Prime some folks are running FOUR Unown Gs in their decks. I was running 3 in two of the four CCs I went to. When facing spread I do my best to have everything out guarded if I can. I obviously can't always get it out as fast as I might need it ... and sometimes stuff gets KOed and it takes a while to NM a G back ... but I've had good stretches both in testing and in real games where everything out was guarded.
Don't you feel 3-4 Unown G is over doing it? What matchups does Unown G actually help out in? It helps against Dusknoir, but does absolutely nothing against Kingdra, Regigigas, Tyranitar, Torterra, Scizor, Abomasnow, etc, etc, etc. Seriously, Unown G really just helps against a few things. Dusknoir, Bronzong spreading (but it doesn't help that much since it can't stop the body), Devolution, Magnezone lv.X auto-paralyization, Machamp (only useful in early game), and Gengar.
If you look at the decks that have won Cities, Unown G only helps out against a few of them when there are over 13 decks that have won more than 10 cities.
I guess if you know your local metagame is going to be 100% dusknoir, Unown G is useful, but in any metagame that has any differences in decks played, Unown G isn't going to be that great of a use.
We are both from NC. There is some Dusknoir played, from you, Brian, and some other people, but there is also Tyranitar played, Regigigas, Machamp, Raichu, and the possibility of many other decks, like Infernape (like your wife played once) or Empoleon (like I played at one city). If you look at just these decks, Unown G helps you against 1 of them, maybe 2 if you count Machamp, but that only helps your basics out. So, why did you play 3 Unown G? To curve your matchups against the few players that you thought were going to play Dusknoir? Were you teching your deck just to do better than the top 1% of the players in our area?
I just don't see 3 Unown G needed, and 4 Unown G to be totally irrational. Your gonna start with Unown G half the time with that many in the deck, and their gonna take up space when your playing against the decks that Unown G does absolutely nothing to help against.
I just don't understand.