2017 Pokemon TCG World Championship Recap!

Another Pokemon TCG World Championship is behind us and we have a recap for you! If you were playing in the Pokemon Master division, you probably didn't have great time at all. All we can say is "Garbodor". Complete domination from Garbodor decks in the Masters divisions but there were also two Gardevoir GX decks in the top 8, and one even played in the finals! Not only did Gardevoir GX play in the finals, but Gardevoir GX decks also won the Worlds for 2017 in the Masters division!

There were 6/8 Garbodor decks in the top 8, and 3 of them were from Japan. Players from Japan introducted a new way to play Garbodor - this time with the Golisopod GX - and it turned out to be a complete success.

Unfortunately, no players from Europe made it to the Top 8. Diego Cassiraga from Argentina was beat in finals by a player from Japan Naoto Suzuki - who also played with a Garbodor/Golisopod deck and he managed to completely stop Garbodor domination with his Gardevoir GX deck in the Masters division. 3 players from Japan and 3 players from the USA - top 8 with 1 player from Mexico and 1 from Argentina who won at the end.

Things were way different and more interesting in the Senior division, however, where we saw 8 different decks in the top 8!

Yes, 8 different decks in the top 8, and unlucky Michael Long from Canada with his Greninja BREAK deck. The Greninja BREAK curse looks like it will be continued from last Worlds when Cody Walinski lost with his Greninja deck in the Master finals.

Again even in the Senior division, not a single player from Europe managed to make it to the Top 8. I guess we could say total domination from USA players - there were 5/8 players from the USA, 2 from Japan and 1 from Canada.

Zachary Bokhari from the USA with his Alolan Ninetales GX deck, won against Michael Long from Canada, who played with Greninja BREAK. It was hard for Michael to win, since Zachary had a promo Giratina that can stop the Greninja BREAK ability.

Some other decks that were played in the Senior top 8 were - Gardevoir GX with Sylveon GX, Garbodor/Drampa, Gardevoir GX and a Decidueye GX deck.

And when we speak about Europian players, they had much more success in the Junior division. A player from Norway, Tobias Stromdahl, who played Gardevoir GX/Gallade deck won against Minaki Hasegawa from Japan, who also played a Gardevoir GX deck.

Again in the Top 8, we can say total domination from players from Japan and the USA. 4 players from Japan managed to top 8, and 3 from the USA.  Only one player from Europe managed to win and defend for all European players.

Again there were a few different and interesting decks in top 8 like Golisopod GX/Decidueye GX deck, Gardevoir GX/Xerneas BREAK and even Rainbow Road.

Congratulations to all the players from around the World who participated in the biggest Pokemon event of the year.