How I Won a My FIRST Pokemon TCG Tournament! (League Cup)

Yeah, it finally happened! I won a Pokemon Card Tournament with MIRADION ex and I did it undefeated! Subscribe if you wanna follow more of my competitive Pokemon TCG journey!
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[@Mysticalzelda]

Oooo nice! I was looking forward to this video as soon as I saw you got 1st. Also, I did my second cup this sunday and played Miraidon for the first time in a tournament! I got 3-2 and 11th, Im very satisfied with my score for a second cup :). Also I ditched my first cup halfway cause it was like 30+ degrees outside (and inside). Edit: Ow I also pulled a stamp Raikou and stamp generator out of my prizes, the fates are telling me Miraidon is a winner haha! (alsooo alt art Iron valliant ex out of my single paradox rift participation pack) Edit 2: our cup was a bo3 and sadly a lot of people didn't make it because there was snow here. (Europe sadly isn't always as prepared for it) So instead of like 40+ with 6 rounds, it was 32 with 5 rounds

[@omurice2447]

Raikou and Raichu cost so much now!! I want to be able to play the deck before the new year but those cards are nowhere to be seen. Should've been a miraidon supporter earlier... Cool vid!

[@dylan360cuber]

I played the Miraidon league and my opponent said I should get a raikou and a switch cart AND I GOT THEM BOTH! The luck?!

[@sydyeon]

Congrats!! I just attended my first open play day on Sunday to test out my deck, and my next goal is attending a league challenge. Your videos have helped so much with showing me what to expect at tournaments so thank you!!

[@oisinc5267]

Well done and hoping you the best in other tournaments. As a fellow Miraidon player I think that it will never decrease in power and it is pretty fun.

[@johnberg3032]

I found your channel by accident. I am a sneaker collector that just started playing Pokémon. The algorithm lords landed me on your channel because I was looking up how to play Miraidion. Thank you for the excellent content. Keep it up. My goal is to become a more confident player and to break even at a regionals (very wishful know).

[@RahulReddy]

Congrats bro!! About time :D

[@shredsquad3365]

just started pokemon couple of months ago and are trying to just bulid a good deck.your chanle has helped a lot.so happy you won keep on going

[@jbond1k]

Huge congrats homie, glad to see all of your hard work paying off. You're gonna have that world's invite before you know it

[@Dualities]

esports are a joke at this point. they don't even organize actual Tournaments or have actual rankings. they handpick KZbinrs for the money. wow

[@fanboy9472]

i just got back into pokémon after a decade… i used to watch your sneaker content 😂😂 it’s nice to be back

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

lol welcome back to the hobby! And ayyy that’s dope! Glad to have you watching again 🙏🏻👌🏻

[@tbas-beermans4213]

I am senior and mycompetative goal is trying to go to worlds. And it is going great i am now at 100 points(won two League 😊cups) and i am going to EUIC in april and also another cup in december.

[@pokezeus5185]

Congrats on the win, I would love to see more tournament vlogs.

[@pierslewis3625]

Just found your channel and have gone back to watch more of your content! New to playing Pokemon so such a help, can’t wait to see more!

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

Ayyy dope! Welcome to the channel and thanks for watching + for the support! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@boxcarairwaves182]

Congrats homie subbed for sure man love yoyr laid back real style and you explain the matches so well. I can totally appreciate your dedication to miraidon and i just built miraidon myself, not sure what to play tho still haha

[@zacharypurser2507]

Loving the competitive content man! Keep it up!

[@Dualities]

esports are a joke at this point. they don't even organize actual Tournaments or have actual rankings. they handpick KZbinrs for the money. wow

[@yqliu3228]

I was the winner at the Montreal store, saw your name and it didn't click that it was you lol, congrats on the win!

[@justua1992]

dude I always check in on the channel every so often and I gotta say seeing the steady growth is awsome but 😅I gotta admit I didn't think I'd be CONGRATULATING you on being a tournament champion 😮🎉🎉🎉🎉 ❤❤❤ keep going keep growing 💪 (justcashwashere) lol I keep saying it this channel is wholesome and in focus for the hobby !

[@guccibreh9212]

It feels good to watch this video after I been keeping up with your journey in instagram, and YT, to your cups! Seeing all those hater comments asking “have you ever won one?” Even though you been topping 8 almost EVERY tourney lol. Keep it up Chris!! And also congrats on the signing with comfy hobbies my guy take care and happy holidays 🫶🏽

[@clairslair]

Congrats!!! 🎉 that’s so awesome! What a stacked event! So cool you got the win 🔥 I haven’t really been able to go to events as of late but really wanna make day 2 in SA or atleast have a nice record 😅 congrats again! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@jessnguy]

Sick! Congratulation on the win! It's running tight but I'm 18 cards missing for a 151 master set! I haven't been collecting too long so it's nice to be soo close to finish an awesome set. Although it's not for the end of this year, I'm interested in playing in tournaments or once I get better. Maybe in the new year as a new year goal 😅

[@rowanstavenow4096]

Your content is so engaging, congrats on your league cup win!

