Magmar Lock - by Bob Havlovic
STS Qualifier at Spring Hill Mall - IL
Saturday 23, 2000
This was a huge tourney With people from around the world and there was I
think 45 people in my tourney.
Jap. cards legal if you have a translation in English
1st tournament (11:45) - Ages 15+

Hey I'm Bob Havlovic, I won the first tournament of the day..I won a purple
Game Boy, 36x Gym Heroes Booster Packs, The Pokemon Trading Card Game,
Pokemon T-shirt, and a Pokemon Hat and the invitation to New Jersey to play
in the STS. Overall the players that I encountered were real good. I met a
lot of other great Pokemon players besides my  friends (Colin, Bilal, Jon,
Swoll, Methane Man, Cory , Vince, Justin)  while at the STS Qualifiers I met
Josh which I helped him make his sponge deck better which later won him the
11-14 age group. I also met a new friend named Kane who I beat in the second
day of play which he later entered into the last tournament of the day and
got screwed out of the win (to bring him into the 3rd round) because the
judge called time at the same time he said go so that his opponent could draw
a card which would make him lose the game. I really had a good time at the
STS Qualifier.... Now to the Great deck that won me it all!!
 
I normaly play a different version of this deck because I know that everyone
thought that Ditto would be every where and would either play goop gas or
(movie) Mewtwo which would take ditto out very easily. I changed my deck just
for this environment and here are the changes:
w/ 2x- Ditto instead of Lickitung and 1x- Brock's Rhyhorn more
no Goop Gas and only 1x- Pokemon Center and 1x- Lass for these 3 cards I put
in
1x- Fire Energy and 2x-Nightly Garbage Run

Deck-(vairanint of  Active Stall)

4x- Magmar
3x- Lickitung
1x- Chansey
3x- Scyther
1x- Brock's Rhyhorn  60 H.P.

12x- Fire Energy
4x- Double Colorless Energy

2x- Super Energy Removal
4x- Energy Removal
4x- Scoop Up
2x- Pokemon Center
1x- Goop Gas
1x- Gust of Wind
2x- Lass
3x- Computer Search
3x- Item Finder
4x- Professor Oak
2x- Nightly Garbage Run
4x- Plus Power

Round #1 (1-0)
Me vs. Jeff Bernard (friend)
This was one of my better matches all day. I know Jeff because he use to come
to the tournaments that I go to like Gotham City , and Heros Unlimited but
for some reason he doesn't come to these tournaments any more (I think he is
trying to avoid me and my friends) but I did see him this Thursday at wizards
of the coast in the Woodfield mall (their now having tourneys Thursday's and
we need more people to play) Now the game he was playing Mewtwo, Chancey,
Scyther, and I think Ditto. I started the game with a  scyther and a
lickitung and he started with a Mewtwo and Chancy. He picked away my pokemon
1 by 1 and in the mean time he had oaked 3 times which this made him down on
cards with like 10 min. left in the game. He had me on prizes (2 to 6) but
now he gave me the chance to stall him out of cards. Next thing you know I
was getting in my grove with lickitung and magmar... scoop uping and pokemon
centering to keep my pokemon alive. While I was slowly picking away his cards
and pokemon. Jeff didn't have much time so he had to make a final move he
kept trying to power up chancy to double edge his way to victory but I shut
down that plan by energy removaling and supering it so he could never get
enough energy to double edge me. I won by decking him with like 2 min. left.

Round #2 (2-0)
Me vs. Some nice Lady (didn't know her name)
She was playing a psychic deck with jynx, Jiggleypuff, Wiggleytuff,
Kanghaskhan, and movie Mewtwo. I was sitting pretty this match because people
who play psychic Pokemon don't do very well against me because almost all of
my deck has resistance to psychic pokemon. (**I made this deck because of
this I knew that Mewtwo would be all around the tournament). Now to the
game... she started the game with Kanghaskhan and a Jynx and I started with a
Magmar and a Lickitung. She went first and started to fetch with Kanghaskhan
for like 10 turns (she kept using super potions to keep him alive)  until I
had killed it with Magmar. In the middle of the game the prizes were 3 to 5
in my favor and I was also up on cards. I used plus powers and gust of winds
to grab all of my prizes to win the game.

Round #3 (3-0)
Me vs. Poke James (Team Hay-Breaker)
James is a better trader than a player...but he was playing Trap with Scyther
and Chancy so anything could happen. We both drew 7 cards but he didn't have
basic pokemon and I did so I took 2 extra and they were 2 basics (Lickitung &
Scyther). I was very happy because when you vs. a Trapper deck you need alot
of basics so when they trap away your hand you'll have basics to live for a
while. The game started in his favor because ya know he was playing trapper
but whenever he went to trap me he always flipped tails. So that allowed me
to have energy in my hand which I laid a fire onto Lickitung and wrapped my
way to victory. I could counter everything he did if he swords dances I would
either Energy Removal or get heads on the Tung Rap. I took all of my prizes
(0-5) and there was still like 10 min. to go so I looked around to see who my
next opponent was. Crap its my friend Colin (I go to all the tournaments
around my house with him and we are good friends) NOT GOOD: ( 

Round #4 (4-0)
Me vs. Colin (Friend)
We were both happy that we got as far as we did but everyone could tell that
we wanted more. The winner of this match we both knew would crush the
Raindance in the final round even though we were both playing the all most
same kind of deck Fire pokemon with a lot of colorless pokemon. (The only
differnce between our decks are that he plays 4x- Chancy and I play 3x-
Lickitung and 1x- Brock's Rhyhorn) We both made our decks together and have
been planning and playing them for months. Now to the game he started with a
Scyther and a Chancy vs. my Magmar and Lickitung I went first. I kept smoking
him and scooping up all the time and centering all the time. For him to keep
up with me he had to Oak like 3 times to keep me at bay and from taking all
my prizes. He had nothing and I eventually ran him out of cards... YES FINAL
ROUND!!

Round #5 (5-0)
Me vs. Kid (RainDance)
This kid said he knew me and that I beat him 2 times before this. He said he
didnt have a chance and that everyone knew who was going to win! I was
suprised and I just said anything could happen we started the game I got a
Magmar and nothing to get out of this situation (I was worried) he started
with a Articuno and laid an energy and a No Energy Removal Gym... then said
go. I drew a plus power... I laid a fire energy and plus power... I energy
removaled with an Item Finder and a Nightly Garbage Run...then I finished my
turn by smoking for 20 damage. He drew his card (I was thinking oh god here
he goes) but he did nothing and ended his turn without doing anything. Next
turn I laid an another Fire energy and smogged but got tails of poison check.
He drew his card and im like (come on draw nothing) well I was right he ended
his turn without doing anything again. I drew my card lickitung I remembered
that all I needed was heads and I would win the game I sat back in my chair
and said outloud "GIVE ME HEADS" I rolled the dice and it spun and it stopped
and it was 6 and I won I was shocked!

After I won the Fifth round the wizards of the coast people took down my
information and gave me my prizes (Im still shocked that I won it was to
easy). After wining and getting my prizes I went straight to get some free
boster packs from king of the hill. Overall the day was great and im going to
come back tomorrow

My name is Bob Havlovic and my email address is XGANGREL1@AOL.COM