Deja Vu Games
 
103 Queen St S. Unit #1
Kitchener, Ontario
N2G 1W1
(519) 576-9674
http://www.dejavugames.com 
DCI Sanctioned Tournament
Pokemon Constructed
Saturday, December 05, 1999 at 2:15 PM
# of Participants-14
     
    Well its another Saturday and another tourney at Déjà Vu Games…this week it started a bit late, but that’s alright.  There were some new faces and some old faces totaling in a good turnout of 14.  That’s a pretty good turnout around here; well once again I have stuck to my Hot Jalapeno Potpourri…A few changes this week nothing big really, added a Gastly to fight of Mimes and Hitmonchan’s better.  Took out the two Mr. Fugi’s since no one was using a stall deck there.  So this is what the deck now looks like with those few changes…
   
    Hot Jalapeno Potpourri
   
    Energy: 22
   
    7 Fire
    6 Lighting
    6 Psychic
    4 Double Colorless
    
    Pokemon: 13
   
    3 Fossil Magmar
    3 Electabuzz
    3 Mr. Mime
    3 Scyther
    1 Ditto
    1 Gastly 
   
    Trainers: 25
   
    4 Bill
    3 Professor Oak
    3 Gust of Wind
    3 Super Energy Removal
    2 Energy Removal
    2 Plus Power
    2 Item Finder
    2 Scoop Up
    1 Energy Retrieval
    1 Computer Search 
   
    Well that’s how the latest version of Jalapeno is looking like and now onto the tournament…this week was a lot tougher then most.  Many people were using top of the line decks.
   
    Round 1-VS Dan C. with Water/Fire
 
    I get a good start with Electabuzz and Scyther, while he stands alone with a Krabby and Articuno.  Electabuzz makes quick work of Krabby in two turns, only to be encountered by another, I S.E.R. the Articuno he is trying to build and kill his 2nd Krabby.  He brings out Articuno and lays down another, he is able to get a few more basics and bring down my Electabuzz.  I now promote my ditto with 3 Energies and Freeze Dry his Bird.  After that all he has is Articuno’s, I Blizzard my way to a good win.
 
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    Points: 3
    Round 2-VS Mike S. with Potpourri
 
    Same Mike from last week that beat me, I’m pretty hungry for revenge here and this time I get it.  I start with a Scyther against his Hitmonchan, looks good so far…I get some bench support from Magmar and quickly power up everyone and kill of his Hitmonchan out comes a Mr. Mime that’s all he has so it looks pretty easy for me.  I retreat and send out Magmar and continue my rampage.  He evens things out with a few removals and Hitmonchan return with 4 successive Jabs that Smokescreen failed to yield.   I now am finally able to find some energy to feed to my Buzz’s.  Finish off his Chan and he sends another after me.  He Jabs it and I return the favor and Thunderpunch it for 30, he Jabs Buzz and finishes him off.  I now send my Scyther after it and Slash Hitmonchan.  He retreats and sends out Mime and meditates.  My deck is now running pretty low, but I need some desperately needed speed.  I use my Bill and get to Gust’s!  I Gust out a Scyther that has 40 and kill it, next turn I Gust out the Hitmonchan and slash him.  I’m at 1 Prize and he is at 3, but my deck is pretty low and a Chansey on his bench has an 80 on from a Double edge he did earlier.  If I can Gust it out and finish it with Mr. Mime’s Meditate, I can win the game.  I have 4 left in my deck and I have used 2 Gusts and 2 Item Finders, which means I have one more either in my deck or prizes.  So if I Oak I may risk the chance of Gust in my prize pile of 1 and deck myself.  During this thinking phase, time is up and I win.  I look at my deck and sure enough the Gust is their J
 
    Record: 2-0
    Points: 6
    Round 3-VS Alex K. with Raindance
 
    Alex still wants to give his Raindance another try, but I being a good player would go against this action completely.  But it doesn’t matter he is a good player and can get around the Mr. Mime metagame, sometimes.  He starts with an Articuno and me an Electabuzz.  He is able to get the Squirtle then a Wartortle down but a G.O.W., Pluspower and Thunderpunch ended his 3rd turn Blastoise in a hurry.  The game goes on and he is able to score a few prizes with his Articuno’s and the Same with me and my Gust of Wind’s on his Squirtles.  We are tied at 3-3 prizes now and it looks like I’m going to get the next 3 in a breeze.  With his deck down pretty low and a very small chance of getting his Blastoise out.  I continued my beat down with Scyther now.  I’m also Pumping my Ditto up, mobilizing him for a fight against Blastoise or another Articuno.  He manages to get his Blastoise out, but energy is low for him now.  I fight with my Scyther till death and send out Ditto…Ditto goes crazy and wipes out a Articuno with a Freeze Dry, then a Blastoise with two Hydro Pumps.  He tried to Bubble stall me but he couldn’t Paralyze and I had Gust to get out the Blastoise and kill it.  I picked up my 6th prize of Blastoise for the win.
 
