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Pokémon TCG player | 2020 OCIC Champion 🥇 | Coaching: https://t.co/gCJdrzSnqU 🏆
Cologne, Germany
Joined January 2017
I put a lot of time and effort into this in-depth guide for Terapagos/Dusknoir, which already features more than 2h of content (including Surging Sparks) and will only go up in the future 😉 . Publishing this as a @TryMetafy course instead of a one-and-done video makes it
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1st place 🏆 at the Utrecht Special Event with Arceus/Duraludon 🏢 🥳
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When even the Worlds Hotel knows that TPCi is super slow 😂
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Fun fact: According to the Deck usage stats, fewer people are playing Dragapult ex than the amount of people that bought @TordReklev's Masterclass 🥸
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Budew is going to be really bad for the game:. 1. It's too generically usable:.Coming with an item lock attack that requires no energies on top of having free retreat makes it a no-brainer for any deck. If you think that it's going to harm aggro decks, I hate to break it to you,
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3rd Place at the Regional Championship in Lille. 🥉.Happy with the result, but stings to know that I would've faced an autowin in Finals if I didn't throw on stream in Top 4 😶
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1st Place at the ~340 player London Cup with same 59 as @TordReklev and @limitless_robin 🫡 Shoutout to @DragonShield_ for the Sleeves 😁
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Found his little brother too 😮💨
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-3 degrees celsius in Germany and this is how he shows up 🫣
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Also just saw this clip from @ptcgMeesie6x6. If this is not a ban you can literally do whatever you want at events now 🤣.
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Seems like they were busy winning the event ⚡️⚡️.
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When did the Pokémon TCG community develop the mindset that it's literally only worth playing the game when you have an easy way to qualify for worlds?.It's actually crazy to see people dropping the entire season before it started, only because they most likely won't make it. 😵💫.
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Imagine playing Regidrago just to put this guy into your discard pile 😥.
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Top32 with Terapagos and some random poison guys 🐢. Having two Top8 win-and-ins in three events and not making cut once is rough, but can't be too upset about getting $1000 with this pile 🦀
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Rahul on rotation day:
Can’t wait for VSTARs to be gone 😌.
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Just got insulted by my opponent for playing ShockLock after which he stood up, didn't sign the slip and just left. On top of that he's a PokéParent. Welcome to #PlayPokemon.
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Why did they skip out on the "can't be put back into your hand or deck" part for Prime Catcher and Unfair Stamp? 🤨.
New ACE SPEC, Pokevital A, Revealed from "Night Wanderer!". Check out this article on PokeBeach for all the details:. ➡️
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2012.2015.2016.2017.2018.2019.2022.2023.2024 ✅️. See you in Hawaii 🫡🌴
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Didn't make EUIC registration. By now, most people are used to how poorly TPCi handles a lot of things, but saying registration will be announced prior to the launch and then launching it Monday afternoon after an event has to be one of their weakest and stupidest moves yet.
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Top 64 at EUIC with Urshifu/Inteleon. Day 2 was kinda rough but 500$, 130CP and a Booster Box is still nice 😄
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Players that argue that prize checking is a skill that has to stay in the game would probably also argue that we should play events one-handed as a skill 😂. There's literally no reason why you shouldn't be able to look at your prizes during your first deck search👍.
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@Ian__Robb has really opened up the craziest timeline 😯.
Fernando Cifuentes was invited to the presidential palace by the president, to be honored for his win at worlds. The other 9 chilean players that made day 2 were invited as well. I dont know if this has ever happened before with a Pokemon world champion. #PlayPokemon
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I know that there's probably a lot of people that knew it already, but since I'm not that much into VGC, I wanted to check if the three Pokémon next to Pachirisu in the "Claim Your Glory" video are actually based on @pokemon_tcg's Worlds win. Turns out they are 😄
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This guy took 6 prizes in two turns against me at a League Cup today 🥲
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Effectively getting a gameloss on stream by accidentally revealing a prize card, when you're being forced to have them on the side of the board you're not used to having them on will never not be cringe 🙃.
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Also fun fact about EUIC 2022: Reigning World Champion @BenryBrand, Reigning IC Champion (me) and 3/4 PC Champions ( @Nataliem9999, @Azul_GG and @ZachLesagePTCG ) didn't make it/won't attend. But hey, TPCi wants to have their top players attend those events 🙃
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This has to be one of the most cursed records possible 💀 (removed names for privacy reasons)
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Judges were very unreasonable on stream for my win-and-in, and everyone would've taken the advantage James could in his spot. No hard feelings towards @ptcgjamesc. Good luck for assym cut 👍.
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If I ever see someone do that IRL I'm flipping their table 🤡
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Seeing bugs on PTCGLive used to be funny, but now that it's fully released and PTCGO gone, it's really just depressing and honestly scary for the future of the game's online presence 😔. It's beyond my understanding how a billion dollar company can justify a product like this.
