#tord more like a Very Good Pal

[ninaiznathan]

EDDSWORLD HEADCANNONS

For the main four-

Just like the title says lol, I’m having a big eddsworld hyperfixation at the moment and I must give out some Headcannons lolll

No content warnings really, the most is that this isn’t based after ‘the end’ and more so when Tord was still around / the og version of him cuz the uh, newer one lowkey sucks bootay

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Edd

Mmm starting off with the leader of the bunch

Edd is probably the mom of the friend group, regardless of how silly he can be and how he seems as if he doesn’t really care for the others he truly does, he isn’t as observant of the others like Tom is yet when he realizes something is up with his friend(s) he’ll be quick to jump in and help.

Great cook honestly, ESPECIALLY when one of the three are sick, his soups are absolutely amazing!! He enjoys cooking as a hobby, it’s just an extra skin he’d picked up over the years of living with the gang, considering when they all first moved in together the only one who could cook was Tord. Later on he taught Edd and they both just became the chefs on then family

He probably does art and animation commissions for money, it is surprisingly enough to pay for his quarter of the rent. Though, Tord has to practically drag him off of his PC, iPad, or pry him off of his sketch book because he’s too engulfed with his work.

Cat lover ofc, he had gotten Ringo as a gift from Tom in their highschool years, Tom found a stray kitten on the streets, and despite how much he adores them he was considerate and gave Edd the tiny Ringo instead!

Super good at board games, Matt refuses to play with him any board game because he’s convinced that whenever they do play Edd always somehow ‘cheats’ , not true, he is just naturally good at board games lol

He’s a really sweaty man, he has great hygiene, it’s just he’s always so damn hot and he just can’t help but sweat a lot, luckily he doesn’t really smell like anything particular ——————————————————————

Matt

He has a skull collection, of course the other don’t know about this because they don’t bother to check his cluster of a attic. But he cares about all his skulls he has collected over the years and polishes them while keeping them in the best conditions possible

Probably played the drums in highschool, Tom had actually convinced him to do so. Even if he was reluctant he actually really enjoyed it!! He owns a drum set now and of course it’s up in his attic. Yet he can’t play it all the time due to the racket it’d create.

He’s tall and lean, despite his good looks he’s actually kinda insecure lol, his friends complementing him is a ego boost tbh..long skin care routine and loves dressing up!! It doesn’t matter the style. He’s willing to try anything!!

He loves baking, especially loves baking sweets and desserts from other cultures. He finds all the new recipes unique and different, he likes different. You’ll typically find him baking with Tord, since- Tord likes baking as well. Tord actually lended Matt some of his Norwegian cookie recipes :3

He has a scrapbook and just a regular journal to jot down things, both gifted from edd to help with his memory issues. He also has a photo album for all the photos he/or the others have taken during adventures they’ve went on together!!

He works at a antique shop, while he makes the least money out of the gang, he still manages lol; he chose career over finance which is totally valid!! :D

He has a secret fixation to mythical creatures and stories. The only other one that really knows about it is Tom, because Tom is very much willing to listen to Matt ramble about all these silly creatures. Tom may not admit it but he enjoys hearing his pal get so excited and ramble over the topic-

He sadly can’t be trusted with having pets- since he has shit memories he’ll probably forget to feed them. He isn’t responsible enough for a cat or a dog, maybe a fish, but it’ll probably die quick- ——————————————————————

Tord

He has a pet snake. A gift from Paul and Pat from when he decided to move out and move in with the three, he absolutely adores her and probably walks around the house/lounges around with her out and about on him. Surprisingly he is good at keeping things he owns in order and knows where she is at all times

He makes the most money out of everyone, comes from a rich family and went to a engineering university. He ended up being a mechanic, but he’s much smarter than just dealing with vehicles. He can also make little gadgets and has invented some things on his own time!!

This man owns a motorcycle and you can’t prove me otherwise lol. It’s probably black or red and supported with either black or red stickers. (If the main coat is black, the sticker details are red, and vise versa-)

This man lives for leather clothing. He probably has a bunch of leather coats and boots. His clothing isn’t all that cheap- most being from when he lived in Norway.

Speaking of Norway, he has an accent!! It took a little while for him to get the hang of english when Edd flew him out to England, but he managed!! Not only does he speak his mothers language and English, he’s quite fluent in German aswell.

