Discussion 2016/17 Dallas Ft. Worth Regionals

Robert Belli

Robert Belli

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Here's what I found to be the standings:

Day 1 Standings

1. Dalen Dockery (9-0-0) – M Gardevoir EX STS
2. Alex Krekeler (8-1-0) – Greninja BREAK/Talonflame STS
3. Jonathan Soto (8-1-0) – Greninja BREAK
4. Xander Pero (7-1-1) – M Gardevoir EX STS
5. Jimmy Pendarvis (7-1-1) – Yveltal EX/Garbodor BKP
6. Trevor Bustamante (7-1-1) – Yveltal EX/Garbodor BKP
7. Grafton Roll (7-2-0) – Greninja BREAK/Talonflame STS
8. Michael Canaves (7-2-0) – M Mewtwo EX/Garbodor BKP/Fairy Drop
9. Fred X. Hoban (7-2-0) – M Mewtwo EX/Jolteon EX/Garbodor BKP
10. Alex Hill (7-2-0) – Vileplume Toolbox
11. Andrew Wamboldt (7-2-0) – Volcanion EX/Flareon EX/Salamence EX
12. Noah Sawyer (7-2-0) – M Gardevoir EX STS
13. Marcos Garcia (7-2-0) – Greninja BREAK
14. Tyler Vaughn (7-2-0) – Vespiquen AOR/Zebstrika BKP
15. Wesley Hollenberg (7-2-0) – M Mewtwo EX/Garbodor BKP
16. Connor Finton (6-1-2) – M Gardevoir EX STS
17. Isaiah Williams (6-1-2) – Yveltal EX/Garbodor BKP
18. Klein Houmani (6-1-2) – Volcanion EX with Pokemon Catcher
19. Kevin Baxter (6-1-2) – Xerneas BREAK/Lugia EX/Snorlax GX
20. Jake Morgan (6-1-2) – Volcanion EX
21. Joel Montemayor (6-1-2) – M Mewtwo EX/Zoroark BKT
22. Igor Costa (6-1-2) – M Mewtwo EX/Garbodor BKP
23. Jimmy Zhang (6-1-2) – Darkrai EX/Giratina EX/Salamence EX
24. Aaron Tarbell (6-1-2) – M Mewtwo EX/Jolteon EX/Garbodor BKP
25. Jeffrey Ng (6-1-2) – Jolteon EX/Glaceon EX/Regice AOR/Garbodor BKP
26. Jorel Ker (6-1-2) – M Mewtwo EX
27. Justin Bokhari (6-1-2) – Greninja BREAK
28. Austin Baggs (6-1-2) – M Gardevoir EX STS
29. Paul Yeung (6-1-2) – Regice AOR/Glaceon EX/Garbodor BKP
30. Santiago Bueno (6-1-2) – M Mewtwo EX/Garbodor BKP
31. Long Bui (6-2-1) – Jolteon EX/Glaceon EX/Lugia EX/Garbodor BKP
32. Wade Oliver (6-2-1) – M Mewtwo EX

Top 8 (Before Cut)

1. Dalen Dockery (11-1-2) – M Gardevoir EX STS
2. Connor Finton (10-1-3) – M Gardevoir EX STS
3. Igor Costa (10-1-3) – M Mewtwo EX/Garbodor BKP
4. Xander Pero (10-2-2) – M Gardevoir EX STS
5. Jimmy Zhang (10-2-2) – Darkrai EX/Giratina EX/Salamence EX
6. Marcos Garcia (10-3-1) – Greninja BREAK
7. Noah Sawyer (10-3-1) – M Gardevoir EX STS
8. Alex Krekeler (10-3-1) – Greninja BREAK/Talonflame STS

Day 2 Standings (After Cut)

1. Xander Pero – M Gardevoir EX STS
2. Igor Costa – M Mewtwo EX/Garbodor BKP
3. Dalen Dockery – M Gardevoir EX STS
4. Connor Finton – M Gardevoir EX STS
5. Jimmy Zhang – Darkrai EX/Giratina EX/Salamence EX
6. Marcos Garcia – Greninja BREAK
7. Noah Sawyer – M Gardevoir EX STS
8. Alex Krekeler – Greninja BREAK/Talonflame STS

