Kevin Kobayashi
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Kevin’s Brief City Championship Reports (Weeks 1 Through 3) “Popular Plays: Donphan, Yveltal, Plasma The Donphan hype was at an all-time high leading up to the 2014-15 City Championships. After all, the deck dominated Regionals and with the latest set, Phantom Forces, it became much more of a threat than it already was. Any good player knew that if your deck wasn’t beating Donphan, you probably weren’t winning week 1. The deck I tested heavily was Seismitoad-EX/Manectric-EX/Drifblim BW64. In theory, you were able to beat all of the top decks and throughout testing things were looking good. Seismitoad and Manectric abused the same card pool, and Drifblim allowed for…
Sentiments on Stalling, Match Points, and Time Limits “My second topic that I’d like to touch upon is the match point system. At the past two Regionals I attended, the first tournament had 350-ish Masters with a top cut of 32 and a cutoff at 19 points (with no guarantee that every 19-point player would make it in). The second had 404 Masters and a top cut of 32 (once again with no guarantee that every 19-point player would make it in). This bothers me for a few reasons. First and primarily, the fact that someone could fail to top cut because of uncontrollable factors (such as opponent’s…
Regigigas Lock of the 2011 MD-CL Format “To properly play this deck you will need to understand the card counts and ideologies behind them. This deck is far from autopilot and requires a lot of thought. If the deck looks confusing to you at first, don’t worry! After reading this article it will make more sense. Basically, from turn 1 and onward you look for any opportunity to lock down your opponent. A few points to keep in mind while reading: You will often be behind until the last turn of the game. You may find yourself relying on a few key cards to seal games. Virtually every matchup is…
Jumping nimbly about, this small-bodied Pokémon takes advantage of even the slightest opportunity to disorient larger opponents. (Rookidee)
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