This piece is mostly a follow up to the last article I posted. All that needs to change in those lists are a few cards to fit the new meta and I see all of them as solid plays again. Again this piece covers ZoroRoc, Giratina Malamar, and Blacephalon, however I have also included a list for ZoroControl that I prefer to the current one. … Continue reading Countering ZoroControl and countering the counters
I was planning on putting out a part three of Improving on Japan Lists for Blacephalon, but have decided to combine that with this post. The title pretty much explains what this article includes, so I’m just going to get into it. ZoroRoc Continue reading Final lists for Brazil: ZoroRoc, Giratina Malamar, and Blacephalon Naganadel
Despite the negative press ZoroRoc has been getting lately, I think it’s actually an amazing option for Brazil. The deck has to be build in a far different way to work with the additions from Lost Thunder and to meet new demands from Blacephalon; the list I have come up with does so. Players are overlooking some great combos that recently presented themselves to this … Continue reading Improving on Japanese Lists Part 2 (ZoroRoc)
Many of us have built or at least payed attention to the list that did well at the Champion’s League Tokyo event. It is our first look at how to build new archetypes such as Blacephalon Naganadel, Giratina Malamar, and Granbull. As I started testing out these lists, I realized there were some flaws that I should not have been surprised to run into. Japanese … Continue reading Improving on Japanese Lists Part 1 (Giratina Malamar)
The truth is, I did not test Night March enough. I got to the point where my list was what I still consider perfect (except maybe Marowak over Ranger), but I didn’t know the matchups. It wasn’t until round 6 that I realized you’re supposed to go second in several matchups, that against Sableye Garbodor you simply KO Sableyes while Colressing every turn, and that … Continue reading Post-Portland; Night March’s Future
Garb Box is the only top tier option I haven’t talked about on the site yet, which is mostly because I kept feeling like I didn’t have the list quite right. Now I’m at a point where the list is about as good as I believe it can get (at least with the approach I took) and I have decided to stop editing the deck. … Continue reading Garbodor Box and ZoroGarb update
The bans and addition of a few new sets have brought back and changed some past archetypes, as well as creating Milotic Marshadow. I have been working on these three decks, not necessarily because I plan to use any of them for Portland Regionals but so that I can give you guys some strong lists if you are interested in them. Let’s start with Archie’s … Continue reading Archie’s Blastoise, BuzzRoc, and Milotic Marshadow
Check out the lists for these decks in the last two posts. Quick game to show the power of Toad in ZoroGarb and the overall strength of Night March with Order Pads. Continue reading Night March VS ZoroGarb
Night March is one of my top options because it seems under-teched for. The addition of Order Pad and Maxie gives the deck more strength than Zoroark does in this meta. Night March is a deck that does not really need an explanation to help understand why it is good, what needs an explanation is why the deck would not be good. We had an … Continue reading Night March
ZoroGarb is the best deck in Expanded, which should not be a surprise to anyone considering the deck just won worlds and is the naturally progression of ZoroEggs. That is not to say no deck beats ZoroGarb or that ZoroGarb will certainly win Portland, but if the deck that wins dedicates a big portion of its list solely to counter ZoroGarb (such as Drampa Garbodor … Continue reading Expanded Zoroark Garbodor
Best of three in one of the more debatable machups of this format. Continue reading ZoroRoc VS VikaRay
Before you read this, I want to mention that this isn’t really an article. It is a short post with the ZoroPod list I have been working on and a little bit of commentary. Why did we give up on ZoroPod? There’s a common trend of players thinking ZoroPod is not as good as another Zoroark variant and then giving up on the deck. Only … Continue reading Bringing back ZoroPod
Quick game against Ultra Necrozma with me playing Rukan’s Malamar build. Continue reading Malamar Necrozma VS Ultra Necrozma Malamar
In this video from a League Cup last weekend, I face Andy Hyun (Cut or Tap’s editor) in a Malamar mirror match. Continue reading Malamar Mirror Match!
In this video I face Gabe Smart in a couple games we played at a league cup this past weekend. While I do like doing commentary during game sometimes, this episode has commentary that was done after the games were recorded. Hope you like it! Continue reading ZoroRoc (Jimmy P’s list) VS Malamar (Rukan’s list)
The video bellow is a deck profile where Michael and I cover his rogue Zoroark deck that won him a cup with 48 master and earned him a second place finish at a League Challenge on the next day. After recording the deck profile I realized how long the video actually is. Some of you may not want to watch the entire 25 minutes so … Continue reading Michael Perez’s League Cup Winning BuzzRocZoroark Deck
ZoroRoc was far too overlooked when I took my first shot at this meta. Recently it has been one of my favorite options because of the aggression and consistency. The only problem matchups are Buzz Garb and BuzzRoc. In this piece I cover a list that has been modified to deal with both. Ultra Necrozma Malamar is another archetype that I have frequently been seeing … Continue reading More Standard Stuff: ZoroRoc, Ultra Necrozma Malamar, Buzz Garb, and Swampert + list updates for everything in the last article
