Cave Comics
12 Church Hill RD.
Newtown, CT
(203) 270-5647
Pokemon TCG Tournament
10-8-99
4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Participants- 32

    It was a regular Friday afternoon I had just gotten out of school and me
and my best friend Joe were headed to our local neighborhood comic shop.  We
have taken place in other pokemon TCG tournaments but none this big.  When we
arrived we had to pay $10 to get in the tournament.  We sat at a large round
table with 30 other people.  Everyone was given a number.  My number was 27
and Joe's was 28. I was ready to go because I wanted to try out my new deck.
I made some changes to my Red Alert deck and renamed it firestorm. Here's how
it looks:
 Energy (30):
15x Electric Energy
15x Fire Energy

Pokemon (20):
2x Moltres
2x Zapdos (Base Set)
2x Pikachu (Jungle Set)
2x Raichu
2x Vulpix
2x Ninetales
3x Charmander
2x Charmeleon
2x Charizard
1x Kangaskan

Trainers (10):
3x PlusPower
3x Defender
3x Pokemon Trader
1x Clefairy Doll

First Round- Electric Shock Show Down
    In the first round I faced the number 6 person who's deck was 100%
Electric pokemon
His deck:
Energy (45):
45x electric energy

Pokemon (15):
3x Zapdos (fossil set)
3x Zapdos (base set)
3x Pikachu (Base Set)
3x Raichu
3x Electabuzz

Trainers (0):
His Zapdos knocked out my Pikachu and Charmander but then I send out my
kangaskan that killed a zapdos and 2 Raichus. I was up 3-2 when he put a
zapdos out to finish off my kangaskan and tie up the score.  That is when I
pulled out my big gun (Charizard), which beat his zapdos and 2 Electabuzzs to
a bloody pulp.  I beat him 6-3 

Prize cards won:
Zapdos
Pikachu (jungle set)
4x Electric energy's

Prize cards lost:
2x Vulpix
1x fire energy

Rewards:
    I won a free base set booster pack for making it to the second round. 
They rare card I got was a Zapdos!

Round 2- Power outage
In the tired round I faced the 10 person who had Electric and Psychic

His deck:
Energy (24):
12x Psychic
12x Electric

Pokemon (15):
3x Mewtwo
3x Zapdos (fossil set)
2x Abra
1x Drowzee
3x Gastly
2x Haunter
1x Gengar

Trainers (21):
3x Energy removal
3x Gust of wind
3x Pokemon breeder
1x Lass
1x Gambler
1x Mr. Fuji
3x Potion
3x Pokemon center

I mopped the floor with his 2 abras, 2 gastlys, and 2 mewtwos.  With just my
zapdos! He did not put up much of a fight. The score was 6-0.

Prize cards won:
1x Gengar
2x zapdos
3x electric energy

Prize cards lost (0):

Rewards:
     I got a free jungle booster pack for making it in to the third round. 
The rare card was a Mr.Mime (non-hologram).

Round 3- Zapdos Shocks Back
In this round face the number 2 person and there was only 8 people left.  It
was getting intense. My opponent only had fighting pokemon.
His deck:
Energy (23):
20 fighting energy
3 double colorless

Pokemon (18):
2x Machamp
2x Machoke
2x Machop
3x Geodude
2x Graveler
1x Golem
3x Diglets
1x Dugtrio
1x Clefairy
1x Clefable

Trainers (19):
1x PlusPower
3x Switch
3x Max Potion
2x Potion
2x Professor Oak
1x Lass
3x Gambler
2x Bill
2xPokeball

During the match I got up 3-1 but then had problems getting energy cards.  I
had a Charizard and Moltres on my bench and they both didn't have a single
energy card on them.  So I played my Clefairy doll to give me sometime.  He
had I Machamp out that had full energy and HP.  After my Clefairy doll was
knocked out I send out my Charizard and started to build up energy on my
zapdos.  After my Charizard was killed I sent out a Vulpix that was kill with
one hit to even up the score but that was ok because my zapdos was ready to
go.  I send him out and killed Machamp with one hit!  Zapdos destroyed his
next 2 pokemon as I got the victory 6-3.

Prize cards won:
2x Super Potion
1x Machop
1x Clefable
2x Gambler

Prize cards lost:
1x Charmander
2x PlusPower

Rewards:
    I got a free fossil booster pack for making it into the fourth round. 
The rare card in the pack was a Muk (hologram).
Fourth Round- Charizard Battle
    In the fourth round there was only 4 people left counting myself!  I
faced the number 12 person who had 3 different kinds of pokemon.  Fire,
Water, and Plant.
His deck:
Energy (30):
10x Fire Energy
10x Plant Energy
10x Water Energy

Pokemon (27):
3x Charmander
3x Charmeleon
3x Charizard
3x Squirtle
3x Wartortle
3x Bastoise
3x Bulbasaur
3x Venusaur
3x Ivysaur

Trainers (3):
3x Pokemon Breeder

This round was very hard.  The first pokemon he seen out was a Bulbasaur but
then he evolved it into a Venusaur and the first pokemon I send out was a
zapdos the first few turns was just attaching energy cards to are pokemon I
got first attack and killed his Venusaur in one hit!  When I drew a prize
card I almost fell out of my seat I got a Charizard!  I quickly throw it on
my bench with a Charmander and Charmeleon.  When my zapdos was done it was
5-1 and I was winning then he send out a Charizard and I seen out mine I got
first attack and hit him and he fell in 2 hits.  I won!

Prize cards won:
1x Charizard
2x fire energy
3x water energy

Prize cards lost:
1x electric energy

Reward:
     I got a jungle, fossil, and base set booster packs!  The rare cards were
pokemon breeder, Hitmonlee (hologram), and a Scyther (non-hologram).

Final Round- Winner Takes All
    It was the final round as I sat down at the table a looked over and saw
Joe (my best friend)! I could believe that he was that he makes it all the
way to the finals! His deck had only had colorless pokemon
His deck:
Energy (30):
3x Double Colorless
27x Fighting Energy

Pokemon (10):
3x Kangaskan
3x Chansey
3x Clefairy
1x Clefable

Trainers (20):
3x Revive
3x Full Heal
3x Super Potion
3x Potion
3x Bill
3x Gust of wind
2x Mr. Fuji

    The match started out horrible for me my first 5 pokemon were knocking
out by his kangaskan!
He was winning 5-0! But then came my big break after I sent out my zapdos and
killed his kangaskan he looked up at me and said, "I have no basic pokemon to
play."  That forced him to lose and I WON!

Prize cards won:
1x Clefairy  

Prize cards lost:
2x Fire Energy
3x Electric Energy

Rewards:
     I got 5 base set booster packs, 5 jungle set booster packs, and 5 fossil
set booster packs! Rare cards:
Base set:
Chansey, Computer Search, Lass, Scoop Up, and Venusaur

Jungle set:
2x Flareon (non hologram), Jolteon (hologram), Mr.Mime (non hologram), and
Pidgeot (non hologram)

Fossil set:
Aerodactyl (non hologram), Zapdos (hologram), Gengar (non hologram), Moltres
(non hologram), and Hypno (hologram)

Special Thanks to
    Jared who helped me with my deck, The Pojo for posting my other deck,
Cave Comics for holding the tournament, and My still best friend Joe for not
being a sore loser.

E-mail- Chettie86@aol.com

Tell me what you think of my deck and exciting tournament win!