The tournament is organized by Tournament Center. There is no stream for this event, but PokéStats is providing coverage of the metagame, top players, and of course the Day 2 players and decks, including Day 2 coverage right down to the crowning of the Regional Champion. Special thanks to Stéphane Ivanoff for helping us with live coverage directly from the venue.
Top players
PokéStats tracks the archetypes used by well-known players at Regionals as we receive information from sources throughout the day.
❌ = eliminated from Day 2 contention
- Nico Alabas - Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX/Galarian Moltres
- Joe Bernard - Malamar
- Karl Blake - Gengar VMAX/Houndoom
- Julius Brunfeldt - Mew VMAX
- Alessandro Cremascoli - Mew VMAX ❌
- Bryan de Vries - Mew VMAX ❌
- Adam Hawkins - Suicune V/Ludicolo ❌
- Stéphane Ivanoff - Malamar
- Brennan Kamerman - Malamar
- Owyn Kamerman - Arceus VSTAR/Beedrill/Flygon V/Sandaconda VMAX ❌
- Logan Madden - Mew VMAX
- Steven Mao - Arceus VSTAR/Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX
- Ryan Moorhouse - Suicune V/Ludicolo ❌
- Miloslav Posledni - Mew VMAX ❌
- Fabien Pujol - Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX/Galarian Moltres
- Tord Reklev - Mew VMAX
- David Roodhof - Mew VMAX
- Robin Schulz - Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX/Galarian Moltres
- Ondřej Škubal - Mew VMAX ❌
- Pedro Eugenio Torres - Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX/Galarian Moltres
- Joshua Vanoverschelde - Mew VMAX
- Sander Wojcik - Zoroark Control Toolbox
- Raz Wolpe - Mew VMAX ❌
- Bert Wolters - Mew VMAX
- Toby Woolner - Arceus VSTAR/Galarian Birds
Pre-tournament coverage
- Last weekend, Drew Kennett was crowned the 2022 Salt Lake City Regional Champion with Arceus VSTAR/Gengar VMAX. (See standings, lists, and VODs on our results page here.) The story of Salt Lake was the presence of zero Mew VMAX in Top 8 despite over 30 Mew VMAX players making Day 2; Top 8 was comprised primarily of a variety of Arceus VSTAR decks along with Gengar VMAX/Houndoom and Phinn Lynch's Suicune V/Ludicolo. Despite this, most top players consider Mew VMAX to still be the BDIF and expect that it will rebound in Liverpool. (See Celio's Network's post-Salt Lake discussion video with Top 8 finishers Nicholas Moffitt and Ian Robb.)
- Much of the buzz this weekend will revolve around what deck Tord Reklev, generally considered the best player in the world, brings to the tournament along with his testing group. Also of interest will be the deck choices of Alessandro Cremascoli and Sander Wojcik, known for performing well with off-the-wall archetypes that typically involve control or stall strategies. A tweet from Wojcik on Friday asking for Palossand RCL gathered notable attention. We'll have updates on these and other top players' archetypes posted here and on our Twitter as soon as we receive reliable information.
