Winners of PokeBeach’s June 2017 TCG Cup Crowned! Deck Lists and Interview!
PokeBeach’s June TCG Cup is over and the winners have been crowned!
96 players competed for the title in this exciting event, with the top-8 players facing off in a top cut. The tournament was played in the Standard format at the time — Primal Clash through Guardians Rising.
Interview with the Champion
This month marks longtime forum member John Mostowy’s fourth PokeBeach tournament win! No one is even close to that many first places. Because he is a premium member, he will be shipped 2 booster boxes by TCGplayer.com!
Here’s our interview with him:
How well are you performing in Play! Pokemon tournaments this season?
I haven’t competed in an actual P!P tournament since March. lol
Why did you decide to participate in this tournament?
Guys, it’s so simple: it’s free and it’s fun. I stay involved within the community, I meet cool members, and I stay (kinda) up-to-date on the meta.
What deck did you play for the June TCG Cup?
[cardimg name=”Gyarados” set=”XY Black Star Promos” no=”XY60″ align=”right” c=”none”][/cardimg]
I played [card name=”Gyarados” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”21″ c=”name”][/card]. I was a little worried at first because [card name=”Decidueye-GX” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”12″ c=”name”][/card] still exists, but other than that one matchup, I’m able to go even or better with the majority of the field. It’s a powerful deck that can set up fast and is incredibly fun to play when it gets going. Plus, I didn’t have any Guardians Rising cards to build any of the new stuff online so this was all I had. lol
What kind of decks give yours trouble? Which are good matchups?
As aforementioned, Decidueye stiiinks. Feather Arrow picks off your [card name=”Magikarp” set=”Evolutions” no=”33″ c=”name”][/card] if you aren’t playing [card name=”Machoke” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”64″ c=”name”][/card] (which I opted not to do) and if your opponent plays [card name=”Vileplume” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”3″ c=”name”][/card], you literally can’t do a thing. You have no access to [card name=”Rescue Stretcher” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”130″ c=”name”][/card], [card name=”Puzzle of Time” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”109″ c=”name”][/card], and [card name=”Dive Ball” set=”Primal Clash” no=”125″ c=”name”][/card] to consistently pump Gyarados out when they get KO’d, so Irritating Pollen is truly irritating in this regard. [card name=”Tapu Koko” set=”Sun and Moon Black Star Promos” no=”SM30″ c=”name”][/card] is also incredibly devastating, dishing out 20 damage to every Pokémon on your side of the field with Flying Flip. I had to tech [card name=”Mr. Mime” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”97″ c=”name”][/card] in for that, and he was only helpful in one game all tournament. More on that later.
Gyarados is able to go toe-to-toe with [card name=”Garbodor” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”51″ c=”name”][/card] without [card name=”Espeon-GX” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”61″ c=”name”][/card] (Divide GX is also kind of a problem) and doesn’t have many issues with [card name=”Zoroark” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”91″ c=”name”][/card]. I slaughter [card name=”Volcanion-EX” set=”Steam Siege” no=”26″ c=”name”][/card] and I have a decent time against [card name=”Metagross-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”85″ c=”name”][/card] and [card name=”Darkrai-EX” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”74″ c=”name”][/card] variants.
What kind of decks did you play against?
I dodged all of the Decidueye which was really cool but I played a diverse pool of decks this month.
I had to go up against a Metagross-GX deck early on in which [card name=”Team Magma’s Secret Base” set=”Double Crisis” no=”32″ c=”name”][/card] was critical early on. As long as I could get that in-play on turn one or two before my opponent had any [card name=”Beldum” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”83″ c=”name”][/card] to drop on the Bench, that extra 20 damage meant a 250-HP Metagross would get nerfed to 230. This is significant because I would only need one [card name=”Choice Band” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”121″ c=”name”][/card] to hit for 240 for an OHKO before they could pull off [card name=”Max Potion” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”128″ c=”name”][/card] shenanigans instead of two and go for 270. So that was one round I remember.
normanc was last month’s winner and he ran a [card name=”Lurantis-GX” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”15″ c=”name”][/card] deck that I had no problem with. Lurantis-GX has 210 HP, I can hit 210 without Choice Band, it was a good time.
In Top 8, I played MoFoTY86‘s [card name=”Sylveon-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”92″ c=”name”][/card] deck, killrnite‘s [card name=”Alolan Ninetales-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”22″ c=”name”][/card] deck, and Derek2727‘s Garbodor / Espeon-GX deck, in that order.
