Blaine's Bench Burial
by: Muk007
Pojo's IRC League
Underdog's Gym Block no FTKO Tournament
10 Ladder Bux Entry Fee
3/24/01
18 People

Well, I've finally been able to work Apprentice properly. After 5 months
of stillness, Muk007 explodes with his debut in a specialized tournament.


The rules:
1. Only cards from Gym: Heroes and Challenge
2. No Erika's Jigglypuff, TR Zapdos, Chaos Gym, or Blaine's Quiz #1.
3. You must have 2 of either a trainer or Pokemon with a gym leader's
name in it. However, you can substitute Giovanni's spot for Rocket's
since Giovanni's all suck (Underdog is so cool!)[Editor's Note: Yes, Underdog really is super-cool!!] (it sounds confusing and
just see my deck to figure it out)
4. No First Turn Kills.
5. In the beginning, you MUST have 2 basics. If you only have 1, put it
into the active spot, shuffle your hand into your deck, and your opponent
draws 2 cards. But if you both have the same problem, neither draws EXTRA
cards but still shuffle their hands into their decks.
6. DCE, PE, FHE, and Rainbow Energy are allowed.

I decided B.Rapidash can be powerful with the bench hitting theme and
with that idea I thought about Blaine's Charmeleon. Thus,

BLAINE'S BENCH BURIAL:

P-22
4 Bl. Ponyta Lv.13----------------Blaine part
4 Bl. Rapidash
3 Bl. Charmander (Kindle)
3 Bl. Charmeleon
2 Brock's Lickitung (BBP)------------Brock part
2 Rocket's Moltres-----------Giovanni OR Rocket part
2 Brock's Vulpix (Hypnotic Gaze)
2 Koga's Pidgey (Messenger)-------------Koga part

T-19 (remember-only gym, therefore, Oak and the such were not allowed)
3 Sabrina's Gaze--------------Sabrina part
2 Lt. Surge-----------Lt.Surge part (this card actually did good for
me!!!!)
2 Erika-----------Erika part
2 Masterball
3 Secret Mission
2 Misty's Wrath------------Misty Part
2 Cinnabar City Gym
3 Blaine (very good card that I couldn't have won without)
   
E-19
1 FHE
4 DCE
14 Fire

Get Bl. Rapidash out turn 2 and start hitting the bench. Power up Bl.
Charmeleon to come in fast (because of Rapidash's free retreat) to clean
em up on the bench. Use Blaine to power them up quicker.

Start the tourney!!!!

Round 1: Bye
My first game in my first online tourney is a bye....Cool :)
1-0

Round 2 vs.Omega(something) w/ Erika's Vileplume and G. Gyarados
He starts up killing me with status effects with Erika's Oddish. The
whole game, I couldn't get enough energy. Fourth Turn, he gets out
Erika's Vileplume and starts the massacre. With him healing himself and
confusing me, I had no chance. Eventually, I killed his Erika's Vile but
then I FORGOT TO PUT DOWN CINNABAR CITY GYM!!!! Then he sent up G.
Gyarados and killed my Rapidash due to weakness.
1-1

Round 3 vs. Master_Lugia w/ Blaine's Ninetales and Brock's Sandslash
Lv.34
This was a VERY weird match for me. We used ERIKA 10 TIMES O_o!!!!!! By
turn 5, we both had like 20 cards left in our decks!!! I once had 20
CARDS IN  MY HAND!!!! Unfortunately, He got a LOT of lucky flips (dang
rigged Apprentice coins!). Blaine's Ninetales was killing me. Finally I
was trapped by a Brock's Sandslash that kept poisoning me. I got rid of
it a couple of times due to Rapid's free retreat. But it wasn't enough. I
got out Blaine's Charmeleon and only got 1 heads. I'm telling you, I HATE
THE APPRENTICE COIN!!!!! He beat me pretty good :(
1-2

Between Matches: I had the chance to withdraw myself from the tournament
cause I had NO chance of making it to the finals. But Underdog convinced
me to stay and play for fun and I'm glad I did :)

Round 4 vs. Prudence_Moon w/ Sabrina deck
He started with Rocket's Scyther and I started off with Blaine's Ponyta.
He goes first (the whole day I went second). He uses Shadow Images. I
draw and attach a DCE to B. Ponyta, Hind Kick, flip for Shadow Images and
get heads-40 damage!!! He goes puts down S. Gastly Lv.10 and attaches a
Psy energy to Sabrina's Venonat which he already had on his bench. He
shadow Images after putting down a Saffron City Gym. I draw and get a
second turn Blaine's Rapidash, KOing Scyther, and doing 10 to each
benched. He sends up S. Gastly, attaches an energy and passes. I draw,
put down Cinnabar City Gym, do Stamp, get heads, do 40 damage and 10 to
each benched. Skip a few turns, Gastly is dead and he sends up Sabrina's
Venomoth and confuses me. I burn through half my deck searching for my
lone FHE, finally get it after using Sabrina's Gaze. I attach it to B.
Rapidash, and kill his Venomoth due to his weakness. All this time, I've
been hitting the bench a LOT!!! Eventually, I have a chance to get 2 KO's
in one shot but the flip fails (I hate the Apprentice coin!). It ends up
my SAME Blaine's Rapidash I used the entire game kills his Sabrina's
Haunter for the easy win 6-0!!!
2-2

Final Round vs. my new online friend Entei_Thunderboltzz w/ almost same
deck-
He had a major disadvantage. I got out Blaine's Rapidash turn 2 and was
massacring his bench. He had to go eat (it was 11:00 PM) so he forfeited.
I didn't want to win that way but oh well. I was winning 3-0 anyways :)
Final Record:
3-2

I had a good comeback. I think DMS_Beedrill won with his Giovanni's
Nidoking deck. I feel lucky I didn't have to play him. I got 8th tieing
with 5 other people for second. I would've got higher placing, but I
signed up as the 17th player. So, um, yeah. I won 9 Bux and there was a
10 Ladderbux entry fee, which wasn't bad at all. I only lost 1 buck. All
in all, Rocket's Moltres, Brock's Lickitung, and Koga's Pidgey were a bad
idea. I NEVER used them. Now......

Props/Slops!!!!
Props to.....
Underdog for organizing the tournament and creating such a fun format.
Blaine's Rapidash for kicking serious butt
All my opponents except Prudence_Moon (look in slops)
The Format-I'm getting sick of R. Zapdos
Apprentice for being just plain fun
Erika the card for being good card drawing machine when no Oaks were
allowed
Case's Ladder-After the tourney, I went from 650 to 194!!!
Annie Mako-a girl I know-for being hot
Britney Spears-GUESS!
Spring Break
Gemeni Jedi
Dark Muk
To whoever posts this-cause last time I said Scott and it was Doll so I'm
really confused....lol

SLOPS to....
MyLeague-ask anyone at the tournament--It took like 30 minutes to
download the matches!!!
Prudence_Moon for being a bad sport 
Omnislash84 for dropping his Dk. Muk deck (haha)

Well, thanks for reading this!!!

Apprentice name: Muk007

AIM: Dude74800

Email address to talk about cards but NOT DECKS!: Dude748@juno.com

Email address for deck fixes that you don't want posted at my and
Murkrow's site: MuksMayhem@juno.com

Email address (yes, I have 3!) for decks that need a fix THAT WILL
POSSIBLY BE POSTED ON OUR SITE: Muk007@homestead.com

Phew....I know....I have a lot of internet things!!!

P.S. This was a deck made specifically for that tournament. I am not
excepting fixes of this deck.

Bye...and have fun!!!