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A Unique Shuffle, Early-Game Resource Management, Early-Spring Tier List, Decks, and Cards “Underground subscriber @socery requested us writers discuss our personal deck shuffling habits and I’m thrilled to talk about mine as I follow a unique shuffling formula that I picked up from an article written in 2006 by Olav Rokne titled “Strength in Numbers: Stopping Shady Shuffles.” In the article, Olav discusses the shuffling method developed by statistician Ian Vincent which is a combination of pile, riffle, and hindu shuffles. (The hindu shuffle is my own addition.) I take my deck and shuffle it into seven piles from left to right, then take the two piles on the far right and deal them…
Top 4 Missouri States Report and My True Love, Crobat “Dear SixPrizes readers, here’s a very well-known fact about me: Outside of when I was swooning over Gothitelle EPO 47/Accelgor DEX at Nationals 2013, almost all of the decks that I’ve ever chosen to play have included or featured Darkrai-EX. The first competitive deck that I built was Hydreigon DRX 97. I remember the giddy excitement of figuring out that Dark was still good even after the Dark Patch rotation. And I’ve been almost exclusively piloting Yveltal-EX/Seismitoad-EX/Darkrai-EX for the entirety of this season, with the deck responsible for approximately 80% of my Championship Points. I say all of this with…
If you’re too loud around it, you risk being torn apart by the claws on its tentacle. This Pokémon is also known as the Forest Witch. (Hatterene)
Guardians Rising Preview and Cosmic Dream Team “#1: Tapu Lele-GX If you’ve been living under a rock up to this point and don’t know what this card does, here’s the translation (per Bulbapedia): …Wow. I mean, uh, wow. This card is…actually insane! Its ability is the same as Jirachi-EX’s, which has largely been an Expanded staple since Lysandre was printed! It. Is. Incredible. For starters, the release of this card sends a clear indication that Shaymin’s time with us is finally (and thankfully) coming to an end. Tapu Lele-GX provides a much more stable consistency boost to a deck, without the blistering speed. This means that the…
The Practice of Perfecting Practice in a Small Time Frame “The first step in a rapid-fire testing regimen is to gather data on recent tournaments. At the most basic level, this means just seeing which deck won the most recent tournament and finding out which decks made top 8. Many players will either gravitate towards the most popular/successful deck or try to counter it. Most of the time, I’d actually advocate waiting until an upcoming large tournament completes before heavily testing a deck. You want to make sure you are able to consider as much information as possible. If you prepare for a tournament using out of date metagame results,…
Pablo’s First Look at Top Contenders from Forbidden Light “Beast Ring – Search your deck for up 2 Basic Energy, reveal them, and attach them to 1 of your Ultra Beast Pokemon. Then, shuffle your deck. There’s a very clear focus on Ultra Beasts at the moment, as the Prize mechanics and this card will definitely be making an immediate impact upon release. It is an immediate inclusion into Buzzwole-GX based decks, but I think it’ll have other uses too. Buzzwole-GX has a really good first attack for one Fighting energy, but Knuckle Impact is the real game changer in my opinion, as usually, with Strong Energy, Choice Band…
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Thought to be the oldest form of _________, it moves in zigzags and wreaks havoc upon its surroundings. (Galarian Zigzagoon)
On Doing Homework, the Archetypes Masters, and Three Reasons Why Comfort is Key in Expanded “In the Standard format and at most levels of competition, I would encourage talented players to not worry too much about their inexperience with a deck, and to rely on their skill at the game to carry them. The reason for this way of thinking is largely that in most formats there is a best deck, or a small handful of “decks to beat” that are clearly better than anything else. When this is the case, I believe it’s correct for most players to pick the deck with the best matchup spread, even if that comes at the cost of…
Though it has a gentle disposition, it’s also very strong. It will quickly freeze the snowball on its head before going for a headbutt. (Galarian Darmanitan)
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