Like said in the last twos parts- he can bake and cook!! He probably has a major sweet tooth, he likes salty foods but if he could he’d eat sweets for the rest of his life lol! But that wouldn’t be all that healthy-

He spoils his friends rotten during holidays, the most expensive gifts. But everything he has gifted is quite thoughtful!! He is pretty observant and knows what his friends like. ——————————————————————

Tom

Starting off, this man is COLD!! He’s cold 24/7 omfg. Thats why you’ll see him wearing a sweatshirt most of the time, not cause He’s insecure or anything he’s a walking and talking popsicle. His bed has been taken over by mountains of blankets. He has like three weighted blankets lying around and a few other normal ones. He needs a walking heater in his life tbh

Of course a music lover, has been playing instruments all his life!! Which means, he is(or well was-) a band kid!! He can play multiple variates of guitars. His favorite being the Bass of course.

Speaking of him being a musician, he owns a music shop!! He makes the second most money out of the group. He tends to save it though, not really having much to buy. Of course that also means he’s always willing to lend a hand to his friends when they need the finances-

Loves horror media and movies. Honestly I think he’ll have a interest in Hannibal lecter media. He had the books, movies, and merchandise!!

Loves books honestly, has like a bookshelf in his room filled with a bunch of different books. Not only has he been gifted the three weighted blankets from all three, but they’ve also gotten him books they believe he’d enjoy.

His walls are littered with band posters, media posters!! He has a collection of music vinyl discs lying around that he has collected over time lol

He cares about all his friends, even if he seems to have a bitchy attitude he loves his friends like his own siblings, yes even Tord- he just genuinely kinda dislikes him.

[vampire-core]

pssst... I LOV U

PSST TORD.... I LOV U TOO!!!

[ewmagines]

What if...the main 4 boys holded you,

Maybe like just a couple headcanons for each pretty please :>

mod tom dms me "what the.... ask" and i reply "I LIKE THIS ASK" and immediately hop to writing

edd

-big fan of casual physical touch. sitting on the couch together? he wraps an arm around you and pulls you close. backseat in the car together? one of you is gonna fall asleep with your head on the other's shoulder. of course he holds your hand whenever he gets the chance; why wouldn't he?

-he likes sitting behind you with his arms wrapped around you and his chin resting on your shoulder. it's extremely cozy. put your hands on his or play with his hair and he'll just melt

matt

-holds onto you tight. like, literally. you might have to ask him to loosen up before he breaks something

-matt is a very chatty cuddler. he loves nothing more than holding you close and babbling to you about his day. that's not to say he doesn't like hearing you talk too though -- if you pipe up, he'll listen to every word with hearts in his eyes

tom

-if he feels like he needs physical touch, he'll just silently lean against you or plop himself in your lap. he's like a cat i swear to god

-he loves sleepy cuddles. if you share a bed, don't be surprised if he wraps his arms around you and then immediately falls asleep with his forehead nestled in the crook of your neck. asleep tom has a pretty solid grip too, good luck getting up in the middle of the night if you need water or something

-mod tom input: Tom is naturally the beheld. If you close your eyes for one millisecond you will have suddenly swapped places and he will be smiling at you emotionlessly with his teeth fully bared gums showing

tord

-extremely physically clingy and actively denies it. he'll come up from behind and wrap you in a bone-crushing hug that lasts like fifteen seconds and then pretend nothing happened once he lets go.

-when he's not having a complex about it, he goes out of his way to almost always be making some sort of physical contact with you. always sits close enough that your shoulders are brushing. holding hands under the table. keeps an arm wrapped around you or just a hand on the small of your back

-mod tom input: Tord holds onto you with like straight up clenched fists and his nails are super blunt so it hurts like a motherfucker. He has a death grip and pal he wants you dead

[rockeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

woo post about the guys' families

this is gonna be pretty long..like VERY long. you will scroll for a while. you've been warned.

cat. 1: the lauritzens.

