Abe Tyler
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Bio: 15 year old Masters player from Wisconsin.
What We Learned from US Nationals and Applying It to the LCQ (and Worlds) “The first question item that I am going to address is what exactly did well at US Nationals. Here are the decks that placed in the top 32 in the Masters Division: 8 Pyroar variants 6 Team Plasma (2 TDK, 4 Lugia) 6 Yveltal variants (4 Yveltal/Garbodor, 1 Yveltal/Darkrai/Hammers, 1 Yveltal/Kangaskhan) 4 Virizion/Genesect 4 Flygon/Dusknoir (3 Accelgor, 1 Miltank) 3 Aromatisse variants (2 Plasma, 1 Big Basics) 1 Landorus/Mewtwo/Raichu/Garbodor So what can we infer from these results? I have put together a list of points that I think sum up what we can take away from US Nats: 1. Rain Dance is…
Playing Blastoise without Beach “This is actually the card that Wilson used in his deck to take Beach’s place. When I first heard the idea, I was skeptical about running a 2-2 Stage 1 evolution line in a deck that can already have troubles setting up and keeping consistency. I did end up testing it, though, because of the success that Anthony had with it. I instantly realized one thing; Magnetic Draw is good. Really good. Being able to play your hand down and know that you can always refill your hand is great in Blastoise. The Catcher nerf also helps this deck, preventing…
Be cautious of the ectoplasmic body surrounding its soul. You’ll become stiff as stone if you touch it. (Cursola)