If this interests you, please fill out this application! Masters Division Champion—Mewtwo & Mew-GX, Masters Division Runner-Up—Blacephalon-GX/Naganadel-GX, Masters Division Semifinalist—Reshiram & Charizard-GX/Green’s Exploration, Masters Division Semifinalist—Reshiram & Charizard-GX/Ninetales, Masters Division Quarterfinalist—Pikachu & Zekrom-GX/Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX, Masters Division Quarterfinalist—Reshiram & Charizard-GX/Green’s Exploration, Masters Division Quarterfinalist—Mewtwo & Mew-GX, Masters Division Quarterfinalist—Articuno-GX/Pidgeotto/Girafarig. Shintaro Ito is known for his spicy concoctions like his world’s winning Mega Audino-EX deck from 2016. I will be going over the top 8 decklists from the Masters Division and highlighting the more interesting inclusions from the most successful decks of the World Championships. Brand’s Mewbox omitted defensive options like Venomoth-GX + Janine and Altaria-GX to focus on consistency and aggression. Don't forget to check out the Senior and Junior Division decks, as well as the Masters, Senior, and Junior Division teams from the Pokémon Video Game event. They will release on November 22nd for $12.99 each. Please try again. There are currently no featured deals. Ito went with a Blacephalon-GX based deck with Naganadel for energy acceleration and Naganadel-GX for draw support. Competitors battled using the Standard format. The other two attacks on Flareon-GX are quite usable as well. Flareon-GX’s first attack works really well with the game plan of attacking with Magcargo-GX for a lot of damage. Similar to Theme decks, World Championship decks are purchasable non-tournament-legal prints of 60-card decks used by World Championship players. Posted 1 year ago to He is currently writing his thesis film, which will go into production this fall in Los Angeles. 2017-2018. No one would have expected Pidgeotto control, so who knows what else the format has in store for us. Formats. Pidgeotto Control is not an archetype name I ever thought I’d be writing… but here we are and DDG are the culprits. I like the streamlined nature of this list, but I dislike the omission of Latios-GX. Bright Flame is a good mid-range attack that deals 190 and discards 2 energy,  so that you don’t have to overextend for a smaller knockout. Ito included 2 Heatran-GX in his Blacephalon-GX deck, so I posit that it was an integral part of his end-game plan in addition to an efficient attacker versus single prize Pokemon. The deck builders behind this top 4 deck decided on Super Scoop Up as a worthy inclusion. TCG Expand your horizons and make new friends on one of the largest Pokémon forums on the net! Heatran-GX is also a non-Ultra Beast attacker, which means a Gardevoir & Sylveon player would not have an answer to multiple Heatran-GX in Blacephalon, which would otherwise be a very favorable matchup for Gardeon. The skill level for successfully piloting this deck is off the charts and even when played perfectly it can be overrun by aggressive decks. Because of Cobalion-GX’s ability that removes special conditions from all of your Pokémon with steel energy attached, Cobalion is a sensible inclusion in the rainbow energy builds. Brand’s Mewbox omitted defensive options like, Moving forward, I have removed Cobalion-GX from the list myself in favor of, Shintaro Ito is known for his spicy concoctions like his world’s winning Mega Audino-EX deck from 2016. Pokemon.com administrators have been notified and will review the screen name for compliance with the Terms of Use. You have to do this while keeping yourself from decking out with Oranguru’s Resource Management and keeping the exact cards you need in your hand and deck. Learn winning strategies from a selection of the best players in the game, and start making your own plans for the 2020 World Championships! Cobalion-GX’s GX attack costs one colorless energy and reads “your opponent’s Pokémon cannot attack next turn”. If you read this send an e-mail to WPM for a cookie. Magcargo’s Burning Magma GX mills the top 5 from your opponent’s deck, which is an incredible utility to have at your disposal versus a Shedinja that has either prized Latios GX or omitted it from their list. The Green’s Reshi decks are pretty vanilla, but I will give my opinions on differences on the margins for each list. If you're registered and logged in, you can reply to this story's forum thread directly on this page with all of the forum's functionality! Players can experience the thrill of competing like top Trainers every time they open a 2019 Pokémon TCG World Championships Deck. The Pokémon Company International is not responsible for the content of any linked website that is not operated by The Pokémon Company International. No one would have expected Pidgeotto control, so who knows what else the format has in store for us. Blacephalon-GX/Naganadel has been a popular deck since the release of Blacephalon-GX and that is surely going to remain a constant with Shintaro Ito placing 2nd at the World Championships with the trusty Squid / Cake Pop… thing. It has two ideal early attacks, one from Flareon-GX and one from Solgaleo-GX. Power Burner GX does 20 damage for each basic fire energy in the discard pile, and since this list plays 16 Fire energy that means this attack can do a considerable amount of damage for just one energy. Hoopa both resists attacks from Psychic Pokemon and hits Giratina LOT for weakness making it a very powerful tech attacker. Turtonator can take big knockouts while only giving up a single prize card. Learn winning strategies from a selection of the best players in the game, and start making your own plans for the 2020 World Championships! Trainers were permitted to use cards printed in expansions from Sun & Moon—Ultra Prism through Sun & Moon—Unified Minds, in addition to Black Star Promo cards numbered SM94 and higher. ), 60-card deck (cards have a different card back and are not tournament legal), A code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. WPM is a longtime fan of the Pokémon franchise and an avid fan of the games, anime, movies, and TCG. Over last year, players from all around the world fought first in the regional qualifiers, then in Spring, Summer and Winter Championship in order to qualify to this tournament. Heatran-GX can utilize awkwardly placed Beast Ring attachments and extra Charging Up energy in the late game because of Heatran-GX’s ability that can collect fire energy from your board onto Heatran when it becomes your active Pokemon. (You must log in or sign up to reply here. His World’s 2019 finalist deck however, is not very off-the-wall. Mewbox can be built a few different ways and we saw two unique builds in the Masters division Top 8. There are a few unique inclusions in his list which I will go over. All rights reserved. Turtonator has been one of my favorite cards to include in Reshi builds since NAIC and I am stoked to see it have mainstream success. To paraphrase Brand’s responses in Heyfonte on the topic, it was included for the mirror match to stop Latios-GX's Tag Purge for a turn, and for nuanced situations where it would be advantageous to stop your opponent’s attacks for a turn to better set up your own board. Tournaments. Although very different from the lists myself and friends tried prior to World’s, the concept is the same and is easily executed with this streamlined list. I prefer 2 Power Plants in my Green’s Reshi, but this archetype has a lot of room for player preference and that is one of the best things about it. You may also register a PokéBeach account using your existing Facebook, Twitter, and Gmail accounts: Pokémon and its trademarks are ©1995-2020 Nintendo, Creatures, and GAMEFREAK. ... 2019-2020. I prefer this build of Blacephalon-GX over any of the other variants since, We are all aware of Green’s Reshi’s healing capabilities, but what can a Reshizard deck manage to heal without the searching help of, The strategy of the deck is to allow your opponent to take prize cards until you can, All in all, Worlds 2019 was a really exciting tournament and gave us our first glimpse at the format for the season and what seems to be a diverse format. Blacephalon - Shintaro Ito. The Pokémon Company International is not responsible for the content of any linked website that is not operated by The Pokémon Company International. © Copyright FlipSide Gaming 2016. He currently attends USC's School of Cinematic Arts as a graduate student where he is focusing on film writing, directing, and production.