I’m excited to see how the Arcanine tech affects the meta because it has a good match-up into Pikachu, and Charizard has a decent match-up into Mewtwo. I think this will pull the two most dominant decks down over the next few tournaments, which will allow some of the other off-meta but solid decks bubble up too, specifically Starmie. I’m hesitant to say that it will happen for sure, but I see this as the first real chance to balance out the existing Meta. If Pikachu stocks tank tomorrow, then my boy Starmie might get more play! If Pikachu stays dominant, but Mewtwo drops a little, then Primeape will probably shine a bit more. We shall see!
I think the answer is that nothing changed regarding Mewtwo EX's deck. That OG Mewtwo was in earlier versions of the deck. The power level is going to naturally flip back and forth depending on which deck is having more luck in specific instances. Both Mewtwo and the Pikachu decks are strong. In terms of Blaine I'm more with the idea of excluding Farfetch'd and Magmar. He's just too slow and costs too much to rotate him out. With Ponyta you still get immediate chip damage, with Vulpix you get the immediate chance to shut down the attacker currently on the field. With Magmar...you can tank a hit. It obviously can work. But I think it's better to keep the aggression constantly rolling out.
I really think the charazard/arcinine deck will rise to top tier. At least in my experience it’s by far the deck I have the best luck with. I can do well into pikachu and mewtwo and it only really struggles against water decks or if you draw poorly and mewtwo has to much time to get online, but that can happen in any deck tbf
Thanks for the update and the work you put into presenting the info. Got to say I think you are going hard on the confirmation bias to claim that one week of data is proof mewtwo is the one true king foretold by prophecy, but I'm looking forward to seeing where the trends shift
15:11 I’ve played a lot of Articuno 18 trainer, and while I can see the thought process on removing the second pokeball, I think it’s a bad choice. You only have 1 other pokemon in the entire deck, so playing the pokeball at 2 copies helps you get that second Articuno when you need it. I’ve gotten great Misty luck, but lost because I couldn’t pull the second Articuno in time. You’re wasting energy every turn until you find it after your first one is juiced up, so getting it early but not too early is really key for the consistency of the deck. Also, Pokeball and Pokédex have surprising synergy because of the shuffle, so if you drop anything, I’d drop a handscope in favor of Pokédex.
I don’t make too much effort to keep up with how the meta has been changing, so thank you so much for summarizing everything! Appreciate your comments and insight too!
red card is a bad card and I refuse to understand why it gets so much play. Only thing I can think of is that it's due to the lack of useable utility cards or trainers.
Reducing the options in the opponents hand can help a lot, even if you don’t know what their hand may include. Only really has any effect when the opponent has 4+ cards
Everyone saying “red card is a bad card” but not realising these are tournament deck lists, your opponent will play DIFFERENTLY because they KNOW that they may get red carded, it makes them overthink and over commit to certain plays out of fear. Yes red card is bad in OUR format, but these decks are not from OUR format, just gotta keep that in mind.
@@Pun116 Sounds like ur a bad player who refuses to adapt or accept the reality of influence a card holds. Effects like red card get banned in other tcgs
I like how you shouted the source page out immediately, some people haven't been.
@@Zabougie gotta give credit where credit is due
JHugs is one of the best
I’m excited to see how the Arcanine tech affects the meta because it has a good match-up into Pikachu, and Charizard has a decent match-up into Mewtwo. I think this will pull the two most dominant decks down over the next few tournaments, which will allow some of the other off-meta but solid decks bubble up too, specifically Starmie. I’m hesitant to say that it will happen for sure, but I see this as the first real chance to balance out the existing Meta. If Pikachu stocks tank tomorrow, then my boy Starmie might get more play! If Pikachu stays dominant, but Mewtwo drops a little, then Primeape will probably shine a bit more. We shall see!
I think the answer is that nothing changed regarding Mewtwo EX's deck. That OG Mewtwo was in earlier versions of the deck. The power level is going to naturally flip back and forth depending on which deck is having more luck in specific instances. Both Mewtwo and the Pikachu decks are strong.
In terms of Blaine I'm more with the idea of excluding Farfetch'd and Magmar. He's just too slow and costs too much to rotate him out. With Ponyta you still get immediate chip damage, with Vulpix you get the immediate chance to shut down the attacker currently on the field. With Magmar...you can tank a hit. It obviously can work. But I think it's better to keep the aggression constantly rolling out.
I really think the charazard/arcinine deck will rise to top tier. At least in my experience it’s by far the deck I have the best luck with. I can do well into pikachu and mewtwo and it only really struggles against water decks or if you draw poorly and mewtwo has to much time to get online, but that can happen in any deck tbf
Thanks for the update and the work you put into presenting the info.
Got to say I think you are going hard on the confirmation bias to claim that one week of data is proof mewtwo is the one true king foretold by prophecy, but I'm looking forward to seeing where the trends shift
15:11 I’ve played a lot of Articuno 18 trainer, and while I can see the thought process on removing the second pokeball, I think it’s a bad choice. You only have 1 other pokemon in the entire deck, so playing the pokeball at 2 copies helps you get that second Articuno when you need it. I’ve gotten great Misty luck, but lost because I couldn’t pull the second Articuno in time. You’re wasting energy every turn until you find it after your first one is juiced up, so getting it early but not too early is really key for the consistency of the deck.
Also, Pokeball and Pokédex have surprising synergy because of the shuffle, so if you drop anything, I’d drop a handscope in favor of Pokédex.
I don’t make too much effort to keep up with how the meta has been changing, so thank you so much for summarizing everything!
Appreciate your comments and insight too!
@@babo-babo 🫡
Shoutout Dkayed yo.
I don’t get the hype with the koga card…..sure you get weezing/muk to your hand…..but you leave yourself defenseless lol😊
I got marowack ex and tried him a couple times. Mofo was less consistent than misty
I have a lapras butterfree tank deck that I love to play and it’s just fully non playable against Mewtwo. So lame…
Surprised no one is running moltres arcanine and centiskorch deck. I guess they need more wins to get it up the ladder
Mewtwo and Charizard? Who would had thought?
lol I got both of the thumbnail cards yesterday
Meta don’t change if the cards don’t
If u don’t like misty but like moltres… I’d prefer them both to change
Mewtwo best deck buy my ass never draws Kirlia
fr, my bench always have double gard and double ralts on active. but somehow somewhere kirlia is hiding.
The hell with Mewtwo Ex especially then Articuno all hail Pikachu ex ❤
found the loser lmao
"no reason to play normal mankey over promo mankey" me with no promos because i started 4 days ago
i'm sorry 🥲
red card is a bad card and I refuse to understand why it gets so much play. Only thing I can think of is that it's due to the lack of useable utility cards or trainers.
Reducing the options in the opponents hand can help a lot, even if you don’t know what their hand may include. Only really has any effect when the opponent has 4+ cards
It is a bad card.
Everyone saying “red card is a bad card” but not realising these are tournament deck lists, your opponent will play DIFFERENTLY because they KNOW that they may get red carded, it makes them overthink and over commit to certain plays out of fear. Yes red card is bad in OUR format, but these decks are not from OUR format, just gotta keep that in mind.
@@Z.2022 I don't play any different even if I were in a tournament. It's a bad card.
@@Pun116 Sounds like ur a bad player who refuses to adapt or accept the reality of influence a card holds. Effects like red card get banned in other tcgs
Meta? Lol lol lol