2018 Portland Regionals

Dates: October 27-28
Location: Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon, USA
Organizer: Thunder Gym
Attendance: 511 Masters
Format: Expanded BLW-DRM

Statistics

Day 2 final standings

1. Jimmy Pendarvis, Zoroark-GX/Seismitoad-EX (import list)
2. Aaron Tarbell, Trevenant BREAK with Counter Energy and Scoop Up Cyclone (import list)
3. Zachery Everest, Archie's Blastoise (import list)
4. Joe Sanchez, Primal Groudon-EX (import list)
5. Joe Ruettiger, Zoroark-GX/Seismitoad-EX (notes) (import list)
6. Isaiah Williams, Zoroark-GX Control (notes) (import list)
7. Alexander McNeill, Drampa-GX/Garbodor (notes) (import list)
8. Austin Ellis, Fighting Toolbox (notes) (import list)
9. Sam Chen, Archie's Blastoise (import list)
10. Azul Garcia Griego, Zoroark-GX/Seismitoad-EX (import list)
11. Christopher Schemanske, Trevenant BREAK (notes) (import list)
12. Edan Lewis, Alolan Exeggutor (notes) (import list)
13. Lance Bradshaw, Buzzwole/Lycanroc-GX
14. Drue Townsend, Greninja BREAK
15. DeAndre Holmes, Zoroark-GX Control
16. Michael Pramawat, Zoroark-GX/Seismitoad-EX (notes) 
17. Ian Robb, Garbodor/Dimension Valley Toolbox
18. Aaron Friedman, Zoroark-GX/Garbodor (notes)
19. Kenny Britton, Drampa-GX/Banette-GX/Garbodor
20. Caleb Gedemer, Zoroark-GX/Seismitoad-EX 
21. Pearce Blend, Blastoise/Archie's Ace in the Hole
22. Franco Llamas III, Zoroark-GX/Garbodor
23. John O'Donald, Alolan Exeggutor (notes) 
24. Brian Miller, Sableye/Garbodor
25. Peter Kica, Night March 
26. Sascha Rogge, Zoroark-GX/Garbodor
27. Andrew Jones, Zoroark-GX/Lycanroc-GX
28. Ahmad Akhrass, Zoroark-GX/Seismitoad-EX 
29. Jay Lesage, Trevenant BREAK
30. Connor Pedersen, Night March (notes) 
31. Cory Dickman, Sylveon-GX
32. Zakaria Aossey, Buzzwole FLI/Shrine of Punishment
33. Kevin Abernathy, Trevenant BREAK
34. Rahul Reddy, Vespiquen/Flareon with Entei AOR 14 (notes) 
35. Landen Kaetler, Sylveon-GX
36. Danyell Segoviano, Trevenant BREAK
37. Manuel Jorach, Buzzwole-GX/Garbodor
38. Mark Garcia, Banette-GX/Drampa-GX/Garbodor
39. Daniel Collens, Zygarde-GX/Lycanroc-GX
40. Tristan Pisani-Blair, Trevenant BREAK (notes)
41. Stefan Tabaco, Sableye/Garbodor
42. Nico Gist, Zoroark-GX/Garbodor
43. Padraic McSwain, Sableye/Garbodor (notes) 
44. Kevyn Tibbot, Rayquaza-GX
45. Daniel Rattay, Sylveon-GX/Magnezone PLS 46
46. Kyle Rivera, Drampa-GX/Garbodor
47. Polo Le, Zoroark-GX/Garbodor*

* dropped from Day 2

Other notable decks

• Michael Catron, 107th, Guzzlord-GX/Solgaleo-GX (notes) (import list)

Notes

• This was the first Expanded major event of the 2018-19 season, and the first-ever Expanded major event with the July 2018 banlist updates (Ghetsis, Hex Maniac, Puzzle of Time, and Wally). 
• Team DDG was responsible for creating the Zoroark-GX/Seismitoad-EX Control deck that Jimmy Pendarvis used to win the tournament. Six of the seven players who used the list made Day 2, and four of them finished in Top 16. The players used different Plasma Blast Fossil Pokémon (Archen, Lileep, or Tirtouga - the choice didn't affect gameplay) to allow themselves to Trade to zero cards in deck without decking out. DDG member Isaiah Williams used a different Zoroark-GX Control list without Seismitoad-EX to finish 6th. 

Streamed matches
This event was streamed by Travis Nunlist (tnunski on Twitch), with commentary from Nunlist, Alex Koch, Mike Morton Jr., Brandon Nguyen, and Ben Potter. 

Full VODs: Day 1 / Day 2

Round 1 / watch

Round 2 / watch

Round 3 / watch

Round 4 / watch


More links

• Complete final standings
• RK9 Labs: view all Day 2 decklists