Bro, this article was incredibly satisfying to read because some things I already incorporate and others I forgot how important they are to do. Thanks for another good one Grant.
I am so excited about Charizard ex, I have the deck sleeved up already! Can’t wait to try it out with pokémon go Charizard and backup mons like heatmor for bench sniping.
Ditto everything you said except for I am not happy about manaphy at all strictly because it nerfs sniping entirely, instead of unilaterally affecting rule box pokémon only. Very sad to see this.
Hopefully Avery can help this somehow
I love the sniping capabilities of this deck, set them up with Magmortar and watch them all fall with Electivire (plus telescopic). Or just use Raikou and Electivire minus the Magmortar. Electivire is a better Raichu that comes at a heftier price.
It’s definitely a pile, but just my kinda pile...
I’m excited that post-rotation is geared at making a variety of decks much more plausible. I can see “the big three” taking turns being head of format - Eternatus VMAX, RS Urshifu VMAX and Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX - which form a weakness triangle against each other. Then there’s Victini VMAX...