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A Special Dark kicks this damage up by 50, and it can be aided further with Crobat G and Poké Turn. I have never played in a tournament in real life, and would probably lose to most good players who do. Combine this with Choice Band, and you're hitting 250 damage, one shotting everything.
Those 10 additional damage had a huge impact in the Base Set metagame. Obviously since I have to convert them from video games to playing cards, I will provide a rough description that may help you to fub why I put a certain deck in a certain tier. The deck saw play almost immediately after the release of Metagross δ, Dragonite δ, and in the expansion. Sometimes, in one card's entry, I may be referring to a card I haven't gone over yet. If a Pokémon-EX note a Dark Pokémon with this Energy, you get to deal pokemon tcg meta 20 damage to the attacker. Dialga G has an enormous 100 HP, and its Level X even has 120. Dragonite FB is a heavier gun, with more HP, more retreat cost, and more attacking cost, but its Mach Social does 80 damage to any Pokémon SP.
The cards were what we now refer to as the Base Set. One involves the tried and tested Zoroark GX for a stable build that streams multiple Glaceon GX consistently.
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What I will be discussing in this article is Metagaming and how to apply it within the Pokémon TCG. Metagaming can be thought about as the game within the game. The reason to metagame is because in a game like the Pokémon TCG in which each player creates their own deck, there is more to the game than the game itself. In a game like chess where each player has all of the same pieces that do the same things, skill is the only factor in determining the winner of the match. In Pokémon TCG however, each player can enter a tournament with 60 cards made up of any legal cards in that given format. Thus, playing with more skill than your opponent can not single handedly guarantee victory. Which cards and decks you will be playing against in the tournament is a very important factor to consider when choosing your deck. If you can predict what the most played decks will be, then you can go on to find a deck that fairs well against those decks. If deck B has a favorable matchup to deck A, then it would be a good call to build a good list for deck B, practice with it, and use it for that tournament. But, you can make inferences and educational predictions on what archetypes will be present at your tournament. Many players have teams or groups that combine individual knowledge and ideas to formulate a predicted meta. Some players rely on reading articles, watching videos, and listening to podcasts to take in what other players think the meta for a large tournament will look like. Here is an example of making metagame predictions and choosing a deck based on your predictions. I will be using data and information that I put together leading up to the 2017-2018 Hartford, CT Regionals. I analyzed the decks that were being played at League Cups and also what decks other players were discussing, suggesting to tech for, and considering playing at the event. After sharing this chart with other players, I came to the conclusion that this was likely an educated and accurate prediction. So I then began basing my deck choice off of this. A great place to start is to try to decide what you believe the 3 most played decks will be and prepare a deck that can fair well against them. I ended up placing just under the top 128 due to a couple of close mirror matches and tying a match that I would have won if I had played optimally. Regardless of my record, Gardevoir-GX was a great play for the tournament and I felt confident in my decision based on the analysis and theorizing that went into predicting the meta. I suggest finding this data on , a a great resource for tournament results. Keep track of what archetypes you see consistently doing well and for the most part, eradicate any obvious outliers as they are usually due to smaller league cups. I suggest using and once again, for this data. Depending on how far away the tournament is, these predictions may change as more hype is created around certain decks or techs, more events are played, and as more people make their own predictions. Here is data that I collected and analyzed from an open poll in the Facebook Group , which is a moderated Facebook Group dedicated to competitive Pokemon TCG content and discussion. I asked that anyone who would like to participate vote for the 5 archetypes on the list that they expected to see the most play at Hartford, CT regionals. Now, keep in mind that is availability sampling and is not generalizable to any population outside of the specific sample of people who chose to participate, but it is worth noting that the poll resulted in a meta prediction very much similar to my own predictions, others predictions, and the at-a-glance makeup of the actual tournament meta. This is also a great example of how I present my data. In a metagame where there is reasonably a dozen or so different archetypes that you might see at a competitive tournament. Do not sacrifice the consistency and core strategy of your deck to tech for every archetype that you can think of. A great idea is to play deck B if it beats the popular and strong deck A. If many people are adapting this idea, then it might be fruitful to find a deck C that is favored against both deck B and deck A. I usually draw the line there. My last piece of information will be on local metagaming, namely for League Cups. League Cups are geared towards your local competitive scene, and if you play in your region enough or keep tracks of what good players around you often play, you can formulate what the local meta might look like. For example: I am going to a League Cup 2 hours away from me this weekend. I know many of the people that will be going to this league cup and 2 hours is almost always my limit for travel time for a League Cup. I am ecstatic to finally have content in article form on Metagaming in the Pokemon TCG as this medium is much better for the topic than videos are, in my opinion. I attempted to write this in language and context that would be helpful and benevolent for players of all levels.