Topping Midwest Regionals with Andy Wieman
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011After a very disappointing run at states (6-1 then losing in Top 8 at MN States, then going 3-3 in NV) I was sure of two things: 1) I would be playing LuxChomp again and 2) I was going to fit Dialga in my list. Dialga was only a 1-1 tech, but it helped with a tremendous number of matchups. Some of the matchups that I want Dialga in against are: Mewperior, Donphan, Uxie/Shuppet donk, Charizard, Machamp/Vileplume and Vilegar. Add all of these plus the fact that I refused to scoop to Mewtwo (as I did in round 6 of MN States to Radu) and Dialga was going to make the cut. I was debating a few other spots in the deck, but never questioned the deck itself. I also had one spot built in because I had determined I wasn’t going to run Weavile G (something I would later regret). The Lostgar threat turned out to be non-existent and I felt Dialga helped the Vilegar matchup more. The other change to the deck since states that I LOVED was the inclusion of Twins. It can tilt the mirror single handedly, and is an all around great card.

That's Andy To the Right (next to Mike and across from Pooka and Nick)
The week before the event, I had my list settled except for three slots. I was questioning my Energy Gain/Power Spray/Junk Arm count. I currently had it at 4/2/1. If felt the extra energy gain helped a lot in the mirror, and the Sprays would be less than optimal against Spiritomb and Vileplume decks. I later switched it to 3/3/1 and felt that the more well-rounded approach would be better, but I would later regret this change. I was also debating my Bebe’s/Communication count; I was currently at 2/0. Jay Hornung advocated Communication, but I felt that the chance of prizing the single Bebe’s that I needed to get Dialga G Lvl. X against trainer lock was too much, so I decided to stick with 2/0. My last question was whether I would cut my 3-1 Uxie line down to fit 1 Chatot. I felt that the 3rd Uxie helped so much against the possible wave of Machamp that I needed to leave it in.
I get to the tournament a half hour before registration ends, turn in my final list (I switched the Gain/Spray count that morning) and wait a LONG time before the event gets under way.
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