this is up first because the dynamics i came up with fuck hard Marius Dag Lauritzen --- tord's dad. i based parts of his design off of the lighthouse keeper from the moomins. despite his...very gaudy sense of fashion, he's mostly a quiet man, an engineer- half of where tord got his own hobbies. he's somewhere around 6'4, appearing unkempt if you take a few good looks at him. evidently he is god awful with ponytails. none of his hair will stay in one. his voice is sort of raspy since he doesn't talk much unless you get him going about something. he prefers norwegian but is relatively fluid in english (i mean, it's taught as a second language in norway). even if his keeping to himself and calm tone give off the Smart Vibes, this man is not the brightest, he accidentally made tord the way he is by mistaking Revolutionary Girl Utena for a regular cartoon like the moomins and buying it for him Julie-Anne Lauritzen --- tord's mother. this section is relatively short considering that she's dead and marius wouldn't like to get into a tangent about how she was because he'd start to cry. she was an englishwoman, got to know marius through being pen-pals- actually the same way tord got to know edd- and moved to norway to be with him. she was a florist, more outgoing than him, and to best describe it was the sunlight to his bonfire

julie died shortly after tord said his first word (it was pusekatt (kitty cat). they had a lot of cats around the apartment complex), so marius was most of what tord remembered when he still lived in norway. what he did remember of julie was her singing, usually while he was accompanying her in the garden. marius mostly interacted with his son through bedtime stories, watching shows together, and showing him things he was working on. usually he'd be the one to help tord with small struggles like not having the motor skills to button up his jacket, trying to reach things, etc. he'd usually be the one to teach him about worldly things, such as shops, meteor showers, bug-catching..they didn't talk to each other much but they were good to each other.

now, tord's father was initially not raising him in a very good town. the street was rough, the schools were rough, the people were rough, and he knew as much considering that was all the reason he didn't like to talk anymore. somewhere around after tord's first year of school, he'd raised the money to send him to england; he had positive associations with england, it was where his wife grew up after all. the most vivid memory tord has of his earlier days is holding onto his suitcase for dear life while marius buttoned up his cardigan, one that was several sizes too big for him since it belonged to his father, and then the plane trip after. mostly they communicated through letters while marius was raising money to get to england, and they'd have little meetups on the weekends once he managed to get there.

if you want to read 3 more lore-dumps go ahead but if youve had enough keep scrolling

cat. 2: the goodalls

edd's biological father is not included. he is no longer considered part of the family and his surname has been erased from the records. Tracey Jane Goodall --- edd's mama !! i just kind of winged her design this was the first time ive actually imagined her looks. somewhere about 6'1. anyway she's very much a trooper, she put up with a lot of shit from david- her ex husband- and raised a child she was not prepared for mostly by herself. she's a nurse, though what she aims for is an acting career. she keeps on an often monotone but caring attitude, considering she often doesn't have the time to be strong-emotioned. she's a quick thinker, and seems to know what to do in just about any situation, but her protectiveness clouds her judgement a lot of the time since she and her family have been jostled around quite a bit Simon James Goodall --- edd's stepdad. i mostly tried to steer him as far away as possible from looking like david. 6'4. he works at a hardware store. what does he do there? nobody actually knows. he just runs around carrying stuff and putting it down and it is somehow helpful. he's very upbeat, gets antsy in just about any social situation, and is very very stupid and good.

tracey actually had trouble being around her son when he was growing up, since she was working more than half a week, every week. any time she did spend with him, she made it count, though. she'd try to get him out of the house and away from david as much as possible after an incident with him took out edd's eye at the age of 9. she had to teach him to take care of himself ASAP, because she knew damn well that dave wouldn't do it, so any time they were hanging out she'd basically start just infodumping medical and personal care knowledge to this emo-ass tween during brunch and shopping trips. not much can be said for simon since he only really came into edd's life when he was already moved out and in his early 20s, but he tried his best to do all the Dad Things that david couldn't achieve. cat. 3: the...uh... tom's family.

i am NOT typing all this out. long story short, tom's parents uh... splat. dead. gonezo. i'll make another post about them probably. what tom does have are adopted siblings; they were all taken in by the same lady and just kinda attached to each other. again, i'm not typing all this. tom's guys can be saved for later.

cat. 4: the harlins...es...?

"For most of my life they worked too much to be important memories. Mostly what I remember is one of them having a pearl necklace and the big red truck that used to drive me home from school." matt's moms weren't in a good financial situation. weren't able to be there for him as much as they wanted to. that's probably why he was so mad all the time, he didn't have anyone to go to it is 1:52 am as i am finishing this

[cursed-saphire-hart]

Desi pls, I crave the husbands x Ellsworld husband headcanons

Oki oki, calm down.

