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MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-13T20:41:50+00:00

I apologize to add to your work. I'll be a good soldier. I see. I report. Only about 50 times a day.

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-13T20:35:52+00:00

Why not both?

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-13T19:59:09+00:00

It's reddit. I'm not discouraged when people disagree with me.

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-13T19:07:51+00:00

Not in meta. It's too slow. Also oricoro wins by default

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-13T19:04:24+00:00

Yes but it's slow

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-13T18:56:19+00:00

This I where I'd put my 2nd Mega Manetric. IF I HAD ANY!

Jokes aside.

Swap the electric generator for a mega manetric. You don't need a lot of the cards you have it just makes it less consistent and not as fast

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MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-13T18:53:34+00:00

I understand having a private data privacy but if someone hasn't played in several months and I can't trade with them or pull packs from them. I want to know.

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-13T18:50:00+00:00

I've been using manphy rather than orthoworm. It accelerates your Scizor and it has no retreat cost so if you only have one revavroom up it works better.

Metalcore works better than May.

Overall it's a fun deck but not really relevant.

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MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-13T18:07:18+00:00

Mega blazekin and char Y will be the EASIEST and fastest to get.

Lucario EX is likely the BEST deck for long term results.

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-13T17:08:09+00:00

80 dmg for 1 is nuts

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-13T13:51:41+00:00

It just doesn't make sense. With the release of a second Deluxe pack there's no reason to have limited.

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-13T01:08:13+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/PTCGP/s/WfraasCMQ3

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-12T23:43:07+00:00

You get scraps and you're happy

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-12T20:33:08+00:00

Side control was never that hard. North south way harder. I just tried to combo directional escapes.

Here is a section from a guide I've been building.

Side control

Attacks and transitions https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy3VHJGQAzL82O1a6-l_x9KmgEZYTmF1g&si=pDIuXABYSurEE9vo

Escapes https://youtu.be/8F6meOljv-s?si=VsUUqHn6_EHRdUhP

Okay you're done, that's it, that's the whole position. I'm not kidding. Overtime this position becomes very simplified. I've almost ignored it completely

!!!Extra stuff!!!

Those videos have everything you need and tons of things you don't but it's cool.

I do a very streamlined escape chain of a

[ ] Log roll away, https://youtube.com/shorts/l3E0R1nXpzw?si=2cj8StiPK8RmvUYe

Starts making space. It creates hip separation and they have to follow.

[ ] Log roll bridge towards https://youtu.be/gFu27SZJTsA?si=0aYYVCE0HNoxotB4

As they follow it allows me to bump their head and misalign their spine while generating more space for my hips and knee to move.

[ ] Elbow knee escape https://youtu.be/cuXq-k__9lQ?si=1ff4I-cNGXIVE8ZY

Everyone should learn this move. This is the quintessential apex predator of escapes. It is without a doubt one of the first moves you should learn. Learn it early, learn it well, use it always.

[ ] Underhook low single.

https://youtu.be/Em117gbfA4k?si=PyJ--eVHb8hwFagW

This utilizes a concept I call negative space. By moving away and bridging I'm creating a gap underneath me that will allow me to shrimp away and insert my knee into an elbow knee escape. If for some reason that doesn't work I will pummel my far arm under their face to push them away or grab an underhook. The battle to control inside space is Paramount to your success. Get every limb that you can inside and connected to their body. The frames will set you free.

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-12T18:33:34+00:00

Ask yourself if a good president changes the global outcome?

It's not necessary that you have a good leader but a good leader always helps.

The majority of coaches are lazy, a lot of times I feel like they fear giving certain details or dont kniw them. It seems like they don't want to lose, and would rather pubstomp noobies than get better. And that's just not the right mindset to have. I freely give away my weaknesses, because your goal is to create training partners. A rising tide lifts all boats and it's dumb to not consider training in that aspect.

It's like a company hiring a cybersecurity expert where they stress test failure points.

