The Battle Styles Set Review — What’s Good?
Is Urshifu headed to tier one? Will the new mechanics turn out to be all they’re hyped to be? Oh, and Level Ball is back!
Deck Highlight — Standard Crobat VMAX Hit and Run
Caleb goes over the new Crobat VMAX deck from Shining Fates. It doesn’t seem like much, but Toxicroak boosts damage and Altaria walls!
The Shining Fates Review — New Cards, Decks & Updates
Shining Fates might be a small set on paper, but it still comes with some great new competitive cards! Something spicy is on the horizon…
Players Cup III Notes, Trends & Analysis
Caleb’s all done with his Players Cup III adventure and ready to share the results! What’s popular, what’s good and what’s best to be avoided?
Deck Highlight — Expanded Centiskorch
Centiskorch gets new tools to work with in Expanded. Do Blacksmith and Fiery Flint take he archetype to the next level?
Deck Highlight — Standard Lucmetal / Zacian
Caleb reviews Joshua Sutherland’s Lucario & Melmetal-GX / Zacian V deck. Is it the optimal way to play LMZ these days?
Does Expanded Trevnoir Still Work Without Milotic?
One of Expanded’s boogeymen might have survived the last wave of bans. Does Trevnoir still have what it takes to win?
Deck Highlight — Standard Amazing Rare Porygon-Z Box
Looking for a crazy deck to play? Caleb ran into this brew on the ladder and has been tinkering with it ever since.
Deck Highlight — Standard Attacking Excadrill
Excadrill punishes Eternatus and Pikarom. A spicy tech eliminates LMZ, but can it beat ADPZ? Centiskorch is winnable too!
Centiskorch Reloaded — The New Best Way To Play the Deck
Limitless took Standard by storm with a new Centiskorch VMAX build. Silvally-GX makes the deck even better than it was!
Deck Highlight — Standard Coalossal VMAX
Coalossal VMAX is seeing more play with Pikachu & Zekrom-GX dominating tournaments. Is that enough to make it a good play?
Deck Highlight — Standard Cinderace VMAX
Caleb takes a quick look at the most unusual Fire-type deck on the market. Cinderace VMAX has actually done well at some tournaments!
Gedemer’s First Takes On More Battle Styles Spoilers
Caleb put his thoughts to paper about the latest wave of Battle Styles cards. Does Tapu Koko VMAX have what it takes to be tier one?
Deck Highlight — Standard 40-Pokemon Chandelure
Ready to play a crazy deck? Caleb’s got you covered with an insane 40-Pokemon Chandelure deck that you’ve maybe seen on the ladder.
Deck Highlight — Standard Tempozard
Caleb does a quick rundown of one of the newest Standard brews – it’s already racking up tournament finishes!
Happy New Year! Trying to Win With Holiday Deck Wizard Dumpster Fire
What happens when you mash Alchremie VMAX and Mad Party together? A New Year’s mess… This is just for fun – best to you in 2021 from CFB!
RILLABOOM EGGROW!
Caleb tries out Azul’s Rillaboom deck. Is this Grass-type deck the next big thing? It’s finally EggRow time!
CALEB Plays TORD’s Pikarom Deck With FOUR Boltund!
Caleb tries out Tord’s Pikarom deck with four Boltund V. Is this version better than the one with Crushing Hammer?
Read This if You Want to Play Pikarom Better
Caleb spent a lot of time this past week with Pikarom. He’s got a lot to say – read this if you want to improve with the deck like he did.
Playing Pokemon TCG BLINDFOLDED? ADPZ GO FACE Challenge!
Yikes… Can he do it? ADPZ gets a lot of heat as a simple deck – but can you win not seeing your opponent’s Bench?