Ok, I know what your thinking. What kind of a loser is this guy? No Unown G? No, not NO Unown G. 1 Unown G. Unown G is so used in this format, that it has sort of become a "staple" in many competitve decks. But really, when you think about it, how good is Unown G? For one thing, your bound to start with it sometime at worlds. Then what do you do? Get T2'd by Machamp, Gengar, Kingdra, Luxape, PALKIA?? Any deck that can deal out 50 damage by T2 will get the donk on you. Now, is that how you want your games at Worlds to go down? I sure don't. Now, lets see, what does Unown G protect against? Machamp? Unless your playing SP, then you shouldn't have to worry about Take Out. I mean, the only time take out should do something is before you evolve, but if you get donked by Machamp before you evolve, then you couldn't have gotten an Unown G anyway. Now, lets say your playing SP. You don't evolve. Machamp can use Take Out and you're KO'd. Well, if you attatch Unown G, you can't attatch E-gain. And if you can't attatch E-gain, then you'll have to attatch an extra energy, thus losing the effect of your entire deck having a Turn faster advantage on everything else. Have you played against a deck using Azelf MT? Attatching Unown G is just like that. You're at a disadvantage. Now, what other decks cause you to "need" Unown G? Gengar? Gengar does what? Does 60 Damage to your 80 HP Claydol? Does 60 Damage to your 70 HP Uxie or 70 HP Azelf? Ok, they still don't KO you. Besides, after the first couple of turns, you could do without Claydol. Play a few Cynthia! 8 Cards that your opponent can't stop you from getting? Claydol and Uxie can get Power Sprayed or Power Locked or KO'd. Supporters can't. Play more draw supporters. Or also, most decks run a 2-2 Claydol line. If you need another one after Gengar spends 2 Turns KOing your first one, just set another one up. All the while, your main attacker is going with full HP. Also, if your Claydol is KO'd then you just won't have as many trainers in your hand, therefore Poltergiest is useless. Also, how played will these too decks be anyway? There was barely any Machamp at Nats, which means you can assume that there won't be much for Worlds, either. Gengar will be played, but not in many numbers. It's not nearly as good as it was for Nats, because it just did well when you played players that weren't that good or that didn't know how to play against it. Everyone knows how to play agaisnt it now, and there are no bad players at Worlds. Focus on teching against decks that WILL be played at worlds instead! Like Luxape! Seeing as it won Nats, it WILL be played at Worlds, and a lot of it. In conclusion, Unown G isn't really needed. MAYBE 1 would be OK in some decks, but you could still start with it. These are all valid points. Just think about it before taking a loss at Worlds. I won't say I didn't warn you.
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Otherwise, its rather useless IMO.
