Introduction

Hello, Cut or Tap readers! As I mentioned in my last article, there was a high likelihood of an interesting meta dynamic popping up: 1) aggressive decks, like Roaring Moon, having a favorable matchup into Iron Hands decks, like Chien-Pao, which 2) are favored into one prize decks, like Gardevoir, which 3) are favored into aggressive decks. In this dynamic, we have a seemingly rock-paper-scissors meta, however looking at these three archetypes, the most flexible are the single prize decks, which you can build to beat Iron Hands, bringing us to the two best options to play in the new meta: Lost Box and Gardevoir.

Gardevoir is a bit better suited to take on the meta at the moment, as the option of Jirachi in any deck harms the strength of Lost Box significantly, whereas Gardy doesn’t have this same weakness. With this in mind, many people wrote off Gardy as losing to Iron Hands, however this is not the case. At the moment, the meta is seemingly speeding up, but this is traded off for consistency, as both Miraidon and Chien-Pao, the decks best utilizing Iron Hands, are fairly inconsistent from my testing. This means Gardevoir can get away with a Mirage Step more often than not, meaning you won’t be falling too far behind, and you can also prey on these decks’ natural weakness to late-game disruption. With all of these matchups to keep in mind when choosing a list, it is also important to remember that while Gardevoir is definitely a difficult deck to play, a key issue can be losing to itself, so be wary of cutting consistency cards. Anyhow, let’s take a look at the list:

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