Winners of PokeBeach’s March 2018 PTCGO Tournament!

By: PMJ · Posted Apr 13, 2018 at 9:06 AM · 0 Comments

PokeBeach’s March 2018 PTCGO Tournament is over and the winners have been crowned!

Ninety-six players competed for the title in this exciting monthly event, with the top eight players facing off in a top cut. The tournament was played in the Standard format at the time the tournament began — BREAKthrough through Ultra Prism.

Interview with the Champion

This month’s tournament was won by gumball51321! He will be shipped eighteen packs free of charge, courtesy of TCGplayer.com!

Here’s our interview with him:

What is your real name, and where do you live?

My name is Scotty Chesser, and I live in Houston, Texas.

How are you doing this season in Play! Pokemon tournaments?

I’m not doing so hot this season, since up until a couple weeks ago, I’ve been using the wrong P.I.D. for every tournament this season. And it was confirmed somebody got my points from my Regionals and Cups.

Why did you decide to participate in this tournament?

I participated because I had never played in a PokeBeach tournament before and I was confident I would do well enough to earn prizes.

[cardimg name=”Buzzwole-GX ” set=”Crimson Invasion” no=”104″ align=”right” c=”none”][/cardimg]

Why did you play Buzzwole? Were you considering any other decks?

I played [card name=”Buzzwole-GX” set=”Crimson Invasion” no=”57″ c=”name”][/card] (particularly Buzz / [card name=”Garbodor” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”57″ c=”name”][/card]) because It’s the only deck I trust, since it can set up and has the tools to beat anything without anything worse than a 45-55 matchup.

Why this specific variant?

I had tested [card name=”Lycanroc-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”74″ c=”name”][/card] with Buzzwole and didn’t care too much for it, but I actually got the idea of BuzzGarb with [card name=”Max Elixir” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”102″ c=”name”][/card]s instead of [card name=”Garbodor” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”51″ c=”custom”]Trashalanche Garb[/card] from someone on PokeBeach (I’m sorry, I forgot who). And it worked surprisingly well.

What was your most exciting game or set?

My most exciting games were probably against KK-Swizzle in the finals since all 3 games were super close and for the marbles. It really came down to him misplaying on the final turn, where he could have evolved a Ralts on the Bench into [card name=”Kirlia” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”69″ c=”name”][/card] with an [card name=”Ultra Ball” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”135″ c=”name”][/card] in his hand that he didn’t play. That led to me being able to Jet Punch for the tournament.

Would you make any other changes to your list?

Although there are no cards I want to take out, I really want room for a tenth Fighting Energy, since there were quite a few times where I whiffed Elixir, since I don’t aggressively draw through my deck, thinning it out, making my Elixirs more likely to succeed.

**Anything look exciting to you from Forbidden Light? How do you think the set will impact Buzzwole decks as a whole?**

Beast Ring and Baby Buzz look great, and I already came up with what to drop for them (my secret). Although Naganadel-GX is certainly scary, I think the new meta decks impact Buzzwole positively since big Ultra Necrozma-GX gets Knocked Out by Buzzwole-GX with a [card name=”Choice Band” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”121″ c=”name”][/card]. Plus, with Diancie Prism Star, Buzzwole can afford to play [card name=”Fighting Fury Belt” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”99″ c=”name”][/card] over Choice Band since the damage evens out and you get more HP.

Congratulations, Scotty!

Here is the deck list he used to win the tournament:

[decklist name=”gumball winner” amt=”60″ caption=”” cname=”Trubbish” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”56″][pokemon amt=”11″]4x [card name=”Buzzwole-GX ” set=”Crimson Invasion” no=”104″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]1x [card name=”Sudowoodo” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”67″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]2x [card name=”Tapu Lele-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”137″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Garbodor” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”57″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Trubbish” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”56″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card][/pokemon][trainers amt=”36″]4x [card name=”Professor Sycamore” set=”Steam Siege” no=”114″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Guzma” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”115″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]3x [card name=”N” set=”Fates Collide” no=”105″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]3x [card name=”Cynthia” set=”Ultra Prism” no=”119″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]1x [card name=”Lillie” set=”Ultra Prism” no=”151″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”1″][/card]4x [card name=”Choice Band” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”121″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Float Stone” set=”Plasma Freeze” no=”99″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Max Elixir” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”102″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Ultra Ball” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”135″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]2x [card name=”Nest Ball” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”123″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Super Rod” set=”Noble Victories” no=”95″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”1″][/card]2x [card name=”Parallel City” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”145″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”2″][/card][/trainers][energy amt=”13″]9x [card name=”Fighting Energy” set=”XY” no=”137″ c=”deck2″ amt=”9″][/card]4x [card name=”Strong Energy” set=”Fates Collide” no=”115″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card][/energy][/decklist]

