Deck: Rocket Haymaker
Date: 9/22/2000
Number of people: approximately 35
Location: Charleston, SC
Store: Books-a-Million (the one on Sam Rittenburg for those people in
Charleston drooling to get into a tourney)

Well, I'm back Pojo fans.  Chris here got 1st place again in a tourney.  I
was going to use a Damage Swap deck, but I couldn't find it at the time I
really needed it.  Well, I rushed together and built this Haymaker with some
Rocket's Pokemon additions.  Check out the deck.

Rocket Training Method

Pokemon: 15

3x Rocket's Hitmonchan
3x Hitmonchan
3x Rocket's Scyther
3x Scyther
3x Ditto

Energy: 22

12x Fighting Energy
4x Grass Energy
2x Rainbow Energy
4x Double Colorless Energy

Trainers: 23

4x Super Energy Removal
4x Energy Removal
4x PlusPower
2x Rocket's Special Training Gym
3x Nightly Garbage Run
3x ScoopUp
4x Gust Of Wind

I was in 7 matches.  Check out the results.

Match 1:
Me vs. Anthony Rentz with Rocket's Moltres deck.

This kid is obsessed with Rocket's Moltres.  Well, I start off with the
following:  3x Fighting Energy, Rocket's Hitmonchan, DCE, Rocket's Scyther,
and a Rocket's Special Training Gym.  I start the Rocket's Hitmonchan and
bench the Rocket's Scyther.  I go first.  He starts with a Gastly (???) and
a Rocket's Moltres benched.  I draw a GOW.  I put the fighting energy on
Rocket's Hitmonchan and successfully get a cross-counter.  He draws, puts a
fire energy on Rocket's Moltres, and passes.  I draw an Energy Removal.  I
ER his Rocket's Moltres, attach yet another Fighting energy to Rocket's
Hitmonchan, and no success on the cross-counter.  He draws and then passes. 
I draw another ER.  I attach my final Fighting Energy, now put down Rocket's
Special Training gym (let's call it RSTG from now on it's like 1:00AM while
I'm doing this) because my Rocket's Hitmonchan is fully charged, and I
magnum punch.  He draws, puts a Fire energy on Rocket's Moltres, and passes
again.  Time is dwindling now.  I draw a PlusPower.  I attach the DCE to
Rocket's Scyther and kill Gastly for the prize with magnum punch.  I get a
SER for my prize.  He draws, benches a Vulpix, puts a Fire energy on R's
Moltres, and passes.  I draw a PlusPower.  I GOW to Vulpix and magnum punch
for yet another prize.  I got a RSTG.  As soon as he draws, time is called. 
I finally win.  ^_^

Match 2:
Me vs. Daniel Brunson with Rain Dance.

This match was a piece of cake.  I get the following:  Rainbow energy, R's
Hitmonchan, 2x Nightly Garbage Run, 2x Scoop Up, and a ER.  I start R's
Hitmonchan and I go first.  He starts a TR Squirtle.  I draw a Fighting
energy, attach it to R's Hitmonchan, and hit a successful cross-counter.  He
draws, attachs a DCE to TR Squirtle, and Shell Bashes me.  I draw a GOW.  I
hit another cross-counter.  He did the same exact thing he did last turn and
I won cause cross-counter killed him.

Between matches:

I went to go buy 4 Gym Hero packs
I got the following:

Brock's Golem
Sabrina's Venomoth
Lt. Surge's Electabuzz
Erika's Vileplume

Not bad at all...

Match 3:
Me vs. Marc Phillips with a poorly built newbie Haymaker

I get a R's Scyther, rainbow energy, 2x DCEs, 3x PlusPowers!!!
He goes first with a Machop.  He attaches the fighting energy and passes.  I
draw a fighting energy.  I attach the rainbow as a grass energy and do my
Shadow thang.  He attaches another fighting energy and passes.  I draw
another fighting energy, put down the DCE, drop down a pluspower, and do a
blinding scythe for the win!!!

Match 4:
Me vs. Sean Phillips with deck pumped with potions and super potions

I get a Ditto, DCE, Nightly Garbage Run, Scyther, RSTG, and two grass
energies.  I start Scyther and bench Ditto.  I go first and he started a
fossil magmar.  Time to switch to Ditto A.S.A.P. !!!  I put down the DCE on
Ditto and Smog with the posion effect.  He potions his Magmar, and passes. 
I draw a GOW.  I put down a grass energy on a Scyther.  I smogged and
another heads.  He again potions and passes.  I draw a Hitmonchan and I yet
again Smog, so the posion kills him.

