This was the first tournament I entered and I did decently. It was at a cards
store and it consisted of 16 people.
Here's my deck:
19 fire energy
2 Vulpix
1 Ninetailes
3 Charmander
2 Charmeleon
2 Growlithe
1 Arcanine
17 water energy
2 Magikarp
1 Gyarados
1 Seel
1 Dewgong
3 Squirttle
2 Wartortle
2 Staryu
1 Starmie

This was a tournament that was sort of a tournament for people that are in
experienced.
First Match: This was against a kid who had just gotten an Overgrowth but
luckily had mixed them up. This was a pretty easy match. He pulled out a
Bulbasaur and an Ivysaur. I had a Charmander and a Growlithe. He quickly
evolved his Bulbasaur into an Ivysaur but I was able to knock it out with my
Growlithe while I built up my Charmander. He then pulled out 1 Magikarp and a
Gyarados!!! This was a problem because I only had my Charmander. When I drew
a card it was my Charmeleon! I had to sacrifice him but I then pulled out a
Vulpix. I forgot to tell you that in my first hand I got a Ninetailes so It
was simple from there. I won because he didn't pull out another pokemon card.
Second Match. This was a very hard match for me. He had a lightning, fire
deck. This kid played like he was experienced. He was spoiled. He pulled out
a Charizard!!! Luckily he wasn't able to evolve it till late. I pulled out a
Dewgong and a Staryu. He also pulled out a Pikachu. Aaah! My staryu was
killed but i got my seel and knocked his pikachu out quick. This was a
problem for me he pulled out a Charmander and Charmeleon in the same hand!!!
He evolved his Charmander into a Charizard and I was screwed. He blew my
dewgong out of the sky and I didn't pull out another water pokemon. Then here
comes my Vulpix and a Growlithe. I decided to weaken his Charizard and
sacrificed my growlithe. I got my Ninetailes and weakened his Charizard. I
pulled out a magikarp and a Gyarados!!! Yes!!! I knocked his Charizard and
from then on it was nice flying it got scary there for a moment.
Third Match: I got screwed on this one. This guy had this 3 different types
of pokemon and they were Grass, Fire, and Psychic. I didn't get a good
pokemon all match. I lost bad.
This match was for third and I creamed this kid. He had only a Grass deck! I
knocked out his Venusaur once he got the other two with my Charmeleon. It was
all over. The owner let me pick 1 of either Blastoise, Venusaur and
Nidoqueen. I wanted a Venusaur.
This was real fun
Andy
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