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Last Looks at Lost Thunder ft. Zeraora Garbodor, Cradily Crew, & Ditto Discoveries “Editor’s Note: PTCGO versions of these lists are coming shortly, but we wanted to get the article to you ASAP and are resolving a few issues. When I first began thinking of deck ideas I had the following decks in mind as the likely most popular candidates in Anaheim: Archie’s Blastoise Trevenant Zoroark Variants Buzzwole Blacephalon Everything beyond these 5 I imagined would have no more than a handful of representations in the room and wouldn’t be particularly well positioned without being wildly innovative. Assuming this is true then whatever deck we settle on for Anaheim should have favorable matchups…
Though it has a gentle disposition, it’s also very strong. It will quickly freeze the snowball on its head before going for a headbutt. (Galarian Darmanitan)
Introduction to Gardevoir, Greetings to Golisopod, and Hello to Ho-Oh “All aboard the hype train! Recently we heard about this card winning a major tournament over in Japan with a very cool list where the structure reminded me a bit of the 2008-2010 “GG” deck comprised of Gardevoir and Gallade and plenty of support Pokemon. Historically, decks that bypass the “1 Energy per turn” rule have always been viable and dominant. We can look back at Blaziken RS decks in 2004, Blastoise-ex FRLG in 2006, Metagross/Dragonite in 2007 and most recently Blastoise BCR which took the 2015 World title. Gardevoir-GX’s Ability Secret Spring allows us to attach an extra Fairy…
Highlighting Denver’s Unexpected Standouts: Bodybuilding/Zoroark Control, Draw/Celebi & Venusaur-GX, and Order Pad/PikaRom “Denver was a lot of fun and here’s a quick report on how my games went: Denver Regionals / 640 Masters / SUM–TEU Day 1 R1 — Alolan Muk/Garbodor/Psyduck — WW R2 — Zoroark-GX/Lycanroc-GX — WLL R3 — Buzzwole-GX/Zygarde-GX/Lycanroc-GX — WW R4 — Zoroark-GX/Lycanroc-GX — WLL R5 — Blacephalon-GX/Naganadel — WW R6 — Pikachu & Zekrom-GX/Zapdos — WW R7 — Blacephalon-GX/Naganadel — WW R8 — Regigigas/Hoopa — WW R9 — Blacephalon-GX/Naganadel — ID Day 2 R10 — Zapdos/Buzzwole/Nihilego — LL R11 — Pikachu & Zekrom-GX/Zapdos — WLW R12 — Buzzwole-GX/Lucario-GX — WW R13 — Blacephalon-GX/Naganadel — WW R14 — Pikachu…
If a job requires serious strength, this Pokémon will excel at it. Its copper body tarnishes in the rain, turning a vibrant green color. (Cufant)
A Reflection on League Cups and Look at Buzzwole/Garbodor “I decided to play Buzzwole/Lycanroc because it performed well for me in Madison and I wanted a deck I knew how to use. I didn’t think anyone would play the mono-Psychic Malamar deck with Mewtwo SM77 either. What resulted from this safe choice was a quick 0-2 drop, then a trip to Chipotle and a local bubble tea place. It was pretty demoralizing, seeing how I could go from a very good weekend to a bad one with the same deck. The few card changes weren’t the reason why the deck failed, it was just bad luck or bad matchups,…
The Effect of Type-Themed Sets on the Metagame “Going forward into the season I would recommend everyone playtest for Expanded as much as possible. Even if you don’t expect to make it into day 2, you should always be prepared for the best possible outcome. More so than in Standard, those who prepared the most for Expanded seemed to come out on top in the end, while those who picked up a deck last minute weren’t so fortunate. The night before day 2 Nicholena Moon and I saw Alex Hill tweet a picture showing a plethora of deck options he had for Expanded and were worried that we didn’t…
Shifts in Standard, Malamar: the Squid-surgence, Sequencing, and a Checkmate Update “Though I’m at a distance from the competitive scene, it’s still quite easy to keep track of what’s doing well because of social media posts. Almost all tournaments have their Top 8 posted, and most sponsored players post their list after each tournament. It’s been interesting to see the meta shift due to changes in popular opinion. For one, AbilityZard has become AbilityNoZard, with most lists playing 0 Reshiram & Charizard-GX! On another note, Malamar has become one of the popular decks of the format. Most notable players have always spurned Malamar, instead choosing to play more consistent decks. Magically,…
They came over from another region long ago and worked together with humans. Their green skin is resistant to water. (Copperajah)
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