This is a Tournament [Report] By Tyler Grund, For Pokemon. The Gathering Ground in St. Louis, Mo. 48 Participants I would like to first point out I was not even going to play in this tournament. I made a real good charizard deck for my girlfriend to play, and I assumed I would not play. Then it hit me at 4 in the morning the day of the tourny, I want to play:) I took some real simple guidlines in creating my deck. This is it. (It will also be in the next issue of Scrye.) Tyler's Far-removal Deck: Energy: 11 fighting 12 Fire 4 colorless Pokemon: 2 Chansey ( actually became end game winner more than a staller:) 2 Clefeiry 4 Charamanders 4 Machop 1 magmar 1 onix 4 Farfetch'd ( the Super bad A** of the deck) Trainers: 4 energy removals 3 super energy removals 2 Prof. Oaks 4 potions 2 bills (dont just copy my deck and use it...make it better) The deck can handle MANY threats, and is an almost dead win against any Fighting based deck. I stall with energy removals will my basic pokes do their thing. Basically, I took the most powerful basic pokemon and used card advantage to keep them alive and kicking. Tournament had 48 participants!!! ouch pretty big for the Gathering Grounds FIRST pokemon Tourny. There ends up to be 5 rounds to the final 8. Round 1:beginner kid named kevin O'toole playing a bunch of evolving foils. I think i see ONE energy before he dies in both Games. Games(1-0) Matches (2-0) Round 2:I believe a guy named Jacob Waters playing a brown and yellow deck. Game1: his onix stalls the game for close to 18 turns! But my chansey gets Buffed up on the bench, comes In and saves the day Game2: No hope for him. His hitmonchans can't hurt my farfetch dudes, and the far's beat him down. Games(2-0) Matches (4-0) Round 3: sorry dont remember much about this battle. All I Remember is that it was quick. Games(3-0) Matches (6-0) Round 4: against a kid named Gerrod Heise playing a really annoying but beatable brown/red deck Game1: He sees the Butt end of my Farfetch and in the end having me retreat my far and bring in a full pumped Chansey to win it. Game2: gets one basic out. I beat him down untill he Profs. He gets a couple basic to save him, but Its not enough. My Clefeiry's do a number on his Hitmonchans and he goes down. Games(4-0) Matches (8-0) Round 5: last round. If a kid named Tim Baker and i called a Draw, we both were guaranteed to get into the final 8 I place in final 8 at top spot so i play the lowest of the 8 named Jason Heise.(yes the brother of Jacob. Dont get them mixed up) Round 1 of finals: I was expecting to beat him easy because he was supposed to be the lowest in the 8... well, this confidence hurt me. Game1: I Get everything I need to win, But so does he. After he Oaks 3 times and bills 4 times...hehe...he is down very Low on cards. I didnt use any of my oaks, and i successfully stall the game to deck him. Man does Chansey kick ass. Game2: I get NOthing in my hand but basics...no energy or trainers. Blah...bad Shuffling gets me again. I stall for 14 turns, but he overruns me. argh first loss. Game3: I get the most beautiful starting hand, and he has to mulligan so i get 2 more:) He's dead after a good juggling of battles. (great game Jason...man...you sure put up a fight.) Round 2 of finals: Kid named Cameron Heise.(yes another brother) ***note this kid is a cheater. my Girlfriend got to the final 8 with me, but lost to this kid...because he cheated. I had to make him pay. Game1: Listen to this! i get 3 Charemanders and ONE magmar.... and little Cameron is playing straight blue. I think you know who won. OOOh was that annoying. But...i noted...at the start, he forgot to place prizes...and i reminded him. ( I would have gotten a technical win if i didnt be nice) what was i thinking. Game2: HAHAHHAAHHAHH take a farfetch to it's most powerfull level! give a first turn kill to farfetch'd!! his magicarp is all he had and I made him pay for it. Game3: remember the prize thing he has problems with? well, I got him this time and i get technical win over him. So I am at the battle for 1st and second. I could have waved it and taken the 5 packs and the holo and the movie prizes...but 1st looked so much sweater... expectially when it was Jacob Waters was the one to beat. (I already went 2 and out with him in the second round) Game1: HA...again, no prizes, technical win. Game2: Quick Beatdown. I draw energy removal in almost every turn... I beat him down with farfetch'd until I have one prize left, and then i let my pumped up chancy come in and take me to 1st place in a 48 Person tourny..whohoo. I ended up with: a trophy, 15 2nd edition packs, And my pic and deck in next month's Scrye. The Deck did extrememly well. I'm expecting to see a LOT of copies of it next saturday:) Well, Im outta here TYLER GRUND Grundtyl@auden.webster.edu P.S. if any of this is wrong im sorry, but my memory isnt perfect. But im sure its extrememly close.