A Magmortar deck WON NY States, Drew. I believe two Magmortar decks were in top 4.
Yeh, your right, 2 were in T4. However, out of the 4 states I took the T4, which were NY, NJ, DE, PA from which I think our regional will have players from.
GG got 11 of the 16 positions
Magmortar got 3 of the 16
Banette got 2 of the 16.
GG won 2 of the States and Swept the T4 of PA. They almost did the same in NJ, however Darrell got 4th and did the same in NY. Other than that, while Brian won NY, he did it with an uncoventional Magmortar list, that also included Banette. We can also agree that most area's play Magmortar with either Typhlosion or Blaziken, our are does not. They play it straight wtih Claydol, which in our area with so many GG, might be a better choice because you are able to get thru your deck quicker. However, when 11/16 of the decks are GG, you have to think about.
Josef, other than Tim who lost in T8 the only 3 Magmortar in your Cut. That means, that 5 were not. I believe that atleast 4 maybe 5 were GG. That still means that GG is good. Which is what I am trying to say. While you may want to win, make the top cut is important. Playing GG will most likely give you the best shot to make T16.
JMO,
Drew