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UMass mechanical engineer Pokemon Professor

Porygon Z: The Project

Written by nardd | January 24, 2010 | View Comments | 1,158 views
Porygon Z: The Project

Hey 6p, nardd here with an introductory article to help kick-start my new project for the rest of the season- Porygon Z!

My plan is to master both the deck list and to discover the best way (for me) to play my favorite Pokemon, as well as dive right into the metagame and how it affects my deck on a competitive level.  It would also be pretty cool to be known as “that guy that plays Porygon”  :6  This article is more of an [...]

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Promogon Battle Roads Report

Written by nardd | October 9, 2009 | View Comments | 1,836 views
Promogon Battle Roads Report

There really wasn’t much question as to what deck I would play for Battle Roads this time, since it will likely be the only one I’ll make it to.  My favorite Pokemon is Porygon Z, so naturally I chose the always entertaining Promogon Z!

My girlfriend and I have recently gotten two of our friends from UMass into Pokemon, so after dragging ourselves out of bed after a nice Saturday night at college (   [...]

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Float On: Drifblim FB

Written by nardd | August 18, 2009 | View Comments | 1,651 views
Float On: Drifblim FB

I’ve been a big fan of specialization in the Pokemon TCG, and I love when a certain Pokemon finds its own little niche in the card game. For example, look at Cherrim. This little flowery thing has become a grass/fire tech in any deck, with either +10 to attacks or -10 to taken damage.

The same is true for Drifblim. It has a slew of variations that specialize in setting up and/or recovery of the discard pile, though not many have really used it [...]

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