Sylveon was tough because I had to hit 210 or else I was susceptible to watching a fresh Sylveon get Max Potion’d and then get smacked with an [card name=”Enhanced Hammer” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”124″ c=”name”][/card] to lose a precious [card name=”Double Colorless Energy” set=”Evolutions” no=”90″ c=”name”][/card]. That’s what happened in game two — I couldn’t OHKO Sylveon. In game three, I started Mr. Mime and thought I was done for. That was, until I ripped a [card name=”Professor Sycamore” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”107″ c=”name”][/card] discarding a beefy hand into everything I needed for a 210 hit on a lone Sylveon for the game. It was a scary game.
Against killrnite in the semis, my worst fears came to life when I found he played not one but two Tapu Koko. Mr. Mime finally had his time to shine and was pesky at times for him, but in game two I couldn’t get him out quickly enough. He ended up Choice Banding his Koko, [card name=”Lysandre” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”78″ c=”name”][/card]’d a damaged [card name=”Shaymin-EX” set=”Roaring Skies” no=”77″ c=”name”][/card] from Magma Base, and Flying Flipped for four Prizes. It was actually cool but kinda sucky at the same time. I would still make the comeback to win 2-0.
In the finals, I knew it’d be a tough match because Psybeam = Confusion = uncertainty for attacks. Also, trading with Garbodor is never fun. I misplayed hard game one and failed to OHKO a Garb and left it with 10 HP, which was all it took to seal the game in his favor. I don’t remember game two. Game three required tightening up on Item usage and actually doing some work with [card name=”Tapu Lele-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”60″ c=”name”][/card]. He mistakenly used Divide GX early, killing [card name=”Remoraid” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”32″ c=”name”][/card] and a Magikarp, instead of saving it for later. This was exactly what I needed. I softened up that Espeon and was able to take a couple of hits from Trashalanche when he retreated to that Garb before she finally went down. I think I was able to take down that Garb by retreating that damaged Lele into a powered-Gyarados and then going all in. I left the Gyarados to get Psychic’d by the damaged Espeon and just chained Gyarados to finally win the game. A very close finals nonetheless.
What was your most exciting game or match?
Each of those final games had those moments — drawing exactly what I needed off of Sycamore to OHKO the Sylveon was dope, waiting nervously for killrnite to pull off a Hex Maniac / Tapu Koko / DCE combo, and improvising and using Lele against Derek were all clips on this month’s highlight reel.
What was your favorite card in your list?
[card name=”Professor Sycamore” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”107″ c=”name”][/card] because if you open him it means you most likely will not get donked.
Would you make any changes to your deck or list?
Uhhh not really. I wish I could squeeze in a second [card name=”Float Stone” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”137″ c=”name”][/card], but I have no idea what to cut. A [card name=”Trainers’ Mail” set=”Roaring Skies” no=”92″ c=”name”][/card]?
How does Burning Shadows and affect your deck? Is it still viable?
Thanks to PokéBeach being a lovely news source for many years now, I’m able to take a peek at some of the translations. The more important Pokémon cards from the set include Golisopod-GX, Marshadow-GX, Gardevoir-GX, Heatmor, Diancie, and Noivern-GX. I don’t see any of these giving Gyarados too many problems other than Noivern, as it’s a Stage-1 Seismitoad with an Item-locking attack.
Noivern could be very troublesome if it gains popularity and I think it will because [card name=”Double Dragon Energy” set=”Roaring Skies” no=”97″ c=”name”][/card] is its one-way ticket to Item lock. The fact it needs a turn to evolve helps, but [card name=”Wally” set=”Roaring Skies” no=”94″ c=”name”][/card] + DDE spells doom for all Gyarados players at that point. A way around this is to have everything from the get go and to rely on Sycamore to draw into Magikarp, Magma Base, and DCE, but you won’t have the flexibility with Dive Ball and Rescue Stretcher to search and discard resources as easily.
On a side note, we do see another Gyarados in the set that does damage equal to the amount of Magikarp in the discard pile. In the Standard format, this Gyarados is significantly worse as it does 50 per Magikarp. Unless you use [card name=”Archie’s Ace in the Hole” set=”Primal Clash” no=”124″ c=”name”][/card] to get a Gyarados in play, you can’t hit over 150 unless you had Choice Band. Another downfall to this Gyarados is that you don’t have an Ancient Trait to double dip on Tools — you can’t hit 210, you can’t hit big GXs, you can’t win, at least not as easily with the AOR Gyarados. We’ll see what happens at Worlds, but I don’t think Gyarados will make much of a splash there because of Decidueye’s recent success at NAIC and its overall risk as a play for the most important tournament of the year.
