the Pikarom matchup favorable. Both versions of Zoroark-GX/Garbodor were my fallback, and it was good to see that some people had success with it. Alex Schemanske finished in Top 8 and Arlo Neel in Top 4. Justin Bokhari,…
This hungry Pokémon swallows Arrokuda whole. Occasionally, it makes a mistake and tries to swallow a Pokémon other than its preferred prey. (Cramorant)
Brit’s Analysis of Secrecy, Deck Ideas, the Formats, and the Evolutions Thereof “In the old days, knowing the right people was the most important thing to finding the right decklist. I am certainly indebted to many of my older friends who showed me the ropes, but this was absolutely not a fair system. There was no public flow of information, which only further rewarded being withholding. There were secret decks from time to time, but what I think it ultimately amounts to (at least in terms of the game today) is that the players at the top were profiting from withholding very basic information. A lot of the secret decks then were…
It kicks berries right off the branches of trees and then juggles them with its feet, practicing its footwork. (Raboot)
Its conspicuous lips lure prey in as it lies in wait in the mud. When prey gets close, ________ clamps its jagged steel fins down on them. (Galarian Stunfisk)
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