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I have seen some lists for Gardeon, and they all get destroyed in this meta because of Zacian V being floated so much. Between max elixir and metal saucer it is super easy to hit turn 1 running 2 Shaymin and 2 Dedenne. Also, even if it weren't Gardeon, the variant I am testing for Zacian V has...

Funny, I thought shocklock wasn't anywhere near as good without tropical beach, which I didn't see in your list. Obviously most players can't come anywhere near affording it, so no criticism meant there. Just thought it was kind of bricky without that card. Ironically every list I have tested...

After some playtesting I will give you some thoughts on the decks you mentioned. Archie's Blastoise is going to be weakened by the supporter rule, but it won't go away. That said in Dallas very few juniors played that deck. Roxiechomp is solid, but hurt greatly without the computer search as...

It's really hard to say how well he will do. 8 is a tough age in Juniors. My son is 9 and has been playing competitively for over a year now, so he has a lot of experience, which helps quite a lot. The problem is that there is no clear meta for this tournament as its the first expanded...

My son is in Juniors and playing for stipend, so he is more on the competitive side. This is his first shot at Expanded and he is really excited about it. He loves really aggressive decks and finds the format much faster that standard. My son started playing in the Sun & Moon era, so he...

Yeah no worries. Just trying to figure out myself which deck to play for my son to play. I'm kind of between TinaChomp and Zacian V, although I haven't really seen a good list yet for the later. I have been working on one myself, but it definitely needs some work. I feel those two decks have...

Actually I already have 1 Dhelmise in my current list and am thinking about a 2nd. I agree totally on ZoroGarb as it has now a number of unfavorable matchups with the new meta, not including have to add a lot of cards to compensate for Brigette just to avoid turn 1 donk.

Yeah but I was thinking of running a 2 count of ADP anyway, which if you turn 1 GX gives you 40 damage out of Jirachi. That is a OHKO on joltik and you make your active invincible to attacks/effects. Great idea.

Yeah sorry for the confusion, I don't think ZoroGarb disappears at all. I think it definitely drops a tier losing the ability to setup with supporter if you end up going first, but I don't think it is gone. The problem it will have to deal with is needing to run a heavier item count, which is...

Lol, I totally forgot about that Jirachi. Definitely not a bad tech option to counter night march and might also work against Ultra Necrozma as well, although that one would be chipping away for a while. I would imagine you would have to turn use ADPs GX turn 1 to make that strategy at all...

I'm actually surprised to see you include Jirachi. I haven't seen any expanded decks running Jirachi simply because of the number of cards you would have to include (3-4 Jirachi, 2 escape board, 3-4 switch). Most expanded decks just play float stone to retreat and call it a day. Search can be...

I have actually been theorizing with Zacian quite a bit for expanded. What I wonder though is how you win against decks like Ultra Necrozma, Night March, and other one prize attacker decks. Tinachomp has Noivern to deny them playing energy, so they can just sit there forever attacking with...

I think that is the concern most people have moving into the new meta and t1 rule is that you have to play a higher item count. It's not so much for when you win the flip as when you lose and your opponent forces you into first. It you were say relying on Brigette and playing a heavy supporter...

It's not that simple. Yes they could do that, but at the same time their Keldeo doesn't OHKO your Mewtwo. Keldeo is a very slow grind. Having a played a number of matchups against Mewbox with ADP I find it's pretty close to a 50/50 matchup with Greninja and Reshizard included. Just depends...

I actually thought of triple acceleration, but my concern in expanded was running into decks that deny special energy (i.e noivern gx, etc). If you don't use actual energy then you just lose.

Out of curiosity, how long are you thinking about countering it for? When Sw & Sh become legal in 2 weeks Keldeo GX will see very little play anymore. It isn't immune to V Pokémon, and with Tapu Koko V and Zacian V in the mix so much that card is going to drop completely out of ADP. If you...

Yeah I didn't expect everything to be playable from a set, but just seeing the list I don't see much that is playable at all that is better than what we currently have. True Sword & Shield was providing staples that we need, but still you would expect to find a few good cards from this set that...

Yeah I thought the same thing as we still are missing around half of the next English set. Even still, my comments were more on this portion alone. I guess it's better to be in Japan because then you could just skip this portion all together. In the US we get monster set sizes which make pull...

Is it just me or does this set feel very underwhelming compared to Sword & Shield? I have a list of cards I need for tournament play that is massive from Sword & Shield, but looking at the set list for VMax Rising I can't see much of anything in this set being anywhere near comparable to what...

My son (junior) and daughter (senior) are both going to London to play as they have both achieved the necessary points, so I get the Pokedad questions. I also judge tournaments. That being said, typically parents are not allowed near the playing area during matches at...