Recent content by Alex(charm)ander

I did want to leave the standard format section a little open ended so that deck builders would have room for creativity. My goal was to present a consistent list that could easily be altered by the user. Next time I will include more information about mirror matches, thank you for your input...

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I was being facetious.

I would like to take some credit for this.

I do believe that linear decks like Shiftry remove a great deal of creativity and skill from the game. So yes, I agree that Shiftry is not healthy for the metagame. Whenever a deck is this linear, it removes the enjoyment and spirit from actually playing the game. My prediction is that of those...

I don't recall the exact combination of cards I had in each situation, but at one point I had a hand of zero cards. Essentially, if I could not draw, or use Giant Fan, but my deck still contained anything other than draw cards, it was counted as a dead hand.

I wrote my experiences with dead hands into the article. I experienced a completely unusable hand with usable cards still remaining in the deck 11% of the time. Which out of 36 games is only about three or four games.

Recycle is without a doubt a viable card in Shiftry, but I don't think it is necessary for the deck to still succeed. Roller Skates was very useful in drawing into cards at any stage of the game, regardless of my hand. Although it does depend on a flip, there is enough supplemental draw to cover...

Bbninjas, I can say with complete confidence that being hit with N on your opponent's first turn has little to no effect on Shiftry. A six card hand is more than enough to execute this deck's strategy.

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I understand that, but Groudon really doesn't take that much more to set up because Omega Barrier picks up the slack. Groudon has more HP and a great Ancient Trait. The other thing I want to point out is that these huge damage points potentially aren't necessary. Raichu, Vespiquen, and Night...

In response to readers asking about Machamp and the Regis, I chose not to include Machamp because there isn't a realistic way for it to hit competitive damage points without either too much setup, or damaging itself. I almost included the Regis. With enough non-EX Pokemon in the XY-on format, I...

To clarify, I did not mean to suggest that Dark Energy could be a target for Dark Patch, rather that they would go well together. Attaching a Bad Energy and then following up with one or more Dark Patch is a solid play. Along with Darkrai-EX and Yveltal, Bad Energy has potential. In the...

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