Hi The Pojo guys,
   This is a deck for the Killer Decks section. I participated at a local tournament at a store in Kansas City, Kansas on August 13, 1999. There were roughly, I'd say that there were about 40 people there. I didn't come out first, but I did do pretty good. First, here's the deck that I used:
 
Name: Typhoon
 
Energies: (23)
 
23 Water Energies
2 Double Colorless Energies
 
Pokemon: (25)
 
3 Squirtle
2 Wartortle
2 Blastoise
3 Magikarp
2 Gyarados
3 Poliwag
2 Poliwhirl
2 Poliwrath
3 Chansey
2 Jigglypuff
1 Wigglytuff
 
Trainers: (13)
 
3 Bill
2 Prof. Oak
2 Energy Removal
2 Energy Retreival
2 Scoop Up
2 Computer Search
1 Switch
 
 
     As you can probably see, this is a Rain Dance deck. The Blastoise evolution set is in there for obvious reasons. Then I added Magikarp and Gyarados because I thought that 50 damage for 3 Water energies isn't bad, and neither is 100 HP and Resistance to Fighting. The Poli family was added because I really like Poliwrath(and also because I already had enough Poliwhirls and Poliwags to make a small army). Jigglypuff was added because I needed some help against Mr. Mimes, and his evolved form isn't too shabby either.
     The deck I battled for the first round was a deck that I really felt sorry for. It was a Rainbow deck, with five colors and only 7 basics(I asked the guy how many basics he had in his deck after the battle). I won pretty easily, because the only basic he had in his hand at the start of the game was a Charmander, and no bench. That was a fast round. The next one was slightly more challenging, but I still won. It was a deck based around Fire Pokemon. It wasn't bad; but my deck is mono Water. You can guess what happened that round. Next, I faced a Scyther deck. I could tell this one was good. I barely escaped this one alive. He had 4 Scythers in his deck, and at least 3 Pinsirs. Those guys completely took Gyarados and Poliwrath right out of this game. He also had some Psys in that deck, I think a few Mr. Mimes(which Jigglypuff and Wigglytuff took care of) and Mewtwo, but his deck was mainly Grass. Near the end of the game, he only had 1 Prize left and I had 2. I had a Blastoise(my last one) active, and he had a Scyther. I had a Wigglytuff and a Poliwag on the bench, but that was all. He had a Pinsir and a Kangaskhan on his bench. I got some energies, Rain Danced them, and Blastoise was able to beat the Scyther! But, Blastoise only had 50 HP left. He sent out Kangaskhan to stall for a while, while he regrouped. What happened next was amazing. When I first attacked Kangaskhan, I only did 50 damage because I only had 4 energies on Blastoise, and none in my hand. He used Potion on Kangaskhan, so Kangaskhan still had 60 HP left. The next turn, I drew a Prof. Oak. Just what I needed! All I had in my hand was a Breeder and Wartortle anyway. In my new hand, the most important things I got were a Squirtle, another Poliwag, Chansey, Jigglypuff, and Switch. I put all the basics on the bench, and Wigglytuff already had enough energies to Do the Wave! I switched Blastoise, and I won the game!!!
     This next round was where I lost. I heard after the tournament that this person that beat me came in second place overall. He had a Haymaker. I sent out Squirtle as active, Chansey on the bench. He had an Electabuzz active, with 2 Hitmonchans on the bench. His E-Buzz easily beat Squirtle, so I had to send out Chansey. He reatreated Electabuzz, whom he only gave one energy to. His Hitmonchan had 1 Fighting energy on it. I instantly knew this was trouble. My turn, energy to Chansey. His turn, add a Fighting energy to Hitmonchan, Jab. 40 Damage. I added an energy to Chansey, hoping that Scrunch would work. Just about everything relied on that stupid coin. It came out tails. First I thought about cursing, then about killing that other guy and stealing his deck so I could win the tournament. I did neither. Instead, I said, "you win". He said, "yep". He added an Electric energy to Hitmonchan, and it was over.
    I think this was a good tournament, with some great decks. Thanks for reading.
 
                                                                                                        Mike
                                                                                           charizard@kcroyalsfan.com