9. Michael Canaves – M Mewtwo EX/Garbodor BKP/Fairy Drop
10. Grafton Roll – Greninja BREAK/Talonflame STS
11. Fred X. hoban – M Mewtwo EX/Jolteon EX/Garbodor BKP
12. Klein Houmani – Volcanion EX with Pokemon Catcher
13. Santiago Bueno – M Mewtwo EX/Garbodor BKP
14. Kevin Baxter – Xerneas BREAK/Lugia EX/Snorlax GX
15. Long Bui – Jolteon EX/Glaceon EX/Lugia EX/Garbodor BKP
16. Andrew Wamboldt – Volcanion EX/Flareon EX/Salamence EX
17. Tyler Vaughn – Vespiquen AOR/Zebstrika BKP
18. Jonathan Soto – Greninja BREAK
19. Jimmy Pendarvis – Yveltal EX/Garbodor BKP
20. Wesley Hollenberg – M Mewtwo EX/Garbodor BKP
21. Jake Morgan – Volcanion EX
22. Paul Yeung – Regice AOR/Glaceon EX/Garbodor BKP
23. Jeffrey Ng – Jolteon EX/Glaceon EX/Regice AOR/Garbodor BKP
24. Austin Baggs – M Gardevoir EX STS
25. Trevor Bustamante – Yveltal EX/Garbodor BK{
26. Joel Montemayor – M Mewtwo EX/Zoroark BKT
27. Aaron Tarbell – M Mewtwo EX/Jolteon EX/Garbodor BKP
28. Alex Hill – Vileplume Toolbox
29. Justin Bokhari – Greninja BREAK
30. Jorel Ker – M Mewtwo EX
31. Isaiah Williams – Yveltal EX/Garbodor BKP
32. Wade Oliver – M Mewtwo EX


So many Gardes!
 
I always told people to not sleep on Gardevoir but do we know which version it was? Energy dump or D. Ray? I just don't know where Scizor EX went. It's such a good deck.
 
Despair ray. There are a number of videos on it, Chaos Gym has an interview with Xander.

Sounds like he came across a few M Mewtwo decks, but I still don't get it - I won 70% of the matches I played against Gardevoir in December.
 
I must be out of the loop here, but what was the general change in the deck lists that got these over the Yveltal/Garb hump? It can't be as simple as "everyone tech'd Zebstrika because it went from dominating London to not even making the top 8 in Dallas.

Gardevoir STS style makes some sense against Yveltal due to its low energy cost, but this is unexpected.

Anyone have an idea on what the entry deck breakdown was for this tournament?
 
Dang if Garde got this far I feel VERY sad I faced 3 volcanion in my first 5 matches and tied one of them, the whole time I wanted to fight Mega Garde. The reason why is because a Mega Venusaur deck, as I've tested, has a very good matchup against Mega Garde.
 
Fayld said:
I must be out of the loop here, but what was the general change in the deck lists that got these over the Yveltal/Garb hump? It can't be as simple as "everyone tech'd Zebstrika because it went from dominating London to not even making the top 8 in Dallas.

Gardevoir STS style makes some sense against Yveltal due to its low energy cost, but this is unexpected.

Anyone have an idea on what the entry deck breakdown was for this tournament?
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Actually I think thats the reason why and its because Yveltal EX did so well, so everyone swapped decks. I feel the next Regionals is going to be Mega Scizor because of how well Fairy decks are doing so you can either play Mega Scizor or Volcanion.
 
crystal_pidgeot said:
Actually I think thats the reason why and its because Yveltal EX did so well, so everyone swapped decks. I feel the next Regionals is going to be Mega Scizor because of how well Fairy decks are doing so you can either play Mega Scizor or Volcanion.
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Honestly, I am glad this happened. It reaffirms the "rock/paper/scizor (ha)" aspect of this particular meta. I don't particularly like it when there is one deck to rule them all in a meta and think it is pretty awesome that there are a number of viable decks.
 
Fayld said:
Honestly, I am glad this happened. It reaffirms the "rock/paper/scizor (ha)" aspect of this particular meta. I don't particularly like it when there is one deck to rule them all in a meta and think it is pretty awesome that there are a number of viable decks.
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Pretty much. All the cards are so powerful anything at all can happen. Makes it really hard to call anything but I'm sure we'll be seeing a rise of Scizor decks now.
 
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