Hey PokeBeach readers, happy as always to be back with another article. Hopefully your tournaments have been treating you well, and you’re excited to hear more of my thoughts! As our current Standard format is winding down before the rotation in April, I thought it wouldn’t be as helpful to look into a deck that might rotate or be significantly changed with rotation. Instead, I thought I would walk through one of the most important concepts in the Pokemon TCG: sequencing.
When it comes to Pokemon, sequencing refers to the order in which we play our cards. Each game of Pokemon will present us with numerous hands and cards to play, so figuring out the best sequence to play them is imperative to success! Obviously, there are way too many individual sequences for someone to cover in an article, so instead, I want to go over the framework and questions you should generally be asking yourself before playing your cards. I’ll include some examples with each section so you can see the...
