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So you're playing on cartridge? And that sounds like a wild way of doing things :p I'm thinking of building a team around a mega I like before the rules switch to the VGC19 meta. I just hope they don't do another 16 with all the legendaries 0.0
VGC15 seemed really fun. It was the calm before the storm that was VGC16 for sure lol. What was the focus of your team that year? Do you go to the events or just stick to online play?