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Profiling Zapdos/Lycanroc-GX in Standard and Recapping Archie’s Blastoise in Expanded “Coming into the tournament, I knew that Zoroark-GX/Garbodor would be a relatively safe play. I liked the list I had posted because it was consistent against everything, and should I dodge Pikachu & Zekrom-GX, the deck would work well. I liked having the extra Rescue Stretchers, Garbotoxin, etc. for my other matchups rather than the specific anti-Lightning cards that didn’t even make the Pikarom matchup favorable. Both versions of Zoroark-GX/Garbodor were my fallback, and it was good to see that some people had success with it. Alex Schemanske finished in Top 8 and Arlo Neel in Top 4. Justin Bokhari,…
Week 1 Regional Metagame Analysis, Suggestions by State for Week 2, and a Pair of Rogue Choices “Week 2 Events: Washington Nearby Week 1 Results: British Columbia, Idaho Let’s begin our analysis with the results of the British Columbia Provincial Championship and the Idaho State Championship, which are the closest tournament results from Week 1 that will have an effect on the Washington State Championship: Idaho 1. Chris Collins – Yveltal-EX/Seismitoad-EX 2. William Angel – Seismitoad-EX/Slurpuff PHF/Victini-EX 3. Richard Goldsberry – Yveltal-EX/Seismitoad-EX/Garbodor LTR 4. Karl Kitchin – Flareon 5. Jack Stensrud – Night March/Empoleon 6. Zach Negomir – Seismitoad-EX/Slurpuff PHF/Trevenant-EX 7. Jason Fleshman – Flareon 8. Eduardo Gonzalez – Hippowdon PRC/Fighting British Columbia 1. TJ Traquiar – Primal…
Moving on from States, and Approaching Nationals “States Reflections Preparation Week One – Oklahoma State Championship Week Two – Texas State Championship Wild Blaze!!! Conclusion Since many of my fellow writers will be tackling – and already have tackled – the States experience in far greater detail, I’ll let them get down to reading the tea leaves of the results. However, I do have a relatively unique perspective on these tournaments that can help illuminate not just what we need to conquer this format, but figuring out the ideal approach to preparing for large, significant tournaments. To start, I suppose we should discuss my results. I made…
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