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A Grizzled Veteran’s Guide to the Pokemon TCG

A Grizzled Veteran’s Guide to the Pokemon TCG

Hello, I’m Michael “Rokman” Weldon and this is my first article on SixPrizes.com as a Staff Writer. Hopefully you, the reader, enjoys this article and I can continue to bring enjoyable content to the site. Before I get into the [...]

Kenny’s Wisdom #2: Do Right And Kill Everything Part 2

Kenny’s Wisdom #2: Do Right And Kill Everything Part 2

Welcome to part two of my series about game etiquette. Last week we discussed the “Do Right” portion of this series, in which I gave etiquette tips, and essentially gave advice on how to get people to like you, and [...]

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Pro Tips for Beginners

Pro Tips for Beginners

Hey guys, here’s part one of this article, as Denjin_Hadou suggested: a list of tips for beginners and a list for more advanced players. Hopefully you all find it useful, and I suggest even more advanced players review these basic [...]

Kenny’s Wisdom #1: Do Right And Kill Everything Part 1

Kenny’s Wisdom #1: Do Right And Kill Everything Part 1

Hello and welcome to the first of my weekly column, Kenny’s Wisdom. This week and the next we’ll be going over tips that I think will help you become not only a better player, but a better human being in [...]

How To Have More Success At Small Tournaments

How To Have More Success At Small Tournaments

Hello guys, I’m here to write an article about how to have more success at small tournaments. I’d like to believe that I have been doing fairly well with most of the tournaments I attend as I have not missed [...]

How To Prepare for a Tournament, OR: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Soap

How To Prepare for a Tournament, OR: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Soap

Going along with my previous article “Tools of the Trade“, I thought I would write a brief article about the very next question I get asked: “OH GOD STATES IS TOMORROW WHATDOIDOWHATDOIDO?” Maybe I just think too much, but I’m [...]

Tools of the Trade

Tools of the Trade

As a league leader, I help a lot of people, mostly young ones, but some older as well, get into the game, learn to play, etc. Typically the first few weeks at league are spent learning to play the game, [...]

How To Refine Your Play Testing

How To Refine Your Play Testing

With Worlds right around the corner, numerous players will be devoting their weekends (and possibly more), to play testing. Across the many games that I’ve been a part of, there has been a common factor… unrefined play testing. The play [...]

How to Get on a Team

How to Get on a Team

I thought it would be a good idea to expand on my article about teams from last week and tell you how to get on an existing team instead of creating one yourself. The truth is, you don’t have to [...]

How to Start a Team

How to Start a Team

I thought this might be an interesting topic for anyone that wants to get to a new level in terms of Pokemon TCG skill and success. Joining or starting a team can be one of the best ways to improve [...]