Why You’re Wrong About Expanded Regionals “My response to this issue is twofold: A. You’re right. Expanded wasn’t that fun last year. Why? Because it was almost exactly the same as Standard. BLW-on and BCR-on only differed by six main expansions. Besides the inclusion of Skyarrow Bridge, Dark Patch, Level Ball, and Archeops NVI, the format was nearly identical to Standard, and multiple Day Two/Top 8 competitors in last year’s Regionals opted to play their same Standard deck from Day One. This is clearly a sign that the format was not in a great place. However, that has all changed! Expanded now includes 11 main expansions that won’t be legal…
The Quest for the Perfect List “Before I get to some substance, I would like to extend a huge thank you to this community for embracing my last article. It was the first article I’ve written on Pokemon, and to receive so many likes and comments was humbling! I hope I can continue to write good articles that you guys appreciate and help you grow as a player. Writing is one of my favorite things to do, so as long as I play Pokemon and there’s interest, I will probably continue to write articles. Thanks so much! Last time I was writing, I went over the…
Most of its body has the same composition as coal. Fittingly, this Pokémon was first discovered in coal mines about 400 years ago. (Rolycoly)
The Past (Dallas w/ ZoroToad), The Future (SUM–TEU Standard), and a Team Up Top 10 “This is the Seismitoad-EX/Zoroark-GX list that my entire group ended up playing for the event! Caleb ended up with a 2nd-place finish, and the group had great success overall, so I would say it was a very successful tournament! 1 Oranguru UPR: This is a card that was mentioned when removing stuff, but ended up being kept around, and I am super glad that is the case! Despite not playing against any mill decks or decks that featured Garbodor GRI, this Oranguru pulled its weight. It was crucial in my victory against Mega Gardevoir, and it made some big plays in…
On Gardevoir’s Guard of the Format, Metagross’ Merit, and the Math Behind Memphis Regionals “I’m pretty sure that your desire to read about Gardevoir is roughly the same as mine is to write about it (or mine to find more pictures of it for articles). In honor of that plight, I’ll keep it quick today: I firmly believe Gardevoir is the best deck in the format. Nearly nothing that’s readily playable in the format consistently beats it, and I find its mirror match usually somewhat enjoyable. Games where one player manages to do absolutely nothing are relatively rare, making it usually a decent affair. Golisopod doesn’t consistently beat it when the players are evenly matched and…
It feeds on seaweed, using its teeth to scrape it off rocks. Electric current flows from the tips of its spines. (Pincurchin)
3 Fun Decks to Try with the New Set “Umbreon-GX is one of the main cards people have noticed, and for good reason! Umbreon has very good typing, identical to that of Darkrai-EX. It has Resistance to Psychic, which is helpful against decks like Mega Mewtwo and Mega Gardevoir. It also has a good Weakness — Fighting — which isn’t very popular right now. Umbreon-GX’s attack is very similar to Darkrai-EX DEX’s Night Spear, doing 90 damage to the Active and 30 damage to one of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon, although instead costing of 2 Dark Energy and 1 Colorless, it costs only 1 Dark Energy and 2 Colorless. We…
The Top 5 Items You Need but Might Forget to Bring to Worlds “Not because the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will be blinding your eyes at high noon, but because it is hard to keep a stern poker face for two days straight. And I recommend not just any sunglasses. In commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of his World Series of Poker Main Event win, we need to channel the transcendent powers of Greg “Fossilman” Raymer: The reptilian shades project the perfect combo of confidence and confusion. Your opponents won’t know what to make of you. The psychological edge is yours. While you want to strike fear and uncertainty into your opponents, you also do not want to overextend your prowess.…
My Life as a Competitive Pokémon TCG Player, from 2010 to Now “I got into playing the game during the era of Pokemon SP. At the time I had been playing Yu-Gi-Oh. However, I wasn’t playing it competitively; I’d more so just go to league and play casually. This is mainly due to the fact that I had no idea about competitive play at the time. Out of the blue, I thought about Pokemon and how the cards looked because I had old-school cards from Base Set and Fossil. I figured I’d take a look at some of the recent cards at the time. This is where I came upon cards like…
It ate a sour apple, and that induced its evolution. In its cheeks, it stores an acid capable of causing chemical burns. (Flapple)
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