Congratulations, John!
Here is the deck list he used to win the tournament:
[decklist name=”John’s Gyarados” amt=”60″ caption=”” cname=”Gyarados” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”21″][pokemon amt=”12″]3x [card name=”Gyarados” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”21″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]2x [card name=”Magikarp” set=”Evolutions” no=”33″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Magikarp” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”19″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Octillery” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”33″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Remoraid” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”32″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Mr. Mime” set=”Generations” no=”52″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Shaymin-EX” set=”Roaring Skies” no=”106″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Tapu Lele-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”60″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card][/pokemon][trainers amt=”44″]3x [card name=”Professor Sycamore” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”107″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]2x [card name=”N” set=”Dark Explorers” no=”96″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Teammates” set=”Primal Clash” no=”141″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Lysandre” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”78″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”2″][/card]4x [card name=”VS Seeker” set=”Supreme Victors” no=”140″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Ultra Ball” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”135″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Trainers’ Mail” set=”Roaring Skies” no=”92″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Rescue Stretcher” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”130″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Puzzle of Time” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”109″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]3x [card name=”Dive Ball” set=”Primal Clash” no=”125″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]3x [card name=”Choice Band” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”121″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]1x [card name=”Float Stone” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”137″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Escape Rope” set=”Primal Clash” no=”127″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Level Ball” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”76″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Special Charge” set=”Steam Siege” no=”105″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Town Map” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”150″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”1″][/card]4x [card name=”Team Magma’s Secret Base” set=”Double Crisis” no=”32″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”4″][/card][/trainers][energy amt=”4″]4x [card name=”Double Colorless Energy” set=”Evolutions” no=”90″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card][/energy][/decklist]
Other Top Finishers
Coming in 2nd, 3rd and 4th places were Derek Hildinger (Derek2727), Slappy White (uncleyuri), and Blair Zwarich (killrnite). All three won a bunch of booster packs from the latest expansions, but Derek and Blair got 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. Their deck lists can be seen below:
Derek Hildinger
[decklist name=”Derek’s Espeon/Garbodor” amt=”60″ caption=”” cname=”Garbodor” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”51″][pokemon amt=”15″]3x [card name=”Garbodor” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”51″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]1x [card name=”Garbodor” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”57″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]4x [card name=”Trubbish” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”56″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]2x [card name=”Espeon-GX” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”61″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Eevee” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”101″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Tapu Lele-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”60″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Shaymin-EX” set=”Roaring Skies” no=”77″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card][/pokemon][trainers amt=”34″]4x [card name=”Professor Sycamore” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”107″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]3x [card name=”N” set=”Fates Collide” no=”105″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]2x [card name=”Lysandre” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”78″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Hex Maniac” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”75″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Teammates” set=”Primal Clash” no=”141″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Brigette” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”134″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Brock’s Grit” set=”Evolutions” no=”74″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Team Flare Grunt” set=”Generations” no=”73″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Team Rocket’s Handiwork” set=”Fates Collide” no=”112″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”1″][/card]4x [card name=”Ultra Ball” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”135″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”VS Seeker” set=”Supreme Victors” no=”140″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]3x [card name=”Float Stone” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”137″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]3x [card name=”Choice Band” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”121″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]2x [card name=”Field Blower” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”125″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Rescue Stretcher” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”130″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”2″][/card][/trainers][energy amt=”11″]7x [card name=”Psychic Energy” set=”Generations” no=”79″ c=”deck2″ amt=”7″][/card]4x [card name=”Double Colorless Energy” set=”Evolutions” no=”90″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card][/energy][/decklist]
Slappy White
