I think overall Path is a better effect VS most decks than Lake Acuity, and Giratina Especially won't have a hard time Lost Sweeper-ing or just countering your Acuity and just OHKOing you.
As for the Wash Energy Idea, I was only looking at cards that come out in the new set that can help...
Hello! This is James Simms and today I want to talk about my favorite deck in Standard currently and probably one of my favorite decks of all time: Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon. I've played this deck to success in the Sword & Shield - Astral Radiance format already, and I wanted to look at...
In my testing, matchup is pretty unwinnable for Malamar if the Mew player knows what they are doing, but watching resources (Switch outs and energy, mainly) can help you find a win out, and Playing a Boss's Orders or Escape Rope helps the matchup too.
DISCLAIMER: This was written before the full set lists for Japanese sets Time Gazer & Space Juggler were officially revealed. Some new cards might not be mentioned and taken into consideration simply because they didn't exist yet.
With our First look at the Time Gazer & Space Juggler Japanese...
All yall talking about Dialga and almost no one talking about Palkia
This guys damage output is nuts for 2 Energy - Yes your opponent can Limit their bench but few decks can survive with 0 - 1 Sobbles in play while keeping up with your consistent 2 hit KOs.