Dylan Bryan
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Top Decks to Prepare for at Winter Regionals 2014 “Darkrai/Garbodor Virizion/Genesect Thundurus/Lugia/Snorlax Conclusion I consider this deck to be superior to straight Darkrai. Garbodor shuts off Mr. Mime’s Bench Barrier Ability and improves the Blastoise and Emboar matchups significantly because they rely on Abilities. Darkrai/Garbodor is a solid choice because it has roughly even to favorable matchups against the majority of the metagame. Straight Darkrai will always be slightly unfavorable, but that deck has fallen out of favor. Gothitelle is also not a strong matchup, but it doesn’t seem to be very popular and you can tech for it if necessary. Outside of those matchups, Darkrai/Garbodor stands a good…
What Has Won and What Will Win Next “Darkrai Landorus/Mewtwo/Garbodor Virizion/Mewtwo What’s the Metagame and What’s the Play? Conclusion This is the deck to beat going into this weekend after Israel Sosa’s amazing back-to-back Regionals win. Below is his list for those who haven’t yet seen it: Editor’s Note: Israel removed a Bicycle for a Ghetsis the 2nd weekend. You can read his Arizona report here. It’s a pretty standard Darkrai list when everybody thought the deck was inferior to Darkrai/Garbodor without Energy Switch. However, when you think about the metagame at the time it’s easy to see why this deck was so successful. 1. It had an…
Genesect and the Metagame “My Thoughts on the Metagame Genesect The List Deck Breakdown Concluding Thoughts Many players complain that the format is too simple and that there is not enough skill involved. I believe there is less in-game skill than in past formats, but I believe a large amount of success now comes from deck choice and deck building. If you give a World Champion a starter deck, they simply aren’t going to win very often. There are many players that would perform better if they would just play a different deck or change a couple of cards. This is why analyzing the…
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