Mr. Cola-

Rocky and Edd get along really well, and pal around like guy friends alot too. So most of the time people don't realize their dating until Rocky plops into Edd's lap or they share a kiss. Neither are scared to show their affection in public, and are both very sarcastic and act like a pair of smart asses if someone says anything about it.

They both love going to arcades, comic shops and the movies together, and playing games together on the couch. Who ever loses the most on a game bottoms that night. (It's usually Edd)

Bass Drop-

Sully and Tom usually look like drinking buddies than boyfriends, but they don't mind. They're relationship is more casual than romantic, but they both show affection and make attempts at romantic gestures.

They both like making music together and doing Tom's dumb movies, and over all just doing stupid guy stuff.

Lotsa Kisses-

Adam and Matt are a very playful and active couple. Adam likes taking surprise pictures of Matt at random moments, and if he manages to catch and embarrassing one, Matt will chase him around to house telling him to delete it. Matt will take Adam out clothes shopping to fawn over how handsome his smol boyfriend looks in different outfits, and Adam always gets flustered.

They love sharing hugs and kisses no matter where they are, and just enjoy being inlove.

Good Soldier-

Tord and Anthony have a-

Slow relationship. Tord doesn't always act like their dating, or like he's taking it seriously, which sometimes really hurts Anthony's feelings. But when someone flirts with Anthony, Tord gets super protective and clingy. Other times, when Tord is more affectionate, he spoils Anthony with cuddles and kisses (and other stuff) and he does what he can to be a good boyfriend.

Anthony on the other hand, always does his best to be a good boyfriend and to be supportive, but when Tord isn't affectionate enough, he gets a bit clingy.

[undauntedtcg]

My Favorite Deck of All Time: ZoroPod

Before I begin, I apologize for the amount of time this post took. I hope the content makes up for the deviation from my normal schedule.

 I was playing some 2017-2018 format games on TCG ONE with my ZoroPod and I realized a few things. The first? This is still my favorite deck. The second? I’ve played it in both standard formats since the deck’s creation. 

So start off, I have to rewind things a bit! Welcome back to 2017.

Gardevoir just won the world championships and rightfully so, it was the most powerful card ever printed at the time. (230 HP after a rare candy...good times) A couple regionals passed by and stories began to emerge about something terrifying: The “Optimal” Gardevoir list. It was basically a two shot deck that, if it got bored, could ramp up to 210 damage without breaking a sweat. If it weren’t a stage two deck, it would’ve been unbeatable. 

A couple funny little sets came out, Shining Legends and Crimson Invasion. The cards were...divisive to say the least. Zoroark GX was at the forefront of these discussions. Most people just thought it was a worse Octillery that gave up two prizes, others thought it was a fantasatic secondary attacker. Worthy of a 2-2 line at most. Around this time, I had just picked up Ninetales GX/Zoroark, liking the synergy between Trade and Aqua Patch. Others picked up Lycanroc GX, Decidueye GX and Golisopod GX. But never with more than a 2-2 Zoroark line. )You can check out my favorite example of the community having it all backwards here: Pablo Meza’s ZoroPod) Then, the Vikings came.

Tord Reklev and a great many European players came to the European International Championships playing a list that revolutionized the game for years to come. The first true Zoroark deck was born, as was the first ZoroPod list I’d ever pick up.

The List

Pokemon (20) 4 Zoroark GX 4 Zorua 1 Zoroark 3 Wimpod 2 Golisopod GX 1 Tapu Koko 1 Mewtwo 1 Mr. Mime 3 Tapu Lele GX

Trainers (33) 4 N 4 Guzma 3 Brigette 3 Acerola 2 Professor Sycamore 1 Mallow

4 Puzzle of Time 4 Ultra Ball 4 Field Blower 2 Enhanced Hammer 2 Choice Band

Energy (7) 3 Grass Energy 4 Double Colorless Energy

The first thing you’ll notice is that there are far more than two Zoroarks. Actually, there are five. But that’s not the only thing about Tord’s list that was revolutionary.

Puzzle of time hadn’t been seen in a while, but it was perfect for Zoroark. You draw so many cards that you’re nearly guaranteed to be able to find the puzzles when you need them, and you can reuse effects like Acerola up to 7 times in a game! This truly is the two shot deck of the century.

