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Igor Carra Costa seems like a pretty cool guy.

Your sig reminds me of this.

Roronoa Zoro, Oh

Whats with your sig??

I just read that your deck got stolen/lost, I hope you can recover it!

Roronoa Zoro, Well already having it attached then using Shaymin is legit enough an answer, the only reason I prefer it is because it can be Junk Armed for if you can't get the Shaymin or Energy Switch. 1 is the sweet spot for energy switch, but your reason is as good as any not to run Energy Search. It also provides deck-thinning. The decision to out in Energy Switch is based on your preference, I would use it however.

Yeah, Hammertime Darkrai won't be played a lot at Worlds.

Oh haha, I have mixed feelings aboy Prism energy though. It is a versatile card and can work for attaching to your Darkrai but more often than not a Fighting energy + energy search is just what I need most of the time, and you can't search prism energy. It's also weak to lost remover and even though its versatile I don't think you would have problems just not attaching the Fghting and use a supporter, or just attach the Fighting to cover the C retreat cost of Darkrai.

Roronoa Zoro, Removing the Terrakion allows leg room for DCE, making the deck even stronger against opposing Mewtwos. Basically just my analysis with the Terrakion part chucked out, haha. I personally favor decks that don't run Terrakion for the DCE, DCE is amongst my favourite cards for playability. I like Darkrai/Mewtwo more than Darkrai/Mewtwo/Terrakion, and even more than ZekEels. But I still don't like it more than the little green onion with wings

From now on, I'm going to be Vivi #2 and call you Mr. Bushido.

Sorry! I completely forgot to rant about the deck you might be playing for worlds. So let's get down to analyzing it ^^

First of all, I'm going to assume you're playing the deck the way I would for any deck without energy acceleration for Terrakion and Mewtwo, so running 4 Energy Switch, 2 Shaymin, perhaps a few super scoop up, a clunky 2-3 Mewtwo line and the card central to techs, a single energy search.

Darkrai/Terrakion/Mewtwo is an incredibly strong play for Worlds. With the amount of ZekEels and Darkrai decks that'll be played at Worlds, you're playing a mainstream anti-meta deck, in a sense. You're immediately at a disadvantage with regard to Mewtwo wars because of the inferiority of your energy acceleration, which requires you have a Shaymin in hand while also having the bench space required to drop it. An alternative for Mewtwo wars is attacking first with Darkrai. As long as you attack Mewtwo first and can consistently do that for the rest of the game you should be in the prize lead. If they get greedy with their Mewtwo you can respond with Mewtwo Energy Switch + Attach, not having to waste a Shaymin.

Terrakion is a very bulky basic that can hit very hard in clutch or unexpected situations, and its tank potential is represented by its retreat cost, ahah. Darkrai fixes that without having to us Switch, so Terrakion is a stronger tech in Darkrai than any other deck. Any simple energy switch + energy search combo can set it up quickly, and you can even go for the immediate Land Crush if you used Fighting energy to cover the attack cost of a Darkrai with it. You can abuse the use of Raikou and Zekrom EX in ZekEels to take two prizes and secure the game for Mewtwo or Darkrai. The great thing about using two techs in the same deck is killing two birds with one stone, you can set up both Mewtwo and Terrakion with a single Shaymin and decide which one to use for the current turn and rest of the game.

Definitely go for it, stand-alone anti-meta decks like Terrakion that take 2-3 turns to set up won't see a lot of play at Worlds but Terrakion is still a popular tech, and I'm guessing you have your heart set on playing a Darkrai deck.

I wish you the best of luck at Worlds.

I would say go for the Ultra Pros with the textured backing, I got them recently and they're great. KMCs suffer from similar problems I have with the Dragon Shields, I have them and they're the reason I wanted to buy new sleeves, because they really clump up after a while. I use a playmat and the soft backing attracts a lot of dirt or oil from your fingers or tablecloth, not a fan of them really. Although I bought the 80 count instead of the 100 count, some people have said the ones that came in 100s were better. I don't know though.

I wouldn't get the Dragon Shields actually anymore, I decided to get a pack early and they're terrible. I made a post in the Sleeves thread.

Though I have never used them myself, I know they are.

Roronoa Zoro, Masters. I think I might fit 4 Revive in just to troll people. I just might do that, the thing I love about the deck is the space. It's like Darkrai, with only 8 Pokemon you have around 40 free space for trainers and techs.

Roronoa Zoro, Yeah, I'll be attending worlds. I guess I'll see you there with 4 Mewtwo and a few Celebi

High quality member.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Since you're the only member on the Birthday list that I actually see around the forums, I just wanted to wish you a good one. ;]

People think you might've won US Nats with that usertitle, lol.

Do you want me to lock the thread?