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Stories from States and Regionals with Thoughts on the New Set “Minnesota States Wisconsin Regionals Yea, I Wore a Watch Noteworthy from Flashfire Updated and New Decks Virizion/Genesect/Raichu Plasma Fairies Charizard/Pyroar Conclusion After playing Trevenant/Accelgor in Iowa I realized it wasn’t the format I hated as much as having games decided on Laser flips and who drew better off late game Ns. I actually think the format is pretty balanced right now with a large number of different decks being playable. There is still a lot of luck in the current format, but also a lot you can do to control and minimize that luck. Heading into the last week of…
Often found in gardens, this Pokémon has hairs on its body that it uses to assess its surroundings. (Blipbug)
Jimmy’s Analysis of Top Decks for Brazil Standard and Salt Lake City Expanded “This is one of the most straightforward decks in standard at the moment, as it is just a highly aggressive deck that aims to take easy knockouts as soon as possible. Buzzwole is a fast, efficient attacker that can take KOs while placing damage on the bench to setup more KOs for the future, so it is no surprise that it is considered one of the best attackers available currently. Despite the extremely popular Mew-EX and sometimes Mewtwo techs, this deck is still in a great spot right now. The deck is certainly a bit different than it was earlier…
Learning from Loss, Mailbag, and Top Trio for Brazil “A month ago, I was primarily focused with dealing with the sheer amount of hype that Decidueye/Vileplume carried. Now that time has passed and the format has settled somewhat, I have had time to test out the deck in a competitive environment as well as observe counters arise, and see the deck (expectedly) lose some of its popularity. Somewhat controversially, I remained skeptical of the deck right after the Melbourne International, and I believe that my opinion has been somewhat validated by many of the results we have seen. In a lot of ways, the format did shift to counter Decidueye,…
Five of them are troopers, and one is the brass. The brass’s orders are absolute. (Falinks)