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Musings and Considerations on Stipends & Structure, with Discussion of Volcanion, Gardevoir, and Metagross “It was my intention to talk about this in my last piece, but I got somewhat sidetracked and then Christopher wrote a longer and better piece on the whole subject matter. In his research, you can find a bulk of the statistics and information regarding who qualified for Worlds this year, how many were able to do it, and the projected turn out for Day 1 in Anaheim. With that in mind, I do not wish to dwell on the mathematics of the event. It is my intention in this section to focus on the ramifications of the current invitation…
Dragonite/Salazzle and Dark Box (Sharpedo) for UPR-on/Worlds/DC Open “This is a deck that I believe has potential to break open the meta. The ability to deal 270 damage relatively easily is something that should not be overlooked. What the deck seemed to lack was a good way to draw cards, and I believe that I solved that with the inclusion of Salazzle UNB. This deck needs to find a Welder or a Professor Elm’s Lecture every turn, and Dragonite TEU helps to do that. Unfortunately it cannot attack, but Fast Call is more than enough to warrant the spot it takes. Salandit DRM is the optimal choice here…
It uses its long tongue to taunt opponents. Once the opposition is enraged, this Pokémon hurls itself at the opponent, tackling them forcefully. (Galarian Linoone)
Podcast Ep. 19: Investigating Standard For Wisconsin “For this week’s episode, Mikey hosted a slew of competitors new and experienced to talk Standard. He was joined by Dallas Regional Champion Riley Hulbert, Regional Top 8 Competitor Rukan Shao, and our very own Brit Pybas to take a look into a future with seemingly less Buzzwole! The group touches on almost every deck imaginable in the Standard format, check it out if you’re preparing for Madison Regionals or League Cups! Download ? iTunes ? SoundCloud ☁
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The swirl pattern in this Pokémon’s body is its weakness. If it gets stirred, the swirl loses its shape, and ________ gets dizzy. (Sinistea)
A Test for Whether Cards are Staple-Worthy or Binder Snacks “Within the past couple of years I’ve put work into a side project without saying much about it, a card game that shares similarities with the Pokemon TCG but still has its own look and feel. I’ve shelved it for most of this year, but I bring it up because just the initial stage of creating cards and designing mechanics helped me understand something about card games I feel many aren’t aware of — that “balance” in a game can be dangerously fragile. When I started to piece together the strategies that would comprise my card game, a funny thing…
Personal Musings, N-Vestigations, Dark Origins, and a Whole Lotta Water “Briefly before jumping into the deck discussion portion of the article, I want to talk about what I perceive to be responsible for the biggest shakeup in the Standard format: N. Ironically, it was not anything new, but a card that debuted in 2011 that gave us the change we needed. Most notably, I think N weakens Night March because it adds a disruptive component late game that prevents the Night March player from easily amassing every answer they need to finish out the game (through chaining Teammates and Puzzle of Time). Standard was also lacking a diverse Supporter pool…
Xander’s Zoroark/Lycanroc Memphis Recap and Review “I performed less than ideally with a 5-4 finish. This is the worst I’ve done at a Regionals ever, tied with my 5-4 finish in both Orlando and Anaheim Regionals last year. I thankfully got underserved T256 points, but I’m still incredibly disappointed. I played a less than ideal Lycanroc/Zoroark list, was fairly unlucky in my mirror matches, but also played imperfectly. Overall, I made too fancy of a list that is more fitting to Golisopod/Zoroark. Lycanroc/Zoroark doesn’t need as many healing cards, otherwise the deck falls behind on Energy attachments. I think I would’ve done better if I had…
PikaRom/Lightning Support and Lucario/Buzzwole for Toronto Regionals (BLW–TEU Expanded) “Expanded is a great example of how large the power creep has been in the last six or so years. Pikarom is the epitome of this. In Expanded, it’s not even close to unreasonable to hit a Turn 2 Tag Bolt-GX for 3–4 Prize cards. There aren’t many decks that can come back from that big of a turn. This is the list that I’ve been messing around with recently and I believe it to be very strong. 1 Xurkitree-GX The only reason I decided to include a copy of this is because it can singlehandedly beat any Night…
This gluttonous Pokémon only assists people with their work because it wants treats. As it runs, it crackles with electricity. (Yamper)
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