Well

Well, since Saturday is usually when Games Unique has its tournaments and this Saturday is Christmas (and tomorrow is Christmas Eve), Games Unique decided to have a tournament today (December 23rd). Well, I used a new deck that, along with getting 3 cards each time went to the movie (we went twice) and some trading, turned into a Zap deck variant using Mewtwo and Pikachu from the movie promos. It also has some other basic electric and psychic Pokemon, hence the name "Lights, Camera, Zap!" Well, my brother couldn't attend this tournament because he had to do some last-minute shopping, so my mom just dropped me off and gave me a quarter saying "call me when it's over." = ( I'm all alone!! Well, the fact that there's only one other familiar face here didn't help that feeling either. Of course it's in Austin Texas. This is a Single Elimination, and there is about 32 people here {ACK! A LOT TO BEAT! = ) }

Also a new feature for me: I include some two Lt. Surge's Pokemon!! The Pokemon are his Level 32 Raichus. Here are the stats for Lt. Surge's Raichu:

Lt. Surge's Raichu: 70 hp/2 retreat cost

2 electric energy: Megaton Punch (30)

4 electric energy: Thunder (100)

Discard all energy cards on Raichu to use this attack.

Here is "Lights, Camera, Zap!"

2 Fossil Gastly (to get back Electric energy)

3 Electabuzz (regular)

2 Raichu (Lt. Surge's)

Trainers (low amount due to high energy need):

Now for the deck report (this time they had the coolest first place prize: Pokemon Yellow for Game Boy, half a box of Gym 1 cards and half a box of Gym 2 cards; the other halves went to second place, the only familiar face this time (my best friend) :

Round 1: Brian w/ Haymaker (UH-OH...)

In my hand my only basic Pokemon is Pikachu. I think I'm gonna lose bigtime if a Hitmonchan comes up. The fact is it was a Scyther up against me! I Bill and get Gastly. Gastly goes on bench and I put electric on Pikachu. Recharge. Scyther gets a Grass and Swords Dance. I know better than to worry: he doesn't have a DCE or he'd be grinning. So I play cooly, draw, put and electric energy and Thunderbolt! His turn he puts another Grass and Swords Dance. NOW I WORRY! But I play cooly: I need Gastly out anyways to get back some of Pikachu's discard. I put a Psychic thatwas in my starting hand on Gastly and end my turn. HE puts down a Grass and beats down Pikachu: But I'll get that Scyther back. Another Ppsychic on Gastly and Energy Conversion, but first an ER. His turn and he ends his turn after drawing. He didn't have any more energy in his hand! Gastly takes him out after that with two Licks (the first one paralyzed him). An Ekans comes off the bench. He energizes it and Spits Poison at Gastly. Gastly took 10 damage but next turn I already had another Gastly on my bench so I switch Gastlys, then switch back. Lick doesn't paralyze ekans. I'm energizing a 'buzz on my bench already and his turn. He poisons Gastly again. I repeat my un-poisoning steps and destroy his Ekans. Here comes a Gloom. Gloom Foul Odors - not a smart move, as he finds out soon. In a few turns with help from his dumb move of confusing himself Gloom dies by Electabuzz. Lucky flip kills two more Ekans and out comes a Scyther that takes 'buzz out. But what's this? Mewtwo! In two turns I win.

Round 2: Trevor with Raindance

Trevor, AGAIN?! Well, I've got a surprise for him this week, thanks to his unlucky choice of Raindance. I start off with Electabuzz and he has... Magikarp?! Dang! He goes first and Tackles. I paralyze him with shock. But he BREEDS a Squirtle on his bench to Blastoise and evolves 'karp, then Rain Dances to get a fast Dragon Rage. I call over a judge to look through his deck - stacked! Poor, demented Trevor... he should stop hanging out with people who need to be in mental institutes at school - he thinks no one would notice it is stacked when on his next turn he'd have his bench full and a Blastoise already pumped for 60 damage retty much.

Round 3: "Kubone Kid" w/ Fighting deck

This kid LOVES Cubone/Marowak and so he is nick-named Kubone Kid. I'm in for a BIG whooping, unless I get some Psyhic out quick. My starter is Mr. Mime, and his is Hitmonlee. Me first. Mr. Mime energized. Hitmonlee energized. Mr. Mime energized: 20 damage. Hitmonlee energized: 20 damage to my Gastly on my bench (he sees I have promo pikachu and makes sure Gastly can't get energy back). Mr. Mime attacks and beats Hitmonlee. Hitmonchan comes out: Mr. Mime, wtih luck of his forgetting about Mr. Mime's power and using Special Punch kills it in two turns. No basics for him and I win.

Round 4: (((Semi-finals))) Yoki... Yokuma... something like that w/ Psychic deck

On my second turn my Pikachu is almost dead from lucky flipping Jynx and I have no basics when I draw Gastly. I let Pikachu die. Gastly comes out, beats Jynx w/ help from paralysis and then two Abras and a Drowzee die. No comes Kadabra, but with ERs it couldn't Recover and it dies. Gengar comes (Uh-oh!), Gastly retreats and Mr. Mime does its work. Win for me.

Round 5: (((Finals!))) "Gary the Great" (my friend) w/ Haymaker

Unlucky for him I start with Mewtwo and he got 'chan. I go first and kill his 'chan before it could kill me. Then comes 'buzz with one energy, no Paralyze and Psyburn takes it down when Mewtwo barely has 10 hp left! Luckily a Raichu is powered with 2 electric, Scyther slashes down Mewtwo, but Raichu destroys it with 10 hp left. A Farfetch'd comes, fails on Leek Slap and DIES. More Farfetch'd comes and die. He really did use Farfetch'd in there. But I beat him anyways.

Wow! Great prizes! Well, time for PROPS and SLOPS

PROPS TO Games Unique for giving THE GREAEST PRIZES EVER!

PROPS TO Brian for being fairly hard and worrying me so much that I'll lose

SLOPS TO my mom for not watching me do so great

SLOPS TO Trevor for stacking his deck and hanging out with kids who I bet do drugs

SLOPS TO my brother for leaving Christmas shopping until the last day

SLOPS TO Kubone Kid for not using his Fighting deck w/ resistance to electric

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Zachary Dube signing this once again (thanks Scott for not trashing this the first time, I had to go so I rushed the end and forgot the e-mail and signature!)