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

Thank you homie! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@justua1992]

FREAKING CONGRATS EPIC!!!

[@royalillest]

congrats man, love your content!

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

Thank you!!

[@tylertheriot8922]

Congratulations man! I been playing your deck on ladder for a couple days. I came back to Pokemon about 4 days ago and pretty much built what I could lol. It’s an amazing deck. I def lose to charziard ex alot alot tho

[@CiaranTCG]

Congrats man, hopefully first win of many!

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

Thanks man! Definitely hope so too! Gonna try my best to maintain the momentum 🙏🏻

[@korlok_TCG]

Congrats man you deserve it. My goal for this year is to win one game at my weekly local tournament I played on Saturday but lost all games so I hope to just win one.

[@moejoe4856]

Congrats on the dub dude!

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

Ty!

[@aquariumplantman]

Congratulations. My little goal is to try & finish collecting the master set for 151.

[@alexscopini442]

I play in Rome, Italy, and here both Challenges and Cups are bo3 of 50mins total in Swiss rounds, and bo3 of 75mins total in topcuts. Btw, nice video and keep going with the Don!

[@EDUDELIVE]

Toronto is pretty competitive like you said. I was a noob in the summer and i really improved after playing locals

[@ivebenwong]

Waow! Congrats!

[@andrewwatkins4852]

Nice work I just learned about tcg and champions points in in best of 2 or 5 and the top two winners make the top cut

[@breh4149]

My lgs running a league cup then but unfortunately I haven’t quite finished my miraidon deck 😢. I have like 50/60 of the cards but I still need the miraidons, the forest seal stone and the raikou so my deck will still be quite expensive to finish. I guess my goal is to finish my deck before the end of the year so I can go to some tournaments in jan next year. Congrats on winning though!

[@antfairgo7536]

Congrats!!

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

Thank you!

[@VIPPokemon]

I played my first League Cup last week! It was a blast! Didn’t do to well but will definitely e back! My goal is as a collector/creator to hit 600 subs by the end of the year and as a competitor to simply do better at the the league challenge next Saturday.

[@Batsquid93]

congrats!

[@JohnnyZ3710]

I'm loving seeing Palkia / Ice Rider placing well in tournaments! It's been my main deck on the ladder for months and with Earthen Vessel it got so much better.

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

There are so many Palkia Ice Rider popping up now it’s crazy! They’ve been performing well too, it’s a really solid deck choice rn

[@thomaslenhard3088]

@@SneakerTalkTCG hhm... maybe i should check that out... but i'm still loving my chien-pao palkia deck... but i heard some ppl are playing chien-pao/palkia/icerider... 🤔

[@Wisard99Power]

Another VLog!!! Edit: I love the mat! Meowscarada is my 2nd favorite starter so like I want one XD Another edit: (Sorry, commenting while the video is playing XD) Tho personally, my competitive goal for this year is to at least win 2 games in my upcoming year end event in our local card shop this december 16, using my own rogue deck. And my goal for next year is to start gaining championship points since I just started playing the game this october so ye. P.S. I love your vlog videos

[@PokeSeeker99]

Plan on taking miraidon to a cup in the next few weeks and hope to keep growing my you tube channel!

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

Heck yeah good luck with it and the channel growth too! :)

[@yourpenguins8739]

You were the best player there. Not the others. That’s why you won! Remember that.

[@willamreyes5255]

Love these competitive event recap videos , as someone who recently started visiting local card shops to play the videos really prepare me for what I should expect from other players and what matchups are gonna kill me LOL

[@PokeSharkYT]

Yeah I could tell the prizing was rough there.

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

😮‍💨

[@Dopple_G]

i started this year around 7 months ago in collecting and i'm also battling with friends, only goals i have rn are just collecting holos and above rarity, and to actually compete in a tcg tournament, there isnt any where i live (Jamaica) so gonna have to wait that one out

[@VirajPoddar693]

The playmat is fire

[@toastTCG]

My goal is to have a copy of your miridon deck and to win one match at my first ever Pokemon competition! love your stuff dude!!!!

