Hello PokeBeach readers! Isaiah here, and I am happy to be writing another article for you all. Last time, I discussed one of my favorite decks in the current format,
Banette ex, and its prospects before rotation. Following the Goiania Regional Championships in Brazil this past weekend, my position on this deck and where it lies in the format remain largely unchanged. I still believe that the deck is pretty strong for the Vancouver Regional Championship, and it’s super fun, too. I recommend trying it for a League Cup if you’re concerned about playing it for a Regional Championship.
As expected, Banette ex had no results in Goiania, but I don’t think this makes the deck bad — it’s just unpopular and probably had a zero-percent play rate. Aside from that, the results from Goiania were all over the place. The decks in Top 16 were fairly normal, with a healthy mix of the current meta, but in Top 8...
