Dark Charizard's burning ambitions
by Melissa Hebra
Meadowlands Exposition Center (STS)
Secaucus, New Jersey
Saturday June 23,2001
Over 100 participants in 11-14
This was the best STS yet! Me and my family barely got time to
sleep at night because our flight delayed about three hours, so we got to the
hotel at 2:00am and woke up at 8:00am. I played on Saturday and ended on a good
record of 6-3, which got me place 106 0ut of about 409 people. Well, enough
waiting, here's my deck!
Pokemon 17
Charmander (rocket) 2
Dark charmeleon 2
Dark Charizard 2
Cyndaquil LV.21 3
Quilava 2 LV.35 2
Typhlosion LV. 55 & 57 = 2
Entei 2
Cleffa LV.6 2
Trainers 21
Gold Berry 4
Moo Moo Milk 2
Professor Elm 2
Boss's Way 2
Challenge! 2
Super Scoop Up 2
Good Maners 2
Ecogym 1
No removal Gym 1
Nightly garbage run 1
Blaine's Quiz #1 2
Energy 22
Fire 22
This deck's main strategy of this deck is too pump up heavy hitters while
stalling with a Cleffa.
Round 1 against a guy with good pokemon
This was a tough battle! I start out with Charmander, good maners, another
trainer and some energies. He RSA me by taking out my other triner. From then on
i can't remember much, but i lost due to the fact my Dark Charizard got 1 heads
instead of the 2 i needed to win. 0-1
Between battles: I went to the Pokemon shop and bought a vending sheet japanese.
I got Articuno, seel, and a Krabby that were pretty cool.
Round 2 against a Dark Muk deck
He started with grimer, oddish, and two magmars. After that, pretty much all of
his Dark Muks had dark energies and doing extra damage. The only reason i won
was because i super scooped my cyndaquil to send out one of my big hitters to
finish it off. 1-1
Round 3 Grass Deck
This was a five minute match. Both his pokemon had weakness to mine, and i ended
up winning. 2-1
Round 4 Guy with a tough deck
This match was a hard one. I can't remember much except he had Steelix and i
won. 3-1
Round 5 A poliwag deck.
Water against fire, quess who won? He had two Misty's Poliwag against my poor
cyndaquil, which only lasted about three turns. 3-2
Round 6 A Steelix deck
This match was confusing! He had his Steelix against Dark Charizard. He was
about to knock out my Dark Charizard when i noticed i did not apply weakness to
his Steelix. I just put some damage on it, but i still won. 4-2
Between Matches: I went to buy some more vending sheets and a japanese jungle
booster. I got a Wigglytuff as a holo, and on the vending sheets i got a Zapdos,
Magnemite, Electabuzz, Aerodactyl, Tangela, and a Grimer.
Round 7 Rocket's Moltres Deck
He starts with two rocket's Moltres. That kid had an electronic coin flip which
always went his way. I lost due to no bench. 4-3
Round 8 Some deck i can't remember
I can't remember much of this match except i won. 5-3
Round 9 A Steelix deck
This was an easy match. All he had out was an Onix which i took out pretty
quick. Final Record 6-3
I took place 106, which is not that bad. I got 8 boosters, which only had 3
holos, Erika's Venusaur, Koga's Beedrill, and a metal energy.
Props
My parents for taking me.
My newly built deck.
To the people who made up the event.
To the cards i got in the vending sheets and boosters.
To my friend Roslyn.
To the vending sheets for being $4.00, and Japanese boosters only $1.00-$2.00!
Slops
To the people that cheat (you know who you are.)
To me, for forgetting to take out my No removal gym.
For food being so expensive.
Melissa Hebra
ahebra@commlogik.com