Hello PokeBeach readers! Isaiah here, and I am happy to be writing another article for you all! Last time, I talked a bit about pure
Arceus VSTAR decks, including the deck I played for the 2023 World Championships, as well as a new variant with
Pidgeot ex. In the weeks since then, the Pidgeot ex variant seems like it has largely fallen off, perhaps because it is just a little too weak. The build that I played at the World Championships, however, which included a
Slaking V, has continued to see success at various local-level events. In the time since Worlds, I have largely found myself not playing this deck anymore, but not because I think it is bad — I’ve simply been choosing to work on other archetypes that I think are a bit...
