Energy
Destroyer:
I’m
from Holland and I used this deck in a tournament at my local games store,
Spelkwartier, Zwolle, 28-12-1999.
The
tournament had 16 participents who each played 5 matches. 3 pts for a victory,
1 pt for a draw, and 0 pts for losing.
Each
match was best of three with a 35 minute time limit.
Deck:
Trainers:
4
Super Energy Removal
4
Energy Removal
2
Professor Oak
Pokemon:
4
Poliwag
4
Poliwhirl
3
Poliwrath
4
Dratini
3
Dragonair
4
Starmie
Energy:
24
Water energy
4
double colorless
1st
Match vs Funny Guy (looked a bit weird)
My
opponent had a psychic deck, which was fortunate because my Dratini had
resistance. It was best of three, and I won quite easily because I destroyed
all his energy before he could evolve anything. 2-0 victory for me.
2nd
Match vs his girlfriend
I
was now up against a Fighting deck, one of the few decks I have a problem
against, because of the low energy costs of fighting attacks. These attacks
also do a lot of damage for their low energy cost. I lost the first match
because I didn’t get any evolution cards. I won the second with my
Dragonairs. The third match should have been mine. I needed to do at least 30
damage with my Poliwhirl. I of cause tossed two tails and got thrashed by a
Machoke.
1-2
loss for me.
3rd
Match vs Dave, friend of the shop owners
This
guy had a red/blue combo deck with a Blastoise and a Charizard. He had
computer searches and Pokemon traider to look for them and then raindance me
to death. I luckely won the first mach because his Blastoise was in his
prizes. I had allready destroyed all his energy, so 1-0 to me. I got beat in
the second by his Blastoise and Gyrados. He put too much energy down and I
couldn’t destroy it all. 1-1. The third match started well for me. I had a
Poliwrath and 4 or 5 (super) energy removals in my hand. He had a Blastoise
but hardly any energy in his hand. I was poised to win, but then time ran out.
We had to finish the three matches in 35 minutes, but he had taken so long to
find a card with his computer searches the time ran out.
1-1
draw.
4th
Match vs some older dude, also friend of owner.
I
got totally thrashed in this one because of my total disability to toss heads
with my Dragonair/Poliwhirl. I tossed 6 times against his electric/grass
deck(which included Beedrils and Electabuzz) and one was heads. My weakness of
my Poli’s didn’t help either. A good 0-2 beating.
5th
and last Match vs Julian (a friend of a friend).
I
was fighting against a grass/water deck. But Julian was eventually last in
this tournament because of his slow deck. I could take my time and build up a
Poliwrath and destroy all his energy before he had time to evolve anything.
An
easy 2-0 victory.
I
got 7 points in total and ended up in 6th place. Not bad I thought.
I learnt a few lessons. My deck was too slow, so I now have put 2 more Prof.
Oak’s in to speed it up a little. I’ve also included 2 Computer searches
to look for my Poliwraths, who usually turn up too late. For comments or
advice for me: mailto:spawnofchaos@hotmail.com