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High-Risk, High-Reward Plays for Regionals & Interview with the ECC Winner “1. Congrats again on your win! First, would you mind saying a bit about your Pokémon career and yourself in general? Thank you! My name is Niklas Lehnert-Rappel, I have been playing the Pokémon TCG for about 3 years now. I got my invite for Worlds last year just by playing 9 tournaments over the course of the season. I got my invite this year by placing 2nd and twice 4th at Regionals. Besides winning the ECC this year I won 2 Regionals and many Cities, but the ECC is my first big win at a major tournament. Besides playing…
A Detailed Look at Plasma Decks in the NXD-XY Format “Looking at XY, the set appears great. The cards all seem decently balanced, and most of the EXs aren’t completely overpowered, but the main thing that sticks out to me is… Muscle Band. This card alone makes Lugia-EX one of the best cards in the NXD-XY format. Now, with 3 to 4 Deoxys-EX benched, Lugia is able to swing for an absurd 170 to 180 damage, knocking out nearly every Pokemon in the game in one hit. On top of that, you take an additional Prize because of ‘Overflow.’ That means Lugia could take all 6 Prizes by turn two,…
Blacephalon/Naganadel Updated and Matched Up for UPR–SSH/Standard “-1 Poipole LOT +1 Poipole FLI -1 Heatran-GX +1 Blacephalon-GX -1 Blacephalon CEC -1 Marshadow UNB +1 Mew UNB -3 Cherish Ball +3 Quick Ball -1 Great Catcher +2 Pokemon Catcher I decided to keep all Poipole the same (with the Spit Poison attack) since the 10 damage ticks can actually make a difference at times. I also ended up finally dropping Heatran-GX for a 4th copy of Blacephalon-GX for a couple of reasons: First, our best starter is Blacephalon-GX. When we start with it, we can Burst-GX as soon as possible. Second, GardEon will likely not exist anymore…
Its tentacles tear off easily, but it isn’t alarmed when that happens—it knows they’ll grow back. It’s about as smart as a three-year-old. (Clobbopus)
Most of its body has the same composition as coal. Fittingly, this Pokémon was first discovered in coal mines about 400 years ago. (Rolycoly)