Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Top Decks at NAIC: CP earned, Rotation effect and Value

Back once again with another small report, this time from this past weekend's North American International Championships (NAIC). Unbroken Bonds cards have been legal for 6 weeks, and now with the most important tournament over for this format, many might start to shift their focus to Worlds format and for this year, the rotation will start right before the Worlds Championship so this was the last big standard event for cards like Zoroark-GX, Guzma to name a few.

I took 12 of the best lists I could find from NAIC 2019 to show how cheap or expensive these decks were if someone were to try it out at their locals before the switch to the new format or also to give an idea which deck may be heavily affected by the upcoming rotation or not. With seven different decks in the top 8, it was a bit easy to figure out which ones to showcase. Also added their CPs from Day 2, placements, and rotation effect on these decks. Prices taken from Troll and Toad, with the lowest rarity in mind. Prices are in USD.

At the end of this review, I'll do a comparison for all the decks based on their CP scored in the first five weeks of the SUM-UNB format, their total value and which decks is most affected by the upcoming August rotation.

Zoroark-GX/Dewgong
CP Earned in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 785cp
Tournament Wins in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 2
Top 4 finishes in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 3
Rotation Effect: 55%
Pikachu & Zekrom-GX
CP Earned in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 3,201cp
Tournament Wins in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 10
Top 4 finishes in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 28
Rotation Effect: 35%

Blacephalon UNB
CP Earned in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 868cp
Tournament Wins in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0
Top 4 finishes in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 6
Rotation Effect: 23.33%

Ultra Necrozma-GX/Malamar
CP Earned in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 617cp
Tournament Wins in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0
Top 4 finishes in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 3
Rotation Effect: 25%

Zapdos/Ultra Beasts
CP Earned in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 4,359cp
Tournament Wins in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 9
Top 4 finishes in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 35
Rotation Effect: 31.67%

Vileplume/Stall
CP Earned in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 60cp
Tournament Wins in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0
Top 4 finishes in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0
Rotation Effect: 46.67%

Stunfisk/Spiritomb
CP Earned in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0cp
Tournament Wins in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0
Top 4 finishes in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0
Rotation Effect: 43.33%

Reshiram & Charizard-GX
CP Earned in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 6,742cp
Tournament Wins in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 12
Top 4 finishes in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 49
Rotation Effect: 23.33%

Weezing
CP Earned in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 1,970cp
Tournament Wins in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 2
Top 4 finishes in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 11
Rotation Effect: 33.33%

Blissey
CP Earned in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 90cp
Tournament Wins in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0
Top 4 finishes in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 1
Rotation Effect: 31.67%

Gardevoir-GX
CP Earned in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 60cp
Tournament Wins in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0
Top 4 finishes in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0
Rotation Effect: 43.33%

Tool Drop
CP Earned in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0cp
Tournament Wins in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0
Top 4 finishes in first 5 weeks of SUM-UNB format: 0
Rotation Effect: 36.67%

Comparing all the data above for prices, CP earned, average CP earned and rotation effect:

Deck with the highest value:

  1. Zapdos/Ultra Beasts - $199.67
  2. Ultra Necrozma-GX/Malamar - $182.61
  3. Pikachu & Zekrom-GX - $175.74
  4. Tool Drop - $156.24
  5. Reshiram & Charizard-GX - $143.65
  6. Gardevoir-GX - $117.30
  7. Zoroark-GX/Dewgong - $100.96
  8. Weezing - $99.82
  9. Stunfisk/Spiritomb - $98.79
  10. Blacephalon UNB - $77.35
  11. Vileplume/Stall - $63.29
  12. Blissey - $59.50
Most CP earned after 5 weeks in SUM-UNB format:

  1. Reshiram & Charizard-GX - 6,742cp
  2. Zapdos/Ultra Beasts - 4,359cp
  3. Pikachu & Zekrom-GX - 3,201cp
  4. Weezing - 1,970cp
  5. Blacephalon UNB - 868cp
  6. Zoroark-GX/Dewgong - 785cp
  7. Ultra Necrozma-GX/Malamar - 617cp
  8. Blissey - 90cp
  9. Gardevoir-GX - 60cp
  10. Vileplume/Stall - 60cp
  11. Stunfisk/Spiritomb - 0cp
  12. Tool Drop - 0cp

Decks least/most affected by 2019-2020 rotation:

  1. Blacephalon UNB - 23.33%
  2. Reshiram & Charizard - 23.33%
  3. Ultra Necrozma-GX/Malamar - 25%
  4. Zapdos/Ultra Beasts - 31.67%
  5. Blissey - 31.67%
  6. Weezing - 33.33%
  7. Pikachu & Zekrom-GX - 35%
  8. Tool Drop - 36.67%
  9. Stunfisk/Spiritomb - 43.33%
  10. Gardevoir-GX - 43.33%
  11. Vileplume/Stall - 46.67%
  12. Zoroark-GX/Dewgong - 55%


Any deck with a Jirachi in it has had their value sky-rocketed, with it now at around $27 USD just for one of it. The Green's version of ReshiZard is a lot cheaper than the previous version and is also one of the least affected decks in the upcoming rotation. Weezing still remains as the best budget deck around but both Blacephalon UNB and Blissey could give it a run for it's money soon
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