Gardevoir GX With and Without Sylveon GX in Standard
In her first article for The Charizard Lounge, Sydney Morisoli goes over two different variants for Gardevoir GX in the Standard format.
No Sky Field, No Problem – Rainbow Road in Standard
Rainbow Road was in a perilous spot after the rotation as it lost both Sky Field and Shaymin EX, two core inclusions in most lists for the deck. The deck manages to live on in the post rotation Standard format thanks to the help from some Stage 1 dual type Pokemon which allow you to hit for big damage numbers with Rainbow Force even without being able to use Sky Field.
Bringing Gardevoir GX Into the Expanded Format
Conner LaVelle discusses the Gardevoir GX list that he built for the Fort Wayne Regional Championship. Conner got a Top 64 finish with the list, while his friend Jac Carter took the list to a Top 8 finish.
Primal Problems and the New Expanded Meta
The demise of Primal Groudon EX in the competitive meta, discussing a League Cup played with the deck. Then a look at the Expanded Meta Game for the Fort Wayne Regional Championship and some of the new decks players can expect to see at the tournament.
Testing, Testing, 1 2 3, Testing!
2012 US National Champion John Roberts II shares his personal thoughts on playtesting and how to get more out of your playtesting.
Compressor Decks – Night March/Marshadow and Vespiquen/Flareon in Expanded
A look at Night March/Marshadow and Vespiquen/Flareon for the 2017-2018 season for the Expanded Format.
Yveltal EX with Darkrai GX and Lasers
With Archeops being banned from the Expanded format, Yveltal/Maxie’s has become a little worse. As a result, it may be time for players to re-consider how they’re building their Yveltal lists. This article goes over Yveltal EX with Burning Shadows, now including Darkrai GX and making a return to LaserBank.
Expanded 2k18 – An Overview of Pokemon’s Expanded Format for the 2017-2018 Season
The Expanded Format will play a large role in Pokemon’s tournament structure in the 2017-2018 season as it is being used as the format for 7 of the 15 Regional Championships. This article gives an overview of the Expanded format’s decks and discusses the ban list for this season.
Pokemon Burning Shadows Set Review
This is our set review of Burning Shadows, the third Pokemon TCG set in the Sun and Moon block. It releases officially on August 4th in all retail stores, but released on July 31st in hobby stores. Key cards in the set are Gardevoir GX, Necrozma GX, Marshadow GX, Acerola, and Guzma.
What to Expect at Day 1 of the Pokemon World Championship
The 2017 World Championship in Anaheim is less than a month away. In this article Andrew goes over the experience players can expect when competing in Day 1 of the World Championship.