In Paldea Evolved, there aren’t too many cards that improve the deck, so the strategy and list remain very similar to the previous format. Goodra VSTAR is strong enough to take on the metagame’s main threats, including Gardevoir ex and Lugia VSTAR, and it has most of the advantages of a traditional Lost Box deck, such as attacking with Cramorant for free, Mirage Gate‘s Energy acceleration, and Radiant Greninja for consistency and powerful Bench damage. Goodra VSTAR should do well in this format like it has done before, not only because of its natural advantage against Lost Box decks, but also because it’s just really good. Goodra, on the other hand, does well against any variant of Lost Box. From my understanding, the main reason for this is that Lost Box / Dragonite V is one of the highest-performing decks here, and one of the most popular as well, and it’s not a good matchup for Lost Giratina. Instead, the Pokémon that succeeds in a similar deck is Hisuian Goodra VSTAR. ![]() ![]() ![]() The difference that stands out to me the most, though, is the fact that Lost Giratina VSTAR is one of Japan’s greatest hits, while it has rarely seen any play at all over here. The success of Mew Fusion in Japan and the success of Mew Path elsewhere is a great example. There are many great examples of metagame differences between regions. Forcing them to cede a Bench spot to a useless Pokémon is already a small advantage. It is true that the opponent can play Manaphy to guard against Eiscue, but if they do, you just don’t play Eiscue and continue playing the deck as normal. It also helps Knock Out Ralts and Kirlia before they have a chance to evolve, which can be devastating on a turn where you also play Judge or Iono. Speaking of Spiritomb, the main reason we play Eiscue now is so we can Knock Out opposing Spiritomb as soon as possible. However, it is undeniably a stronger version, with more attack options and a better chance against Spiritomb. All the cards in the deck come in sufficient counts, but due to the aggressive draw engine, which forces you to discard cards from your hand in order to develop your setup, you might miss out on some important resources in the late game.Ĭompared to Mew VMAX / Path to the Peak, this version is worse against Drapion V and has worse consistency overall. Leaving aside the metagame factor, what I don’t like about Fusion Strike Mew VMAX is that it tries for strong power plays, but doesn’t always succeed because of the deck’s inherent issues with resource management. (On the other hand, though, Gardevoir ex was one of the main decks, whereas in North America it is not very successful at all.) Here in Latin America, Fusion Strike Mew VMAX was one of the biggest flops of the Santiago Regionals in Chile. It only barely makes my top ten, though, and that’s because of the metagame. The Fusion Strike variant of Mew VMAX - which goes heavy on Fusion Strike Pokémon like Meloetta and Oricorio, as opposed to the Path to the Peak–focused variant I’ll discuss later in this article - just won the most important tournament in Japan. In today’s article, you can check out my first analysis of the best decks in the format, with my predictions of which decks will stand out the most in the upcoming North America International Championships and World Championships. Lugia VSTAR got a new variant, which is potentially better than the Single Strike version. Only one new deck appears in my top ten, Chien-Pao ex / Baxcalibur, which, despite having great potential and fun gameplay, still has some bad points that prevent it from being part of the format’s top three. A Gardevoir ex deck with these two cards is much better than a Gardevoir ex deck without them, and the deck’s recent results are a reflection of that. Sometimes, two simple cards are enough to bring a big change to a format. Thanks to these cards, the lists gain freedom to invest in other cards. Throughout this article, you will notice that I advocate for practically all of my top ten decks to play Iono and Super Rod. In Paldea Evolved, we have two cards in particular that affect practically all decks in the format: Iono and Super Rod. Hello all PokeBeach readers! Here is Gabriel again with another Pokémon TCG article, and this time, I’m going to list my top ten decks of the Paldea Evolved format.Įvery format starts with people wondering which decks got better, which decks got worse (because of the changing metagame), and which new decks can emerge thanks to new cards or concepts that arrive with the new set.
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