Tom here again, this time with a slightly different style of article. Instead of a deck or card analysis I’m going to talk about how to become a successful Pokemon TCG player and maintain that standing in a competitive environment.
Having been playing the Pokemon TCG for nearly 5 years now, I have noticed a lot of differences between the normal players you see at low to mid-level tournaments such as Battle Roads or Cities and the players that play at World Championship level.
Again and again we tend to see the same faces cropping up in the Pokemon TCG community from their increasingly long list of achievements such as Jason Klaczynski, Stephen Silvestro, Alex Brosseau, Con Le, Sami Sekkoum, Tsuguyoshi Yamato, and Chris Fulop to name just a few. These players consistently perform well at events to establish themselves as excellent players and are regarded as names you’d avoid wanting to be paired against at a tournament.
So how do these people do it? What’s their secret to success? Well I’m going to explain to the best of my knowledge the key principles in gaining that competitive edge over everyone else.
