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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32881632047487048292026-08-09T11:07:27.953+03:00The Deck OutBuilder of 2 World Championships winning decks and 6-time National Champion of Pokémon TCG reveals the secrets of metagame, rogue and secret decks.The Deck Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213066863344971810noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288163204748704829.post-7332889843364170272014-09-10T19:20:00.000+03:002014-09-10T19:22:36.838+03:001st place report from Japan

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Hats off to the readers. Hello everyone! It’s sad, but true. It’s time to move on. And I never thought that moving on even from a serious relationship would be this difficult, but after all, I believe that every blogger and blog share a very serious relationship. Otherwise the blog wouldn't be very interesting for the readers. All the nice people I

The Deck Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213066863344971810noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288163204748704829.post-80467237474525136482013-08-21T16:15:00.001+03:002013-08-21T16:15:29.597+03:00It has been a while: Aftermath of Worlds

BCIF (No, I'm not kidding!) Hello everyone! It’s been a while. In fact, it has been two weeks already since my last article! Today I’m here to share my Worlds experience with you. The feelings I got from Worlds were very controversial. On the other hand, I would have loved to play, but in the end I was more than grateful that I eventually had to be a part of the translation team even

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Me as a translator? That's what I call the last resort! Hello everyone! I knew I was going to Worlds, but for a long time I didn't book the trip. Eventually I decided to book the trip, but then something tragic happened - my big brother got hit by a car. So what does my big brother got to do with anything? Well, he should have been the Finnish translator, but due to the

The Deck Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213066863344971810noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288163204748704829.post-73620675895842977442013-07-29T10:53:00.000+03:002013-07-29T10:53:11.098+03:00Tropical Beach giveaway 4 winners and Pokedemia!

Pokedemia is the new cool. Hello everyone! I was supposed to do a Worlds-entry today, but due to the changed circumstances, I had to move it for Wednesday. Anyways, today I have two important things - the winners of the last Tropical Beach PTCGO codes and a shout out for a great new Pokémon TCG blog. Let’s start with the correct answer to the last question and who are the winners. The

The Deck Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213066863344971810noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288163204748704829.post-37996977354880472692013-07-24T14:22:00.000+03:002013-07-24T14:22:00.358+03:00Tropical Beach giveaway 4!

It’s giveaway time! I have planned a few competitions for the Tropical Beaches and they are pretty simple. I give you a question and you answer it on Facebook (I presume almost everyone has a Facebook nowadays). However, if you don't, just e-mail me your answer to: thedeckout@gmail.com. I hope most of you put your answers to Facebook, where I have asked the question, so that my e-mail box won't

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Virizion EX is the new "I'm good at every deck"-card Hello everyone! I was going to make another PTCGO giveaway contest today, but then changed my mind. After all, I haven't discussed the upcoming rotation at all in my blog yet!If you didn't yet know, it’s official now and it has been for a while, but due to my hectic life in the summer I am bit late to analyze the

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It’s giveaway time! I have planned a few competitions for the Tropical Beaches and they are pretty simple. I give you a Beedrill won Worlds. question and you answer it on Facebook (I presume almost everyone has a Facebook nowadays). However, if you don't, just e-mail me your answer to: thedeckout@gmail.com. I hope most of you put your answers to Facebook, where I have asked the question,

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No, it isn't this game, although this game is AWESOME. It’s giveaway time! I have planned a few competitions for the Tropical Beaches and they are pretty simple. I give you a question and you answer it on Facebook (I presume almost everyone has a Facebook nowadays). However, if you don't, just e-mail me your answer to: thedeckout@gmail.com. I hope most of you put your answers to Facebook,

The Deck Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213066863344971810noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288163204748704829.post-76266614998066343792013-07-11T10:41:00.001+03:002013-07-11T16:02:04.359+03:00Tropical Beach giveaway time!

