>From: Brett3@aol.com
>Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 20:40:33 EDT
>Subject: Strikeback Fighting Deck
>To: killerdecks@pojo.com
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>
>I Entered this deck into a tournament at Big Kids too Comics, a local card
>shop in Tucson, AZ.  I ended up getting in first place, winning me $9.00. my
>score? 8 Wins-0 Losses:
>
>24 Fighting Energy
>
>4 Machop
>3 Machoke
>2 Machamp
>
>4 Rhyhorn
>3 Rhydon
>
>3 Mankey
>2 Primeape
>
>2 Hitmonchan
>
>1 Kanghaskhan
>
>2 Gust of Wind
>3 Energy Removal
>3 Pokeball
>3 Bill
>1 Computer Search
>
>I tried my hardest to remember what happened and here is what I remember:
>
>Round 1:
>Game 1-Opponent somehow confused me about the rules and he put down a Haunter
>without a Gastly.  The haunter put my Rhyhorn to sleep.  By his next turn it
>was awake so he put it asleep again.  It woke up and I had Rhyhorn use Leer.  
>It did not work.  Rhyhorn was put to sleep once again.  I attached a third
>energy to it, evolved it into Rhydon(which means it was no longer asleep)then
>was done.  Next turn Rhydon was put to sleep and didn't wake up then was
>taken for 50 by dream eater.  Rhydon woke up then and I took Haunter for 20
>with Ram(due to Haunter's fighting resistance.)  During that turn I put down
>a Machop with an energy on it.  Next turn did 20 more to Haunter with Ram and
>attached another Energy to Machop.  Next turn did the same and Haunter was
>dead and I turned Machop into a Machoke that was in my hand.  After that he
>brought forward Gastly and used Sleeping Gas but it failed.  I used Ram which
>did 20 to Gastly but killed Rhydon(Because every time Rhydon used Ram it did
>20 to itself.)  I brought forward Machoke with 4 Energy on it and used Karote
>Chop thus killing Gastly.  He put forward a Jynx with no energy on it and I
>killed it in 2 turns.  He had no more basic pokemon so I won.
>
>Game 2-He first brought forward a Jynx with no energy on it and I used
>another Rhyhorn.  A few turns later nothing had happened with his Jynx and I
>had a fully pumped Rhydon.  I easily killed the defensless Jynx.  Next he
>brought out a Mewtwo and I used Ram for 50 and then he used Psychic and
>Killed the Rhydon.  I next brought out a Hitmonchan and jabbed it and he had
>no more pokemon so I won.
>
>Round 2:
>Game 1-I played another fighting deck.  He didn't get to much energy put kept
>bringing out Onix but I eventually killed them and after that he just had a
>sandshrew and a few other weak pokemon.
>
>Game 2-Same as game 1.
>
>Round 3:
>Game 1-I completely forgot this round but I won easily.
>
>Game 2-Same as Game 1.
>
>Round 4:
>Game 1-This was a hard round because I was playing against a Grass Deck so my
>Rhyhorns and Rhydons were useless.  First of all he brought out a Scyther and
>I had a Rhyhorn and a Machop.  I didn't bother with the Rhyhorn and focused
>all my energy on Machop.  Soon he had 3 energy and was a Machoke but then
>Rhyhorn was dead.  I brought forward another Rhyhorn to sacrafice and drew a
>pokeball.  I used it and I got out a Machamp then put another energy on
>Machoke and evolved it.  After Rhyhorn died I used Machamp's Pokemon Power
>and then used Seismec toss.  Scyther took Machamp for 30 with Slash but
>because of Machamp's Pokemon Power Scyther died.  After that he brought
>forward a Nidoran Male and took Machamp for 30.  I easily killed Nidoran and
>then he put forward another pumped up Scyther and took Machamp for 30 but did
>10 back to itself.  I killed the Scyther with Seismec toss and won the first
>game.
>
>Game 2-Very much like game 1 only he got down to one prize and then I brought
>forward a fully pumped Machamp and took all of his pokemon with it.
>
>After that I was the winner and I got 2 packs.  I got a holo-graphic
>Vileplume and a Non-Holo-graphic Pidgeot.
>