Johto-mon (fire/grass/water)
By: Samantha Medeiros
M-Class Worlds
Brockton, Massachusetts
Saturday, March 17, 2001
About 8 participants

    This was a DCI sanctioned tournament. There were three rounds, and the
winner of each round was the best 2 out of 3 games. We paid a $5 admission
fee, but we got a first edition Neo: Genesis booster back (the rest of the
money went toward the prize: store credit). This was my first time here, and
I was clueless on what people were playing (but Michael Pierce, 1st in MA and
56th global was here ::gulp::), so I tried this just-for-fun deck:

POKEMON-17
3 Chikorita
2 Bayleef
3 Cyndaquil
2 Quilava
3 Totodile
2 Croconaw
2 Erika's Dratini
TRAINERS-17
3 Professor Oak
3 Bill
1 Item Finder
2 NGR
3 Gold Berry
1 Chaos Gym
2 CPU Search
2 GoW
ENERGY-26
7 Grass energy
8 Fire energy
8 Water energy
3 DCE

ROUND 1, GAME 1 vs. Greg w/Stall-like Aerodactyl deck (I'm so sorry if I got
the name wrong...)
I don't remember much from this game, but I think we started Chikorita vs.
Ditto. Anyway, on-what?-maybe turn 10 or so I got creamed from lack of bench
pokemon and having the wrong evolutions all the time.
Round: 0-0-1  Tournament: 0-0-0

ROUND 1, GAME 2 vs Greg w/(same)
I believe I started with Chikorita again vs. a Snorlax (*REALLY* not sure).
Either way, we went back and forth, grabbing  a prize or two, when about a
third of the way through I got out a fully loaded Quilava with a Gold berry
and took three prizes. Aerodactyl came out on the bench and Quilava died
from, er, I truly don't remember, but he died. I managed to hang on without
evolving to lose by decking.
Round: 0-0-1 Tournament: 0-0-1

ROUND 2, GAME 1 vs James (again, sorry if the name's wrong) w/mono-grass with
Venusaur and Erika's Victreebell ::pant, pant::
I was lucky! I drew 2 Cyndaquil and a Quilava in my opening hand and three
fire energy (LUCKY!). He started with an Erika's Bellsprout (40HP) against,
of course, Cyndaquil. I Fireworked it, another one, and a Bulbasaur to death
for an easy win.
Round: 1-0-0 Tournament: 0-0-1

ROUND 2, GAME 2 vs James w/(same)
This was a loss for me. I started with a Totodile (I think) with Chikorita
benched, against another Erika's Bellsprout (40HP). I attached a Gold Berry
to defend the grass-weak water beastie (I loove saying that ^_^) and Fury
Swiped it down, but I was poisoned. He got out both Venusaur and (::big
gulp::) Erika's Victreebell and Razor Leafed my pokemon out of the game. He
won.
Round: 1-0-1 Tournament: 0-0-1

ROUND 2, GAME 3 vs James w/(same)
This would decide if I could even do reasonable in the tourney. My memory is
*gone*; I believe I started with 'Quil again, against-um-E's Bellsprout?
Anyway, we both got an edge (he got out Victreebell, I got out Quilava w/Gold
Berry). I Charred his Venusaur and Victreebell, and I eventually won on
prizes.
Round: 2-0-1 Tournament: 1-0-1

ROUND 3, GAME 1 vs Vinny w/Modified Zap! deck
No offense, but I felt an easy win. He started with (sorry...::snort::) Base
Set Gastly (sorry again...::uncontrolable giggles::). I fried the thing, and
his Cleffa, and his Pikachu, and his Jynx, and his Magnamite, and his Gengar
to win on prizes.
Round: 1-0-0 Tournament: 1-0-1

ROUND 3, GAME 2 vs Vinny w/(same)
I got an early edge and he forfeited right before I would have won since he
had to leave (and since I would have won anyway and [I guess] he saw no point
in sitting around for it [maybe?]).
Round: 2-0-0 Tournament: 2-0-1

Well, I never found out how I placed, but I had a 75% win rating. That is
good, right? For a just-for-fun deck?

Props to...
*My mom for taking me
*John Thorne (the coordinator) for giving us cupcakes and cheddar crackers
*John again for raffling off a Japanese Nidoqueen even though I didn't win it
*Me for doing good with a pretty bad deck
*The BS2 booster that I bought because it had a Charizard
*Vinny for selling me an Elekid for a dollar
*Bayleef for saving my neck
*Quilava for *REALLY* saving my neck
*My deck for being better than advertised

Slops to...
*My Neo pack for getting another Kingdra
*Vinny for purposely being slow and loud in the match to tick me off
*Vinny again for trying to draw extra cards when I was talking to Greg, who
was playing next to me at the time
*James for selling me another needed Elekid for $2.50 (::shaking fist:: Wise
guy...)
*Erika's Victreebell for being so evil
*The M:TG players for being so loud and ordering pizza without getting us some

Samantha Medeiros
SamMede129@aol.com