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List I used to get T16 at OCIC, it‘s the same list as @TordReklev (1st), @LimitlessPhilip (3rd), @MagnusHK (T32), @JesperKEriksen (T32) and @limitless_robin (T64). That‘s a combined 1450CP and 15,5k$ 🌶🔥
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Top16 in Dortmund 🫡.IDd the last round because I didn't know I had a win-and-in for Top8, but fortunately bubbled into Top16 🫣 +80 CP +$2000 +2 Boxes
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2nd place at Malmö Regionals, thanks to @limitless_robin, @LimitlessPhilip and @TordReklev for the list 🌶🔥
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My 17 year old cat had to be put down today, after battling with cancer the last couple of months. I will miss you 😥❤
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T256 in Dortmund 🇩🇪 with Terapagas 🔥.Deck was a lot of fun but fell short in the win and in 🐢.Same list as @LimitlessPhilip @limitless_robin @FabienPujol_TCG and @JesperKEriksen
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Really disappointed in the judges at Worlds, Mimoso attacked for 130 with Hoopa for 6 turns when Ditto and Wobb were sitting on @PeterJoltik 's bench, I even told the judges but nothing happened. This shouldn't happen at an event like #PokemonWorlds . #PlayPokemon.
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PSA: Make sure your deck has outs to Miltank this weekend 😉
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Half of the European player base is about to move to China in April 😳.
Pokemon China introduced the other half of the Sword & Shield - Nine Colors Gathering set releasing on March 1, 2024. Inspired by Japanese Sword & Shield - Fusion Arts from 2021. More info:
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Top64 at Stockholm Regionals 🇸🇪.Deck was broken, but T1 Hands by LostBox and double Lost City in Charizard were too much too handle 😔
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Imagine tagging someone who you know can't reply or look at your tweet, because you blocked him 🤡.Looks like I'm still living in Pablo's head rent-free, half a year later 😂
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Cool idea, but as someone who has rewatched OG Yu-Gi-Oh multiple times, some of them are definitely off. Kaiba is definitely a bdif player and a lot of his theme is around dragons, so Regidrago is kind of a no-brainer here. Yugi is the kind of guy to play Lugia, because.
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Most Pokémon decks are easy to play on a surface level, that's simply how the game is designed. A lot of people underestimate how much more a good pilot can squeeze out of a deck when playing and sequencing it optimally, though. 👍.
This is a topic that has consistently been a 50/50 from the opinions that I have gathered, so time to settle it; how difficult is it to play Chien-Pao/Baxcalibur?🤔.
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2nd Place at the Regional Championship in Bristol, was undefeated until Finals where I lost to @iCaterpie with his Stall deck. Also @LimitlessPhilip pointed out that this makes me one of only three people to reach the Final of EU Regionals twice, so thats pretty cool 😄
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Met the 2010 World Champion Yuta Komatsuda and Imakuni at a retro tournament in Yokohama today 😄
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Can't wait for this card to finally be leaving Standard. Honestly bottom tier card design 😮💨
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The moment when you have to go and check the forums to know which time zone they're even talking about. How hard can it be to let people know which time zone you're referring to? 🫠
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This is what Battle V.I.P. Pass should've been from the beginning
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You can only use one V-Star Attack per game. For the rest of the game each of your Pokémon do additional 30 damage and you take one extra prize card for each knockout.
Serebii Update: The new feature/mechanic for the Pokémon Trading Card Game has been revealed: Pokémon VSTAR
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Decided to play Mad Party today and have some fun. This guy shows up R1 🙂
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Why is the restroom with 20 toilets reserved for staff and 3000 players need to share the remaining 4, what is this joke? 🤣🤣🤣 #PlayPokemon @fanfinity_pkm.
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Last years champion @Sininchi hands the trophy to the new Oceanian International Champion @TordReklev 😄
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Is it just me, or does the Charlotte stream feel like 85% recaps/interviews and 15% gameplay for anyone else? 😵💫.
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Was a pleasure to work on this broken deck with the Americans for this EUIC 🫡.
EUIC Finalist 2024. Extremely proud of this deck, really thought from the beginning this would be the one. Love you Grampa Bradner ❤️
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Have been playing PTCGO ladder at McDonalds for the past 2h because I had to leave my home due to a WW2 bomb defusion. How has your day been so far? 😂.
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Went from 4-0-0 to 4-3-1 in Gdansk. 🫣. Not having a good time with Pokemon right now, so I'll probably take an indefinite break from playing. Shoutouts to @herremba for borrowing me 95% of the deck 👌
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"I don't understand why many top players don't want Cups and Challenges to count for stipends".
Won the Isle of Wight cup going 2-1 with path judge good. 25CP 553/500.R1: LWL Chien pao.R2: Bye.R3: WW lost tina
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The last thing your Charizard, Dragapult or Hydreigon ex sees:
Regigigas, from SV8a!.CCCC - Jewel Breaker 100+.If your opponent's Active Pokémon is a Tera Pokemon, this attack does 230 more damage.
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It's still so crazy to me that each year events happen from July to September with no one knowing the invite structure for the next season. There is no chance that TPCi doesn't know the structure yet, so what's the point of not letting us know, with events already happening?😵💫.
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Peak Pokémon design. Hopefully, we get a playable Lechonk for the TCG😂
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Regardless of people being right or wrong, it's crazy to me how easily people are willing to share private group chats publicly on Twitter for attention, or to throw someone under the bus 😐. Which is illegal, btw, and you can get sued for under the right conditions by the party.
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The timeframe before an event in which registration opens, in addition to player caps that barely match our actual attendances from last season, is not just a joke, but incredibly disrespectful to our EU player base.
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Please @Pokemon just split up your events by game and into competitions and collector/fan events. Not being able to walk through the hall or get to the bathroom in less than 30mins aren't conditions suitable for the highest level of competition 😭. Events have become a miserable.
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