Mark Hanson

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Joined Oct ’11

33 articles written

Bio: I’m a graduate student in Biology now. You might be able to recognize me, since I wear a Crawdaunt hat to all major tournaments.

Tech You Very Much

Three Less Obvious Inclusions for Winter Regionals 2014 “Spiritomb has 80 HP, 1 Retreat Cost, a hand refresh attack “Hexed Mirror” for [C], and most importantly a unique Ability. Spiritomb’s Sealing Scream prevents either player from playing an ACE SPEC down while Sealing Scream is in play. Pooka discussed Spiritomb on The Top Cut over a month ago. So as not to be redundant, I’ll provide a quick recap of the key points for anyone that hasn’t read that article. Spiritomb prevents VirGen from playing G Booster, and Darkrai from using and reusing Dowsing Machine via Junk Hunts. Hexed Mirror is nice to have as an out to…

’14 Jan 3
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MONSTROSITY TWO POINT OH – Accelgor & Friends Deck Analysis

’13 Dec 3
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Say Hello to My Little Friends

Regionals, Flareon Feels, Memory Tricks, and More “Regionals Recap Pleasanton, CA British Columbia Arizona What to Play for Week 3 Anti-Meta Decks Tyler’s Eevees/Stunfisk/Drifblim Garbodor/Drifblim/Accelgor/Support The Scoop on Best-of-3’s The Logic of the Intentional Draw Memory Tricks Conclusion We have had three Regionals now, with two on the West Coast. East vs. West metagames have been different in the past, and continue to be it seems. However, the first and second weeks have had a couple surprises that I’m sure the East will adapt or adopt. In Pleasanton, we saw straight Darkrai win out in a very basic metagame field with some Big Basics/Garbodor thrown in. Every…

’13 Oct 22
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Set’s Out! – A Look at Plasma Blast

’13 Jul 25
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Last Minute Considerations for US Nationals

’13 Jun 27
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With jaws that can shear through steel rods, this highly aggressive Pokémon chomps down on its unfortunate prey. (Drednaw)

On Energy Switch in Darkrai

’13 Jun 8
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The Freeze Format: Raiden the Hype

’13 May 9
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Steel Yourself – Countering Klinklang

’13 Apr 9
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Reflecting on States & Making the Most of Your 60 Cards

’13 Mar 26
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The Scraps of Tier 4

’13 Mar 10
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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)