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An Analysis of the Japanese Battle Carnival “The metagame before the tournament, taken from shop tournament results, testing results, and speculation is very similar to what the United States format is turning into right now. The only deck that is added with BW9 is Virizion EX + Genesect EX, but the rest of the decks seem very standard. “But why isn’t Blastoise + Keldeo EX + Black Kyurem EX PLS on the list? It should be tier 1, right?” Although Blastoise is one of the best decks right now I decided not to add it to the tier list. Because of the cost of Japanese Tropical Beach,…
A Pokémon Progress Report and Top 10 List for State Championships “A Pokémon season is much like a school year, in that both will test your abilities and those who give their best effort are likely to find success. Think of the decks of the 2015 season as students, being tested on all different levels. League Challenges are homework; you can miss some assignments but these will prepare you for future tests. Fall and Winter Regionals were our first real tests covering the opening chapters of the year, and Cities were quizzes thrown in between. Now we are in March and it’s time for midterms, also known as State Championships. It…
1st Seed Recap, Favorites from Florida, No-Shows, and Expanded Experimentations “3 Seismitoad-EX As I said above, I predicted going into the weekend that the two most popular decks would be Landorus/Crobat and Night March. Seismitoad is an excellent card in both matchups. Against Landorus/Bats, establishing a Quaking Punch lock with Garbodor’s Garbotoxin active really hinders the opponent’s strategy. Without the extra damage from Golbat and Crobat, the deck becomes pretty lackluster. Against Night March, you can use Lysandre’s Trump Card once the opponent builds up some Night March Pokemon in the discard. Follow that up with a Quaking Punch and your opponent will be left scrambling to discard their Night…
Top 8 St. Louis Regionals Report, Net Decking Revisited, and Dialogue on Cheating “If I can bother you to think all the way back to my last article (December!), I wrote a lengthy bit on my distaste with net decking. Dylan’s quasi-invention of the Donphan archetype led to many copying him at Fall Regionals and it would end up becoming one of the most popular decks throughout all of City Championships. However, after this past weekend, the deck just absolutely died by Winter Regionals. This, I believe, can be attributed to the fact that a lot of the deck’s popularity was largely a result of its status as a “flavor of the month.”…
Searching for an opponent to test its skills against, it emerges onto land. Once the battle is over, it returns to the sea. (Grapploct)
Surviving Cities, the “Careers,” and Underdogs “Surviving the Games The “Careers” Donphan Yveltal Virizion/Genesect The Underdogs Metal Seismitoad/Garbodor Pyroar Yveltal/Manectric Night March Conclusion I know this may not be everyone’s style, but for me, having a core group of friends and testing partners has really made this round of Cities much more bearable. Even on the days I don’t do well, it’s definitely nice to have friends around to either commiserate with or live vicariously through. Having a team mindset can really turn a less than stellar tournament run into a positive experience. I scrubbed out the first two Cities I attended this season, but I…
A Detailed Look at Plasma Decks in the NXD-XY Format “Looking at XY, the set appears great. The cards all seem decently balanced, and most of the EXs aren’t completely overpowered, but the main thing that sticks out to me is… Muscle Band. This card alone makes Lugia-EX one of the best cards in the NXD-XY format. Now, with 3 to 4 Deoxys-EX benched, Lugia is able to swing for an absurd 170 to 180 damage, knocking out nearly every Pokemon in the game in one hit. On top of that, you take an additional Prize because of ‘Overflow.’ That means Lugia could take all 6 Prizes by turn two,…
Giving Thanks, Mega Manny, Robo Subs, and V/G/D “What I’m Thankful For All About Mega Manny The Dawn of Elephants and Robots V/G’s Bringin’ Down the Hammer Conclusion With so much news about Pokémon coming around in the past couple of months, there is certainly plenty to be thankful for. Here are some of the main things that I’m grateful for right now, along with some reasoning as to why they are important to me. Remember, these are all just my personal opinions on the topics and others may not feel as strongly as I do about them. This is simply meant to be a fun way of bringing…
Though it’s able to capture prey by freezing its surroundings, it has trouble eating the prey afterward because its mouth is on top of its head. (Arctovish)
A Look at 10 Different Deck Choices for the Upcoming Winter Regional Championships and Primal Clash Favorites “Quaking in My Boots Seismitoad/Slurpuff Seismitoad/Yveltal Time to Go “Turbo” Manectric/Seismitoad/Drifblim Manectric/Pyroar “Repel’s Effect Wore Off” Landorus/Crobat Mewtwo/Crobat/Wobbuffet Wiley Old Veterans Virizion/Genesect/Drifblim Donphan/Hawlucha New Kids on the Block Bronzong/Dialga/Aegislash Yveltal/Hard Charm Primal Instincts Conclusion This deck is fairly new around the tournament scene and has made quite the splash during City Championships. I piloted a list that was three cards off the one presented above and made top 8 at the first tournament of the Georgia Marathon. From personal experience with the deck, it is an extremely competitive choice that is possibly one of the most annoying things to play…
1st Place 2014 North Carolina State Championship Report “Coming into this weekend I felt that Ryan and I had a strong grasp on the metagame for the Carolinas. After Ryan placed 3rd at the Virginia State Championships with Aromatisse/Genesect while I took the weekend off, we went back to the drawing board in preparation for the upcoming event in Tennessee. With my mind set on playing an unusual deck that weekend my options were either Kingdra/Greninja or Flygon/Dusknoir/Accelgor. Both decks have their place in the format, and the surprise factor at an event where almost nobody had testing against anything like them was sure to be advantageous. I…
Apparently the itch of its teething impels it to snap its jaws at anything in front of it. (Chewtle)
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