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Being able to get by spinblocking is actually pretty cool given the lack of defog. Spinblocking has been mostly irrelevant the past few gens but now with more potential viable spinners and a lack of defog it might return. Especially given the fact that everything has hazards.
fair enough, i could play sometime in the next few hours if you'd like or sometime tonight for you, i'd prefer not to play saturday as i'll be travelling during times where it is reasonable for you to play