Hey Pojo,
       This is my first deck report.. If this one gets submitted I'll
continue to send more! :) If I'm too late to be posted in October, just
post it in the September section.. Now on to the report-!

Well everyone, I hope you enjoy this report and learn alot from it! To
start, here is the listing of all the cards in my deck.. I basically took
Scott's Haymaker Potpourri, played with it at a few tourneys, and made
changes as I saw fit.. As you can see the Psychic part of it just wasn't
working out for me. :P

Energy: 23

7 Fighting Energy
6 Grass Energy
6 Lightning Energy
4 Double-Colorless Energy

Trainers: 24

4 Bill
3 Super Energy Removal
3 Energy Removal
2 Scoop Up
4 Plus Power
3 Gust of Wind
2 Professor Oak
2 Energy Retrieval
1 Item Finder

Poke'mon: 13

3 Hitmonchan
3 Scyther
3 Electabuzz
1 Kangaskhan
1 Lickitung
1 Pinsir
1 Farfetch'd

The tournament was held at Cards & Gems, in Rancho Cucamonga, California,
10/29/99.

Game 1of5 vs. Ryan Black (14) with Water/Grass Raindance

This kid is very good.. He's won many tournaments before and seems
dedicated to winning another.

The game started with me having a lone Scyther, him a Scyther in Active and
a squirtle and Ditto on the Bench. I won the coin toss and went first. I
drew an Electabuzz and put him on my bench..  Used bill and got a Double
Colorless energy and a Plus Power. I put a leaf energy on Scyther and did
Swords Dance. Next turn he drew his card and attached a water energy to
Squirtle and let me take my turn. I drew my card, attached a
double-colorless to Scyther, played Plus Power on Scyther and did Slash. 70
damage! One down. He sent in Squirtle, attached an energy and did Bubble.
Heads.. :( Scyther takes 10 damage and is paralysed. I draw my card and
scoop up Scyther, sending in my favorite electric Poke'mon, Electabuzz. :)
I attach an electric energy and do Thundershock. Squirtle is paralysed!
Unless he's got another basic, this game will be over all to soon. He says
"You've won.." and starts picking up his cards. I guess he didn't have any?
Anyway.. On to game 2.

Game 2of5 vs. ? Sterling (around 15 maybe?) with Stall
He draws his cards and has no basic.. I draw 2 cards. He draws again and
gets no basic! I draw another two. I'm guessing he put few basic Poke'mon
in there intensionally because he kept getting mulligans! I decline drawing
any more cards due to mulligan and he finally gets a basic. He throws down
Abra and does Psyshock, no paralysis. I attach a fighting energy to
Hitmonchan, attach a Plus Power and do Jab. That was fast! He ran to the
store owner and said he won.. I caught him and told the judge he was lying,
and my friend, Patrick followed supporting me. The store owner called a
rematch in which a judge would watch the entire game.. What a jerk that
Sterling kid is. Can't take a loss.. Well the game starts and again,
mulligan mulligan mulligan.. He gets a basic and plays Chansey with a Jynx
on his bench. I win the coin toss.. I started with Scyther as my active and
Hitmonchan on bench. I quickly retreated Scyther, seeing the weakness,
attached fighting, and did Jab for 40. He takes his turn quick.. Attaching
a double colorless and doing Scrunch, tails. :) I draw a card and place
Electabuzz on my bench. I attach a leaf energy to hitmonchan, with another
fighting in my hand. (I do this because if my opponent has Super Energy
Removal, it'll remove 1 fighting and 1 other, so if he does use it I'll
still have a fighting for Jab.) I do Jab for 40. One more turn of this and
Chansey's dead. He draws his card, and thinks for a moment.. He didn't want
to take chances, attached another Double Colorless and uses Double-edge. We
each lose a Poke'mon. He sends in Jynx and I send in Scyther. I attach an
Electric Energy to Electabuzz, retreat Scyther, and use Thundershock.
Heads! Wow, I've been lucky with the coin flips all day. Next turn he draws
a card and attaches a psychic to his Jynx. I draw another card and use
bill, getting a Plus Power and a Gust of Wind. I attach an energy to
Electabuzz and do Thunder Punch, tails. Guess my luck's running out.. But
Jynx is dead next turn, none-the-less. :) He draws a card and throws down
an Abra to his bench. You can see where this went. :) Thunderpunch pulled
through. Another win. :)

Game 3of5 vs. ??? (Around 8?) with Mono/Grass

How he won the past two games I will not know. He started with Venonat and
tried to evolve to Venomoth the first turn, but I called a judge and he was
corrected. He didn't attach any energy and just let me take my turn?
Strange.. I had an Electabuzz as Active and a Lickitung on the Bench. I
thundershocked. He drew his card and didn't do anything?? Maybe he was mad
because I called the judge, and he thought it'd be nice to throw the game?
Hm.. I thunderpunched and goodbye Venonat. Another game won.

