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Gabriel Smart finished 14th among over 2,900 players with an 11-2-1 record, choosing Alakazam to target Dragapult builds without Special Red Card.
Alakazam/Dusknoir took both finalist spots at Frankfurt Regionals after Mateusz Łaszkiewicz's Worlds Top 8 run. The build uses three Strange Timepiece, but Dragapult remains a tough matchup.
Andrew Hedrick won the TCG Masters division with Dragapult in San Francisco, while Jake N. and Yuta Araki took the Senior and Junior titles.
Alakazam / Dusknoir won Frankfurt Regionals and Arboliva ex won Recife, showing room for alternatives ahead of Louisville despite Dragapult ex and Basic Box remaining leading decks.
Alakazam / Dusknoir won Frankfurt Regionals and Arboliva ex won Recife, highlighting alternatives to Dragapult ex and Basic Box ahead of Louisville.
Isaiah Bradner explains why he stayed with Mega Excadrill ex for Baltimore Regionals, where his group faced zero Alakazam/Dudunsparce decks across 36 rounds despite teching for that matchup.
Andrew Hedrick won the 2026 World Championships with Dragapult ex after a 2-2 start, while Crustle posted a 40% Day 2 conversion rate and Alakazam placed eight decks in the Top 32.
Alakazam placed second and earned multiple Top 32 finishes at Worlds, while Henry Chao’s Dusknoir-based Dragapult ex deck reached the Top 4 ahead of upcoming Regionals.
Andrew Hedrick’s Dragapult ex defeated Diego Cassiraga’s Alakazam in the 2026 Worlds final after Dragapult represented 43% of the field.
Andrew Hedrick won the TCG Masters division with Dragapult in San Francisco, while Jake N. and Yuta Araki took the Senior and Junior titles.
Andrew Hedrick swept the best-of-three Masters final after a Stadium removal rescued game one and a Red Card disrupted Diego Cassiraga’s hand-based Alakazam strategy in game two.
Alakazam/Dudunsparce is pitched as an August Worlds sleeper after winning Indianapolis Regionals, despite placing only two decks in NAIC’s Top 64 amid an unfavorable Dragapult ex matchup.
The 76-card main set includes single-prize Kyogre and Groudon built around Legendary Stadiums, plus Mega Golurk, Jellicent and Heat Rotom ex; SIR and IR artwork remains unrevealed.
James Kowalski won NAIC with Slop Box, while Dragapult ex remained the event’s dominant deck by popularity and results; Slowking reached the Top 4.
Mega Lucario ex is positioned as a counter to the surging Mega Lopunny ex archetype ahead of Melbourne and Indianapolis, while retaining a favorable Dragapult ex matchup.
Dragapult ex won both LA and Prague, reaching 32% of LA Day 1 decks and 47% of Day 2 while supporting multiple competitive variants.
Alakazam’s Psychic Draw adds three cards, while Powerful Hand places two damage counters per card held; Iono’s rotation makes the strategy harder to disrupt.
The post-rotation Psychic toolbox uses Telepathic Psychic Energy and Mystery Garden to support Mega Diancie ex, targeting a meta where Dragapult ex may exceed 20% play.
Champions League 2026 Osaka winners detailed the decks they used on March 28–29, including Alakazam in Masters and distinct Senior and Junior League strategies.