We actually have been playing more with catcher and the new cards proxied than anything else. I'll post something sometime this week with catcher. But I must say emboar loses saot of power with catcher. Running multiple Typhlosions allows you to retreat them if they are not OHKOd (only 2 retreat). Also catcher is a great defensive tool to bring something without energy up to stall if needed.
Also I'm not sure if you guys read on the Japanese sites often but Magnezone doesn't exist in their meta game, it's just too slow.
Really just Zekrom, Reshiram with Emboar or Typhlosion, Donohan with Yanmega or Machamp, Beartic with multiple techs, and Gothetelle are tier 1. But that's slot more variety than before.
Obviously we cannot base out meta on what they have done, but it would be foolish to not at least take note of their meta.
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That doesn't make sense to me honestly. Gothetelle, Machamp, Typhlosion and Emboar are all stage 2's. So I don't understand how Magnezone is too slow. Maybe they just don't play him because they feel 2 stage 2's is too slow (magneboar), but other than that Magnezone would be just fine. Maybe they haven't made a good deck with just him in it yet?