Bom Dia, Subs! Back from my world tour and finally ready to talk about my experience forcing myself to play the best deck in format. At first glance, the past sentence sounds detrimental to my mental health as a rogue deck builder, but you would be right. Luckily, with an immense amount of testing, I found some techs that matched my creativity in the lines … Continue reading “Captain Save a Voir:” My Take on Gardevoir ex

Welcome back, Subs! I’m sorry for the short break in pieces, but we are right back on schedule! The month of November is chock full of Pokémon events all around the world to prepare for. I’m going on a bit of a world tour myself, competing in back to back events at Las Vegas Regionals and LAIC. I cant wait to showcase some of the … Continue reading “Vivas Las Dingus”: Top Two Picks for LAS Regionals

What’s up, Cut or Tap readers! I’m eager to be back writing for you all, this time about the Gdansk Regional Championships coming up this weekend. I will be in attendance, so I have been putting my best foot forward trying to figure out what to play. Since I last wrote for you all, I attended the Milwaukee Regional Championships where I placed Top 64 … Continue reading Milwaukee Meta and Gdansk Gardy

Hello, Cut or Tap readers! A rather quick turnaround since my last article, and for good reason! For the first time since the Seniors age division all the way back in 2018, I’m a Regional Champion! That being said, there’s a pretty big difference between the 100-odd players back then and the 2,305 players at this one. I’m excited to be writing today to recap … Continue reading Milwaukee Magic: Taking down Milwaukee with Charizard

Hi, Cut or Tap readers – Bodhi Robinson here. As everyone is trying to figure out how the new set Mega Evolutions changes the format, I figured I’d share what I believe to be the big three of the format, and how they have changed with the set’s release. After upgrading your membership, you may access the rest of the article: Continue reading How Three Decks Have Changed With Mega Evolutions

Hey, Cut or Tap readers! Excited to be writing for you today on the Mega Evolutions format, but more specifically, why I believe the new Lillie’s Determination Supporter card to be the most powerful Supporter, both in current Standard, and potentially of all time. I’ll then discuss how gameplay will change with the impact of this card, how this affects existing decks, how deckbuilding will … Continue reading Lillie’s Determination: The Best Supporter Card

Welcome back, Cut or Tap readers! The 2026 season has finally started, with our first two major events concluding this past weekend. With not much time before the next major, Pittsburgh Regionals, it is important that we analyze these early results and take them into consideration when deciding what to bring in a few days. That’s why I’m here to help! In this piece, I’ll … Continue reading Two Picks for Pittsburgh Regionals

Welcome back, Cut or Tap readers! I just wrapped up playing at Monterrey Regionals, where I finished 5th place with Tera Box! While Tera Box has seen off-and-on success, the deck has never seen the level of dominance that it had this past weekend at Monterrey and Frankfurt. Both tournaments saw two Tera Box in the Top 8, with even more making it into Top … Continue reading A Tera Takeover in Monterrey

Hello, Cut or Tap readers! Last month, the World Championships took place in Anaheim, and there was a lot to take away. Gholdengo was everywhere, Charizard made a reappearance, and Grimmsnarl seemed to almost disappear. With Monterrey, Frankfurt, and Pittsburgh on the horizon in the next couple of weeks in the same format as Worlds, it’s a good time to revisit some old decks that … Continue reading Noctowl’s Time to Shine? A Look at Flareon and Tera Box

Welcome back, Cut Or Tap readers! Regionals in the 2026 season are right around the corner, and the 2025 World Championships just brought some interesting developments to the meta. While it was expected that Gholdengo would be very strong in the Black Bolt & White Flare format, many players online had started to counter the deck prior to the World Championships. Decks like Typhlosion, Charizard, … Continue reading Chansey 🙂

Hello, Cut or Tap readers! I just got back from Anaheim, hot off a 7th Place finish at the World Championships with Gholdengo Togekiss. The deck was an interesting twist on the highly anticipated archetype, and it worked out great for everyone who played the list. In this article. I will go through the preparation for Worlds which led me to Dhengo, the logic behind … Continue reading Time is Money: Top 8 at Worlds with Gholdengo Togekiss

The international release of the Mega Evolution set is still a month away, but for players (like myself) whose first major event of the season will be in the new format, now is as good a time as any to start considering all the possibilities that the set offers. There are a ton of new impactful cards, and in this article I have chosen a … Continue reading Mega Evolution Set Review

Hello, Cut or Tap Readers! The World Championships is just a few days away as I am writing this, and to be honest, I have no clue what I should play. My testing this summer has been mostly dedicated to Dragapult Dusknoir, Grimmsnarl, Gardevoir, and Zoroark. Since all of these decks have been covered a ton on the platform, I figured I would go through … Continue reading Last Minute Worlds Thoughts + Charizard Analysis

The Pokémon World Championships is right around the corner, and as the best testing groups in the game are trying to determine what the strongest play is, I figured I’d list the decks I think are in the best position to win it all. My name is Bodhi Robinson – I’ve been playing the game for the past 10 years and won two Regionals, an … Continue reading “Bodhi’s Top Three Picks:” 2025 Worlds Decks

Hey, Cut or Tap readers! The Pokemon World Championships is just a week away, and testing is ramping up as players head into the big event! I’m excited today to write about the deck and list preparation process for Worlds that my testing group and I have just gone over as we work together in the upcoming week. For players not attending Worlds, this process … Continue reading Analyzing the Preparation Process for a Major Pokemon Tournament