Introduction Hello, Cut or Tap readers! It is a common consensus that you can throw any tech Pokemon together with the Lost Zone engine, and your deck won’t be half bad, as seen with Zacian VSTAR as an example. However, a frequent issue with many of these lists was the late game. This is why typically we see powerful attackers being added, such as Kyogre … Continue reading “Wrath and Storms:” The Importance of Late-Game Power in Lost Box

Introduction Hello, Cut or Tap readers! As you may know, I love rogue (otherwise known as counter) decks, and with a ton of League Cups and Challenges happening across the globe, I will be presenting my current lists, or works in progress, of some off-meta decks. In this article, I will go over some of the pros and cons to playing rogue decks, especially for … Continue reading Attacking, Locking, and Stalling: Post-EUIC Musings on Rogue Archetypes

Introduction Hello, Cut or Tap readers! As I write this article, I am on a train from Brussels to London! After a couple days of vacation, it’s time to do some last-minute testing and refining of my list. With that being said, today I am going to share four of my top contenders for this weekend: Sableye/Radiant Charizard Lost Box (updated from my last article) … Continue reading Across the Pond: My Top Deck Choices for EUIC

Introduction Hello, Cut or Tap readers! As we finally reach the end of the six-month Silver Tempest format, the long awaited mid-season rotation will be occurring, along with the introduction of the new block, Scarlet and Violet. With many consistency cards such as Quick Ball, Scoop Up Net, Oranguru, etc, rotating, many people have shifted to a Mirage Gate-based Lost Box deck, full of tech … Continue reading The Art of Simplicity: Post Rotation Sableye/Radiant Charizard Lost Zone Box

Introduction Hello, Cut or Tap readers! Recently I got 5th Place out of roughly 1150 players at the Regional Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee! Up until this point, I had been playing Lugia/Archeops, and was both getting bored and not seeing the success I wanted to with the deck, so after Orlando, I knew I had to change things up. Leading up to the event, I … Continue reading Inteleon’s Ride Into the Sunset: Top 8 at Knoxville Regionals with Palkia VSTAR/Inteleon      

Abstract In a meta that will span four months, including one Champions League, two International Championships, and 19 Regional level events across the world, the following question is extremely relevant: how can one build the best list of the best play for each event? In this article, I will be taking a deep dive into my general plan of testing, metagaming and deckbuilding –  that … Continue reading An Analysis of Metagaming, Deck Choice, and Deck List: How to succeed in any division at any event

Hello, Cut or Tap! My name is Piper Lepine, and as you may know, I just won the Toronto regional championships with Mewtwo V-UNION control! This article goes over my group’s thought process in building and testing the deck, why we played the cards we did, how to navigate the different matchups, and looking at the deck for the upcoming Arlington regionals. Table of contents … Continue reading Mewtwo V-UNION: the Control List People Weren’t Expecting