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Junior/Senior Metagame Analysis for Toronto Regionals “5 Rainbow Road 5 Turbo Darkrai 4 Darkrai/Giratina 4 Raikou/Eelektrik 4 Donphan 3 Yveltal Maxie’s 3 M Rayquaza 2 M Manectric 2 Archie’s Blastoise 2 Trevenant 2 Lurantis/Vileplume 1 Groudon 1 Wailord 1 M Gardevoir 1 Accelgor/Wobbuffet Juniors Top 8 decklists for all events can be found at this link (the 5 Expanded Regionals are Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Jose, St. Louis, and Portland). Overall, there aren’t a lot of trends. Dark decks are easily the favorite, but they still only took 12 of 40 potential slots in Top 8 cuts throughout this year. I wouldn’t want to play Trevenant in Juniors due…
Thoughts and Theories on the Junior Meta “The most frequently cited statement about the Junior meta is that it “lags” the Masters meta by a few months. I would like to start by adding some nuance to this statement to reflect the Junior mindset. This is the key difference between Juniors and Masters and reflects the more sophisticated perspective of the Masters meta. The way the Junior mind works is something like this: “I just lost to this deck that seemed awesome. I should play that deck! That deck just won the tournament … I should play that deck!” Whereas the Masters mind works more like this:…
No matter who you are, if you bring strong emotions near this Pokémon, it will silence you violently. (Hattrem)
