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So far in the VGC meta, seems the only things working are just 'Goodstuff' teams where you stuff as many good Mons on your team as possible. Traditional weather teams are useless while the Primals are around, and stall is unlikely to survive the Primals as well. Trick Room will continue to work...

These uncommons are really nothing special, here's hoping that the rares in Generations are a bit more exciting. Funny to hear this though, would be hilarious if this happened with all Breakpoint packs.

Ho-oh is actually showing itself to be pretty great this format. Aside from being on a team that won one of the earliest PCs of the new format, Ho-oh does well at walling Xerneas and as you said, throwing burns around with Sacred Fire. It pairs very well with any legend that fears the Fairy-type...

Since I've been messing around a bit with the new format and slowly trying to see where the many restricted legendaries we now have access to belong (such as top tier, niche/gimmick or in the trash) I felt that I may as well open the discussion here for people to see and, you know, discuss. I'll...

Looks good overall, though I'm surprised they chose to reprint Yveltal XY and not Xerneas. The Raichu reprint is a good call to keep anything Lightning-weak in check if PRC-on is the rotation next year. As for the guy pointing out no DCE, we still have a couple sets left before rotation...

It's pretty funny that on the usage statistics for Battle Spot Special, which uses the VGC'16 ruleset, the first 5 Pokemon (sub out the Primal you aren't using for Talonflame) are used by the majority as their team, with a choice of something from the rest of the top 12 as your final pick. If...

It's almost sad that this mini-set is looking (competitive wise) better than some recent main expansions. Some of the cards here may be decent at best, but definitely better than filler EXs we've seen like Magnezone. Not to mention the Yveltal and the likely Xerneas reprints will be useful.

There is really no reason to use Effect Spore. You're betting on a move that may not even activate or get you a decent status effect in a format where Amoonguss can easily be OHKO'd by several restricted legends, not to mention plenty of special attackers in the format which don't make contact...

Glad they finally decided to make a BREAK that comes from a basic, the mechanic is really weak as it stands. As for M-Altaria, I'm hoping it'll be Dragon. The game needs more cards that can actually make good use of Double Dragon Energy and Hydreigon-EX.

Since T1 Aqua Turbo seems pretty important here, I would personally use a bunch of Float Stones in a Max Elixir build since Manaphy's use is very limited in the beginning. Fairly easy to include in lists that already have 4 Trainer's Mail. May even sub out Manaphy entirely to make room for a...

I'm planning on using a Scizor-EX deck as well post-BKP as well, though mine focuses mainly on Scizor-EX itself rather than the mega. As for yours, I don't really see much point to Pokemon Center Lady. Sure, it heals back a Pokemon, but it's status as a Supporter can bite you when you need to...

Well, first I start with frantic screaming and moping, then I beg my opponent to let me technically illegally reshuffle everything back. But seriously, it's basically AZ/Scoop Up/Cassius, or add more basics to the deck.

I can't blame WPM for doing this. TCGPlayer is a pretty solid site to order from, and much safer than Ebay in my experience. The tourneys are a pretty cool addition too.

I've seen a lot of people in VGC choose against using Precipice Blades on Primal Groudon for the same reason. Why risk missing with the Pokemon that you need to do damage with the most when you could just use Earthquake or even Earth Power, and only do slightly less damage and probably still get...

As for what sets to look into, until the rotation is confirmed I would personally shy away from buying anything from Phantom Forces and earlier that isn't already reprinted in later sets, as PHF is at risk of rotation by the end of this play season, which is about half over. As for Water, you'd...

If you run scared of Night March all day, may as well not pick up half the decks in the format. The deck runs several copies of two solid 1-prize attackers to deal with them, and Reshiram plays well against Lightning-based decks. As for Lugia, it works in those situations where you don't get...

Gumball's list is similar to one my bro just picked up and scored an easy 2nd place at a League Challenge. From seeing his deck work, I'd highly recommend a couple Lugia-EX AOR and the fourth Reshiram. Lugia is great against energy stackers like Tyrantrum-EX and Giratina-EX, as for Reshiram it...

It's convenient. It allows Zoroark to attack immediately without having to rely solely on Lapras to accelerate energy.

Why are you trying to compare these two, and why do you make it sound like you shouldn't run both? The fact that Shaymin is a target is made easily redundant with use of AZ, Cassius and Super Scoop Up. Thanks to those cards, Shaymin can be used multiple times over the course of the game...

Aside from general cool stuff like 6v6 Battle Spot and character customization, all I can think of is for GF to try to find more use out of Ice and Poison types. Also, an actual endgame. Doesn't need to be Battle Frontier, but catching a few Legendaries and then having to rely on online just...