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Michael Zheng

1 year

I won Orlando Seniors with Arc Duraludon! I went undefeated with 5-0-2 in Swiss. Shoutout to my friends Henry, Ziyao, and @Brennan_TCG for help with the list and supporting my run! Matchups and thoughts about the list below.

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

7 months

Since when did I start playing vgc

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7 months

Congratulations to 🇺🇸 Michael Zhang ( @EternalSnowman ), your 2024 Sacramento Regional Champion! 🏆 Michael's previous achievements: ▶️ 2023 NAIC Top 32

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Michael Zheng

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10 months

Won the concord human oven league cup as my first event in masters! Very weird way to start the season. list is sauced but needs a lot of changes. s/o to tanner and group for carpooling me there and @Smart_TCG and group for waiting for me and carpooling me back +50/?

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

BLOCKED BY VERLISIFY LFGGGG🔥🔥💯💯💪💪🆙🆙

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

7 months

A bunch of vgc players are following me off this tweet and some of them prob think Im actually the person who won the toruney I’m sorry to tell you I’m a tcg rando

Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

7 months

Since when did I start playing vgc

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

2 years

Won the Late Night Special with Palkia! The list feels absolutely perfect for the current meta and is way more consistent than it looks. Memory Capsule Jolteon decks are the only truly bad matchups.

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

@KrebsVGC There's another professor ting lu who was apparently extremely abusive towards his lab students so take of that what you will

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

10 months

4-0 split finals at prerelease s/o @Brennan_TCG for the deck idea, literally just force this deck whenever u get camerupt in ur pack and you free win the tourney

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

5 months

Tablemon

@tablemon

5 months

What were your favorite Lugia VSTAR moments of 2023?

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

good luck to all my opponents at puerto rico! i will be playing normal mew

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

2nd/115 at Knoxville with Arc Dura! S/o to Ziyao for same 60, @RudyWadeMusic for the vstar and Henry and Cerys for the testing group! Ggs to @Mo_digs for beating me in Swiss with an insane list and @OwenDalgard for the arc dura mirror in finals. Bird keeper is MVP.

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

@PokeDuelsTikTok @jabbapen there is no way you have to be lying can anyone else confirm

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

9 months

Magic players when they have to win through good sequencing and meaningful deckbuilding decisions instead of getting their opponent a cheating penalty for missing a mandatory trigger and memorizing fifty pages of rules

Carlos, Ravnican Artist (Coms OPEN)

@Ravnican_Artist

9 months

Pokemon has neither: The lore and Interaction of Magic nor the complexity and style of Yugioh, nor the charm and atmosphere of Hearthstone So even for 30 bucks why would i bother

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

10 months

Yo I got sponsored

UltimateSpiceGaming➡️London

@Ultimate_Spice

10 months

Revealing Another Local Player that will be Representing UltimateSpiceGaming. Please Give Warm Welcome Michael Zheng (Senior) from Sacramento, Ca Accomplishments: 1st place Orlando regionals 2023 2nd place Knoxville regionals 2023 T8 Puerto Rico SPE 2023 T8 SLC Regional 2022

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

9 months

imagine scrolling through twitter and it's just an endless stream of your face

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

10 months

4-0 guaranteed cut at the concord 100 degree no ac human oven cup, going insane in masters rn

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

MY JAPANESE VISA GOT APPROVED!!!! IM GOING TO WORLDS

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

7-4-1 DROP DAY 2 AT PITTSBURGH Got so many people to thank so I’m making a thread #USGWIN

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

@FishNugget4 Extremely common Makani Tran W

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Michael Zheng

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Michael Zheng

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1 year

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

5 months

Went from 0-2-2 to 5-2-2 with blocklax in San Antonio. ty @Ultimate_Spice for sponsor, @f4ttygg for helping with the stay, and @HenryTh08700776 for getting me a notepad and the entire deck. Vac + collapsed won me a lot of games, might cut temples for pokestops. Matchups below

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

6 months

why is this deck good

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

Alolan vulpix is unfortunately mid just run path in ur gardy list

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

7 months

cannot wait to farm all the iron hands players

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

All I wanna do in Pittsburgh is to get on stream that’s my goal

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

I now have the same amount of limitless finishes as PAL spidops

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

6 months

what

Tord Reklev

@TordReklev

6 months

Ready to have some fun in Gdansk

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

10 months

@jaylesagepkmn @WillPostTweets @cschemanske belgian mtg nationals 2012 both players wanted to scoop to hit an easy matchup in cut, the judge made them play it out and winner got to concede

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

7 months

Sac thread R1 LWW vs lost tina

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

5 months

Sacramento Giveaway! I'm giving away one random basic energy card that I picked up at the Sacramento Regionals! I'll pay shipping for US but not anywhere outside of US. To enter: Like Retweet Unfollow @HenryTh08700776 Follow me Good luck! Winner will be selected Monday 12/11/23

