John D’Alotto
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Reflections on New England City Championships 2015-2016 “Before beginning to craft lists and extensively test matchups, my teammates and I created a preliminary list of decks that we believed to be strong contenders in the Standard format because none of us had much experience with the format outside of the occasional League Challenge. These are the decks we decided to test with and against: Mega Manectric variants Vespiquen variants Night March Giratina-EX variants Tyrantrum-EX/Bronzong PHF Lucario-EX/Crobat PHF Gengar-EX/Trevenant XY After a couple of weeks of experimenting with all of the above, I elected to focus on testing Mega Manectric and Lucario/Crobat. Despite lacking some of the raw power provided by other decks on…
A 10th Place NH States Report and Bronzong Deck Analysis “Leading up to the event, I was very unsure of what deck to play. I was coming off of a mediocre finish at Massachusetts with a M Manectric-EX/Seismitoad-EX/Garbodor LTR deck, and I knew that I needed to change things up. I had very limited time to test between the two events, but I was able to spend my daily train rides to and from school thinking about potential deck choices. After hours of consideration, I was able to narrow my options down to three choices: Primal Groudon with Masquerain PLB, VG with Mega Manectric, and Bronzong PHF/Dialga-EX. When I arrived…
Using the braids on its head, it pummels foes to get them to quiet down. One blow from those braids would knock out a professional boxer. (Hattrem)
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