Event Wailord EX Playable!?

Elbow

Elbow

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At this year's US National tournament, Wailord-EX makes a surprise appearance and even gets second place in the entire event!
Wailord-EX
Wailord-EX Decklist (3rd list from the top)
What does this mean for Worlds? Is this just a gimmicky deck that only works once, or is it a legitimate contender? How do you counter/play against this deck?
Comment you opinions on the deck below!
 
Wailord is a very short trend, with most key cards rotating, as well as lots of viable grass decks coming out it wont be nearly as effective. Was fun to watch nonetheless.
 
I think Wailord worked for two reasons: One, it was a surprise. Two, no one knew how to play against it. One of the biggest things that makes a rogue deck successful is that no one knows how to play against it.
 
Could somebody explain to me how the Swisd rounds work at Nationals? Because I'm not seeing how a person could deck themselves twice in 50 minutes.
 
crann777 said:
Could somebody explain to me how the Swisd rounds work at Nationals? Because I'm not seeing how a person could deck themselves twice in 50 minutes.
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The point was that because the deck took so long to play against, there wouldn't even be a finished round 2, which even happened in the Worlds finals. People figured out the strategy after playing against it once...but they never had a second time to play against it.
 
exxtrooper said:
Wailord is a very short trend, with most key cards rotating, as well as lots of viable grass decks coming out it wont be nearly as effective. Was fun to watch nonetheless.
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Exactly. I'm still expecting it to be popular and if you don't at least try a few games against it you'll come into problems in Swiss, but I don't expect it in Top Cut.

It is also dead after the rotation. Suicune gone (which is pretty useful but maybe not 100% required), Max Potion, the list goes on.

And Grass is big next rotation. Wailord doesn't looks so bulky when you only need to hit 130/120 with poison with weakness
 
Elbow said:
The point was that because the deck took so long to play against, there wouldn't even be a finished round 2, which even happened in the Worlds finals. People figured out the strategy after playing against it once...but they never had a second time to play against it.
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Didn't address my question about Swiss, but I'm assuming that the format is best of three, whoever wins the first game wins the round if the clock runs out, ala M:tG? Sorry, I've played so many variants of tiebreakers (including double loss) that I wasn't sure.
 
crann777 said:
Didn't address my question about Swiss, but I'm assuming that the format is best of three, whoever wins the first game wins the round if the clock runs out, ala M:tG? Sorry, I've played so many variants of tiebreakers (including double loss) that I wasn't sure.
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Its BO3, 50 minutes +3. If the game stops in the middle of game 2, whoever won game 1 wins. Unless if in Top Cut, where its 75 +3, and if the game stops in the middle of game 2, whoever won game 1 wins...UNLESS if someone has taken 4 or more prizes.
 
Breaks the worlds format.
How do you deal with a 270 hp pokemon + rough seas with maximum outs to recovery?
 
Rakkis157 said:
Run a Bunnelby and mill them while recovering useful stuff in other matchups.
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When I was watching the finals, I was thinking about how Bunnelby would hard counter this deck. In addition to milling, it can prevent itself being milled. It'd be a really boring match, but like you said, even running a one-of in your deck would ensure victory against Wailord should you ever face it.
 
lrodjrod said:
Breaks the worlds format.
How do you deal with a 270 hp pokemon + rough seas with maximum outs to recovery?
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IMO, it not that hard, given you are running the right deck.

For example, I happen to play against a Wailord deck in a side event tournament at Nats. I was running my Seismitoad-Manectric-Garbodor deck and was able to run my opponent out of recovery resources between my Grenade Hammer and Assault Laser attacks onslaught.

Patience and keeping that last N till near the game's end helped too.
 
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