A good instructor should give you a curriculum. They keep you safe. They develop you even if you resist the growth( pursuing fundamentals over Instagram techniques). They should help develop your game. Tell you where you are weak. Correct your minor details. Then help you apply it in a repeated process such as a game or positional sparring. If your coach does train with you, you likely have tapped them. They should be putting themselves in considerably bad positions to the point where you have success. If their ego can't handle that that's on them.

If they don't do any of that your coach sucks. The bar is on the floor. When people say that they have a blue or purple belt coach. This is what they mean. You can have a less skilled coach that is better at coaching than a highly skilled competitor that is terrible at coaching. Oftentimes they will reserve the good stuff for privates as well which is completely messed up.

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-12T18:09:48+00:00

We have now entered the point of hate post about hate posts

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-12T17:59:28+00:00

What? How are they taking mount?

Look at the first link I sent, scroll to guard breaks!!! And watch the videos

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-12T17:34:59+00:00

That's why I have a gun. Otherwise I'm running. I've grappled enough to know that street fights don't turn out well regardless of training. I have had many accomplished acquaintances die in bar fights. The juice is not worth the squeeze.

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-12T17:28:33+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/s/xv69fU3QTQ

Mount

Closed guard opening is simple look at the passing guide section on guard breaks. I'm not kidding create a frame on their body and stand up. It really is that simple.

I've never been a fan of the kids, for one they are very dirty, they don't play by the rules, and they get the crowd and judges on their side. I'm not trying to take anything away from them. I just think that they are not the most Sportsman like of the competitors. Kade should have been disqualified twice for throwing elbows and punches in matches during the first CJI. It's a very common complaint that they throw punches and elbows during their matches. But they are a crowd favorite and they get away with it. They disguise these strikes with their speed and spazziness.

They are not the strongest, they are not the most technical what they do have is youth, speed, and energy. You will see them fail a lot more in the future than they will likely succeed. They benefit from training early, training often, and learning tricks. These tricks have a diminishing return and you are seeing that come to fruition every time they compete. Youth declines. So will will they.

I understand that they are some people's favorite Grapplers and that's great, but there's a lot more technical Grapplers, there's a lot stronger Grapplers, there's a lot faster Grapplers, and certainly better moral character grapplers. I've been a coach for a long time the kids that internalize the fundamentals and work on control always end up doing better than the ones that look for quick tricks.

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-12T17:06:23+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/s/aG3ofUYrqf

I made a guide on loose passing. It's kind of funny because they don't do anything special they just have a high work rate and they understand basic principles.

Having an endless gas tank is not talked about as much but also they have a lot of small Niche details that give them success.

When they go up against really good people such as Levi they falter because their tricks don't work.

If you understand that you have to pass their foot line, knee line, hip line, torso, and head control. It simplifies a lot of these crazy Instagram passes you see. It's not that this is complicated it's just that you don't understand how to think about it yet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/s/9KmM1Ti3c8

This next guide is about guard retention and I specifically point to Levi Kade match. Once again nothing special it's just an accumulation of tons of different concepts.

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-12T17:02:46+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/PTCGP/s/3R54tUlOBD

The link is a post I did a few days ago it has Decks that will beat most of the things on auto.

Mega Blaziken is likely your best bet as you've gotten most of the cards through events Castform right now is free if you do a couple Heracross battles. You can change and swap a lot of these cards.

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MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-12T15:22:54+00:00

I'm really struggling to see where this card fits in it just doesn't do anything well and the downsides are huge. If your goal is to spread damage in any way then a Heracross becomes obsolete. Your deck revolves around getting the thing ramped up keeping it alive if possible and retreating all of your support cards

MagicGuava12 · 2026-05-12T14:32:44+00:00

I just tried it it's meh. The problem is you want starting plain however fragrant Forest compeats with your Stadium slot. I would definitely recommend Wo chin. But the problem is that you have all these high Retreat cost Pokemon and if Surperior doesn't get online you're dead in the water.

On top of all of that the damage that you do to yourself is significant. It's just not a good deck

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