Welcome back, Subs! I’m back from my travels to the land of soul food and R&B which was extremely entertaining for me! As for my results at the tournament, I made Day 2, and landed in the Top 256, which doesn’t replace anything for my Worlds Invite. I did end up going with the Rogue Dengo pile deck that I posted in my last article, which served me well until some tough bricks and matchups. Not too many mistakes on my end; usually I’m able to point some out, but this tournament felt like I just needed some faster opponents, as I went into Day 2 at 5-0-4.
Before jumping into the base of information in this piece, I wanted to detail some changes I would make going forward. The Klefkis were very strong when opened, but for the massive meta share of Dragapult ex, they became useless in that matchup. Pidgeot ex was the best card in my deck hands down; I want to potentially thicken up the 1-1-1 line and maybe even include another Stage 2, to make use of potential Rare Candy. Genesect was a newer tech that some decks used to deal with Dragapult, which also colluded against the Energy Search Pro in Gholdengo. Going forward, it might be wise to find space for extra Vessel, or cards like Lady to search out Energy when being Item locked + Genesect. Lastly, I really wish I had a second Charcadet, because a few times I prized Ceruledge ex but couldn’t find Charcadet. When encountering Cornerstone, having access to both copies would be great to stream them back-to-back, also making it more effective to bench two before the Briar turn comes up.
Now that I’ve gone over my lackluster finish, let’s dive into deck that surprised me with its placements, while also impressing me in gameplay and setup when I was paired to the deck’s creator, Nathan Stratford, in Day 2. Eevee Box is a deck that not only was under the radar, but I don’t think people truly understood the plays that were possible to make when it comes to Nathan’s list. Not only do we have strong, defensive disruption plays, we have access to powerful offensive plays as well. Another plus side of this deck is the engine which most Tera decks are using, which is the Noctowl/Fan Rotom engine. As an added bonus, Eevee is Colorless so we can use Fan Rotom to set up our attackers, engine, and Tera Pokemon thanks to Eevee’s evolutions.
Before I break down some plays of the deck or matchups, lets dive into the list that Nathan Stratford created!
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