Finally! The first North American Regional Championships in two years is over! Following the stream and my friends’ successes in Salt Lake City was fun, and the format, as expected, proved slightly more diverse than it used to be. I’m sure no one expected four
Gengar VMAX and zero
Mew VMAX to finish in the Top 8! That said, after running into some failures with Mew myself, I wasn’t surprised to see it underperform. Mew was extremely popular at the event, but it’s quite inconsistent, and it also had the biggest target on its back. When Mew functions, it fires on all cylinders and is nearly impossible to beat, but it’s kept in check by its own inconsistency and by Darkness and
Arceus VSTAR /...
