Golisodor (TCG)

Naoto Suzuki combined the new Golisopod-GX with the already popular Garbodor (both the Trashalanche and Garbotoxin versions) to reach the Masters Division finals! With the help of Float Stones and new Supporter cards Guzma and Acerola, this deck can keep switching Golisopod-GX into the Active spot—and unleash 120 damage for a single Grass Energy with its First Impression attack. Later in the game, after the opponent has played enough Item cards, Garbodor can finish things off with a massive Trashalanche!

Naoto hasn't been playing the Pokémon TCG for very long, but thanks to some expert assistance from his teammates—including last year's World Champion, Shintaro Ito—he crafted the Golisopod/Garbodor deck that brough him to the finals of his very first World Championships. "I used decks my friends were using as reference," he says. "I practiced with my friends every day and made adjustments." Naoto says his most memorable match was "when I battled a Japanese player in the seminfinals. He's a top-class player in Japan, so I was excited to play against him but also nervous."