Water Mew3 Box and Silvally-GX/Alolan Persian-GX, Two Crazy Decks to Compete with Tier 1 “If I had to list in order the best decks of the format, this would be my list: Dragapult VMAX PikaRom Zacian Combo Baby Blowns Spiritomb Dragapult VMAX is my favorite deck due to the extremely strong attack and high HP of Dragapult VMAX. If you get a Dragapult VMAX with two Energies on turn two, you don’t need anything else to play against most metagame decks. By focusing the deck on being consistent to do this, you already have enormous strength in your hands. The deck doesn’t need Crushing Hammer, Giant Bomb, Spell Tag, or any other techs, it…
Four Revelations for NAIC, Two Main Contenders, PikaRom v6.16, and ZapBeasts Reloaded “Blacephalon UNB is a terrible idea and should not be played by anyone who doesn’t want to rely on pure luck to make it through an event. Zoroark and Silvally seem like a great combination, but in reality the deck falls short of expectations. ReshiZard is seeing way too much hate to be a strong play for NAIC. Weezing has the potential to be a threat because of how good of a meta call it can be. What does this mean for us going forward? It means that inconsistent decks are seemingly falling out of the meta and old decks—such as…
A Primer Guide on All Aspects of Tournament Preparation and a Dive into Greninja’s Resurgence “In an ideal world, it’s incredibly important to put in the effort to play games with your deck before the tournament. At high stakes tournaments like Internationals or Regionals, players are good at the top tables. Making mistakes at 4-0, 6-1, etc., is detrimental and can cost you your tournament run. I made some mistakes in Mexico City last weekend during Day 1, which may have potentially caused me to miss Day 2. Even though I did very well, I could have done better before cut, maybe putting me at 31-33 points instead of 30 going into Top 8. The…
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Further Origins, Trevenant BREAK, V/V, Greninja, Heavy Metal, and Two Outliers “Let’s be honest: this deck is pretty well beat to death at this point. There’s only so many ways to set up a Trevenant, and I simply focus on achieving the turn 1 as consistently as possible. For that reason, I choose to play 3 Shaymin, 4 Trainers’ Mail, and the 3rd Wally that I often see omitted. I strongly prefer Hammers over Bursting Balloon at this juncture. Bursting Balloon is inherently reactive, which is a trait in a card that I absolutely loathe. Crushing Hammer allows me to proactively reduce my opponent’s board state, which I believe is just…
Setting the Scene, Dialing Up Donphan, and a Summer Mailbag “This year’s US Nationals were always set to be historic in terms of its format. Had Lysandre’s Trump Card not been the subject of a historic worldwide ban, this year’s US National Championships would’ve been the first to have another large tournament series prior to the event. Never before have Spring Regionals been run in the same format as Nationals, and this year looked to buck the trend. Instead, for the second time in the game’s history (the first being the 2011 early rotation), there will be no organized tournament series in North America prior to Nationals. 2011’s early HS-on…
They say that any patisserie visited by _______ is guaranteed success and good fortune. (Milcery)
The special metal that composes its body is very light, so this Pokémon has considerable agility. It lives in caves because it dislikes the rain. (Duraludon)
Its thick and fluffy fur protects it from the cold and enables it to use hotter fire moves. (Raboot)
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