I am 100% not prepared for tomorrow’s tournament. And that is okay!

Serebii Update: The Pokémon Company International have given us the exclusive official English reveal of the Tauros Illustration Rare card from the new #PokemonTCG set, Chaos Rising, due for release on May 22nd 2026 Full details @ www.serebii.net/index2.shtml

The new Global Challenge starts soon in Pokémon Champions! With this announcement, there is a special roster you can do your Pokémon pulls on. 🎰 Runs until May 4th at 01:59 UTC 📅 Tournament is May 1st - 4th After results are posted, you can earn 100 Quick Coupons and a Venusaur!

No Floette Eternal? 🤔

Serebii Update: The Pokémon Champions Global Challenge 2026 I online completition has opened registration. Registration is open until May 4th at 01:59 UTC. Battles run from May 1st at 02:00 UTC Players get a Venusaur for playing 3 battles. Details @ www.serebii.net/pokemonchamp...

Serebii Update: Pokémon HOME is to undergo maintenance on April 27th from 00:00 UTC to 06:00 UTC www.serebii.net

Serebii Update: Pokémon Champions is to undergo emergency maintenance today from 03:00 UTC to 04:00 UTC to fix an issue where Sitrus Berry may not activate www.serebii.net

Now this looks more like a Mega Clefable team. pokepast.es/ba04fb524d02...

This is the Mega Clefable team that James Baek built and used in a recent video. It inspired me to try and make my own Mega Clefable team, which is extremely different from his. I’ll include the pokepaste of my team idea, but I want to share his video for context. youtu.be/sPKS8MGN3PI?...

Serebii Update: The latest Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Tera Raid Battle Event is now live. Chesnaught is in 7 Star Tera Raid Battles until April 23rd at 23:59 UTC. Details @ www.serebii.net/scarletviole...

Basculegion is the “Dragapult” of Regulation Set M-A. It now defines the most pertinent speed tiers of the format, and has a damage output and coverage that has to be respected. While I can’t tell you exactly how to beat every Basculegion, I can share from experience what makes it manageable.

Regulation Set M-A of Pokémon Champions almost feels like a sort of “Draft League” of its own kind. Every tier has its own associated cost. S-tier is extremely expensive. The A+ price tags are comparable, but usually work well with C+ value picks. After A tier, you’ve spent all your points.

So, just a small update to the folks that follow me. My mental health has not been great this year. I thought it would just all whisk away once I made certain life adjustments a month ago, but it turns out I’m still somewhat afflicted by my last job. I’m okay, but I’m taking it slow right now.

I’m actually going to test this at some point. I just need to get through this weekend and then figure out what I’m going to do after.

Hey Trainers! We are happy to announce that we will have a final wave of Registration for The Los Angeles Regional Championship happening later today at 7PM PDT for TCG MA and VGC MA! Event Links: rk9.gg/event/pokemo... Event Info: regionals.gaminggen.gg/regionals/lo... #PlayPokemon

While this is a great video covering Mega Floette’s meta position, it also should be mentioned that it’s a very splashable Mega. It also has a few narrow, but effective sets when supported properly. This puts it on the level of Charizard with its skill ceiling and DPS. youtu.be/-Jzg1XBizLM?...

The Charizard Y team that won the Champion’s Arena isn’t going anywhere. Consider putting Taunt on those Sneaslers 👀

He had a similar idea to me. Just two steps ahead. youtu.be/asQEyQLDyl4?...

A Mega Clefable team was made… pokepast.es/79d35906ac25...

Mega Meganium is so bad just hit her with a sludge bomb lol

Repost if your account is a safe space for the trans community. 🏳️‍⚧️

It has been confirmed. Battles that go to timer will result in a draw on both sides.

I’m addicted to building teams. pokepast.es/35e55a5b1ebd...

Whenever I’m team building now for Regulation M-A, I literally just look at this list 😆

Serebii Update: The first part of Pokémon All Stars 1025 by Masayoshi Oishi is to be released shortly, at 13:25 UTC You can watch @ www.serebii.net

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

PapaSea wanted to make a Hisuian Decidueye team. Is it possible? Well, let’s see… (looks at my Regulation M-A tier list). So it turns out an offensive Grass type is pretty good. As a Grass / Fighting type, Decidueye hits Pokemon like Milotic, Kingambit, and Basculegion. Know why thats important?

Can Palafin work in Regulation M-A? Potentially as clean-up crew and switching partner with Floette Eternal. It seems like a bit of a tall ask. However, per the philosophy of Regulation M-A, any Pokemon that share partners with A+ tier and up can work together 🥸 pokepast.es/61ea800daef1...

New (non-rain) Mega Starmie team just dropped? 👀 pokepast.es/65e9a6cb51ec...

It’s kind of hard to say if the balancing of this would make sense or not, but Mental Herb should deny one round of flinch. I think that could be somewhat easy to exploit in some situations, but I think it would be interesting.

Roughly ten Megas. Roughly half physical / special attackers. Good peppering of lead offense and support options. From my perspective, Regulation M-A would seem like a fairly balanced meta. However, the truth is that this format is pretty top-heavy. That said, it leaves some room for exploration.

While this would seem pretty obvious to most VGC players, this is eloquently put for people who may be new to the game. youtu.be/4CvKT7xVSxY?...

Good morning, Pokemon Champions! There are three major tournaments coming up — Grand Champion’s Festival, Global Challenge 1, and Indianapolis Regionals. And so, I’ve created a unique tier list of Pokemon that you ought to expect and study for if you are planning to play in any of these events.

I contemplated for a while if I should add Passho Berry on Incineroar on my Charizard X team to help with Rain. I didn’t think about it before, but it could’ve been useful in general since Basculegion is everywhere right now. I’m not sure if I want to go back and test it at this point, though.

Streams return tomorrow! From @ambercyprian.bsky.social's computer! (Mine is out of commission for streaming until further notice. Until then I won't be doing much speedrunning, but there are some things I can still stream. Like OoT Rando, Pokemon stuff, and maybe some other games mixed in.)

Did I miss the memo? I guess I must have. The first Global Challenge of Pokémon Champions takes place next weekend. What I wasn’t aware of is that there will be *no* Championship Points rewarded in this tournament. Championship points are earned to qualify for the Pokémon World Championships.

James Baek said at the end of his stream today that his upload today was going to be ‘really cool’ or something to that effect, and somehow I just knew it was going to be about Mega Charizard X. youtu.be/TdUExSNaJbw?...

Working on a prep sheet for Grand Champions festoval…

I am very convinced by Gardevoir after today’s Panda video. pokepast.es/f7b27e7fe4d0...

Ok this #Nintendo #switch2 dock Rules. 4k60 with a cooling fan AND it’s a lamp! So funny! amzn.to/4evTRIG

Here are some things you may want to know about Regulation M-A if you are looking to refine your team or approach to the meta. 1) Aerodactyl is currently the best Tailwind setter, followed by Talonflame, Whimsicott, and Corviknight. 2) Hard Trick Room is valid, if your team has the right Pokémon.

We’re in the phase of Regulation M-A where it’s just raw numbers. We built our early meta team. We adapted to the meta. We know what’s working and what isn’t. And now we are going by the data. Until the meta has fully developed, there’s no more room for experimentation, as far as I can tell.

come on man.

The other side of meta manipulation that I enjoy. (Justin Tang video, team courtesy of Alex Gomez VGC) youtu.be/-JDB1gmZW80?...

Yes 👍