Mark Hanson
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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.
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…
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…
It anchors itself in the ground with its single leg, then basks in the sun. After absorbing enough sunlight, its petals spread as it blooms brilliantly. (Gossifleur)
__________ takes this form when enraged. It won’t stop spewing flames until its rage has settled, even if its body starts to melt. (Galarian Darmanitan)
The shaking of its freezing upper half is what generates its electricity. It has a hard time walking around. (Arctozolt)