Hello, Cut or Tap readers! The new season is officially underway, with a few major tournaments already in the books. This includes a Special Event in Spain, a Champion’s League in Japan, and a Regionals in Pittsburgh. I myself was able to place in the Top 4 at Pittsburgh with a relatively straightforward Lugia VStar list, a deck which has been in a good spot in the current meta with many even to favorable matchups. It will likely remain strong (and even gain an interesting option!) entering the new format, when the 151 cards become legal, starting with Peoria Regionals in just a couple of weeks. Today, I will recap my Pittsburgh list and run with the deck, as well as discuss how I feel about it going into the future.
Decklist
As a starting point, I think it would be best to discuss the list that I used at Pittsburgh Regionals.
This list does not feature any unique cards, but I think that it is best to build Lugia to be straightforward, as you will be favored to win the vast majority of games where you can set up two Archeops on the second turn. I want to talk about two main choices with the list that I made for Pittsburgh that were hard to decide on, and I was unsure about until the night before the tournament.
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Thank you for the insight into Lugia!