Other Top Finishers

Below are the top eight players and the decks they used:

1st: Scotty Chesser (gumball51321) — [card name=”Buzzwole-GX” set=”Crimson Invasion” no=”57″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Garbodor” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”57″ c=”name”][/card]
2nd: Kevin Krueger (KK-Swizzle) — [card name=”Gardevoir-GX” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”93″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Sylveon-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”92″ c=”name”][/card]
3rd: Jeffrey Blake (JGB146) — [card name=”Silvally-GX” set=”Crimson Invasion” no=”90″ c=”name”][/card] + Water techs
4th: Christian Wilhelm (PixDixFix) — Buzzwole-GX / Garbodor
5th: Daniel Ainikkal (DeadlyBee111) — [card name=”Zoroark-GX” set=”Shining Legends” no=”53″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Golisopod-GX” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”17″ c=”name”][/card]
6th: Robert Fuchs — Buzzwole-GX / [card name=”Lycanroc-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”74″ c=”name”][/card]
7th: Shane Guan (ShinyZard) — Zoroark-GX / Gardevoir-GX
8th: John Mostowy (Serperior) — [card name=”Tapu Koko” set=”Sun and Moon Black Star Promos” no=”SM30″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Garbodor” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”57″ c=”name”][/card] spread

Congrats to Kevin for his second consecutive Top 8 placement, moving from third to second! Only one place to go from there…

Kevin, Jeffrey, Robert, and John will all be seeing a huge increase in prizes because they are premium subscribers. You can see how many packs each of them earned at the top of this page. The deck lists of second, third, and fourth place can be seen below:

Kevin Krueger, Second Place

[decklist name=”kkswizzle 2nd” amt=”60″ caption=”” cname=”Gardevoir-GX” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”93″][pokemon amt=”19″]2x [card name=”Gardevoir-GX” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”93″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Gallade” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”84″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Kirlia” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”69″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Ralts” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”91″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Ralts” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”68″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]3x [card name=”Tapu Lele-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”60″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]1x [card name=”Sylveon-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”92″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Eevee” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”101″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Mewtwo” set=”Evolutions” no=”51″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Octillery” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”33″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Remoraid” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”31″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Alolan Vulpix” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”21″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card][/pokemon][trainers amt=”30″]4x [card name=”N” set=”Dark Explorers” no=”96″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]3x [card name=”Guzma” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”115″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]2x [card name=”Brigette” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”134″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Cynthia” set=”Ultra Prism” no=”119″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Professor Sycamore” set=”XY” no=”122″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”1″][/card]4x [card name=”Ultra Ball” set=”Roaring Skies” no=”93″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Rare Candy” set=”Dark Explorers” no=”100″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]2x [card name=”Field Blower” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”125″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Max Potion” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”128″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Float Stone” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”137″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Super Rod” set=”Noble Victories” no=”95″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Choice Band” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”121″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Rescue Stretcher” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”130″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”1″][/card]2x [card name=”Parallel City” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”145″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”2″][/card][/trainers][energy amt=”11″]7x [card name=”Fairy Energy” set=”XY” no=”140″ c=”deck2″ amt=”7″][/card]4x [card name=”Double Colorless Energy” set=”Next Destinies” no=”92″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card][/energy][/decklist]

Jeffrey Blake, Third Place

[decklist name=”jgb 3rd” amt=”60″ caption=”” cname=”Silvally-GX” set=”Sun and Moon Black Star Promos” no=”SM91″][pokemon amt=”14″]3x [card name=”Silvally-GX” set=”Sun and Moon Black Star Promos” no=”SM91″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]3x [card name=”Type: Null” set=”Crimson Invasion” no=”89″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]2x [card name=”Lapras-GX” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”35″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Tapu Lele-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”60″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Glaceon-EX” set=”Fates Collide” no=”20″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Tapu Fini-GX” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”39″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Clefairy” set=”Evolutions” no=”63″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Oranguru” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”113″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card][/pokemon][trainers amt=”32″]4x [card name=”Professor Sycamore” set=”Steam Siege” no=”114″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]3x [card name=”Guzma” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”115″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]2x [card name=”Brigette” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”161″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”N” set=”Fates Collide” no=”105″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Cynthia” set=”Ultra Prism” no=”119″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”2″][/card]4x [card name=”Ultra Ball” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”161″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Max Elixir” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”102″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]3x [card name=”Choice Band” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”121″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]2x [card name=”Aqua Patch” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”161″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Field Blower” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”125″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Psychic Memory” set=”Crimson Invasion” no=”98″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Fighting Memory” set=”Crimson Invasion” no=”94″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”2″][/card][/trainers][energy amt=”14″]10x [card name=”Water Energy” set=”XY” no=”134″ c=”deck2″ amt=”10″][/card]4x [card name=”Double Colorless Energy” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”166″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card][/energy][/decklist]

