Both the Canadian and American Nationals took place over the past few days and thanks to the Pokemon community results are already being posted for Canadian Nationals
So thanks to pokegym.net here is the break down of the top 32 masters divison from the Canadian National Championships.
1. Edward Kuang (Troll)
2. Simon Luong (Darkrai)
3. Alaric McKenzie-Boone (Plume)
4. Curtis Lyon (Entei)
5. Michael Liao (Darkrai)
6. Khen Luu (Eel)
7. Adrian Loke (Darkrai)
8. Lourence Singh (Eel)
9. Simon Ford (Darkrai)
10. Kevin Lee (Darkrai)
11. Mike Martindale (Eel)
12. Matt Koo (CMT)
13. Fangda Li (CaKE)
14. Don La Rosa (Accelgor)
15. Miguel Chevez (Eel)
16. Reuben Monroy (Darkrai)
17. Morshed Reze (Eel)
18. Jean-Baptiste Montpellier (Darkrai)
19. Louis Cyr (Donphan)
20. Vik Kainth (Darkrai)
21. Matthew Beck (Eel)
22. Aiji Murai (Penguin)
23. Chris Vernier (CMT)
24. Christopher Lefrancais (Eel)
25. Joe Ferrari (Darkrai)
26. Reed Mascola (Aerodactyl)
27. Gino Conti (Eel)
28. Glenn Daze (Darkrai)
29. AJ Crosthwaite (Darkrai)
30. Greg Cresswell (Darkrai)
31. Aaron Rozbicki (Darkrai)
32. Zach Lesage (Darkrai)
Top 16:
32. Zach Lesage (Darkrai)
16. Reuben Monroy (Darkrai)
24. Christopher Lefrancais (Eel)
8. Lourence Singh (Eel)
4. Curtis Lyon (Entei)
13. Fangda Li (CaKE)
12. Matt Koo (CMT)
5. Michael Liao (Darkrai)
31. Aaron Rozbicki (Darkrai)
18. Jean-Baptiste Montpellier (Darkrai)
23. Chris Vernier (CMT)
7. Adrian Loke (Darkrai)
3. Alaric McKenzie-Boone (Plume)
14. Don La Rosa (Accelgor)
11. Mike Martindale (Eel)
27. Gino Conti (Eel)
Top 8:
32. Zach Lesage (Darkrai)
8. Lourence Singh (Eel)
4. Curtis Lyon (Entei)
12. Matt Koo (CMT)
31. Aaron Rozbicki (Darkrai)
7. Adrian Loke (Darkrai)
3. Alaric McKenzie-Boone (Plume)
11. Mike Martindale (Eel)
Top 4:
32. Zach Lesage (Darkrai)
4. Curtis Lyon (Entei)
7. Adrian Loke (Darkrai)
11. Mike Martindale (Eel)
Top 2:
4. Curtis Lyon (Entei)
11. Mike Martindale (Eel)
Winner:
4. Curtis Lyon (Entei)
I myself was a little shocked to see an Entei deck win this years Nationals, since Darkrai variants have dominated most of the overseas Nationals i expected the same thing to happen here. I have played against a Entei variant at Battle Roads Pickering so i know the deck can perform well, and clearly our National Champions build was ready for all comers this past weekend. From what i was reading on the forums yesterday this build was a quad Entei build meaning he was just running the four Entei EX. This opened him up to alot of tech and would thus enable him to be prepared for any deck he faced.
The top 32 in general was very interesting as you generally dont see alot of variations at Nationals since its such a bigger event and you play so many people. The top 32 breakdown is as follows
14 Darkrai
8 Zekeel
2 CMT
1 Troll
1 Accelgor
1 Vileplume
1 Donphan
1 CaKE
1 Entei
1 Aerodactyl
1 Empoleon
I am not shocked by this top 32, as Darkrai is quite possibly the best deck right now. The Darkrai variants that are going around right now are so solid that they cover almost every possible scenario you might find yourself in. Zekeel is still a dominate deck that can recover out of almost any situation, CMT is slowly losing steam given its poor match up with Darkrai and Zekeels
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So thats the results of this years Nationals, I am hoping to find a detailed results for the American Nationals within a few days. A Klinklang deck took home the top spot at the U.S Nationals, so the reults of this years two big events shows that quite literally any deck can take home the top spots at any tourney if its played right.
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