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birdboy2000 defeats @Andeh 2-0. Good games, actually a pretty intricate matchup to play.

I'm seeing enough online that I substantially revamped my list to be able to deal with it. Whether it stays that way is anyone's guess but right now I absolutely view it a significant part of the meta, and with all the tools electric has to get started its current meta share feels justified to me.

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One thing I always advocate and don't see nearly enough people do is vary their cuts. If you always cut to the middle, a dishonest opponent can take advantage of that by "shuffling" the cards they want to the middle, but if you mix up how much of the deck you take off in your cut (and tap...

There's no substitute for practice, most of my improvement came from just playing a lot and getting a superb understanding of one (usually rogue) deck at a time. That said, understanding the meta is helpful, and places like Limitless and Pokestats are great for giving you hard numbers about...

Dropping.

I like the idea, it feels weird to be playing a format that's basically obsolete for a month. That said, I'd really prefer it to be closer to the 10 day side than the 7 day side of the equation, to give more time for card acquisition and testing before we have to finalize our lists.

birdboy2000 defeats @Madifz 2-0. That was a seriously great game 1, sorry about the brick game 2. EDIT: Table 210

I was thinking that maybe it was a false alarm and the deck's not as good as it sounds, because I haven't hit it online yet (unlike, say, Shiftry, which everyone played to farm wins.) That said, from what I've read about the combo it seems 100% justified.

Hoopa/Articuno-GX

Calling Granbull "consistent" when you need a whole deck built around it of nothing but consistency cards and energy feels a bit weird, it's not that Granbull itself is consistent, but the deck does its job and it's hard to brick too bad when you've got Magcargo and Oranguru to help out. I'd...

I'd faced yours 37 times going in (26-11) which might've been part of why I won - rogue decks do give you that extra advantage, although in general I think it's a favorable matchup for me with Articuno's ability to one-shot anything on your board. Still, you put up a good fight, and the...

birdboy2000 defeats @thembert 2-0, good games!

We're planning on playing on Monday.

I didn't expect quite that speed, but it's a risk I take and I wasn't winning against that list. Good luck to you too!

birdboy2000 defeats @TheCraftyScot 2-1. Well played, didn't expect to drop a single game that matchup.

Lusamine's certainly made stall stronger than before it was printed...but personally, I like playing stall, and the meta at large doesn't seem constrained or dominated by it. Diverse group of decks, a lot of which have matchups with stall that involve actual pokemon games. Surge sounds broken...

I have Granbull, Lost March, Malamar, Blacephalon, ZoroOwls, Zororoc, and to a lesser extent Gardevoir, shrine/koko builds, and stall as the major things to watch out for, but this is based on online testing and local metagames may vary.

birdboy2000 defeats @Vaskemaskinen 2-0. Really cool deck, first time playing the matchup.

Lt. Surge's Battle is just crazy good. A must in every deck, I think, not just mill. Time to stop taking prizes...