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Did you mean the opposite? Malamar came out before Shrine. I do agree that changes were made for the Shrine matchup, though

Definitely don't hesitate to call a judge! Slow play is honestly very common and I'd definitely call someone over when you start to see it. I've had a couple of people inadvertently take advantage of that "playing with friends" mentality during regionals and try to downplay their own slow play...

Quite honestly, the metagame is pretty varied and Blacephelon is just a fast deck. UN Malamar is probably a better bet as it sets up faster, but it's hard to say whether Zapdos Jirachi will actually be better, as it does prize-trade well into Blacephelon, it'll just do damage slower as the...

I'd say you got some pretty good pulls from Lost Thunder! It's the largest set that's been released to date (with the next largest being Aquapolis from 2003, those are some valuable cards), so Lost Thunder might be a task. As for what is good, there is a fair number of decks available even at...

Match 106: @TorchHG wins 2-0 v. @Trixss. Good games and good luck with the rest of the tournament!

This is pretty accurate I’d say of what the metagame looks like (roughly). There might be some Rayquaza GX in there, but I’ve been hearing a lot of people playing Lost March lately, so make sure you know your gameplan vs them.

I think this is the major point that differentiates between the two cards. In general, decks that play larger hand sizes (or rather larger than 1 or 2 cards) will play Sophocles. As for decks that play smaller hand sizes will also benefit from Oranguru SUM. Honestly, the only deck I can think...

Just my 2 cents worth, hoping to bring some new ideas but will reiterate some to put context in. Zoroark-GX as a card does not seem to be a problem if you look at it on its own. It's strong as an individual card, but the issue lies with how many cards it combos with and what kinds of things it...

Are you a PokeBeach premium member? Yes What is your PTCGO screen name? TorchHG What time zone do you live in? Central Standard Time (CST) Did you play in last month’s tournament? Yes If allowed to play, do you promise to make at least three non-tournament forum posts before 12 AM PDT 1/24/19? Yes

@lukas2aces concedes the match to @TorchHG

@The Almighty Bidoof I feel you could tech in Espeon EX for the Groudon Matchup, and turns they don’t evolve you can Enhanced Hammer the Groudon EX

@TorchHG wins 2-0 against @Vivek M due to no timely response for match scheduling

Yeah market price on them is around $32 or so right now. I thought I goofed up when I pre-ordered them for $35 and saw them sink to like $25 in the first week of the set coming out. I feel better about the purchase now :D Also helps that when my friends and I drafted a booster box we managed to...

So from what I see, the deck list tries to do a number of tricky plays more consistently, but the overall consistency of the deck may be hampered by that. I would encourage you to find the items that are most helpful to your deck and focus on them. As for my personal input (may be taken or...

So, from my experience of playing archetypes similar to these decks, I'd say that you should probably go with the Gardevoir GX / Gardevoir deck. I personally don't know how strong Gardevoir LOT is as I haven't used it much, but I do know that having Secret Spring available fixes the 2 turns to...

@TorchHG wins 2-0 against @Calvin Quiroga. Good games and good luck next round

Are you a PokeBeach premium member? Yes What is your PTCGO screen name? TorchHG What time zone do you live in? Central Standard Time (CST / CT) Did you play in last month’s tournament? Yes If allowed to play, do you promise to make at least three non-tournament forum posts before 12 AM PDT...

As we saw Gardevoir / Solgaleo / Swampert win Roanoke, a deck with 3 Stage 2 lines, what kinds of other Stage 2 decks are people looking at? I’ve definitely had my sights set on Double Solgaleo / Magnezone for a little bit.

@TorchHG wins 2-0 against @Christopher Shehan. Great games and well played!

@TorchHG wins 2-0 against @theprp30. Good games