Many people still liked Drampa Garb going into EUIC. For obvious reasons, Zoroark decks are heavily ability reliant. So why not just play four blower and four puzzle to make sure they can’t turn off your abilities? As it turns out, you really don’t need 4 field blower to beat Garbodor, as your Guzmas can do a lot of that work instead. But I’d take overkill to under-preparation any day.

Lastly, Brigette was only a 1-2-of in most evolution decks at the time. However, with Zoroark’s trade to get rid of the extra ones, 3 copies doesn’t clog up the deck and it makes hitting it turn one way more likely. Most games, if you got turn one Brigette, you won. If you missed it, things didn’t go too well.

After EUIC, people were very afraid of ZoroPod. It seemed pretty much unbeatable. Tord Reklev had completely broken the Pokemon TCG.

But what about Gardevoir? The list was optimal! Broken even! Well, it was good against the old decks. But playing a stage 2 deck means that more often than not, you collapse after a Zoroark spends three turns picking off Ralts while you struggle to draw rare candy.

Fast forward to Leipzig regionals, just a while after EUIC and people had found the counter: Mill. Turns out, Quad Sylveon autowins Zoroark match-ups when you only play seven energy and four Puzzle of time.  

The rise of mill gave Tord the idea of a new deck using his Zoroark engine: Zoroark Gardevoir. He won his third international championship in a row with that deck, but we only care about ZoroPod today, so we have to skip ahead to after Ultra Prism became legal. To Prague we go!

Tord won the Prague SPE with ZoroPod, but the list changed significantly. 

The New List

Pokemon (19) 4 Zoroark GX 4 Zorua 3 Wimpod 2 Golisopod GX 1 Tapu Koko 1 Mew EX 1 Oranguru 3 Tapu Lele GX

Trainers (34) 4 Guzma 3 N 3 Brigette 2 Acerola 2 Cynthia 1 Mallow

4 Puzzle of Time 4 Ultra Ball 2 Field Blower 2 Evosoda 1 Enhanced Hammer 1 Max Potion 2 Choice Band 1 Float Stone

2 Parallel City

Energy (7) 3 Grass Energy 4 Double Colorless Energy

Ultra Prism gifted us with a couple cards that helped ZoroPod a ton.

Remember how Mill was this deck’s worst matchup? Not anymore. Resource management can put back puzzles, energy, really anything you need...infinitely. Now, you decked Sylveon out instead of the other way around. The card was also pretty insane in the mirror match, letting you get more value out of your cards than your opponent.

Cynthia proved to be far better than Professor Sycamore in Zoroark decks. You can get a new hand without discarding cards or refreshing your opponent’s hand.

Aside from new cards, there are other additions to the list to help deal with a Zoroark heavy metagame, or just improve consistency.

On the added consistency side of things, Evosoda is such an obvious inclusion to the deck. It’s like playing extra copies of your stage ones, and, unlike Ultra Ball, you didn’t have to discard cards to get to those evolutions.

Don’t get me wrong, Acerola is still the best healing card in the deck. But it is a supporter and you sometimes find yourself needing to heal and get another supporter effect. Max potion let’s you do exactly that.

The last new addition is Parallel City! For some reason unknown to myself, after winning EUIC and OCIC, Zoroark decks were getting pretty popular. With Parallel City, you could limit the damage output of all those other peasants playing the exact same archetype as you. That’ll show ‘em. The card could also be used to clear inconveniences like Tapu Lele GX off of your bench to deny prizes.

ZoroPod continued, barely changing for months to come, until we get to the final list from this format, Brian Miller’s World’s Top 8 deck.

The ultimate ZoroPod list!

Pokemon (18) 4 Zoroark GX 4 Zorua 3 Wimpod 2 Golisopod GX 1 Mew EX 1 Oranguru 3 Tapu Lele GX

Trainers (34) 4 Brigette 3 Guzma 3 N 1 Acerola 1 Cynthia 1 Professor Sycamore

4 Puzzle of Time 4 Ultra Ball 3 Field Blower 3 Evosoda 1 Enhanced Hammer 1 Max Potion 1 Counter Catcher 1 Choice Band 2 Float Stone

3 Parallel City

Energy (7) 3 Grass Energy 4 Double Colorless Energy

Most of what’s different about this list is what it leaves out. 

No new additions to the Standard Format made it into this list. In fact, there’s only one new card!

