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Welcome back! Pokémon 151 has made its competitive debut last weekend at Peoria Regionals, and with several events in the same format happening in Sacramento, Lille and Toronto, competitive players need to be on top of this format for the upcoming weeks. There was no surprise deck coming out of nowhere to dominate the competition […]

Here’s a small trip through memory lane! Before COVID interrupted the 2019-2020 season, I was ranked number 1 in Europe and had an incredible season, including two top 8 at Cologne and Malmö Regionals, and a win at Bochum Regionals. I’ve realised that an important reason for that success was that I had the opportunity […]

Welcome back! I mentioned recently that the Obsidian Flames format had many different viable decks: Gardevoir ex, Giratina VSTAR, Lost Box, Miraidon ex, Lugia VSTAR, Mew VMAX, and more (Charizard ex being the newcomer to that group) all have had their time to shine. That metagame will soon have to be updated, though, as the […]

Welcome back! Last week, I wrote about Giratina VSTAR. Due to space constraints, I didn’t write in detail about the deck’s matchups. However, I’ve received many questions about how to navigate certain matchups, so I decided to write this companion piece. (I want to use this opportunity to thank all of you who told me […]

The current Standard format, up to Obsidian Flames, has spawned a very varied metagame. There are about a dozen decks that can be expected to win events: in no particular order, Gardevoir ex, Lost Zone Box, Arceus VSTAR / Giratina VSTAR, Lugia VSTAR, Mew VMAX, Miraidon ex, Charizard ex, Chien-Pao ex / Baxcalibur, Rapid Strike […]