Vyse’s Razor and Deck Building Concepts
Vyse’s Razor “Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything” — William of Ockham (1285-1349) The applications of this quote stretch far and wide into many areas such as science, philosophy, and probability to [...]
Cities Analyses and Random Junk
Mikey shares what he’s learned from five City Championships in the Northeast, four deck lists, updates to some of his previous lists, and why N doesn’t have the same impact as Rocket’s Admin. Oh… and his love of Wax.
From Fish to Fisherman: The Intricacies of Building Your Own Decks
I know a lot of people in the Pokemon Trading Card Game, and so as a result, I am constantly exposed to considerable diversity: in play style; in metagaming; and in teching. However, one area that many Pokemon players tend [...]
The Amateur’s Mind
Hello readers! It’s been a while since I last posted, but I’ll try to make up for it with a (hopefully) thought provoking article. Many people don’t know that I’m a relatively high rated chess player. Presently I’m somewhere in [...]
Kenny’s Wisdom: Why You Are Bad At Pokemon (and so am I)
Introduction Usually during Cities I take a more relaxed view of writing and stick to tournament reports of events I did well at, giving a round-by-round summary, a deck list, etc. This is mostly because it’s hard to write top [...]
FutureSight Article 13: Chandelure
Hey guys RattataJoey here shedding light on an up and coming deck, namely Chandelure. Chandelure has been receiving quite a bit of interest recently, mostly due to it tending to top cut at premier events such as Cities. First let’s [...]
The Hawk’s Nest: City Midterms
Hey all. So, I got through my first semester of finals. Now I have about a month to chill and get back to having some fun. Hopefully, I will have played in my first City Championship by the time this [...]
Playing Pokemon for Less
I’ve never been able to put a lot of money into Pokemon. I don’t get a huge allowance and I’m not yet old enough to try to get a job at Wal-Mart or anything. When your family struggles to make [...]
Playing Against Yourself: The Durant Problem
Hey folks. We’re just starting to see the first results coming back from Cities, and if you’re like me you’ve seen this bug at the tables next to you, or even across from you. When they bench 4 Durant on [...]
The Ultimate Guide to Reshiram
Hola! Bonjour! Konichiwa! Ni-hao! Aloha! Hello! It’s Dane here, and I’d like to say “Howdy!” to the amazing world of Pokemon once again. Seeing how my “Ultimate Guide to Yanmega Prime” article proved to help so much, I decided to [...]
Regional Review & Stuff
Hey all. I’m back with a wrap-up of the Regional Season. I’ll go through how I did. We will talk about what won, what decks made a surprising showing, the cards to look forward to in Noble Victories, and get [...]