Somewhere between the Prague SPE and NAIC, Counter Catcher became a standard inclusion. With all the hyper-aggressive decks in the format, ZoroPod fell behind in prize cards all the time. Instead of matching that aggression, which this deck cannot do, it just takes advantage of being behind. You could N your opponent low and play a pre-errata Pokemon Catcher to deal with one of their major threats. Or more commonly, kill their draw support Pokemon.

Now, one last card that didn’t make it into any of these three lists but did become a standard somewhere in between. An honorable mention, if you will.

Delinquent allowed for so many insane plays. Counter catcher to kill their draw support Pokemon, Parallel city to force them to discard a couple other benched Pokemon, and then you simply delete the opponent’s hand. Seems pretty balanced, right? A weird T1 Delinquent Zoroark deck actually got the card banned in expanded, so take that information however you may.

And then rotation hit.

Zoroark lost pretty much every card that made the deck good in the previous format. Brigette, Puzzle of Time, Evosoda and Parallel City no name a few. 

Basically, everything that drew me to the archetype was gone. But the first cup of the season was upon me, so we ran it.

The List

Pokemon (21) 4 Zoroark GX 4 Zorua 4 Wimpod 2 Golisopod GX 2 Tapu Koko 1 Deoxys 1 Dedenne 1 Oranguru 3 Tapu Lele GX

Trainers (32) 4 Lillie 4 Guzma 2 Professor Kukui 2 Acerola 1 Judge 1 Cynthia

4 Ultra Ball 4 Nest Ball 3 Choice Band 2 Enhanced Hammer 1 Rescue Stretcher 1 Pal Pad

2 Devoured Field

Energy (7) 3 Grass Energy 4 Double Colorless Energy

This deck, to put it gently, is garbage. With no consistent way to find evolutions and no guarantee of a good set up, there is almost no reason to play this deck if you weren’t already a Zoroark player from the previous season. But, let’s have a look at some of the things that changed.

Some people that, arguably, had worse ideas than the Zoroark players tried to make BuzzRoc work in the new format. While imperfect, Deoxys established a favorable prize trade. Dedenne can one-shot the new top tier threat, Rayquaza GX with a choice band, DCE and Tapu Koko on the bench. The deck’s match-up spread would just be terrible without this.

Now that Brigette is gone, we have two supporter options for the first turn of the game: Lillie or Pokemon Fan Club? Fan Club only grabs two basics. Yes, that’s only one less than Brigette, but it’s a huge difference. Nest Ball in combination with Lillie was usually enough to get basics down. But that ended up not being the deck’s main problem anyway.

You’ll notice that Ultra Ball is the deck’s only method of finding its evolutions. Well, as it turns out, in Bo1 cups, you can get screwed over by that very easily. Every one of my losses in the cup were not because I couldn’t find my basics, but rather because on the second turn the Zoroark’s didn’t show up. 

I loved all of the previous year’s Zoroark decks, so I’ll be the first to admit that this hurt. Between that and the dominance of Shrine of Punishment, I was fairly disillusioned with the game after that tournament. I attended a couple tournaments after this, most notably getting 2nd at an ARG State Championships with ZoroGarb, but for the most part I stopped playing for a full Quarter. 

I only played ZoroPod one more time in the Standard format, sometime after Team Up was released.

The List

Pokemon (20) 4 Zoroark GX 4 Zorua 3 Wimpod 2 Golisopod GX 1 Ditto* 2 Tapu Koko 1 Oranguru 3 Tapu Lele GX

Trainers (33) 4 Professor Elm's Lecture 4 Guzma 4 Cynthia 2 Acerola 1 Judge

4 Ultra Ball 4 Pokemon Communication 2 Enhanced Hammer 2 Choice Band 1 Max Potion 1 Rescue Stretcher 1 Pal Pad

3 Devoured Field

Energy (7) 3 Grass Energy 4 Double Colorless Energy

Lost thunder gave us a couple cards to help our consistency. Sadly, a once powerful deck had almost been entirely power creep’d out of the format. I had a couple decent results with this list in spite of that though, so let’s take a look at what changed.

Elm’s lecture almost replaces Brigette in this deck. Wimpod has 70 hp, rendering it unsearchable with this card. However, Ditto* nearly filled the void. The deck regained much of it’s consistency with this card and I’m thankful for that.

