The new post-rotation format is well under way, with the Milwaukee Regional Championships just concluding. Notably, this was the first major event in this format in which
Gardevoir ex did not win. Many were skeptical about Gardevoir after it lost access to the Refinement
Kirlia, but this did not seem to matter. Gardevoir won the first three major tournaments of the post-rotation format, showing that it's still on top even without its trademark draw support. Gardevoir ex's Ability is just broken. Psychic Embrace is definitely one of the most powerful Abilities ever printed on a Pokemon card, and the designers saw fit to give the deck access to insanely powerful single-prize attackers that have perfect synergy with Psychic Embrace, not to mention
Munkidori.
Henry Chao won Atlanta Regionals with a...