Henry Thompson🔜LA

@PiplupHenry

5 months

Yokohama giveaway! I’m giving away some extra Yokohama goods for the holidays. I’ll pay shipping for US but not anywhere outside of US. To enter: Like Follow Retweet Goodluck! Winner will be selected Monday 12/11/23

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

5 months

2023 was a great year, I achieved my biggest goal of winning a reg (I thought I was being unrealistic), applied to college, went to worlds, and found a second family in the community. Can't thank everyone who supported me enough, except for @HenryTh08700776 I hate that guy

Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

Because everyone's doing their recaps: SLC: top 8 w/arc intel dark Indy: top 8 w/arc intel dark NAIC: really bad with palkia/intel Had a rly short season, only started playing after covid but I'm definitely looking forward to this season. My goal is to win a regional.

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

One year ago today I went to my first regional and got top 8. I only got to attend because I used to live in Utah and SLC 2020 was supposed to be my first regional but it got canceled. Blessed to be able to play competitive pokemon so much, here's to another year.

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

10 months

Just 3-0d a tourney I thought was a league challenge but turned out to be a normal locals

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

5-1-2 for 13/133 at Charlotte with Arc Box! S/o to @HenryTh08700776 for taking me here, @FishNugget4 for the goated list, Cerys for letting me borrow cards, and @RudyWadeMusic for the insane vstar. Deck is actually cracked, only loss is to hard bricking twice. Matchups below

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

9 months

Skipping the first week of school for worlds 💀

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

I made pho in the worlds bowl

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

9 months

Vgc dq analogy for the tcg players: imagine if every singles store had a good chance of selling you a fake, you would be disqualified for playing any fake, and the only way to build your deck was to pull every card from random packs

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

DAY 2 PITTSBURGH FIRST MASTERS REGIONAL TOO EASY ALL IT TOOK WAS MY DIGNITY

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

@Verliswolf hey maybe don't try to get views off of someone else's bad situation, esp when makani is publicly very against all the scummy shit you stand for???

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

@EskayOW This is the first time I’ve thought of eskay’s name ig I always assumed it was eskay???

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

9 months

Worlds thread: G1 WW vs gardy

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

pokeduels if ur seeing this are you searching twitter for every tweet that says meowscarada

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

@snacktiago We need a video about this

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

@Celios_Network The more you look the worse it gets

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

2 years

Got top 8 seniors at Indianapolis. Got the win-in last round of swiss but misplayed really bad in top cut. Would've cut hoopa for another moltres, two DTE for two more dark energy, and cut something for energy switch. 3 Nets are super good and training court is broken.

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

9 months

Ok turns out I’m going to Pittsburgh now what do I play

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

@ThreatNotation hahaha i already play every song like this am i right hahaha hahaha help me

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

@PokeDuelsTikTok @FishNugget4 we had a conversation about this

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

@MeMaanhc I believe there was something like this in a magic national, where the judges made the players play it out and whoever won got to concede (for a better top 8 matchup)

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

@RoborosewaterU the name of the token is "Whippanion of Electroly Myronaur, rounded up".

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

TPCI HAS LISTENED TO MY PRAYERS SACRAMENTO REGIONALS IS THE ONE WEEKEND I DONT HAVE A BAND REVIEW AND ITS 30 MINUTES AWAY FROM ME

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

Season recap time First and last full season as a senior, s/o to Arceus VSTAR and all my friends for making this season amazing. I missed a few too many events for worlds stipend/day 2, but I'm super blessed to qualify and be able to go. Unposted puerto rico list below

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

9 months

hometown regional here we come

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

5 months

COMEBACK RUN COMPLETE. 0-2-2 TO 5-2-2 FOR POINTS SHOUTOUT LAST ROUND OPP FOR BEING SUPER CHILL TIME TO STUDY FOR FINALS

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

@JoeMommyTCG @DannyAltavilla Absolute banger tweet

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

optimal build

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

I told him I speak mandarin and he said “konnichiwa”, I thought he was being racist but he actually thought that was the Chinese term for hello. 2/2

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

@jgrimesey @pokestatstcg LETS GO MICKEY DIVISION RECOGNITION

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

7 months

I pray for a big parasol reprint every night

PokeGuardian

@PokeGuardian

7 months

The official Pokemon Card Game Youtube Channel will revealed a new Tool card from Ancient Roar tomorrow during livestream 🔗

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

2 years

Top 8 in full heal with turbo vikavolt (with 2-2 palkia). 0-1 to 5-1-1 top cut but lost to @MeMaanhc in top 8. Vikavolt = broken ngl

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

10 months

@Catrontcg make the meta manipulation less obvious next tweet

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

@ToineLay 360 Hp 2 prizer seems really insane, especially with that much damage output and in such a good type as wel

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

4-4 naic with arc aero box, whiffed worlds day 2 but deck is insane, I just played bad. S/o Utah testing group for the deck, time to convince tpci to give top 22 NA day 2 worlds.