Pokemon Communication had amazing synergy with Elm’s lecture. The number of outs you had to turn one Elm and turn 2 Zoroark increased a lot. This card is what made Zoroark playable again, change my mind.

Apart from that, the list hasn’t really changed, Just some engine adjustments.

Now, the only thing we haven’t covered is ZoroPod in the Expanded format. On average, I attend one expanded  tournament per season, and I didn’t play ZoroPod at any of them. However, I can direct you to Dean Nezam’s 1st place list from Dallas Regionals.

So that’s my history with the deck! I know it sounds silly, but I’ve become very attached to this deck. I attribute the majority of my success and my entrance to the competitive scene to this deck. 

The thing that I loved most was ZoroPod’s incredible consistency. At it’s best in 2017, it just felt like the deck let you play Pokemon every game. Something that many, less consistent archetypes didn’t do. (Looking at you, Buzzroc)

It’s best not to dwell on the past, but sometimes, when I’m disallusioned by the current state of the Pokemon TCG, I think back to my first tournament with this deck and think “What I wouldn’t give for just one more tournament.”

In the present, many people play old formats at regionals after being knocked out of contention for day 2. Usually it’s 2006 and 2010 formats that get all the love. But in a decade or so, once the 2018 Worlds format is but a distant memory, I’ll be playing my Zoropod.

[eddsworldkin-resources]

I used to be a Purple Leader who had a great relationship with the rejects. They used to be more of my army because I made them feel like if they fought for me they could be beautiful in a way other than physically like myself. I was best friends with a Tomatoredd and he was one of my top generals! And we both loved apples and various apple things. Tord was a good pal even if he tried to assassinate me a few times, Tom always called me PL and helped in battles somehow? Dunno how. [1/2]

Even after I retired Tom still called me PL even when I told him not to. I used to have a stutter in my voice and I might've gotten it from my Edd... Which I still don't know much about. I get a very solemn feeling every time I think about him but I dunno exactly why. Maybe he got into the mix of Tomatoredd and that's why he's my pal? I still don't know a lot about my friends. But oh man... I really miss my Tomatoredd and Scribble. Scribble isn't a Tom- actually- he's a Paul. [2/2 OK to post!]That's super cool how you remember all that! And I think that's awesome how close you were with the rejects. I hope you find them!!!! Also Scribble Paul is my new favourite Eddsworld character and I will protect him with my life. A good boy. Please tell me he had giant scribbley eyebrows that would be GREAT. -Mod Tom