Electrifying! It’s giveaway time! I have planned a few competitions for the PTCGO Tropical Beaches and they are pretty simple. I give you a question and you answer it on Facebook (I presume almost everyone has a Facebook nowadays). However, if you don't, just e-mail me your answer to: thedeckout@gmail.com. I hope most of you put your answers to Facebook, where I have asked the question, so

The Deck Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213066863344971810noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288163204748704829.post-11990889144259183812013-07-09T17:00:00.000+03:002013-07-10T11:52:33.919+03:0010 years of competitive Pokémon TCG: The Unbearable Lightness of almost Being a Pokémon Master

Hello everyone! As Worlds will be soon and it’s difficult to decide whether to discuss Worlds format or the future Eeveelutions tend to break the format format, I decided to make a compromise and do another history entry! The last one was a bit controversial and the general tone of the article was negative. This time, the story is pretty much the opposite. Almost a

The Deck Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213066863344971810noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288163204748704829.post-48387743598208760602013-07-08T17:30:00.000+03:002013-07-09T10:16:39.714+03:00The U.S. Nationals results and hindsight

Life Dew flew under the radar all this time Hello everyone! The U.S. Nationals are finally behind us! And the only thing left is the Worlds Championships - the most important tournament of the season for me and a lot of non-U.S players. However, before I make a Worlds Championships entry later on in this month, it’s time to look back to the results of the U.S. Nationals winning decks,

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Virtually free! Hello everyone! As you know if you follow me on social media, a few days ago I received Tropical Beach codes for PTCGO as many other Worlds 2011 and 2012 attendees. Soon I realized that as I don’t play PTCGO at all, they are just a bunch of useless codes for me. I could sell them for 20-30$/each, but I would really like to reward my fans instead of making money with them.

The Deck Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213066863344971810noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288163204748704829.post-66130107536990899612013-07-01T18:01:00.000+03:002013-07-01T18:01:00.114+03:00Worlds preperations: Miska Camp 2013

Hello everyone! As you may know (or not know), the Miska Camp took place last weekend. Miska Camp is an annual An epic showdown between me and Kumis meeting of Finnish players, where the players going to Worlds test for Worlds’ decks and strategies. However, over time it has developed to be much more than just preparing Pokémon TCG decks for Worlds Championships. Anyways, just like last

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A familiar scenery Mahjong is still strong in these ones One of my favorie mirror matches of all-time Stage2 EXs? YEs please! Finnish summer Target acquired Board games, carda games, all the same! We got quite a nice amount of attendees this year as well! Mission accomplished. Time for a nap? Not yet! And we thought THIS format was bad. Gigas vs.

The Deck Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213066863344971810noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288163204748704829.post-16796387390775325642013-06-28T16:54:00.000+03:002013-06-28T16:54:30.991+03:0010 years of competitive TCG: The failed experiment of PUI

Hello everyone! Today I’m doing my most controversial entry of the 10-years of competitive TCG –series. One of my favorite cards EVER. However, I’ll leave all the names and too sensitive information out of this entry to avoid as much controversy as possible. Today, I’ll be discussing my -and only - my point of view about the 2006-2007 season and you’ll see that the season was not

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Klinlang won't repeat its last-year success. An interesting fact before you get going to read this 11,000 word article behemoth. This article should have been an Underground article (with a better grammar of course). I have put tens of hours of time for this article, so I hope you enjoy it and that it's worth your time! It really should be since most people would pay to read this.Enjoy!

The Deck Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213066863344971810noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288163204748704829.post-64213394685432258032013-06-19T18:29:00.000+03:002013-06-20T09:02:21.153+03:00Featured Writer: Anna Schipper and the Nationals winning Eelektrik!

The perfect metagame counter Hi everyone! Today, I’m glad I can offer you something very innovative and at the same time competitive content. I asked the just-crowned National Champion of the Netherlands – Anna Schipper if I could write an article about her Nationals winning deck. Well, instead of me writing the article, she offered to write the article by herself! And to be honest, I

The Deck Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213066863344971810noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288163204748704829.post-60299806721075021922013-06-17T17:52:00.000+03:002013-06-17T17:52:23.094+03:00Comic Relief

Hello everyone! Today I have something COMPLETELY different for you. And this time it's nothing controversial either! (boring right?) Thanks for Juho Hautala for this awesome comic strip masterpiece. I hope this comic series will become a permanent part of my blog. Also, I'm still debating whether I am going to Worlds or not. It's a tough decision since not so many Finnish players are going

The Deck Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213066863344971810noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288163204748704829.post-37105731685629738502013-06-12T18:41:00.000+03:002013-06-14T18:18:14.550+03:00Plasma list comparison and analysis

Hello everyone! Today I’ll be doing something different than usually. I take a look at TWO Plasma lists. Why I am going to do this? Because I want to do something different from time to time and I believe this helps me to straighten my thoughts about my Nationals' deck choice. 2 Kyurems is the bare minimum for Plasma lists I’ll analyze both lists piece-by-piece and how I see them.

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