As you may know, I attended the European Cup in Holland last Saturday, the first 32K value tournament of the tournament season. This was a great opportunity to get a taste for the State Championship metagame environment as well as play against some of Europe’s finest players.
There were 192 players in the Masters division with 8 rounds of swiss, and a Top 32 Cut. Unfortunately, I went 5-3, missing the cut, but I still learnt a lot about the ever-changing format.
I also gained insight into which new decks are proving to be tier one contenders as well as established decks that could benefit from changes to cope with the increasingly diverse format.
In this article I will attempt to convey my opinions on the strengths and weaknesses of various decks I played against / saw at the tournament and which decks are my top picks for States this year.
Mini Tourney Report
I decided to play Luxchomp because of the fact that I still believe the deck to be the most versatile in a relatively unknown competitive environment with positive matchups across the board. Here’s the list I ran:
