Shelby's Spot

Rants

  • CG GLC Locals 3-10-26

    The Lighting deck makes a return appearance, but my first game is just a nightmare. Managed to play 6 turns without an energy attachment and that was painful.

    Manage to close out the night with 2 wins for a 2-1 night, but game 3 was an intense back and forth with an Okidogi/Ursaluna fighting deck that took every single tech in the deck plus some insane topdeck luck to pull off. Playing Lt. Surge twice in a game is broken!

    Making some changes for the next week. Pokemon Ranger would allow me to use Electivire’s attack two turns in a row (or just attack in general) and I think that would be a nice way to ensure closing out games. Lusamine to help recycle the silent lab or other supporter that would be crucial for a win – think a Lt. Surge, Lusamine + trainer pulled from discard as a winning play. Another basic energy to help get some cards out, and trying out the Raikou as another big swing attacker. I have not found myself needing to use the Regielecki but I understand how good it is. If I find it’s use is needed, it will go back in the deck!

  • Chaos Cup spoils the meta

    I built some pretty diabolical rule changes to mess with the players in our league Pokemon Day Chaos Cup night. Some devastating results that completely changed the field!

  • CG GLC Locals – March 2, 2026

    Finally running the electric “big swing” deck. I have been putting off building an electric type GLC deck for months it seems, and I finally found a list to base my build off of.

    Most GLC electric decks rely on the huge amount of spread attackers that have been printed in that type. I wanted to run a more conventional big damage dealer much like the haymaker combo in the original base set format. Funny enough, thanks to the XY Evolutions printing of the TCG you can use a lot of the base set cards in GLC decks, so the electabuzz gets another go and now can evolve into electivire!

    Initial results – promising! 2-0 tonight the combo wombo with Electrode + Magneton is wild. Lt. Surge’s Strategy + Raihan + Teammates is a crazy game breaker.

  • The site lives again

    After a year of hiatus, my personal domain is back in action. I want to use this place to build a definitive profile of who I am and what I stand for, as I plan to become a much more involved and public figure in my local community.

    There is so much wrong in the world today, and I can no longer stand by idly waiting on others to do the right thing. I must act as well. Be the change you want to see in the world and all that jazz.