I decided to play my Gardevoir deck that had been winning consistently for me. The swiss rounds were all best of 1 and 26 total people. My deck struggled to get quick set ups in some matches and it cost me. It sucks being powerless against Golisopod hitting for 120 on my small basics or Ho-oh hitting down everything and not being able to have time to set up.
I feel this needs a bit of an overhaul to make it more consistent. Note that this league cup was best of 1 so maybe that played a role but either way, changes need to be made.
Decklist:
3 Gardevoir GX
3 Tapu Lele GX
3 Kirlia
1 Gallade
2 Octillery
2 Remoraid
4 Ralts
1 Alolan Vulpix
1 Diancie
19
4 Ultra Ball
4 Sycamore
4 N
3 Rare Candy
2 Brigette
2 Float Stone
2 Choice Band
2 Guzma 2 Field Blower
2 Acerola
1 Rescue Stretcher
28
9 Fairy Energy
4 Double Colorless
Round 1 (WIN) : Play a guy using Golisopod/Garb and pull out the win. Tricky match up but I started well enough and ended up finishing through.
Round 2 (LOSE): Play against Salazzle/Ho-oh. He gets Kiawe Ho-Oh and I don't find a way to get brigette as well as 2 Ralts being prized. I manage to eventually get a Gardevoir out to take the Ho-Oh out but it was too late as Salazzle + Choice Band was enough to take the game.
Round 3 (LOSE): I play against Golisopod and although I get Brigette, I do not find a way to Rare candy into Garde. So he ends up using Guzma + Float stones to keep sniping away at my attempts to set up so I lose the match. Sucks but best of 1 for you...
Round 4 (WIN): Play Golisopod again and I get set up and win, although the game ends up being somewhat close but I had my opponent for game no matter what he did.
Round 5 (LOSE): Played against a girl who was also using Gardevoir. It was a close game but she finds just enough energies off of Sycamore to eek out the win as I had game next turn.
So 2-3 at my first League Cup. I feel devastated. I fully expected to be in the finals based on how I tested with this deck. Going 2-3 really makes me question what else I can even do There's literally nothing I can do better and yet 2-3 stares me in the face... A lot of the losses weren't even anything I did wrong but more so my poor starts. I tested against these decks online and seemed to win consistently but today, things did not go well as my draws just weren't there some games.
I feel this needs a bit of an overhaul to make it more consistent. Note that this league cup was best of 1 so maybe that played a role but either way, changes need to be made.
Decklist:
3 Gardevoir GX
3 Tapu Lele GX
3 Kirlia
1 Gallade
2 Octillery
2 Remoraid
4 Ralts
1 Alolan Vulpix
1 Diancie
19
4 Ultra Ball
4 Sycamore
4 N
3 Rare Candy
2 Brigette
2 Float Stone
2 Choice Band
2 Guzma 2 Field Blower
2 Acerola
1 Rescue Stretcher
28
9 Fairy Energy
4 Double Colorless
Round 1 (WIN) : Play a guy using Golisopod/Garb and pull out the win. Tricky match up but I started well enough and ended up finishing through.
Round 2 (LOSE): Play against Salazzle/Ho-oh. He gets Kiawe Ho-Oh and I don't find a way to get brigette as well as 2 Ralts being prized. I manage to eventually get a Gardevoir out to take the Ho-Oh out but it was too late as Salazzle + Choice Band was enough to take the game.
Round 3 (LOSE): I play against Golisopod and although I get Brigette, I do not find a way to Rare candy into Garde. So he ends up using Guzma + Float stones to keep sniping away at my attempts to set up so I lose the match. Sucks but best of 1 for you...
Round 4 (WIN): Play Golisopod again and I get set up and win, although the game ends up being somewhat close but I had my opponent for game no matter what he did.
Round 5 (LOSE): Played against a girl who was also using Gardevoir. It was a close game but she finds just enough energies off of Sycamore to eek out the win as I had game next turn.
So 2-3 at my first League Cup. I feel devastated. I fully expected to be in the finals based on how I tested with this deck. Going 2-3 really makes me question what else I can even do There's literally nothing I can do better and yet 2-3 stares me in the face... A lot of the losses weren't even anything I did wrong but more so my poor starts. I tested against these decks online and seemed to win consistently but today, things did not go well as my draws just weren't there some games.
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