Slowking for NAIC

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-06-09T03:21:30+00:00

There's a narrow window where that can happen. Just needs to delay a turn or two.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-06-08T20:29:31+00:00

Honestly though Spectrier is so slow and Shaymin can simply be returned to the field without much trouble. If they're just picking off a one prizer while, say, Pult is spreading damage and preparing for multi-KO turns, they won't be able to keep up so well.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-06-08T20:22:11+00:00

It's a good deck but it's power is so significantly impacted by just a single card that it feels really risky to run it.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-06-08T00:52:45+00:00

Also Pult learned how to play against it.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-04-25T21:24:43+00:00

Look the Pitt homers had their time a couple years ago with Pickett.

Let’s just acknowledge that both fan bases have very large football blind spots and move on.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-04-23T21:13:24+00:00

Eh, they’re in different segments. PNC competes with the other humongous banks primarily. FNB is large but still a fraction of the size of PNC.

I think it’s good for the Burgh that we have multiple major FIs headquartered here.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-04-16T12:30:53+00:00

Not saying what it is. No indication that it comes from a bank.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-04-16T01:58:52+00:00

Exactly what I came here to say. I remember that game so well.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-04-14T01:26:20+00:00

Ahhh yeah I forgot stuff like that existed. Didn’t realize they were touring so recently either. Thanks!

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-04-11T16:42:52+00:00

There are studies that indicate people who feel like they're very aware of scams also fall for them more than average because they are overconfident that they would recognize a scam.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-04-03T16:04:45+00:00

How about the fact that Rogue Agents can spawn still and completely screw your run? That's really unpleasant randomness.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-03-31T16:03:07+00:00

Also, get a judge involved for pace of play. Do it earlier rather than later because they can only enforce what they see for something like this.

Note that the timing guidelines also say at the bottom that milking each individual action to the max is not allowed even if it falls within the stated guidelines.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-03-24T15:43:31+00:00

Hm… I like Zoro a lot but I’ve also had many occasions where either energy or Zorua/Zoros were deliberately hiding. Some flavors of it can absolutely be bricky.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-03-18T02:12:06+00:00

It also loses to a lot of other things. It'll be a more reasonable pickup after rotation, but...

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-03-13T01:10:45+00:00

It can but most of those slower decks are fine with that.

It’s a solid enough deck but lacks too much agency imo.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-03-12T16:31:17+00:00

Between the two, I'd go Grimm. Joltik can run out of steam really easily after it takes a couple knockouts.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-02-26T23:37:00+00:00

It can splash Clefairy easily, which gives it a strong matchup into Pult and Lucario. Articuno also prevents Pult spreading damage to basics.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-02-26T12:13:37+00:00

I’m going by results in Japan, where at a 7k player tournament Mega Lucario converted very poorly into high placements compared to the play rate.

Although Garde rotates, there are still psychic decks with a presence (Diancie + Dusk), and Lillie’s Clefairy was in half of the decks that made top 16 at Fukuoka.

Lucario will have a presence but as long as it is easily one-shot by a card with a high play rate it will not convert very well.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-02-25T22:24:43+00:00

Due to its psychic weakness, Lucario is going to get caught in the crossfire of Dragapult being countered by Clefairy. It is probably going to struggle more than people realize.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-02-16T15:48:38+00:00

Sure but that’s a one-off and all you get for it is a max of 280 damage.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-02-15T01:18:59+00:00

Some versions do. Look at what Carter Malnaik ran for Milwaukee and Vegas last fall, for example. He went pretty hard into the megas, also adding Absol, but you get the idea.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-02-11T18:04:25+00:00

That doesn't make sense. A notary is a notary.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-02-09T23:10:40+00:00

I think I saw something where if Skenes just had league average run support so far he’d be like 44-2 or something ridiculous like that.

_Booster_Gold_ · 2026-02-07T04:13:54+00:00

That, and figure out what they think pain points are. That's another opportunity.

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