Haunter_FanBoy
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omnomnomnom, the kraken feeds itslef with the unknowing people
I'm not going to skype you man
8 piling and then not shuffling at all is NOT a shuffle. Shuffles are random, what you described is an even distribution of cards throughout your deck. You will always get the same result in each of your piles if your deck is in order.
Nobody in Japan does it, nobody here does it. The idea is to pile shuffle and THEN shuffle your cards. It just gets them initially declumped.
I prefer a 6-pile because if it doesn't come out even, you don't have 60 cards. A good back up, but I don't shuffle in order... I go:
1...5....3
6...2....4
then shuffle individual piles, then shuffle top row together, then shuffle bottom row together.
omnomnomnom, the kraken feeds itslef with the unknowing people
I think everyone who thinks the matchups are WAY off or the deck is bad because of his record should look at this: http://pokegym.net/forums/showthread.php?t=143403
Also, for whoever said that it hasn't won a states yet, this is a direct quote from the what won s/p/t's thread:
ITALY
Turin
Master:
1) Alessandro C. [Magnezone Prime / Regirock]
2) Marco E. (LuxChomp)
3) Giorgio P. (Steelix Prime)
4) Davide C. (LuxChomp)
For what it's worth, I T16'd with it in Florida.
I won game 1.
Misplayed in game 2 (Should have azelf'd to know where my Warp energy was)
Game 3 my deck decided I was done for the day and game me every pokemon in my deck except for a magnemite.
I beat Ryan Vergel though, that was neat.
There were 3 seniors (that I know of) playing this at VA states. They got the bottom percentile
Clearly those seniors were not ready to handle the outrageous power of Magnezone.
magnezone is a great deck if you know how to play it and have a good list which you dont
8-pile shuffle all you want, it won't save you.
I always shuffle my opponent's deck.
Bwahahaha.
Nice report.
No, I mean a deck that is designed to take out basics and has no reliable attacks. None of the wins were donks because my opponent played spiritomb. So before you go making smart comments, know your facts.
Should of 8 piled man
I took a Magnerock variant to my States. It was my first ranked Pokemon tournament ever, and I'm a total noob (read: less than 3 months play experience), and I still went 3-4 with this deck. I don't really understand why you don't run Engineers, since it's one of very few ways to get Fighting energy into the discard. Morten says you NEED it, and he pioneered the list. Just curious.
How did Relicanth work out for you? I'm currently teching in Sandslash SV to keep the engine running, but Umbreon ruined my day (I might have gone 5-2 if not for that little guy), and I've been thinking of changing some stuff around. He's on my testing list, and I was wondering how he worked out for other people.
I'm curious as to what "facts" it is that I'm supposed to know? So, it DOESN'T hit for weakness? And, it ISN'T a donk deck? Because, as far as I know, both of those statements I made ARE facts....
I did, but i should have gave my deck a bathroom break sometime during the day since it decided to crap on me in tops.