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Salazzle Mill (for Toronto) and Morpeko VMAX 2.0 (for Charlotte), or What Would Have Been “I’ve probably never played more games with a single deck than I have with my Salazzle list. Even before OCIC, I had the deck built and was testing it. Unfortunately, I decided against playing it in favor of a “safe” deck in PikaRom. Local players have seen me play this at a few League Challenges now, and can attest to how broken it seems. I was going to bring it to Toronto, where I’m pretty sure I would have seen success. There are a lot of weird counts in this list, but this was ultimately the best way to build…
The Greensboro Meta, Popular Decks, We’re Seeing Shifts, and Detailed Analysis of the Winner, Garbodor/Drampa-GX/Sigilyph-GX “The Day 1 metagame breakdowns have been posted on the RK9 Labs Facebook page for each event, and it is super interesting to see the shift in decks from one weekend to the next. These are the top five played decks from Toronto and Greensboro, per their data: Toronto Pikachu & Zekrom-GX (43) Archie’s Blastoise (38) Lucario-GX (30) Zoroark-GX/Garbodor (29) Hitmonchan (22) Greensboro Archie’s Blastoise (57) Zoroark-GX/Garbodor (49) Pikachu & Zekrom-GX (47) Hitmonchan (28) Trevenant (23) Both Regionals had similar attendance (358 and 389 Masters, respectively), so it’s interesting to see how the meta changed from “unknown” in Toronto, with no…
Jay’s 2014 Wisconsin and Iowa States Reports “The Road to States Speed Lugia Yeti… Or Maybe Just “Hornung Plasma” Hello, Wisconsin! Hawk, I Conclusion I was quickly drawn to Plasma as I thought Muscle Band took the deck to a whole new level. The deck was able to simply put so much early pressure on the opponent that it was common to overwhelm them before they could ever get a foothold in the game. My list started out the same way that most people’s did, built around the strategy of attaching a Muscle Band to Lugia-EX and then 1HKOing opposing EXs with 4 Deoxys in play. In…
Making Room for Hammers in Darkrai Lasers “I’ve cut the traditional quantities of Catchers, Energy Switch, N, and Energy (or possibly Sableye) to make room for four Hammers. Crushing Hammer pairs excellently with Bicycle since it is very rarely a dead card and can usually be played in succession. Cards such as Max Potion and Tool Scrapper are left out because they can easily be trapped in an opening hand which reduces the effectiveness of a Bicycle run. Maxing out Ultra Ball is a must, and playing either Computer Search or Dowsing Machine (risky from my testing) as the ACE SPEC is critical for reducing hand size.…
When it heats up, its body temperature reaches about 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit. It lashes its body like a whip and launches itself at enemies. (Centiskorch)
Its conspicuous lips lure prey in as it lies in wait in the mud. When prey gets close, ________ clamps its jagged steel fins down on them. (Galarian Stunfisk)