The Darkest Day Again — The Return of Eternatus VMAX

[PMJ]

Hello everyone, and Happy New Year! The year may be different, but when it comes to the Pokemon TCG, the format is still the same as it was at the end of 2022 — no changes yet! In a few weeks, we’ll get a couple of new cards with the release of Crown Zenith, but if you’re playing at the upcoming Regional Championships in San Diego or Liverpool, you’ll still be in the same Silver Tempest format as Arlington, Toronto, and Stuttgart. In Arlington, Lugia VSTAR proved itself to once again be the dominant deck of the format, and it should continue to be the deck to beat going forward. The other top-tier decks (Mew VMAX and Lost Box) are making up a solid but not overwhelming meta share, and a variety of Lugia VSTAR counter decks have continued to pop up. In Arlington, there were three other archetypes that...

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[LilTone96TTV]

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[ShinyNoivern]

So, how does this work if you can only block abilities while wheezing is in the active? When do you do damage?

 

[LilTone96TTV]

So, how does this work if you can only block abilities while wheezing is in the active? When do you do damage?

It is when your eternatus vmax is usually set up or one of your attackers. The Galarian Weezing is there to slow down the tempo to your favour.

 

[ShinyNoivern]

So you keep weezing in the active until eternatus is ready to attack?

 

[Rui Teixeira]

yes

 

[Zakary Krekeler]

So you keep weezing in the active until eternatus is ready to attack?

AC Chen is pretty on the money here, you typically want to keep Weezing in the Active Spot to slow down your opponent's setup, until you've established a board and are ready to start swinging with your Eternatus. It is worth noting though that Galarian Weezing itself can do damage; while its damage output is obviously a bit less that that of Eternatus VMAX, it can add up fairly quickly, particularly if your opponent is struggling to set up thanks to Neutralizing Gas. If your opponent can't find a way to switch out, then Severe Poison is effectively a one-for-80 attack, or one-for-120 if you have Radiant Hisuian Sneasler in play. In some games, that's enough to win on its own, without even needing the Eternatus. If it isn't though, then again, you can use it to delay your opponent until you're ready to attack with Eternatus VMAX.

 

[dmein89]

You also have Crobat VMAX which does damage, posions, then lets you switch back into Weezing

AC Chen is pretty on the money here, you typically want to keep Weezing in the Active Spot to slow down your opponent's setup, until you've established a board and are ready to start swinging with your Eternatus. It is worth noting though that Galarian Weezing itself can do damage; while its damage output is obviously a bit less that that of Eternatus VMAX, it can add up fairly quickly, particularly if your opponent is struggling to set up thanks to Neutralizing Gas. If your opponent can't find a way to switch out, then Severe Poison is effectively a one-for-80 attack, or one-for-120 if you have Radiant Hisuian Sneasler in play. In some games, that's enough to win on its own, without even needing the Eternatus. If it isn't though, then again, you can use it to delay your opponent until you're ready to attack with Eternatus VMAX.