Recent content by vareki

Thanks very much, Moe :D

That's something our TO has gotten into the habit of doing, since we have such a small player base (50 People all up is a record turn out for Canberra), and he wants us to be able to play as many games as we can. Combining that with 40 minute rounds, though, is a real pain. Also, thanks

After a silly tournament on Friday, with random rules being introduced (the first of which was that you had to call Water and Steel Pokémon Squirtle, Fire and Fighting Pokémon Charmander, Psychic and Grass Pokémon Bulbasaur, Electric and Dark Pokémon Pikachu and Normal Pokémon Eevee, or else a...

To be honest, I can't wait for BW-on; I can't wait to sink my teeth into a deckbuilding style so different to what we have now. But I also would loathe to see this happen before this season finishes. The last thing the Pokemon TCG needs is to be thrown into another unexpected format change...

Not if they play Zekrom, it isn't; 6Corners is actually a very winnable matchup for The Thunderdome, because of the reactionary nature of the deck. Using Zekrom and Thundurus early on efficiently, and using the better speed, recovery and overall setup of The Thunderdome to full advantage, you...

People are thinking you should be using Psydrive in Mewtwo? What is the world coming to... Okay, heres how Celebi/Mewtwo Works; you put Celebi in the active, attach an Energy with Forest Breath, and then manually attach. Thats X-Ball Powered T1, allowing it to KO anything with 40hp (Oddish...

If you're playing a deck focused on Mewtwo EX, than I would suggest Mewtwo/Celebi as the most reliable variant. My testing of it, and watching friends test it as well, has shown that it is very stable and synergises well with Shaymin EX to sweep the game towards the end. Its not reliant on...

Currently, there is some live testing of HG-ND decks being done on Stream. Thought the 'beach might be interested, and the players have told us to spread the word. Link is here for those who would like to watch: TERMINATED -Celebi23 At the moment, Celebi/Mewtwo EX is being tested against Durant.

But did they know what are the cards from Psycho Drive, Hail Blizzard and the Zekrom/Reshiram EX Battle Strength decks? Or did they know what Mewtwo does, and have a vague idea about what the other EXs do?

And thats why you should wait till Next Destinies is released before you do your testing on a Post-Next Destinies meta; because Mewtwo EX is the only card from the set that everyone knows about, and everyone wants to be playing, so any results you get are skewed. Decks in a Post-ND format won't...

I've been doing a small amount of testing with Gardevoir, and since throwing up a Tanking Gothitelle as early as possible, then building up your field behind it, remains a very viable strategy, running even a thin line of Gardevoir is not a bad play. Even a 1-0-1 Gardevoir line with 4 Rare Candy...

I wouldn't be too worried about Speed Chandelure past a certain point; they have a much higher theoretical damage output, but they are also vulnerable to stronger attackers like the Dragons or Magnezone getting into play and then knocking their faces off with the help of PlusPowers, Rocky...

True enough, but using Zekroms and Thundurus aggressively certainly worked for my opponent; even when Trainer Locked, charging and attacking with both Zekrom and Thundurus is fairly easy, and the damage on Chandelures means they can't stay in the active without being revenged. Jirachi can't KO...

If you can take out the Vileplumes and Dodrios, you're in really good shape, but if they stay on the field, you're going to have to fight an uphill battle the rest of the game. Recently, I took ChandelPlume to a local tournament (living in Australia, we get very few City Championships, so...

Thundurus is a nice early game Attacker for a similiar reason that Virizion is a good attacker; it does a decent amount of damage, takes cheap KOs with Pokemon Catcher and helps you get set up early on. It isn't a heavy hitter, don't get me wrong, but it can do some really good work to start you...