Game 4of5 vs. my friend, Patrick Chung (13) with Haymaker

Both of us have gone undefeated so far, whoever wins goes on to the final
game for 1st. He started with Farfetch'd and I an Electabuzz. You can see
where that went, so I won't bother typing in the details. :-) Another game
won. Sorry Pat!

Final Game vs. Jason Cummings with Scott's Potpourri

Hmm.. Things look good for me. I used to play with that deck and made some
modifications. My new deck has been working much, much better than the
Potpourri was. :) He wins the coin flip and we each start dealing our cards
out. I start with a Farfetch'd! Oh god, things aren't looking good for me.
We turn over our Poke'mon and he starts with an Electabuzz as active and
Mime on his bench!!!! He Bills, attaches an energy to Electabuzz and deals
20 with no paralyzation.. C'mon basic.. After a short prayer I draw my next
card, Hitmonchan! THANK YOU! I play Hitmonchan on my bench, attach fighting
to Hitmonchan, scoop up Farfetch'd (then playing him back on my bench) and
send in Hitmonchan, Jabbing for 40. :) He plays Scyther, attaches an energy
to Scyther and does Thundershock. He flips tails and next turn I KO
Electabuzz, drawing an Item Finder as my prize. He sends in Scyther.. He
attaches a Double Colorless and does slash for 30 damage to Hitmonchan. :(
I draw a Scyther and play him on my bench. I play a leaf on Scyther and end
my turn. He attaches a pluspower to his Scyther and does Slash. Goodbye
Hitmonchan, I'll miss you!! :( *munches on crappy Del Taco tacos.. (what do
I expect for 39 cents?)* Anyway.. Where was I? Oh yeah.. I send in Scyther,
attach a double colorless and does slash. His scyther takes 30 damage..
Next turn he retreats Scyther and sends in Mime! He attaches a psychic
energy and ends his turn. I draw a card and play Electabuzz on my bench. I
retreat Scyther and send in Electabuzz, using Thundershock against his
mime, flipping heads. He draws a card and plays a psychic on Mime. I use
thundershock with an attached Plus Power and do 20 damage, with a Gust of
Wind in my hand! :) Next turn Mime is dead, unless he's got a Scoop Up.. He
instantly retreats mime, sends in Scyther and does Slash for 30. I draw a
card can Bill, getting Lickitung. I Gust Mime out and thundershock, drawing
another Bill as my prize. He's got nothing but a Scyther left. He draws a
card and plays Ponyta on his bench.. Scyther Slashes again for 30. My 'Buzz
is down to 10 HP. Hm.. I draw another card and play the Bill, drawing a
Kangaskhan and Double Colorless Energy. I play Kangaskhan and attach the
DCE. A few Plus Powers. Energy Removal and E-Buzz kills Scyther. He sends
in Ponyta.. I think I've won. *beam* He attaches a fighting energy to
ponyta and sighs.. I retreat Electabuzz, send in fully pumped Kangaskhan
and do COMET PUNCH! I flip 3 heads and a tails, killing his last basic. We
shake hands and say "Good game."


I took 1st place! My prizes were $70 in store credit (WOW!) and for the
next tournament, I was to be referred to as "The Almighty Chris" :P Doug is
so cool. I buy two 1st Edition Fossil packs and pull a Holofoil Articuno
and non-holo Lapras! After getting these I bought a few Jungle/Base set
boosters. The highlights of those packs were Holofoil Scyther, Holofoil
Blastoise(!), and a misprint Kakuna (Lenth Length instead of Length Width)

Well, since everyone else is doing it, I might as well..
PROPS and SLOPS

PROPS to me for winning.
PROPS to my friend Pat for coming in third
PROPS to Doug the store owner for humorously telling everyone in the shop
to "SHUT UP!" when he announced the winners

SLOPS to me for not shaking my last opponent's hand (I forgot!) :(
SLOPS to Sterling for being a jerk and playing that annoying Stall deck (I
spent more time turning down mulligans than I did beating his poke'mon down
like the flies they were!)
SLOPS to Scott Gerhardt for designing such a flawed deck. (Sorry!)
<editor's note:  either you do not know how to play the deck, or were playing against people who do not.  I have had nothing but success with the deck>

Well, that's all for this week. Mail me! Drako@netlimit.com

This is Chris, signing out. until next week! :)

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