Of all the decks that made top cut at the first Malaysia Regional League of the season, one stood out the most – the 151 Blastoise ex, used by Alex Chee. With Singapore’s first Regional […]
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Jeremy Leong | Coming From Behind With Reversal Gardevoir
I have always been a fan of “spread” decks or decks that can take multiple Prizes. This deck reminds me a lot of one of my favourite decks of all time, Accelgor/Flygon. Both decks work […]
Gerrard Ng | Attack The Meta With Lost Zone Giratina VSTAR
At the recent Pokémon TCG GrandSlam #3 Invitationals, I decided to play Lost Tina – essentially Giratina VSTAR with the Lost Zone engine. This deck has favourable matchups against most decks in the current Standard […]
Dionsius Lee | Interview With SG 2023 Champion
The 2022/23 Singapore Pokemon TCG season ended with a major 206-player tournament, and Dionsius Lee stood tall at the top with Fusion Strike Mew VMAX. And talk about homeground advantage – the 23-year-old studies at […]
Lim Han Juan | Arceus VSTAR & ALL The Friends
Arceus VSTAR has consistently made its mark in the Standard format since it was released in Brilliant Stars. With a VSTAR Power that can search for any two cards and an attack that allows you […]
Check Out The Tropical Hour GX Podcast
The Tropical Hour GX Podcast puts the spotlight on the competitive Pokemon TCG scene in Singapore! I’m Nicholas Yong, founder of The Southern Islands, and I’m joined by multiple-World Championships competitor Jeremy Leong, longtime player […]
Last Minute Deck Choice For MY/SG/PH Championships
The question on everyone’s mind for this weekend’s Stage 1 of the MY/SG/PH Championships: “What’s the play?” Especially as the deck choice we make will be used throughout the championships until the finals – so […]
Titally Tan | Leafeon VMAX / Galarian Moltres V
Without a doubt, Mew VMAX is the BDIF in the current Standard format, with Single Strike a close second. You’re either with them, or against them.. In Titally’s case, he decided on the latter – […]
Wy Keen | POG Championships 2021 3rd place and Leafeon VMAX
It was amazing to see a Southeast Asian representative among the Top 8 at the POG Championships 2021 (our pseudo-Worlds for the year) – Kok Wy Keen from Malaysia finished 3rd among the 1000+ players […]
Hairul Hafiy | Solgaleo & Lunala-GX
At the start of the Team Up – Chilling Reign meta, Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX, Eternatus VMAX, and Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX were said to be the top tier of decks. Now that the meta […]
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