Christian Wilhelm, Fourth Place

[decklist name=”pixdixfix 4th” amt=”60″ caption=””undefined][pokemon amt=”14″]3x [card name=”Buzzwole-GX ” set=”Crimson Invasion” no=”104″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]2x [card name=”Tapu Lele-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”137″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Garbodor” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”57″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Trubbish” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”50″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Carbink BREAK” set=”Fates Collide” no=”51″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Carbink” set=”Fates Collide” no=”50″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Zygarde-EX” set=”Fates Collide” no=”54″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card][/pokemon][trainers amt=”33″]4x [card name=”Professor Sycamore” set=”Steam Siege” no=”114″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Guzma” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”115″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]2x [card name=”N” set=”Fates Collide” no=”105″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Cynthia” set=”Ultra Prism” no=”119″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Acerola” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”112″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Lillie” set=”Ultra Prism” no=”151″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”1″][/card]4x [card name=”Float Stone” set=”Plasma Freeze” no=”99″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Max Elixir” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”102″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Ultra Ball” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”135″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]2x [card name=”Choice Band” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”121″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Nest Ball” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”123″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Rescue Stretcher” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”130″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”1″][/card]2x [card name=”Parallel City” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”145″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”2″][/card][/trainers][energy amt=”13″]9x [card name=”Fighting Energy” set=”XY” no=”137″ c=”deck2″ amt=”9″][/card]4x [card name=”Strong Energy” set=”Fates Collide” no=”115″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card][/energy][/decklist]

In addition to all 8 top finishers above, everyone in the Top 32 also earned Prize Wall points on TCGplayer.com, which allows them to exchange their points for even more products like booster packs and promo boxes. Points are received via e-mail. If you won points, be sure to check your inboxes!

Please also note that your PokeBeach account email address must match your TCGplayer account email address. If they don’t, you won’t receive your points!

Creative Deck Winners

As part of every tournament, PokeBeach’s article writers voted for the five premium members that didn’t make Top 16 whom they felt used the most creative deck lists. Each of them earned 5 booster packs or a promo product.

Julio Penaloza, henryhoover, woahaustin, dmode15, and RisingRaichuu each walked away with five booster packs or a specially selected Pokemon promo product from TCGplayer.com. The decks they played were [card name=”Greninja BREAK” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”41″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Talonflame BREAK” set=”Steam Siege” no=”21″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Alolan Muk” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”58″ c=”name”][/card], [card name=”Silvally-GX” set=”Crimson Invasion” no=”90″ c=”name”][/card] / Psychic techs, [card name=”Ho-Oh-GX” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”21″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Salazzle-GX” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”25″ c=”name”][/card], [card name=”Zoroark-GX” set=”Shining Legends” no=”53″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Golisopod-GX” set=”Burning Shadows” no=”17″ c=”name”][/card], and [card name=”Lunala-GX” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”66″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Solgaleo-GX” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”89″ c=”name”][/card], respectively.

You can find each of their deck lists in the forum thread below.

Want to Become a Premium Member?

April’s tournament is currently underway. Each tournament awards up to 7 booster boxes of product to top finishers plus promo products and additional booster packs to premium members. The prizes for premium members are bigger than ever before, so don’t miss your chance to play in the next tournament! Signups for May are currently scheduled to be posted Saturday, April 28th. Mark your calendars!

If you’re interested in becoming a premium member, be sure to check out this link. All premium members get reserved slots in the tournaments, a huge increase in prizes, double the amount of Prize Wall points, a chance to win even more product for using creative decks, and of course all the other benefits that go along with having a premium membership, including weekly articles from the game’s top players and deck help from said players. A premium membership is extremely diverse!

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