Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Sweet Sixteen: Magnechu VS Hypnosproject HQ

Winner

  • Magnechu

    Votes: 3 75.0%

  • HypnosprojectHQ

    Votes: 1 25.0%
  • Total voters
    4
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Cyrus

Cyrus

Iron Chef - Master Emeritus
~Magnechu~

"Ingredient: Flareon ex

I kinda just winged it for this one...

Pokemon 16
4 Eevee UF
4 Flareon ex
4 Spinarak UF
4 Ariados UF

Energy 16
9 Fire Energy
7 Grass Energy

Trainers 28
4 Prof. Elm's Training Method
4 Mary's Request
4 Battle Frontier
3 Great Ball
3 Swoop! Teleporter
3 Copycat
3 Steven's Advice
2 Rocket's Admin
2 Pokemon Retriever

Uhh, pretty simple strategy (gotta make it quick too, 2 essays due tomorrow ;x). So, you play Flareon to double special condition the opponent and then attack for 70 with Ariados. For only one energy none the less! Ariados's attacks are pretty damn good too, a Gust of Wind is awesome. Flareon ex's attacks are decent too: 70 for 3 is always nice, so you can swarm pretty well.

I didn't add any TecH whatsoever as I didn't have time to think of it. ;/ It's just straight consistency, which isn't a bad thing either. I was thinking of adding Super Scoop Up, but 4 spaces is too many for a flippy card like that.

I'm out!

~Magnechu"

~HypnosprojectHQ~

"Top 16 vs Magnechu
Flareon ex

~Spin Spin Spin~

Pokemon (18)
3 Eevee (UF)
3 Flareon ex (DS)
3 Poliwag (FRLG)
2 Poliwhirl (FRLG)
3 Poliwrath (FRLG)
4 Plusle (DX)

Trainers (29)
4 Professor Elm's Traning Method
4 Energy Removal 2
4 Pokemon Reversal
4 Super Scoop Up
3 Battle Frontier
3 Rare Candy
3 Steven's Advice
2 Copycat
2 Rocket's Admin

Energy (13)
5 Water Energy
4 Multi Energy
3 Fire Energy
1 Scramble Energy

Strategy:
Flareon ex is a beast of a card. However, LudiCargo is arguably the most played and best deck right now. To counter this, you need to have some sort of control over it. Using Poliwrath, you can have their Ludicolo active, trap it with Confusion and Poison, and start whalloping it. Also, you can use Super Scoop Up to keep trapping over and over again. Energy Removal 2 and Pokemon Reversal keeps your opponent on a tight chain that allows them to do hardly anything. Also, Multi Energy allows you to use Plusle's attack to take out Benched Magcargo's when need be. You can also use Multi to power your other Pokemon. Scramble is for Poliwrath in bad situations. Flareon ex and Poliwrath also will work well against other decks. Ludicargo is just the thing to most definetly worry about.

Thanks for the competition! Best of luck to Magnechu as well!
~Hyp"
 
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~Magnechu~

Deck (7/10):

Creativity (3/5):

Card Use (3/5):

OVERALL: 13/20

~HypnosProjectHQ~

Deck (7/10):

Creativity (3/5):

Card Use (4/5):

OVERALL: 14/20

I choose HPHQ!!!
 
Magnechu:

Deck 7/10:

Creativity 4/5:

Card Use 3/5:

OVERALL: 14/20


HypnosProjectHQ:

Deck 7/10:

Creativity 3/5:

Card Use 3/5:

OVERALL: 13/20

I vote for Magnechu
 
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Magnechu:

Deck 8/10:

Creativity 2/5:

Card Use 4/5:

OVERALL: 14/20


HypnosProjectHQ:

Deck 7/10:

Creativity 3/5:

Card Use 3/5:

OVERALL: 13/20

I vote for Magnechu
 
~Magnechu~

Deck (6/10):

Creativity (2/5):

Card Use (3/5):

OVERALL: 11/20

~HypnosProjectHQ~

Deck (5/10):

Creativity (3/5):

Card Use (4/5):

OVERALL: 12/20

Kind of tough to get Poli out & when it is out, then its going to have a tough time waiting for a good Ludi player to give it the first strike and making sure that switching items/scramble don't do it in. Kudo's for the creative approach & sportsmanship.

Ariados is a pretty obvious combo. Could this deck see play when the double-burn stadium comes out with EF? However, this seems like its going to run more smoothly and as a deck, survive the counter-strikes better, since the attack cost is so cheap.
 
Well, once again we have perfect ties, straight across-the-board, so once again, we seek the aid of another fifth wheel: Chris Schell, two-region champion, and a guest judge for the Iron Chef competition!

"Magnechu
Deck: The deck seems consistent enough to pull off the T2 70+Burn most games, but doesn't have much staying power. 7/10
Creativity: Not entirely creative since it's been talked about alot since Flareon ex was shown. 2/5
Card Use: Flareon ex combos well with Ariados for cheap damage. 4/5

(13/20!!!)

HypnosprojectHQ
Deck: It looks good. The lack of Cargo or Pidgeot is troubling. One or the other seems necessary to get set up consistently. 7/10
Creativity: 4/5
Card Use: I really like the way you chose to use it. Comboing with Poliwrath for a lock is an interesting idea. 5/5

(16/20!!!)
"
 
HypnosProject HQ wins the SECOND CLOSEST match in the history of IC. Congrats to both competitors on a good fight!
 
I like the poliwrath idea MUCH better, but I do feel it needs some kind of magcargo/pidgeot.
 
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