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Eddsworld: UTFTF Chapter 13

The Plan - (Chapter 13) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a conference room, the gang were seen sitting with their future selves along with Future Eduardo, Jon, and Mark. Tom couldn't help, but to eye at the power core that was in Future Eduardo's chest. "What are looking at loser?" asked Future Eduardo. "Nothing" said Tom. "Don't play stupid with me, I know you're looking at me because your eyes haven't moved. By the way, how can you possibly look at things without eyes?" asked Future Eduardo. "Let's not go there, pal" said Tom. "Hmph....we're not pals. We've only met like a good five minutes ago" said Future Eduardo. "Oh, you're certainly Eduardo's future self alright. You may have changed in terms of appearance, but personality wise not that much" said Tom. "Are you trying to insult me?" asked Future Eduardo. "No, I'm not" said Tom. "Oh for pete's sake! Why don't you just shut it already? I can't hear myself think" said Eduardo. "So....future me, how's life been treating you after we last saw each other?" asked Edd. "Life didn't get any better once Tom and Matt, well Future Tom and Matt, took me to the Red Army base. They didn't even bother on putting me into a cell, they had a whole bunch of soldiers to do the job. It was a pretty scene at all" said Future Edd. "I am sorry to hear that honestly" said Edd. "Don't be. I was so dumb enough to believe that Future Tord banned cola even though he had to take over Londom just so that Lord Death wouldn't have a saying. I didn't even know the truth till I was told about. For over a decade, I had my heart and mind set on reversing the now worldwide cola ban and it turned out that everything that I knew was just a resistance and yet, I resisted it" said Future Edd. "Hey, don't feel bad about. At least, you have friends again" said Edd. "That is true" said Future Edd. Edd gives off a smile which made Future Edd smile a bit till there were interrupted by the sounds of Future Eduardo and past Tom about to duke it out. "Eduardo! Stop it!" said Future Jon as he and Future Mark held back Future Eduardo. "Yeah you too, Tom" said Tord as he and Matt held back Tom. "Well he started it!" said Tom. "No I didn't!" said Future Eduardo. "That is enough!" said Future Tord as he came into the room. "You! You did this to me. You had Jon and Mark made me into this being. I am not going to let you get away with this" said Future Eduardo. Suddenly Future Eduardo takes charge at Future Tord just as he raised his hand out in front him which made Future Eduardo stop in his tracks. "What the!? I-I can't move! Why can't I move?" asked Future Eduardo. "Is it not obvious? I don't think you know, but I have full control of anything technological and I can stop anything from going roque. Since you're now part robot, I can easily stop you more then I could when you were still human" said Future Tord. "That's the most ridiculous thing that I've ever heard of. Jon and Mark, is it true that this idiot can control me?" asked Future Eduardo. "Well...uh.... apparently he can" said Future Jon. "Why you.....I HATE YOU!!! Ahh! Headache!" yelped Future Eduardo. "Listen to me very closely Eduardo, it's great to see that you're alive and well, but now's not the time to rub your attitude in people's faces. We are about to enter a war that might get us killed even if we try. So I ask for the sake of anyone here to shove your half-minded, half-arsed, selfish pride down your pride down your throat. Do I make myself clear? Do I!?" asked Future Tord. "....I- Yes, I heard you nice and clear..." said Future Eduardo. "Good. Now with that over and done with, Tom and Matt, I need a full status report about our situation" said Future Tord. "As you wish. Ever since Lord Death and his army first stepped foot upon the lower part of South America, it only took for an hour for Central America to be under control. Fast forwarding to an hour and a half, American forces couldn't do anything but get completely wiped out. The same happened to the many armies before them" said Future Matt. "Yes, yes, that I am aware of that. What about you, Tom?" asked Future Tord. "As of now, their are staying in Sri Lanka after taking control of it. I'm guessing that they need some rest after crossing the entire Pacific Ocean along with taking out islands and other countries. Honestly, I don't blame them" said Future Tom. "Great! Since we know where they are, we can go there and attack them at night. Plus I have bass that's a couple of miles away" said Future Tord. "Okay.....what's the point in all of this?" asked Jon. "Heh, you'll see" said Future Tord. [Two Hours Later] From the skies and to the ground landed Edd who was wearing his superhero attire. "Attention natives of the world, there's no need to fear since you have the one and only PowerEdd and my trusting sidekick, Numero Uno" said Edd. A few seconds later, Eduardo, who was wearing his superhero attire as well, landed right next to Edd. "....Since when were we teammates?" asked Eduardo. "Wheee! Look at me, I'm flying and this costume makes me look good" said Matt. "You may look good, but my costume is lame, but hey I can finally look down on all you people" said Tom. "Looking festive Tom" said Tord. "Like you're the- why do you have to get the cool costume?" asked Tom. "I didn't get it, I made it myself especially the visor. Besides I have to make it go with the robotic arm" said Tord. "Oh....whatever" said Tom. "Are you sure that giving them superpowers through nuclear radiation was a good idea?" asked Future Mark. "Yes, it was. We need some idiots with dangerous inhuman powers in our life" said Future Tord. "Yeah especially when one of them has a teddy bear as a logo and the other has a rainbow colored cape. Like how can you be so certain that world's going to be saved?" asked Future Tom. "What?" asked Future Tord. Future Tord looks up to see Jon in his costume that had a teddy bear on it. "Why is your logo a teddy bear with a J on your costume?" asked Eduardo. "I thought it would give me a sense of justice" said Jon. "He's right you know. You really shouldn't be judging" said Mark. "....Ah....I can't stop staring at that cape of yours, Mark...." said Eduardo. "Since their testing their powers, I must ask, where's Hellucard?" asked Future Tord. "He's wearing a bone clad suit of armor while standing next to my past self" said Future Matt. "I'm talking about our Hellucard, not the past one" said Future Tord. "Oh, he's with Zhong Wei right now and he's not going anywhere" said Future Matt. "That's great to hear. I don't want him leaving too soon with Zhong Wei just so they can stupid things just yet" said Future Tord. "By doing stupid things, I think you mean basketball and skateboarding" said Future Matt. "That's exactly what I've meant" said Future Tord.