NAIC 2023 - 241st Place + 2022/2023 Season Recap
Went 5-2-2 at the North American International Championships placing 241st/1897 playing Gardevoir ex. I've been playing Gardy ever since Fort Wayne concluded and thoroughly enjoyed playing it throughout the BST-SVI format. Paldea Evolved gave it a lot of new tools to work with at the cost of becoming a bigger target in the metagame. Even still, it's a force to be reckoned with once it gets going. Here's how the matchups went: R1: Turbo LZB WW R2: Gardevoir ex W (opponent couldn't play) R3: Arceus/Giratina WW R4: Fusion Mew WLT R5: Gardevoir ex WW R6: Lugia Single Strike WW R7: Turbo LZB WLT R8: Gardevoir ex LL R9: Giratina LZB LL When the deck was hot, it was hot. It's very contingent on getting a solid opening with 3+ Ralts T1 to start drawing cards and if the Kirlias get online, the deck starts chugging. Lost Engine decks were definitely the hardest matches of the day, and even with multiple Ralts early on and damage-soaking mons taking hits in the early game I