[@MandosGoated]

The best pokemon youtuber fs😎

[@nerdolarandom666]

Is there any use to meowscara ex in this new meta? Its my fav Pokémon and i really wish to use it in tournaments

[@willstephens3501]

With the new rotation coming up next year. How will this be affecting your deck? Id love a video on how you think it will affect your deck and some potential changes!

[@johnjohnjohnjohnjohn5769]

I won my first ever tournament this weekend too, and it was literally my first tournament. Its a local shop in my small-ish town (30k people) and they only run expanded so its different. But my Mew VMAX expanded deck crushed everything in sight (I got pretty lucky a few matches as well) so def gives me some confidence to keep playing haha. Will start running Meowscarada Ex or Miradion Ex as well in standard format

[@MrXmoda]

They only run… expanded??

[@johnjohnjohnjohnjohn5769]

@@MrXmodayeah, it’s a lower income area with a lot of kids. the idea is expanded lets them have more options and their investments last longer. doesn’t matter to me but i think it’s kind of cool to see a lot of decks i would never have seen before

[@MarshalltheMarshtompOfficial]

I'd love to make it to a pre release, idk if that's happening this year though

[@trashgoat3119]

Nice i played in my 2nd cup last weekend. Ended up getting 2nd place

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

Ayyy great work! Especially for your second cup!! 💪🏻

[@trashgoat3119]

@SneakerTalkTCG thanks! I was playing an almost identical list to yours just -1 iono and +1 Judge. Lost in the finals to klawf/hisuian electrode. It was super close going to turns in game 3. 3 prizes to 3 prizes just needed them to not find a double Turbo. But after 2 bibarels, energy lotto, and a research the finally found one for the win haha

[@TheSnowkage]

I’m trying to take first at my locals! I took fourth last time with a 2-1-1 record!

[@VirajPoddar693]

What are you gonna do when flaffy rotates

[@griffdawger]

Right now my goal is to finish my paradox rift master set

[@user-zn4yf7ee5x]

I mostly play vgc but I would like to go to my first vgc tournament this year 🙂

[@jamielove2326]

i want to build a deck using Lucario ex deck as a base

[@MrFenix1234l]

My goal is to transition from online TCG (which I've been playing for a while now) to my LCS to play but first I have to build my deck :)

[@edwarddaignault5243]

I just did this exact thing earlier this month, and I'd say go for it. Chien Pao was easiest to build at the time, and it's done well. Just finished 4th in a smaller tournament last weekend. Miraidon is better than Chien Pao, it always beats me. I'll probably upgrade my Miraidon league battle deck going forward, or considering Charizard or Roaring Moon. Good luck!

[@SenhorShadow]

Can you share your deck build? ♥

[@lucashernandez3056]

My playing Pokémon card goal this year is getting a lost zone Giratina deck trying to waste the least money possible

[@Sorcery2020]

I'm working on building an Iron Jugulis deck!

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

Nice nice! Very unique card 👌🏻

[@Sorcery2020]

@@SneakerTalkTCG Thanks so much! I'm a new player, and I had only started playing during the paradox rift prerelease weekend. I had pulled an iron jugulis illustration rare, and then I later decided to try to make a deck built around it from scratch! I'm still trying to get the cards for it, but I tried it out in TCG Live, and it works pretty well!

[@pezz3452]

YESSS EARLYYYYY GANGGGG

[@Zip_Tide]

Goal for end of year: attend first league cup/challenge 😊

[@all-in4it]

Common (mid)raidon W!!! 🎉

[@SneakerTalkTCG]

😂🙏🏻

[@christianburton3637]

I wanna build a competitive Dark deck without copying someone elses

[@BozoGuy-gg7of]

Hi I’m from your other video I just want to beat the local legend I’m a battle

[@emzaru]

I'd like to start competing in 2024

[@jackryan7750]

I hope I’m a champion😊

[@haterhayder]

MY goal is tryna make Alakazam ex actually good lmao. catch me at manta losing

[@z.stone2827]

Miraidon is really good, except it doesn’t actually do anything. The deck works and has a decent power level, but you are fully reliant on draws and have no ability to create lines back into games. It’s a consistent deck which is good, but gardevoir and sablezard have much higher skill/power ceilings and only slightly lower levels of consistency.

[@z.stone2827]

Sorry that was a bit harsh it does things it’s just very linear was what I was trying to say.

[@z.stone2827]

Also when you’re playing miraidon into gardi always dynamotor onto flaafy once so your opponent can’t boss trap and scream tail

[@tntdenis8404]

Did I win a giveaway?

[@ivebenwong]

My goal is too gain money and have enough to constantly have my bank balance bleed dry over and over, so I can spend on pokemon cards. 🥰 (I have $0.12 currently)