[decklist name=”uncleyuri’s Drampa/Garbodor” amt=”60″ caption=”” cname=”Drampa-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”115″][pokemon amt=”14″]3x [card name=”Garbodor” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”51″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]1x [card name=”Garbodor” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”57″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]4x [card name=”Trubbish” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”56″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]3x [card name=”Drampa-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”115″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]1x [card name=”Oricorio” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”56″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]2x [card name=”Tapu Lele-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”60″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card][/pokemon][trainers amt=”35″]4x [card name=”Professor Sycamore” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”107″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]3x [card name=”N” set=”Noble Victories” no=”92″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]2x [card name=”Lysandre” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”78″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Olympia” set=”Generations” no=”66″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Pokémon Fan Club” set=”Fates Collide” no=”107″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Team Flare Grunt” set=”Generations” no=”73″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Delinquent” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”98″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Hex Maniac” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”75″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”1″][/card]4x [card name=”Ultra Ball” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”135″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Float Stone” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”137″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]3x [card name=”Choice Band” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”121″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]3x [card name=”VS Seeker” set=”Supreme Victors” no=”140″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]2x [card name=”Field Blower” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”125″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Rescue Stretcher” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”130″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Super Rod” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”149″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”1″][/card]3x [card name=”Team Magma’s Secret Base” set=”Double Crisis” no=”32″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”3″][/card][/trainers][energy amt=”11″]5x [card name=”Psychic Energy” set=”Evolutions” no=”95″ c=”deck2″ amt=”5″][/card]4x [card name=”Double Colorless Energy” set=”Evolutions” no=”90″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]2x [card name=”Rainbow Energy” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”137″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card][/energy][/decklist]
Blair Zwarich
[decklist name=”Blair’s Alolan Ninetales” amt=”60″ caption=”” cname=”Alolan Ninetales-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”132″][pokemon amt=”16″]3x [card name=”Alolan Ninetales-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”132″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]4x [card name=”Alolan Vulpix” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”21″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]2x [card name=”Tapu Koko” set=”Sun and Moon Black Star Promos” no=”SM30″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Octillery” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”33″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Remoraid” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”32″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Tapu Lele-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”60″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Sudowoodo” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”66″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card][/pokemon][trainers amt=”32″]3x [card name=”Professor Sycamore” set=”BREAKpoint” no=”107″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]3x [card name=”N” set=”Noble Victories” no=”92″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card]2x [card name=”Lysandre” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”78″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Professor Kukui” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”128″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Brigette” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”134″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Hex Maniac” set=”Ancient Origins” no=”75″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”1″][/card]4x [card name=”Aqua Patch” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”119″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”Ultra Ball” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”135″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]4x [card name=”VS Seeker” set=”Supreme Victors” no=”140″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card]2x [card name=”Choice Band” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”121″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]2x [card name=”Float Stone” set=”BREAKthrough” no=”137″ c=”deck2″ amt=”2″][/card]1x [card name=”Field Blower” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”125″ c=”deck2″ amt=”1″][/card]1x [card name=”Rescue Stretcher” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”130″ c=”deck2″ divide=”yes” amt=”1″][/card]3x [card name=”Rough Seas” set=”Primal Clash” no=”137″ c=”deck2″ amt=”3″][/card][/trainers][energy amt=”12″]8x [card name=”Water Energy” set=”Evolutions” no=”93″ c=”deck2″ amt=”8″][/card]4x [card name=”Double Colorless Energy” set=”Evolutions” no=”90″ c=”deck2″ amt=”4″][/card][/energy][/decklist]
The top finishers 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.
Everyone in the Top 32 of PokeBeach’s monthly tournaments will also receive Prize Wall points via e-mail. Be sure to check your inboxes!
Creative Deck Winners
As part of every tournament, PokeBeach’s article writers voted for the five premium members whom they felt used the most creative deck lists, and each of them earned some additional booster packs or a promo product.
Frisko, Nobodyshero2727, TorchHG, Sean Timmons, and Tangelatwist each walked away with several booster packs or a specially-selected Pokemon promo product from TCGplayer.com. The decks they played were [card name=”Sharpedo” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”82″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Alolan Dugtrio” set=”Sun and Moon” no=”87″ c=”name”][/card], [card name=”Sylveon-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”92″ c=”name”][/card], [card name=”Banette” set=”Roaring Skies” no=”32″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Wobbuffet” set=”Radiant Collection 2″ no=”RC11″ c=”name”][/card], [card name=”Tapu Koko-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”47″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Electrode” set=”Evolutions” no=”40″ c=”name”][/card] and [card name=”Drampa-GX” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”115″ c=”name”][/card] / [card name=”Garbodor” set=”Guardians Rising” no=”51″ c=”name”][/card] respectively.
Want to Become a Premium Member?
August’s tournament will be posted within the last week of July, and July’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 received a huge increase too, so don’t miss your chance to play in the next tournament!
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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