PSYCHIC ASSAULT
By Damon Martin
401 Convenience
Toronto, Ontario
Saterday December 16
20 people
Hi everyone at pojo! Me again with another killer deck report. I changed my deck around since last time , mainly taking out my Electabuzzes for more pokemon that easily take out Clefairies and Jigglypuffs. The strategy is still the same though. The idea is to get Mewtwo powered up first turn and attacking the next. Ditto and Gligar are here for backup. The players at this tourney are good, unlike mattress outlet. Anyway, here's the deck
 
4x Mewtwo (Promo #3)
3x Ditto
3x Gligar
 
9x Psychic Energy
4x D.C.E (Double Colourless Energy)
2x Full heal Energy
 
3x Bill
4x Oak
3x Gust of wind (G.O.W)
3x Energy Removal (E.R)
3x Super Energy Removal (S.E.R)
2x Scoop up
2x Resistance Gym
3x Computer Search
3x Item Finder
3x +Power
4x Rockets Sneak Attack (R.S.A)
2x Mr. Fugi
 
 
ROUND 1 vs. David L.
I' v never seen this kid before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I started off with mewtwo, and a ditto on my bench. He started off with a articuno, and a benched squirtle. I go first. In my hand is an oak, some NRG, and a G.O.W. I used a G.O.W on the squirtle, and then I oaked. I got a decent hand , and then absorbed. He draws and passes. I use some R.S.A's, which I had been storing in my hand. I took away his breeders, attached a +power and knocked out the squirtle. He brought up articuno, attached an NRG, and oaked. He laid down 2 squirtles, and a lickitung. Again I striped him of his breeders, this time using a couple oaks and Item finders. Then I knocked out 1 squirtle. He sends out his lickitung and attaches an NRG to his articuno, and passes. I S.E.R the articuno, and knock out the remaining squirtle. He sends out his lickitung, and doesn't paralyze. i retreat for gligar and a few turns and full heal NRGs later, the lickitung is knocked out. He sent out some articuno's, but ditto took them out.
 
 ROUND 2 vs. Vijay
I'v played this guy before, so this shouldn't be that hard an opponent. He plays a mewtwo/hitmonchan deck. I start off with a soilitary ditto, him a mewtwo, and a TR mewtwo and hitmonchan on his bench. He goes first, oaks, and get a fully powered mewtwo. I E.R the mewtwo twice, and get a fully powered ditto. I don't have much to say  about this battle, because ditto never  moved out of the active position. His mewtwo's all fell to ditto.The only  damage ditto got was from his hitmonchan, which ditto knocked out in two turns.
 
ROUND 3 vs Some guy
This was a short battle. He started off with some TR zapdos, me with a mewtwo. I went first. In my hand was an computer search, some NRGs, a E.R, a R.S.A, and 1 +power. I Searched for an oak, ravaged his hand, and absorbed. He placed an NRG on zapdos, and used plasma. I attached an NRG to ditto and psyburned. He used plasma again. I attached another NRG to ditto and knocked out the zapdos. He promoted the other R. zapdos, attached a +power, and knocked out my mewtwo. I brought ditto, placed down a D.C.E, and burnt his electric bird to a fine crisp. He sent out a fossil zapdos and stalled for a few turns using super potion. I played the waiting game, and eventually the flying yellow chicken went down in flames.
 
ROUND 4 vs Andrew (I think)
He started off with a scyther, and a benched hitmonchan. I had a lone mewtwo. He retreated for a jigglypuff, which he laid down, and pounded. I oaked, E.Red the jigglypuff then scooped up mewtwo, and promoted gligar from the bench. gligar took out the jigglypuff in a couple turns, only to be taken down by a wigglytuff. I S.E.Red the wigglytuff, and he did the same to my ditto. We sat for a while without NRG, and there was a lot of E.R, scoop up, and defensive playing. He was able to get his offence rolling faster than I did, so he got the upper hand. The game went back and forth with prizes, untill we were down to one each. I had just knocked out a scyther with my ditto, and he had brought out a damaged wigglytuff. He laid down a D.C.E on it, attached a +power, and oaked. I could tell he didn't get another +power or itemfinder because of the look on his face. He  looked though his discard pile, and accordind to that, he had one itemfinder left. It was either in his prize pile or the last card in his deck. He took a chance and billed. It was the item finder. Dang.
 
ROUND 5 vs Some other guy
This battle was a 2 turn k.o. He opened with a hitmonchan vs my mewtwo. I snuck the trainers out of his hand, and absorbed. you can guess the following.
 
Oh well. I didn't do to bad. I was in the top four so I got a nice prize. a base 2 starter set, 2 Gym Challenge boosters, and an oversized pikachu. My brother Nathaniel (A.K.A. bulbasaur 5) won a deck case, and deck sleeves. It was fun day, so thanks for reading.
 
now for the props and slops
 
props to 401 convenience, for hosting the tournament
props to the players
props to Andrew( I think. Dang, I see you every tourney, yet I sill can't remember your name) for the really challenging game
props to chicken burgers
slops to mattress outlet (the players there aren't challenging enough)
slops to people who use charizard/alakazam decks
E-mail me at cmcknight@interhop.net and tell what you think
this is Damon signing off