Magical Symphony (TCG)

Magical Symphony
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Magical Symphony is the name of the deck used by Shintaro Ito, who was the champion of the Masters Division in the 2016 World Championships. It is one of the four 2016 World Championships Decks, released in November 2016, and is based around Audino. Each Deck comes with a Worlds 2016 themed Deckbox, a booklet about the championships, a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and the 2016 World Championships Pin. The cards included in the deck aren't the prints actually used in the decks, but are the most recent printing of the lowest rarity of the cards.

Atsushi Nagashima, the game director of the TCG, stated in an interview that the game's designers were surprised at the deck's efficacy, as its signature Mega Audino-EX was not expected to be potent enough to be played in the championships.

Description

Packaging

Shintaro Ito's unexpected Mega Audino-EX deck was definitely the talk of Worlds, and sure enough, this fluffy pink Pokémon proved itself worthy of a Masters Division World Champion! The Magical Symphony attack is an excellent weapon against the most popular decks, since it can Knock Out an Active Shaymin-EX plus a smaller Pokémon (like Joltik or Combee) on the Bench in a single hit. Plenty of Trainer cards for drawing and searching round out this very consistent deck!

Booklet

Shintaro is very serious about tournament prep: "Before the World Championships," he says, "I would play Pokémon TCG for about 12 hours a day." Shintaro took the overseas metagame into account—he was a little nervous that his opponents would bring unfamiliar decks in an attempt to counter Night March, but he was pretty confident that his own deck, built around Mega Audino-EX, wasn't well known outside Japan. "I thought that could give me a good chance to win." Sure enough, many were surprised to see this deck when it was first played on stream—and the fluffy pink menace quickly won lots of fans!

Deck List

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
3×	Audino
4×	Audino
2×	Shaymin
1×	Hoopa
1×	Magearna
1×	Cobalion
1×	Absol
4×	Audino Spirit Link	I
2×	AZ	Su
1×	Escape Rope	I
2×	Float Stone	I
1×	Hex Maniac	Su
2×	Lysandre	Su
1×	Mega Turbo	I
2×	N	Su
2×	Parallel City	St
1×	Pokémon Center Lady	Su
4×	Professor Sycamore	Su
1×	Startling Megaphone	I
1×	Super Rod	I
4×	Trainers' Mail	I
4×	Ultra Ball	I
4×	VS Seeker	I
1×	Xerosic	Su
4×	Double Colorless Energy	E
6×	Metal Energy	E

References

Pokémon World Championships Pokémon Trading Card Game only 2004-2008; TCG and Video Games 2009-on 2004: Blaziken Tech • Magma Spirit • Rocky Beach • Team Rushdown 2005: Bright Aura • Dark Tyranitar • King of the West • Queendom 2006: B-L-S • Eeveelutions • Mewtrick • Suns & Moons 2007: Flyvees • Legendary Ascent • Rambolt • Swift Empoleon 2008: Bliss Control • Empotech • Intimidation • Psychic Lock 2009: Stallgon • Crowned Tiger • Queengar • Luxdrill 2010: LuxChomp of the Spirit • Happy Luck • Power Cottonweed • Boltevoir 2011: Megazone • Reshiphlosion • The Truth • Twinboar 2012: Pesadelo Prism • Terraki-Mewtwo • Eeltwo • CMT 2013: Anguille Sous Roche • American Gothic • Darkrai • Ultimate Team Plasma 2014: Plasma Power • Trevgor • Emerald King • Crazy Punch 2015: The Flying Hammer • Punches 'n' Bites • HonorStoise • Primal Groudon 2016: Black Dragon • Bebe Deck • Magical Symphony • Ninja Blitz 2017: Infinite Force • Golisodor • Ice Path FTW • Samurai Sniper 2018: Victory Map • Dragones y Sombras • Garbanette • Buzzroc 2019: Pikarom Judge • Fire Box • Mind Blown • Perfection 2022: ADP • The Shape of Mew • Cheryl Again • Ice Rider Palkia 2023: Mew's Revenge • Psychic Elegance • Colorless Lugia • Lost Box Kyogre 2024: Champions Jason Klaczynski • Jun Hasebe • Ray Rizzo

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