    Record: 3-0
    Points: 9
    Round 4-VS John H. with Psychic/Lighting Haymaker
 
    This deck is VERY good using Scyther/Mime/Buzz and the newest Bad boy…Mewtwo (Movie promo).  He gets a huge lead on me; all I’m drawing is Pokemon and the wrong energy.  I quickly fall behind as he gets 3 prizes of my Mr. Mime/Magmar/Electabuzz.  I was able to slow down the deck with removals, but he still was able to get 3 prizes.  I notice he is Oaking and Billing a lot to keep his deck moving.  So I go into mainly defense mode…I’m able to make a bounce back with Electabuzz Thunderpunching a selection of 3 different Pokemon, putting them all into Meditate range.  I’m able to now bringing the prizes at 3 for me and 2 for him, what a comeback!  Our decks are both low, I have 5 cards left and he has 4 so it is very close.  He then asks me how many cards I have in my hand, I’m guessing you have to tell, but I’m not sure I fan out my hand showing that I have 6.  He has an Imposter I’m thinking.  But luckily he doesn’t have it…Pheww…With that in mind I keep my hand at 7, no matter what.  I‘m able to kill his Mewtwo and tie the prizes at 2-2.  His deck is now at 3 and mine at 4, and he has no more tricks up his sleeve and plays a Comp. Search for fun to see what he had left.  No Imposter, I believe he forgot to put it into his deck, that’s relief, he concedes afterwards and I get the win! 
 
    Record: 4-0
    Points: 12
    Round 5-VS Mike R. with Curse Deck
 
    Mike is playing a good Curse deck; I myself have one using Gastly line, Slowpoke line and colorless support.  Mike is playing with Gastly line, which is all I see, but previous encounters showed Jynx, Hypno and Promo Mewtwo.  He starts with 2 Gastlies and my Electabuzz and Magmar.  I send out Magmar and Smokescreen his Gastly.  He tries to lick but it fails, I Pluspower and Smog the next turn and able to roll even for a prize.  He sends out his next Gastly and evolves it, with no energy.  I go, and Smog, his Transparency works. Grr... He goes and plays an energy.  I go remove it and try another Smog, this time it succeeds with the main damage and the poison damage.  He goes and still he has no more basics, his transparency succeeds on my Poison damage.  So I go for the win and Smog again, if heads I win if tails the match goes on.  Well his transparency rolls odd and I win.
 
    Record: 5-0
    Points: 15
     Well there you go, I bounced back from last week and won this weeks, it wasn’t easy though, but it was certainly valuable playing experience.  I won a Inquest Gamer Magazine, three Fossil Booster and one 1st Edition Fossil Booster.  In them was 1st Edition Muk, Hitmonlee, Gengar and a Holo-Dragonite, not too bad the Gengar I got can go straight to my Curse deck!  As for the others I’m planning to sell them to Comic World some time, a lot of them to sell sometime to Comic World.  Remember Comic World, yeah its one dumb store, prices that rip you off, crap tourneys and his shop smells. 

     Well let’s review this weeks PROPS and SLOPS!

    PROPS to John H. and his new deck creation it is very good.

    PROPS to Dan C. and Mike R.  I seem to play them a lot and win easily, so congrats on good efforts.

    PROPS to Comic World for having high prices so they have to buy at high prices to…$35 for a Holo-Dragonite?!?!  That’s what a Daniel B. told me

    SLOPS to Comic World for trying for aggressively pushing and yelling at Daniel B. for saying his shop smells like ***,  hey I don’t blame him.

     Well that’s all for this weeks edition and incase your wondering how I’m doing with my DCI Rating stuff.  Well I’m now 5th in the World! Rock on only 5 more places and I’ll be the highest rated player for Pokemon Constructed tourneys!  Also my rating is now I believe 1984, my year of birth too  Further more Déjà vu posted some other info about the players that play there.  According to there latest posting, I have a 91% chance of winning and I have 228 total DCI points add the 15 on and I have 243 points.  Even more I have now been to 17 Sanctioned tourneys which is a good bit of experience I must say.  Not to mention a handful of Comic World ones, but they just suck so don’t include them…

    Till next time,

    Ryan T.

rtruong@hotmail.com