“Buzz-ted Deck:” Reviving Expanded Vespiquen with Zoroark-GX

What’s up, Cut or Tap? It’s been a while, and I’m excited to be writing for y’all today about a super awesome Expanded format deck, Zoroark-GX / Vespiquen. I had been thinking about the deck for a while until my Team DDG teammate, Chris Siakala, started to hype the deck. He’d been poking around with a list for a while and having all kinds of … Continue reading “Buzz-ted Deck:” Reviving Expanded Vespiquen with Zoroark-GX

“Grandpa on Wheels:” John Collins’s Senior Rogue Deck for NA Intercontinentals

Hey, Cut or Tap readers! My name is John Collins, and I’m here to write about the deck I played for North America Intercontinentals. I’m a Top 16 Senior for NA and I ended this season with 960 Championship Points. I managed to get Top 32 with a rogue deck that Charlie Lockyer and I made less than a day before the tournament started: “Grandpa … Continue reading “Grandpa on Wheels:” John Collins’s Senior Rogue Deck for NA Intercontinentals

Average Joe to Ultra Pro: Frank Percic’s Do’s and Don’ts of Learning the Game

For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Frank Percic, and I picked up my first Pokemon card in November of 2016. Seven months later, I found myself at 394 championship points trying to clinch my invite with a Top 64 at NAIC. I had a lot of help on my short journey – probably more than most. That being said, the … Continue reading Average Joe to Ultra Pro: Frank Percic’s Do’s and Don’ts of Learning the Game

Darkrai garb, a shadowed play for U.S. intercontinentals (By Isaac Milaski)

Hey, Cut or Tap readers! My name is Isaac Milaski, and I’ll be talking about my recent tournament experience at the North American International Championships. I ended up placing 6th in the Senior division after some unfortunate events in Top 8. I chose Darkrai/Garb for this tournament because it had 50/50 matchups or better against the entire field of what Seniors were expected to play. … Continue reading Darkrai garb, a shadowed play for U.S. intercontinentals (By Isaac Milaski)

“Nitro T’ank You:” Three Plays For The Nationals Meta

[Editor’s Note: This piece was originally intended as an analysis for the Mexico Regionals meta (tournament date June 10-11).] Hey Cut or Tap readers! My name is Charlie Kerr, and I am a player from the Florida area that recently aged up to Masters. I am going to be a sophomore in high school next year. Today I am going to reflect on Madison Regionals … Continue reading “Nitro T’ank You:” Three Plays For The Nationals Meta

Improvements to established decks and new archetypes with Guardians Rising

Hey everybody! My name is Nick Conocenti and this is my first article for Cut or Tap. With the new set Guardians Rising coming out in just a few weeks, I am sure everybody, including myself, is itching to see what new archetypes will come out and how this set will affect the meta. Let’s start off by taking a look at already existing decks … Continue reading Improvements to established decks and new archetypes with Guardians Rising

“The ‘Doom Where it Happens:” A Technically-33rd Place Regionals Report with Houndoom Mill

Hello again, Cut or Tap readers! I’m back with a follow-up to my last article that detailed my list for Houndoom/Raticate Mill. Since there was a fair amount of interest with both my article and at last weekend’s Regionals itself, I offered to write this complementary CoT article as a special, off-schedule piece. Enjoy! Southern California Regionals are now in the books, with many congrats … Continue reading “The ‘Doom Where it Happens:” A Technically-33rd Place Regionals Report with Houndoom Mill