York, PA
Comic Store West
10/22/00
12 participants, double-elimination

"Blitzkrieg"

Pokemon x13
Fossil Magmar x3
Base Electabuzz x3
Jungle Scyther x1
Blaine's Tauros x1
Brock's Lickitung x2
Fossil Ditto x3

Trainers x26
Bill x2
Computer Search x2
Item Finder x2
Gust of Wind x2
PlusPower x2
Professor Oak x2
Scoop Up x2
Rocket's Sneak Attack x3
Nightly Garbage Run x2
Misty's Wrath x1
Secret Mission x2
The Rocket's Trap x3
Chaos Gym x1

Energy x21
Fire Energy x8
Lightning Energy x10
Double Colorless Energy x3

This deck is basically a Trap deck.  I don't really like Imposter Oak's
Revenge.  The point
of the deck is to speed through with powerful basics while using Traps and
Sneak Attacks.
The trainers either get cards or help with the Trap theme of the deck.  The
Tauros and Scyther I don't usually have, but since this is a looser
tournament, I need something to deal out a lot of damage.  Slash kills all
the Digletts I've seen running around, and Full Speed Charge is a guaranteed
80 damage for 3 energies.  Sure, it all might end up on you, but I use it
when Tauros is about to die.  Suddenly, add a DCE, do a total of 80 damage,
and possibly send the game back in your court.  This makes good use of
someone who is about to die next turn.
Please note: This is pretty much an amateur leauge.  Of the twelve people
playing, I'd say
three had viable tournament winning decks.  Here's the breakdown of the
tournament.

Round 1
Vs. Tony w\ Dark Dragonair Colorless Deck
I drew an opening hand of Electabuzz, Magmar, The Rocket's Trap, 2 Fire, & 2
Lightning.  I send in Magmar, with Electabuzz on the bench.  He flips over
Jungle
Spearow, with Pidgey and Rocket Dratini on the bench.  I Trapped
sucessfully, and then
Smokescreened him.  He would get tails on his Peck, and then I drew a
PlusPower.  I
played it, rolled heads for Smog, and took the first prize.  He sent in
Pidgey with a DCE.
Electabuzz is in.  Lightning Energy was attached, Paralyzed with heads.  He
did nothing.  I
T'shocked again after attaching another E for a k'o.  2 Prizes drawn for me.
Dratini
comes in, doesn't paralyze me.  I flipped heads on Thunderpunch to take the
third prize.
He was out of basics, but I wasn't.
Record -> 1-0

Round 2
Vs. Justin w\ Scythers Deck
I won the opening roll, and drew a hand of Ditto, Magmar, F, E, DCE, Bill,
and Oak.
I sent in Ditto and benched Magmar,  he opened with a lone Rocket's Scyther.
I Clone
Shadowed.  He attempted, but failed.  Next turn, I attached DCE and Scythed,
breaking
through the Shadow.  He attempts his Scythe and gets heads.  I retreat, send
in Magmar
with a Fire E, and kill him with a heads on Smokescreen.
Record -> 2-0

Round 3
Vs. Eilene w\ Brock's Deck
Though I lost the opening flip, she couldn't touch my Jungle Scyther with
any of her four
common Brock's Onix or Brock's Rhyhorn.  She did get two heads on the
Rhyhorn's
attack once.  Basically, I'd wait until she didn't Bellow with the Onix to
do 60.  Once
Pewter City Gym came in, it was too late.  Scyther had slashed his way
through 3 Onixes
and 2 Rhyhorns.  Her Onix, with only 40 HP left after a Slash, killed
Scyther, but I sent in
a Ditto with a PlusPower to knock it out for the final prize.
Record -> 3-0

Round 4
Vs. Gary w\ Mediocre Haymaker
Scyther opens again, with Magmar and Electabuzz on the bench.  The hand also
had a
Trap, DCE, and L.  Trap worked and Scyther held off Dark Dugtrio, Rocket
Diglett, and
Hitmonchan.  Magmar stepped in to pop off the Erika's Oddish (the one with
Photosynthesis) before time runs out.
Record -> 4-0

***Since I was undefeated, Gym Leader Scott gave me a bye through rounds 5 +
6 to
the Finals.  It would only take the tournament longer.  There was still 4
people left, three
with one loss, and me undefeated.  Two matches would knock out 2 of the 3
people and
send one to fight me in the Finals.

Final Match
Vs. Whitney w\ Quick At 'Em Deck
I watched him fight during the 5 and 6 rounds.  He uses what Gary did.  Base
Diglett,
Dark Dugtrio, Hitmonchan, Erika's Oddish.  He also had Sabrina's Abra (the
one w\
Energy Loop) Mime and Movie Mewtwo.  I won the flip.  My hand was horribly;
Magmar, 2 Brock's Lickitung, 1 Blaine's Tauros, 2 Ditto, and a Rocket's
Trap.
Knowing Hitmonchan would take out Lickitung and Tauros, and the possibility
of Mime
ruled out Ditto, I sent in Magmar.  He opens up with Erika's Oddish.  Gary
reminded me
to put out my prizes.  It's good he did, because on my first draw I pulled a
Fire E.
I laid it and smokescreened for 20.  He attaches a Psychic, potions, and is
done.  Then, it
must have been the lucky day, I drew ANOTHER Fire E.  I put it on Magmar,
Smog,
BAM!, out like a light.  I won the tourney.
Final Record 6-0

Prize; 4 Gym Challenge 1st Edition Packs- Resistance Gym, Lt. Surge's
Jolteon, Holo Lt.
Surge's Raichu, and Sabrina's Gengar.

Props to:
Gary for reminding me to put out prizes.
Scott for the 2 byes.
Good Luck that day.

Slops to:
The ez competition.  I much rather have 6 white-knuckle rounds of
Electabuzz-Hitmonchan type matches, then having to fight Pidgeys and
Digletts.

Kevin Domingo
secretagentmonkey@hotmail.com
Thanks,
Diane