No room for nonconformity?

Card shops and hobby shops usually sell them. I believe one case goes for somewhere between $12 and $15 for a pack of 36.

As for official Pokemon dice? I'm not sure if those exist actually, but there are official Professor Dice - they're a bit larger, and they come in a 2x2x3 - 12-pack. The number 6 is replaced by the Professor logo. I've got a pack of those that I got from the Professor Store.
 
Yeah, they're Japanese dice. I got them from AmiAmi when I ordered my Dark Rush boxes from them. They're pretty spiffy though. Here's a link to the picture so you can see.

Also, for the record, I got these particular dice from a comic shop, but I know EXACTLY the little tubes you're talking about. Though I haven't seen them in a while. :< Most of the gaming places around here have closed down except for Warhammer stuff.
 
So those dice in the tubes are kind of old-fashioned then. Bummer. Most of the gaming places around here have closed down too, or they're price-gouging. And I see--the dice are Japanese. That actually makes a lot of sense, as Pokémon in Japan is so big they can release any merchandise and it'll turn a profit.

That looks like Black/White style packaging. So either that means it's a new product or they've repackaged it recently.

I suppose it's pretty clear by now, but if there's any confusion: While winning is an objective when I go to a tournament, it isn't the primary objective. The primary objective is to play interesting matches. I'd rather lose an interesting match than win a dull one. I notice there are a few remarks on this topic where there is some kind of black-and-white (no pun intended) view on winning as an objective: Either one wants to win and that is the single thing that drives them, or winning is totally off the radar for them. I don't fit into either of those categories.

I also suppose this makes me a total anomaly as far as Sirlin goes. (I've read some of his works, and there are many, many things I don't really understand about it, but I guess I'll save that for another time.) I noticed Sirlin being brought up in the video, and both when I read his works and when I watched the video, he has that black-and-white view on winning as well, where anyone who doesn't fit into the former category is a "scrub" for some reason.
 
The dice were just released mid December (same time as Dark Rush), so either they're new or they're a re-release of an old product. They're still pretty cool, though.

I too, play games to have fun, but sometimes it kind of bites me in the butt. At the ND prerelease, in my final match, I kept steamrolling this guy with Outrage from my Zekrom, so against his very last pokémon, I purposefully used Bolt Strike instead of Outrage to knock out my own Zekrom just to keep the game a bit more interesting. Then he ended up beating me and I lost my perfect steak. WHOOPS. >_>
 
Heh, reminds me of a time when I was ahead in the final round of the Pasadena Regionals against Gardevoir/Gallade, then Dialga G Lv.X showed up out of the blue and caused me to lose.

In any case, I've searched around the non-rotated sets, and I've got myself a few ideas. Only once has one of my decks managed to break into the top ranks, but I count this as practice, as I feel I get a bit better each time.

EDIT: I got my 7-sided dice, and the remaining cards I need to make my decks are now on their way. Expect to see me at a southern California tournament within this or the next month!
 
All right, I got another question.

What do rogue deck users do to properly test out their decks and see what works and what doesn't, without revealing what their decks are about? If such a deck turns out to be really useful and powerful, the Spikes are going to adopt it. So how does one ensure that a deck has been tested through and is brought to a tournament without getting the attention of copycats and imitators?
 
Theorymon.

Lol, you actually just either need to find someone who you really trust not to share your deck with other people, or you just have to test against yourself.
 
I see. So that's probably a pretty big reason why we don't just see a deck take a tournament by storm too often, huh?

I always love it when I see the underdog succeed like when Son of Whyachi won the super-heavyweight division of Battlebots (being the only non-wheeled champion in the entire history of the competitions) or when the New Orleans Saints pulled off the Super Bowl win right after Hurricane Katrina devastated the place. Similarly, I also love being the underdog--I know I won't win as much, but the times I win, it feels more meaningful and fulfilling.
 
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