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Written by Mach | February 23, 2010 | View Comments | 1,573 views  So, you’ve made it past the first couple turns. You’ve got your starter out, and you’re going for your main attacking Pokemon. This is the point where it hits you that that starter isn’t going to last forever, and that you need some way to keep setting up while actually damaging your opponent.
As far as support goes, there are a few options in the current modified format. Not all of them are widely thought of, but they can all work under different circumstances. [...]
Continue reading Engines, Both Usable and Horrible
Written by Mach | December 22, 2009 | View Comments | 608 views  So, no joke, I made my deck in the van on the ride there. Not kidding, no play testing or anything. I was fully expectant on going 1-4 because I had forgotten to think this out beforehand. I figured, and I’ll quote myself here, “Hey, Dialga/Garchomp’s been winning City’s right? Maybe I’ll throw that together, then”
We pulled into the library at about 1, couldn’t get started with registration until 1:30, because the librarian didn’t show up until then. Myself [...]
Continue reading City Championship: First Place Report
Written by Mach | November 24, 2009 | View Comments | 2,000 views  When Rising Rivals came out back in May 2009, most of us just flocked to the cards like Nidoqueen, and Luxray GL LV. X, that were obviously viable and changed the way several decks were run (Gengar and Beedrill, to name a couple), and Flygon was established as the only non-SP deck to have been formed on a card out of Rising Rivals. But I seem to remember that there was another card that received almost as much hype as [...]
Continue reading Hippowdon LV. X – A Deeper Look at a Forgotten Card
Written by Mach | October 26, 2009 | View Comments | 7,260 views  Another set has rolled around, and this one has only one word in it’s name: Arceus. There were a fair few amount of cards in this set to be hyped, but one of the cards to receive the most generous amount of love was Salamence LV.X. And it’s easy to see why, isn’t it? Taking double prizes is always an incredible feat, especially when you’re already sporting a high damage output from the start to begin with.
But is it [...]
Continue reading Salamence LV.X – Worth the hype?
Written by Mach | October 5, 2009 | View Comments | 777 views  My latest deck is a neo-Gardevoir variant that uses Mesprit, Gardevoir PL, and Upper Energy instead of using Weavile with Dark/Special Dark Energy that’s so popular right now. Since Gardevoir PL lets one move around their Psychic Energy, it is a very fluid deck, letting one use near anything on the field as an attacker. Believe it or not, I’ve taken prizes with Mesprit. [...]
Continue reading Battle Roads Autumn 2009 1st Place Report
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