The King and I
by John Chimento
@Gamers Guild
Glens Falls, NY
Saturday 01/06/2001
32 Participants

The King and I - I got this name from the all time great movie with
Yul
Brenner.  The King in this deck is SlowKing and the I is Sneasal.
Basically it is a lock deck using Chaos Gym and multiple Slow Kings on
the
bench for trainer denial.  I get to pick and choose which one of my
opponents trainers I want to play. Gamers Guild holds weekly free
Saturday
tournaments from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00p.m.  They just recently dropped the
amount in prizes due to lack of attendance.  1st prize was $25 now it
is
down to $15 :-(.  It is a 4 round swiss tournament the best 2 out of 3
with a 30 min. time limit for each round.  3 points for a win. Without
further adieu:

Pokemon (17)
3 NG Slowpoke
3 SlowKing
3 Sneasal
3 Ditto
3 Chansey
2 Cleffa

 Energy (28)
16 Psychic
4 DCE
4 FHE
4 Dark

Trainers (15) - Hey look its almost Prop 15-3c viable!
4 Chaos Gym
4 Misty's Wrath
3 Lass
2 CPU Search
2 Prof. Elm


Round 1 vs. Jon Q. with Standard Haymaker
Jon was playing a standard Hay which consisted of MP Mewtwo,
Electabuzz,
Lt. Surge Electabuzz, and Scyther.
Match 1: I go first and use both Misty's Wrath and then play Chaos Gym
and
fill my bench with Sneasal active versus his MP Mewtwo.  I attach one
dark
and Fury Swipes for 30. He attaches energy to Mewtwo and benches
Electabuzz. Turn 2 I evolve 1 Slowking attach a second Dark to Sneasal
and
knock out MP Mewtwo with Beat Up.  He sends out Buzz and Thundershocks
for
10 with paralyzation.  I play a Full Heal on Sneasal and knock out
Buzz
with Beat Up.

Match 2:  Even quicker than the first.  He starts with MP Mewtwo
> versus
> my
> > > Chansey. He discards 2 psychic with CPU and attaches 1 psychic to
> Mewtwo
> > > and energy absorbs.  I play Cleffa on my bench and Chaos Gym and then
> > > attach a DCE and successfully Scrunch.  He tries to Gust Cleffa but
> fails
> > > and passes.  I attach another DCE and Double-Edge for the win.
> > >
> > > Record 2-0
> > > Points 3
> > >
> > > Round 2 vs. Joe M. with Raindance
> > > Joe M. is one of those cocky teenagers you just want to lose to put
> back
> > > in their place.  Before the tourney started he needed to trade for
> Wooper.
> > > He gave me 3 Dark Blaistoise non-holo for 4 1st edition Woopers.
> > > Match 1:  I go first.  I start with Sneasal with Chansey and Slowpoke
> on
> > > the bench.  My hand is 2 Dark energies, 1 DCE and 1 Misty's Wrath.  I
> > > Wrath and keep Chaos and Slowking.  I play Chaos and Joe had to read
> the
> > > card cause he didn't know what it did.  He said oh sh**t.  I then
> showed
> > > him Slowking and he was so ticked.  I play one Dark on Sneasal and do
> 20
> > > to his Wooper.  He draws and benches Squirtle.  He uses Amnesia on
> Fury
> > > Swipes.  Thank you.  I draw and evolve SlowKing and place another Dark
> > > energy for Beat Up.  I knock out Wooper.  He attempts to Oak and
> fails,
> he
> > > then attempts to Breeder and fails, he attempts a second breeder and
> > > fails.  He tries to paralyze with 10 damage but that fails.  He gets
> so
> > > pissed at this point that he tries to cheat and sneak another Squirtle
> on
> > > his bench.  I called the judge and that was game.
> > >
> > > Record 4-0
> > > Points 6
> > >
> > > Round 3 vs. McGuffry with Active Stall
> > > McGuffry isnt his real name but that's what he uses in the tournament.
> > > His deck was an Active Stall utilizing the likes of F.Magmar,
> Lickitung,
> > > Chansey, Scyther, and Wooper.
> > > Match 1:  Stallmate for about 10 turns with my Ditto versus his
> Wooper.
> > > We keep on Amnesia Slam.  I have 2 Slowpokes on my bench but no Chaos,
> > > Wrath, Slowking, or Sneasal in site.  I draw  Cleffa and start EEKing
> > > until I get what I need.  My lock is finally on with Chaos and 2
> SlowKings
> > > and then Beat Up with Sneasal. To win by prizes.
> > > Match 2:  I go first and set up for total lock by Turn 2.  I play
> Chaos
> > > and Sneasal active with 2 Slowpokes and Cleffa on the bench.  I lay
> one
> > > Dark and Fury Swipes his Wooper for 20.  He uses Amnesia on Fury
> Swipes.
> > > I evolve 1 Slowking and Beat Up for the win.
> > >
> > > Record 6-0
> > > Points 9
> > >
> > > Final Round 4 vs. Mary K. with Clefable Kinder deck
> > > Mary K. played a Clefable deck with Blaine's Charmander for built in
> > > energy removal with Kinder and F. Magmar and BS Charmeleon.  My worst
> > > nightmare with Clefable copying Sneasal and built in energy removal
> with
> > > Blaine's Charmander.
> > > Match 1:  I start off terrible like Mulliganing 3 times in a row.  I
> start
> > > with Chansey to his Blaine's Charmander and BS Clefairy on his bench.
> I
> do
> > > go first and attache DCE and Scrunch unsuccessful. He Kinders my DCE.
> I
> > > attach Psychic to Chansey and pass. He kinders that and evolves his
> > > benched Clefairy into Clefable. He finally runs out of fire energy and
> I
> > > pump up Chansey and I double-edge his Charmander.  He sends out
> Clefable
> > > and benches another Charmander.  He Metronomes Double-edge to knock us
> > > both out and he wins due to benching me.  First loss of the day.
> > > Match 2: I was able to Chaos on turn 2 and Slowking on the bench with
> > > Sneasal up front to Beat Up both of his Clefairys to win second match.
> > > Match 3:  Who ever wins this wins the tournament.  Same as match 2.
> Lock
> > > on turn 2 with Slowking and Beat Up with Sneasal to come in 1st place!
> > >
> > > Record 8-1
> > > Points 12
> > >
> > > Thanks for reading please contact me at AN7710@dfa.state.ny.
> > >
> > > P.S. I redeemed my 1st place credit and got 5 NEO Genesis 1st edition
> > > boosters.  In those packs I got 1 Holo Metal energy, 1 Holo Heracross,
> 1
> > > Cleffa, 1 energy Charge, and 1 Murkrow.