Between matches:

I built Sean a Magmar haymaker deck.  Sean went onto the next round, but
then his mom had to go so he had to quit.  I bought some more Gym Hero
packs.  I got a RSTG, Misty's Goldeen, Erica's Clefable, and a Rocket's
Trap.  The 3 Gym leaders there started to take interst into me so they all
challenged me to a match.

Match 5:
Me vs. Cascade Gym Leader with a Pojo style Rain Dance (i'm talking the same
cards EXACT!!!)

I start with a Ditto, R's Scyther, DCE, grass energy, fighting energy, and
two pluspowers.  I go first with R's Scyther out first.  She has out a
fossil Articuno with a benched base Squirtle.  I draw another pluspower,
drop the grass energy on R's Scyther, and do my little shadow thang.  She
draws, drops a water energy on Articuno, and passes. I draw a Nighly Garbage
Run.  I drop a DCE on R's Scyther and I did Blinding Scythe.  She draws,
breeds to Blastoise !!! @_@, drops 3 more water energies on Articuno, hits
heads on both the shadow effect and on the blizzard.  (I think Doll is right
on the statement on the cardboard Chansey coin... J/K J/K!!!)  I draw a R's
Hitmonchan and bench it.  I put the fighting energy on R's Hitmonchan.  I
kill Articuno with Blinding Scythe.  I get a RSTG for a prize.  He sends out
Blastoise.  He draws and benches a Seel.  He drops a water on Seel and
passes his turn.  I draw a GOW, place down RSTG while I see the smurks on
the other Gym leaders watch as I whup the Cascade Gym leader.  I drop two
pluspowers on R's Scyther, gust out the Seel and kill it.  I get another GOW
for a prize.  She again sends out the Blastoise.  He forfeits the match
because there was a very little chance she would have come back from that
situation.

Between matches:

The Cascade Gym leader gave me a free Misty's Tentcruel for beating her.  I
buy my final two Gym Hero packs.  I get a Brock's Sandslash and Brock's
Rhydon.  I only now need a Sabrina's Gengar to have the whole set of Gym
Hero!!!  The next Gym leader I fight is the Rainbow badge.

Match 6:
Me vs. Rainbow Gym leader

This was a QUICK match.  First turn win.  I go first and my hand is a
Hitmonchan, 2x fighting energy, R's Scyther, 3x pluspower.  I start the
Hitmonchan and bench the R's Scyther.  She only has an Erika's Oddish.  I
drop a fighting energy and 3 pluspowers on Hitmonchan and I jab the 40 HP
E's Oddish.

Between Matches:

The Rainbow Gym leader was shocked over that one!!!  She gave me an Erika
trainer (just what I always wanted!!! :p ).  The next match was turn two
kill.

Match 7(final match):
Me vs. Boulder Gym leader

I start with a Scyther, 2x Grass energy, DCE, and 3x GOW.  I go first and he
only gets out a Brock's Onix (lv. 41, i think).  I attach the grass energy
and swords dance.  He goes, attachs a Full Heal energy and gets no paralysis
with the bellow.  I draw a RSTG.  I drop the DCE and slash for the win.

The Boulder Gym leader gives me Brock's Sandslash.  I go to buy yet another
pack and I get a R's Moltres.  A kid trades me two Sabrina's Gengar for the
R's Moltres!!!  Well, I got first place.

First place:

box of Darkness Gym packs

The good rares I got out of the packs:  3x TR Mewtwo!!!, Giovanni's
Nidoking, Imakuni's Doduo, 4x Blaine's Arcanine, and 2x Blaine's Charizard.

Time for props and slops:

Props to:

MEGA ALPHA BETA GAMMA PROPS to my parents for taking me here
Gym leaders for good matches
sweet prize for tourney
AWESOME packs throughout the day
MEGAPROPS to kid who traded the Sabrina's Gengars
the promo cards i got today:  3x Eevee, 3x Meowth, and 3x Telekinesis Mewtwo
to you for reading this
Pojo, you rock!!!
KittyFox, keep those stories coming
KittyFox's Vulpix, my Pokemon want to say hello
Scyther: Scy, Scy, Scy!!!
Hitmonchan: Mon Chan!!!
Ditto: DITTO!!!

Slops to:

me for not being able to find the damage swap deck
sean for having to leave (he probably would have got 3rd or so)
austin beck for not challenging me again because I whupped him last time


Well, if you have comments on my report or deck e mail me at

chrish86@hotmailc.om
Chris Howard

P.S. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE POST THIS!!! IT TOOK ME 2 HOURS TO TYPE
THIS WITH ALL THE DELAYS SUCH AS EATING AND DOING CHORES AND FALLLING ASLEEP
AT TIMES...drifts off ZZZzZZZzZZZz

(shakes head)

HUH?

Must have dozed off... oh well.  Please post this Pojo and keep the mag and
site the way they are because they rock!!!




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