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Pie's Game Situation Issue 2

Today's Topic...

- Take Note &The Presage

Presage is a verb/noun in English that basically means to foretell the furture, or a person who foretells it.

-In Pokemon, people most of the time ignore the true strategy of actually playing a deck and concentrate more on copying one or making one. To be a great player you should concentrate on how to play a deck rather then changing it every time it loses. It most of the time it depends on your approach to your opponent and the cards of your deck in play.

Important

- The Presage is the last minute Metagame. It is deciding to play your deck differently while in play. When to hold cards when to play cards. These decisions must be made by seeing into the future. Again I say, experience will help greatly but their is also another facet that will help...your steadfastness. Do you have the desire for the game to take notes of your losses, see what went wrong? Did you uses all your trainers at first sight? Do you take note if the opponent uses all of his/her trainers at first sight? Did you carefully anticipate? Do you have tendencies to empty your hand only to be left with one card, thus making one decision per turn? I could ask you billions of questions but these are just a few to spark your interest

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• Corrections

  You are probably thinking "How can I correct my habits" i have three words for you, "Do the opposite." This is extremenly easy, but opposite is not what you want. "What?" Ok Ok hold your Ponyta's I"ll explain.

  -If you empty your hand out very quickly practice 10-20 games by reserving (playing less aggressive) your hand and see how that works!! Many times you will learn many things about your deck and it may make certain changes obvious.

   

• Tips

  Know your deck and Know yourself

  -What works for someone may not work for you. Don't just copy The newest "Sponge" that someone posts. If anything make some changes.

  For Example here is Scott Gerhardts Sponge v1.4
  

  4 Electabuzz
  3 Promo Mewtwo
  2 Ditto
  1 Mew
  4 Professor Oak
  4 Energy Removal
  3 Bill
  3 Scoop Up
  3 Plus Power
  3 Gust of Wind
  3 Energy Retrieval
  3 Computer Search
  3 Item Finder
  2 Super Energy Removal
  1 Mr. Fuji
  1 Gambler
  7 Psychic Energy
  7 Lightning Energy
  3 Double Colorless

  -If you find yourself not liking Ditto (:{P) (I hate em', I never like 2 Ko's in 1 turn) take em out. If Speed Tuff gives you problems add 3 Scyther and a Pokemon Center! Scyther helps insure your going to have damage on the bench because of his low retreat so after you heal everybody..... Mewtwo can get some of it right back for an SER for decking out or disrupting your opponent ,or even attacking! And this change doesn't make it weaker to other decks out there it's just a different approach and IMHO (In my honest opinion) more verstile.

  My Sponge

  4 Electabuzz
  3 Promo Mewtwo
  3 Scyther
  4 Bill
  4 Oak
  4 Energy Removal
  3 Scoop Up
  3 Plus Power
  3 Gust of Wind
  3 Energy Retrieval
  3 Item Finder
  2 Computer Search
  3 Super Energy Removal
  1 Pokemon Center
  8 Psychic Energy
  7 Lightning Energy
  2 Double Colorless Energy

   

• The Little Things

  Everyone can improve

  -Expert players often make the mistake in believing otherwise. "Yeah you don't make BIG mistakes but if you take notes on your games you will find you make A LOT of little mistakes. Great players can spot this and WILL make you pay.

  Here is a true life example of one of my losses

  I had just played a Speed Tuff Deck and lost ;(...."What went wrong I said!""Well he did have a dream hand, but mine wasn't that bad. He'd get lucky with 2 Plus Powers there 2 Energy Removals there and then he'd luckily have an Oak to replenish. Although I did almost beat him ...there had to be a way around that!"

  -So I took some notes on what I did throughout the game, Here they are.....
  =I played my best deck, Sponge. He started out with a Scyther i had 1 Psychic Energy 2 Lightning Energy a Comp. Search and some other cards... Great Energy Absorption Material!(?)
  -I sacrificed my hand to pump up mewtwo (First little mistake). He pulls out a jiggly puff....:(
  -He has 2 Energy Removals! 2 Psy gone! puts down a Magmar and Oaks
  - He stunts me with a crap load of trainers then Oaks, he surprises me with 3 Plus Powers Ko'ing Mewtwo I believe.
  - I ponder and then decide to oak some scoop ups and energy away and Item Finders for some better hopes(Second Mistake)
  - I energy remove for as long as I can but he seems to always have a DCE in hand.-- His weakness was his luckiness. For Example he didnt have too many trainers in the end because he had or used them all in the beginning. My mistake was not taking advantage of his future weakness in the late game. I instead oaked them away basically doing his job for him.
  - I let him play my hand! and that's what all good players are trying to do.
  - Although luck wasn't on my side I have to deal with it. I should have played a more conscious and reserved game.
  

Thanks for Reading!
Pie

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BTW, many people have contacted me saying giving me THEIR names for some of my strategies. i KNOW the common term is "Sacrifice" for MY "Pokemon Tag" I just want to give them a little "Spunk"