Satnam Benipal 🔜 NAIC

Rutgers Pokemon Club Presents... 👀 Scarlet Classic Pokémon Champions VGC Tournament Hosted at RUTGERS UNIVERSITY 🔥 💰 $1,000+ Prize Pool (cash + TCG) 📍 Busch Student Center, Piscataway, NJ 📅 May 2 | ⏰ Check-in 12–1pm forms.gle/oLRbLu9UZ548GJ…

girl at the function thinks im funny holy shit

Got 3rd at ChooseYou’s 1st Cup with Slowking! W vs Hop’s Trevenant T vs PultDudun L vs Pult W vs PultNoir W vs StarmieLass T4 L vs SlopBox

@adhd25800852 Sure

@CheezyVGC Hello! I apologize for contacting you so suddenly 🥹 I have something I'd like to talk to you about regarding NAIC! May I send you a DM? 🥹 If you follow me, I think I can send you a DM, so if you have the time, I would love to send you one 😌

Had to unfortunately cancel Indianapolis regionals, flights were 300+ (more pricy as naic now LOL) and my original plan of driving has been wrecked by my summer internship 😅 SEE YALL IN NEW ORLEANS FOR CHAMPIONS VGC

@ksunfr @blakesilver5 🐐

After not getting into NAIC I registered forLA to fill a bfl slot and it paid off with a T32 finish.worlds push alive and was able to catch the season opener for the LA Sparks after being knocked out the tournament with my guy @blakesilver5. A great weekend to finish up with SV

@saav0079 @amcharles0

@amcharles0 Its time for slowking to arrive...

These have become a much better play post-LA btw 🍃

@SubvertPlaysTCG @sleeptopi Thoughts on choosing enriching over possibly secret box or prime catcher? And for when chaos is legal but mega slowbro is not, what would you suggest?

let's goooo, metagross in clutch! this is the list I was using, a few quick personal notes: - Kyurem, Metagross, Annihilape cover most of the attacking options for Seek Inspiration, I run 2 of Kyurem & Metagross each to avoid prizing them and deck-check how many copies I have asap so I can possibly Ciphermaniac's Coding them if I don't have Academy at Night. Annihilape hits anything over 300 HP and is a great late-game closer but don't hesitate to discard him early to grab back later with Stretcher/Lana's Aid - This deck doesn't necessarily want to go first (my G-regulation build was hyper-aggro Squawkabilly + Carmine which discarded half my deck on T1 to set up a T2 Slowking) but at the same time, the potential of a turn 2 board wipe if they can't PokePad a Shaymin/have prized their 1 copy is so strong that you'll always chance it. Managed to board wipe and win my Round 1 in 2 turns because they won the coin flip and made me go first; managed to clutch out a win-and-in round vs Festival Lead because I went first and they couldn't get their Rabsca or Shaymin out fast enough. - Optimal early game setup is getting 2 Slowpokes on the bench, both with energy on turn 1. If Mega Kang is in the lead the early draw power (+2 on T1, +2 on T2 before retreat) really helps. Other case is Slowpoke > Telepathic Energy to call 2 of Slowpoke/Latias ex/Smoochum > bring up Smoochum to Delightful Kiss and attach 2 Psychic Energy to the other Slowpoke - Didn't actually get to use Mega Slowbro much but it's there for the Dragapult matchup. You can Telepathic Energy to call out Lillie's Clefairy and Wondrous Patch to accelerate energy, then hit it for 360 and then also send 12 damage counters to whatever hits it... then you also have Lillie's Clefairy in the back to hit it again later. - A lot of different Supporters that basically help you do different stuff. Hilda/Colress help you find your Special Energies + either attackers/Slowking or Stadium. Early builds ran 2x Meowth but I ended up stuck leading with it in the Active way too often, 1x Meowth feels right but don't pop it too early if you don't need to (because you might want a late-game Meowth for Boss). - Xerosic/Banette combo actually makes sense in this deck and is much easier to pull off since Slowking can use Cursed Words via Seek Inspiration. Never got to use this combo but it's a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency type of thing if your opponent doesn't have a lot of draw options on the board. Might write up more in a longer post later ;) Good luck fellow Slowking enthusiast!

Finished 61st out of 1800 players at the biggest Pokémon TCG competition of the year in Hong Kong. No Worlds invite (needed Top 4) but still super proud of my tournament run. Still think Slowking has all the answers to any deck in the format. We’ll get ‘em next time! 💪🏻

Best pull in the set

1st at Gilded Raven Games May League Challenge with Mega Lopunny/Mega Froslass. Good deck as long as you avoid its bad matchups lol. W vs N’s Zoroark W vs Mega Starmie Dusknoir (Opponent misplayed that caused them the game) W vs Alakazam/Dudunsparce W vs PultNoir @CheezyVGC

Got 3rd at Gilded Raven League Challenge with PultNoir! My highest ever TCG placement, maybe I should switch? 🤔 W vs Typhlosion W vs Honch W vs Festival Lead L vs Mega LopFross @vulies2456

@Dynamo_Pad @chuggaaconroy 🔥🔥

With @chuggaaconroy’s HGSS Let’s Play coming to an end, I booted up my copy of Soul Silver and tried to shiny hunt my starter. After months and 4,023 soft resets later, my shiny journey through Johto can finally begin!

@GoomySlaps16 A strong performance from our previous Scarlet Classic Champ!

I finished top 4 in the Rutgers Scarlet Classic VGC tour last weekend with possibly the largest irl grassroot local (90+ players) and extremely STACKED roster. Thank you @CheezyVGC for hosting and Gg to all my opponents! 😊

@NJ_F0xy Thanks for coming out!

After a couple of smaller events entered Scarlet Classic and ended up placing 23rd. Very happy with how I played and turned my mindset around after a less than great round 1 experience. Hopefully can get more practice before NAIC

@a_haze13 I hope you enjoyed! Super cool you filmed your experience!

I made a video going over games I played at the Rutgers Pokemon Champions local from yesterday. Thanks to Rutgers and @CheezyVGC for hosting youtu.be/fDf4mFhrgcY?si…

@Charmdi5089 MY GOAT NICHOLAS MORALES

Fire side quest On my way to qual for worlds shouts to my goat @CheezyVGC

@brzysama @barudoru Thanks for coming out! 💙

30th in the first big ever irl champions grassroots ever at Rutgers team didnt feel the best and im slightly disappointed with result but was 1 win away from cut using a casino team and I was the only glaceon in the tour, also met lot of new friends/ppl thanks @barudoru for team

@playpokemon @Pokemon @HIVEVGC @QuawaiiDesuNe Congratulations to @Charmdi5089: your @playpokemon May 2026 VG League Cup champion at Retro Lotus Tabletop TCGs in Somerville, NJ!! 🏆⚡️🎮🥇 #PlayPokemon #VGC @HIVEVGC @QuawaiiDesuNe