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

@fortenat8 nest ball is a completely miserable card to play with, quick ball is so much more fun to use

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

@DisguisedToast sponsor pokemon card game players (unbiased)

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

9 months

Thanks everyone for showing up to my second stream! Here's what we cooked today

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

Hey I lost a deck box with this design near the us steel building in Pittsburgh. Please return it to kayfabe cards (the vendor) in the tourney hall if you do find it, it has a few cards with a lot of sentimental value and my rudywade vstar marker, thanks.

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

got 5/15 puerto rico +100 points. deck is broken s/o to @FishNugget4 for putting up w/me asking for list advice 24/7 and @ZiyaoQu for kicking me out of top 4 by being a good person on a win and in (no list might play it for naic)

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

9 months

4-3 out of worlds, sucks to lose my run to a garbage deck list error but it is what it is

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

When does the NAIC convention center open for check-in/vendors today?

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

5 months

arc gigas bdif moment placed 5/183 going 7-0-1 in swiss deck is really fun, stream was really fun, go follow me on for next stream ty

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

@TordReklev there is no way he does it again

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

@CatSupporter15 No way you flew to Barcelona💀

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

7 months

playing what's definitely the worst deck I've ever taken to a tourney in sac, we ball

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

@ToineLay @jakekgearhart holy shit

Jake Gearhart

@jakekgearhart

1 year

Charizard is 100% gonna be 5 energy for 340 and does damage to itself or discards the energy.

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

EUIC Stipend!!!! Probably can't go due to visa conflicts. (if anyone has experience with traveling w/ visa issues pls reach out I'd love to find a way to play in London) Either way I'm super happy about placing pretty highly!

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

10 months

if worlds day one is 12 points for day two out of 6 rounds what's stopping all 3-0 players to id three times

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

9 months

s/o everyone for hanging out in my first stream!!! here's the gambling simulator lugia list I cooked for the stream, it's super fun but needs some work with the lack of bench space with lunatone and solrock.

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

Chien pao bax is z tier send tweet

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

1 year

@JoshHatter The $600 life size slowpoke plushie

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

@pokestatstcg apparently there was a mistake in t8 that the judges didn't catch that made joao win the game vs juliana (arc dura)? just skimming twitch chat but thats what I've seen

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

6 months

do i tweet this like a regional registration pain of writing essays is over now

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

@FishNugget4 Stop meta manipulating for nick

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

6 months

Benby just FaceTimed me while I was writing college essays just to do this the entire time

Henry Thompson🔜LA

@PiplupHenry

6 months

@TheMcalmic WRITE. YOUR. ESSAYS.

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Michael Zheng

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Michael Zheng

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1 year

@Lewchube It’s probably because slow start makes gigas lame and weak, but truant doesn’t reduce slakings raw power, just gives its damage a massive drawback

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

9 months

@kingdrec1out It doesn’t suck as he’s one of the best players to do it, a main character in the tcg. Definitely gotta understand there are levels to this lol. Taking a shot at a person who got 2nd in a tournament where you might as well have dropped is kinda odd

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

T8 Elk Grove cup with dte mew, game loss finals because I forgot to write choice belt on my list vs @kingdrec1out +25/600 Deck is so broken

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

11 months

Follow @ZiyaoQu he’s bad at Pokémon cards and I made him get twitter

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

9 months

@GossipKirlia @HenryTh08700776 puts food in front of starving children and then says "nuh uh" and eats it himself

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

7 months

Pokeduels racist confirmed

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Michael Zheng

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8 months

Pittsburgh regionals, or, how I learned to throw away my morals and play mew R1 Palkia WLW 1-0 #USGWIN

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Michael Zheng

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6 months

Just because it's not against the rules doesn't mean it's not still a scummy tactic. Playing against stall decks that don't attack is not fun. It never has been. You are essentially going out of your way to bully people who just want to play the game. It's the equivalent of

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

4 months

New tech discovered, cram-o-matic players rejoice

Sam Ro 📈

@SamRo

4 months

This is literally the craziest thing I’ve read in my whole life and it’s not even close

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

5 months

Does anyone have this deckbox for sale? There's two available online but it only ships to australia, so I'd also pay if any aus players are coming to NA for tournaments

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Michael Zheng

@TheMcalmic

8 months

ARC DURA

PTCG Legends

@PTCG_Legends

8 months

There are FIVE Charizard ex decks going into Top of Curitiba Regionals! FIVE!!! Lists will be here later today as they become available: #PlayPokemon #PokemonTCG

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Michael Zheng

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8 months

Day 2 babyyyyy

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Michael Zheng

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9 months

@TrustYourPilot1 i saw this exact same deck on my stream

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