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Madison Finalist Regional Run with Metagross-GX and Projections for the Land Beyond “Now, how does one conclude that Metagross-GX is the proper selection for any tournament, let alone a Regional that served as my last hope to vault into the Top 16 race? Well, for starters, apparently the key to that answer is to have the right group of friends, as Metagross had only fleetingly crossed my mind prior to 5:00ish Friday night. Sure, John Kettler and I identified it as having potential on a Super Rod Cast episode we did together, but it certainly wasn’t on my radar as a play. In fact, my list of potential plays at that point…
The Success of Crushing Hammer and Power Plant, PikaRom/Hammers, Eternatus VMAX/Power Plant, Green’s BraixZard, and My Wet Mew3 (Updated) “I have commented in previous articles on the success of Crushing Hammer, but what strikes me is that it is still quite successful weeks later, which proves that it is very difficult to deal with Energy removal. With the possibility of drawing many cards in one turn with Dedenne GX and Crobat V, you can dig to find 2, 3, or even 4 copies of Crushing Hammer on the first turn, and often all you need to do is remove 1 Energy to gain a big advantage and win the match. Power Plant is a card that has begun to…
Sheffield’s Results, On Robin’s T8 Ability ReshiZard, GardEon Guesses, and My Mew Box List for Atlantic City/Köln “Looking forward to Atlantic City (USA) + Köln (DE) and how Sheffield’s results will affect the metagame, I think the Ability ReshiZard lists will look a lot more like Robin Schulz’s take from this weekend with 4 Fire Crystals and a Blacephalon UNB. His list is located below: Having 13 versus the previous 18 Fire Energy weakens your Victini {*} late-game strategy significantly, as you are no longer able to 1HKO any TAG TEAM with it, but this opens up a new attacker that is just as, if not more, lethal. I found that stretching to get 12-14 Energy in…
Its talent is tap-dancing. It can also manipulate temperatures to create a floor of ice, which this Pokémon can kick up to use as a barrier. (Galarian Mr. Mime)
Working the BDIF Within the Buzzwole/Garbodor/Shrine Meta “1 Oranguru UPR/Enhanced Hammer This is a really cute tech inclusion that works the best going into an unexpected heavy BuzzShrine meta. It may not be apparent, but when you play a single Enhanced Hammer and Resource Management Oranguru, you become heavily favored in the mirror match. The strategy is to actually deck out the opposing BuzzShrine player. We can achieve this by constantly Guzma’ing up your opponents Magcargo/Diancie/Oranguru. Most lists only play 4 Guzma and 1 Switch, giving them only 5 possible ways to move the Magcargo out of the active position, excluding attaching 3 energy to manually Retreat.…
A Comprehensive Field Guide to Vespiquen “I was motivated by a lot of different players to recognize the potential of Flareon — the precursor of Vesquipen — starting over a year ago playing fun games against Brit Pybas at a Regional Championship. Flareon’s Vengeance does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Pokémon in your discard pile. To get a lot of Pokémon in the discard, Brit’s Flareon deck didn’t have the effective and dynamic means (e.g. Battle Compressor, Shaymin-EX) we do today. He had discussed the deck with Jason Klaczynski, and it was clear to me after a handful of games that this deck was…
An Interview with 2015 Oregon Regional Champion Jacob Van Wagner “With Spring Regionals just around the corner, I thought I would take the time to do a quick interview with my good friend and back-to-back Oregon Regional Champion, Jacob Van Wagner. We talk about everything from his favorite Pokémon to what he’s likely to play for Regionals. Enjoy! Kenny: First of all, thanks for doing this interview. Why don’t you tell the people a little bit about yourself and how you got started in the game? Jacob: Hi Kenny! I’m more than happy to interview. My origin story is a pretty short one. I’ve been playing since late 2009, competitively since 2010.…
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The colder they get, the more energetic they are. They freeze their breath to make snowballs, using them as ammo for playful snowball fights. (Galarian Darumaka)
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…
Via the protrusion on its head, it senses other creatures’ emotions. If you don’t have a calm disposition, it will never warm up to you. (Hatenna)
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