The City Championship season is well underway, and I’d imagine most of the readers on this site have already cut their teeth at one or more of them so far. If the local metagame is anything remotely indicative of the rest of the country, you’ll notice the following decks have really defined the format so far: SP decks, Gyarados, Gengar Vileplume, and Machamp.
It seems that Machamp started off as being far more popular before beginning to taper off as a result of first Gyarados becoming more popular, and than also the rise in popularity of Gengar Vileplume to accomodate that. Of all of these decks, I’ve found one in particular that I’ve really taken a liking to, and have had some fairly moderate success with.
I have gone to a total of 6 City Championships this season already, and plan on attending another 5-6 over the next few weeks. I haven’t kept it much of a secret that I really feel that Cities can make or break a player’s season. I see a lot of very strong players who remain inactive most of the season, and put all of their World’s hopes on the back of having to overperform at States, Regionals, and Nationals. One or two average or subpar tournaments will put a great player out of the running due to simple variance.
