HitmonWiggly (Fighting/Colorless)
Michael Lucas
Pokemon League (Toys R Us)
West Mifflin, PA
2-25-01
23 People out of the 24 signed up
HitmonWiggly:
Pokemon: 15
4 Jigglypuff
4 Wigglytuff
3 Cleffa (increase Basic count)
3 Hitmonchan
1 Scyther
Trainers 32:
3 Oak
3 Search
3 Item Finder
3 RSA
3 TRT
3 Energy Removal
2 No Removal Gym
4 Pluspower (Gee, I wonder why this is the only Trainer I have 4 of…)
3 Gold Berry
1 Focus Band
2 NGR
2 GOW
Energy: 13
8 Fighting Energy
4 DCE
1 Full Heal Energy
15 + 32 + 13 = 60
Strategy: Wiggly by Turn 2. If not possible, Cleffa opening, drawing
and
using cards until no longer possible, Eeeeeek, then Wiggly on Turn 3.
If not possible, Hitmonchan opening and doing 20 a turn, and Wiggly on turn 3
or 4.
RSA, TRT, Removal, and Gust make the opponent re-think their strategy, and No
Removal Gym protects my DCE. Gold Berry is quite useful here.
Note: We played 4 prizes all day.
Note 2: I used my Challenge for ALL matches (Opponent needs 2 fewer
prizes),
so they only had to get 2 to win.
Note 3: No haymakers of any sort were played. Any noteworthy cards
will be
put in their respected matches.
These matches are not in order, but are in their entirety.
5 Matches: HitmonWiggly vs. Tom with Fighting/Grass
Match 1: Opponent had Gligar, I had Hitmonchan. A single basic
seemed
common with him. I was able to retreat Hitmonchan and get Wiggly out
A.S.A.P. He actually used Oak and Bill (finally, intelligent trainers at
League.) Although he could have this game, he did not take one prize.
Match 2: He only got 1 basic. I had Cleffa. I used Oak to get
Jiggly down
and attach DCE, retreat, and pound for 20. The game went downhill for him
from there.
Match 3: My only loss of the day. He got a Pokemon out that did 40
damage a
turn (it wasn't fighting, I just can't remember the name. It's hardly used
though). I had drawn 2 prizes, him 1. He needed one more to finish.
I put
Cleffa out and Eeeeeeked, hoping he would flip tails. He got heads,
costing
me 10 points and my pride.
Match 4 and 5: Details are sketchy here. He only got 1 or 2 basics,
and if
he did Oak to fill his bench, I was able to destroy weak basics in these
matches with Wiggly.
4-1
Match 6: HitmonWiggly vs. Bill with Fire/Electric deck
Hitmonchan vs. Mareep and one benched. You do the math.
5-1
(2 matches) HitmonWiggly vs. A.J. with Water deck
Match 7: Again, details are sketchy. Cleffa opening against 1 basic.
Searched for Oak, retreated to a Jiggly I had put down, and it's a blur from
there.
6-1
Match 8: Repeat match 7. Opponent benched out again.
7-1
Match 9: HitmonWiggly vs. Kerry with Water deck (Misty modification)
This deck may have did some good damage, but she was young and took no prizes.
8-1
Match 10: HitmonWiggly vs. Cory with Electric/Colorless
Turn two Wigglytuff took all 4 prizes from weak basics.
9-1
Match 11: HitmonWiggly vs. Lee Weber (I sit next to him in lunch at West
Mifflin Area High School) with Grass-Water deck
Weak basics vs. Cleffa. Oak, put down basics, retreat to Jiggly...pound...
10-1
After the match I FINALLY convinced him to pool his resources and create a
Wiggly deck at least by next 5-week session.
Match 12: HitmonWiggly vs. Brian with Grass deck
OMG someone besides Tom actually drew a prize! I got nervous once his
Venusaur took a prize, but I was eventually able to destroy it for the win.
11-1
Match 13: HitmonWiggly vs. Jim with Potpurri (5 types, but focus on
Psychic)
He had WAY too much card drawing. He used Master Ball...when he already
had
a FULL BENCH! If he could put Wiggly in this deck... HIs Sabrina's Abra
KOed
one of my Hitmonchan in 2 turns, but nothing Wiggly couldn't force to do no
damage and then kill. Won by prizes.
12-1
Match 14: HitmonWiggly vs. Jim again, but with Fire-Fighting deck
Same problem. Too many basics, not enough energy, no card drawing. I
get
Wiggly out within 3 turns again and take out the basic parade.
13-1
Matches 15-19: HitmonWiggly vs. John (young kid) with Neo deck
At least he had SOME intelligence...he played Cleffa. and OAK. (My
god,
smart people!) This person was determined to keep battling me (with weak
basics, I might add) until he beat me or until Legaue ended. Guess which
happened first.
18-1
All the matches were practically the same.
Trap/Sneak didn't come into play that much except for getting rid of any
energy the opponent might have had. No Removal Gym hurt my opponent ONE
time. (They removed a DCE off of Wiggly, I played one out of my hand on my
turn and Waved again for a bench-out)
Gold Berry and Focus Band had their place.
Also, I traded a Rocket's Zapdos for a Bellossom, Togetic, and a Super Energy
Retrieval. (God I love those multi-rares and holos for one trade) I
never
run the Zap anyway, so...
I also took the Coach test for the first time and passed. (I missed a
question about what cards are illegal in a deck and one about a confused
Charmander, but I made the cut nonetheless)
YES, ALL of these matches were in 1 League session.
Even though I kept winning, everyone wanted to play me because I'm 17 and I
like Pokemon. I was never kept waiting more than 2 minutes for a match.
(Then again, most of my matches didn't take more than 4.)
Props to:
My Aunt Sharan for picking up 15 1st ed. Neo boosters @ $3 each
Sharan again for taking me to Wal-mart afterwards so I could buy 22 Jungle
Boosters @ $1 each (and I only got 1 *$%#ing Wiggly by the way...10 holos,
but 1 Wiggly...)
Everyone for playing me
The gym leader for stamping BOTH promo stickers in the back when he could
have just done one
John at the end for repeatedly giving me short victories that tacked 100
points onto my total
Tom for the same reason, and for proving my deck can be beat
Me, for getting more points in one day than anyone ever before
Wigglytuff
Slops to:
Jim's overkill of Pokemon
Me, for getting my first loss
Wizards for eliminating the 15+ bracket of the STS (And I was planning to go
for my first time this time! Hopefully this will be reversed.)
18 wins (20 points each) + 1 loss (10 points) + Taking up a chair (10) +
Trading the cards (10) + attendance (10) = 400 points in one day, the highest
total in the history of this league.
Questions? Comments? (For the people who were there) Inaccuracies in
this
deck report?
E-mail me at MewtwoStruckBack@aol.com