STS Qualifier
Kissimmee, FL
The Strategy Center
Osceola Square Mall
April 22, 2001
12:00 - 6:00
This is a deck I built the morning of the
qualifier. It rehashes a lot of old ideas, so henceforth the name of the
deck - Stale Donuts.
Pokemon - 18
4 Jigglypuff
4 Wigglytuff
4 Erika's Jigglypuff
3 Erika's Dratini
2 MP Mewtwo
1 Cleffa
Trainers - 27
4 Professor Oak
3 Bill
3 Computer Search
3 Item Finder
4 PlusPower
3 Energy Removal
1 Super Energy Removal
1 Nighly Garbage Run
1 Energy Flow
2 Scoop Up
2 Narrow Gym
Energy - 15
11 Psychic Energy
4 Double Colorless Energy
Yes, it's a Wiggly deck with a dash of First-Turn
Kill, Sponge, and some Haymaker denial. So, how did it go?
Round 1
Does anyone remember the first round? Nerves
are tight, tension is high, and the world is a blur. I was facing a
sneasle deck with Grimer and Muk. My deck showed an UGLY weakness in
this game: No Gust of Wind. I won after my opponent deck himself (by ONE
card), but that oversight would come back to haunt me.
1-0
Round 2
My next opponent had a stall deck. Onix,
Steelex, Alakazam, Tentacool, and Metal Energy. Remember that oversight?
It hurt. By turn 3, I had a fully powered-up MP Mewtwo. He, on the
other hand, had Kazam (Base) on the bench with two Tentacools, and an Onix.
The Steelix up front took a full Wave. By the next turn, 40 of that
damage would disappear. Energy removal prevented me from Waving every
turn, so the damage would fade away. With 5 cards left in my draw pile,
I conceded. I was locked and had no answers. One gust would have
killed the Kazam, and the engine would have stopped.
1-1
Round 3
We both started with one Pokemon. Me with
Erika's Dratini, him with Togepi (with metronome). He Sniveled first.
I burned 75% of my deck with Oaks, Bills, and saerches to get out an Erika's
Jigglypuff with a DCE. Scooped up the Dratini, promoted the E. Jiggly,
laided down 3 Pluspowers and KO'ed his only basic.
2-1
Round 4
This game was long. It was a haymaker with
Rocket's Chan, Rocket's Scyther, and TR Zapdos. My Mewtwo and his Chan
KO'ed each other, while I was having a fit busting through Scyther's shadow
images. Once done, Wiggly took over and finished the game.
3-1
Round 5
Top 8 go to the finals. If you place Top 4
in the finals, you win 18 packs of Genesis. 5-8 win 8 packs.
I was currently placed 8th, taking on the kid
placed 4th. Here we go.
I go first. I see Sneasle up front, and Buzz
in the back. I have my only basic out. Erika's Jiggly. I
open with 3 Oaks. After he mulliganed twice, I then had 2 Pluspowers and
a CPU Search. I Search for the DCE, put down the 2 Powers, put E.
Dratini on the bench, and KO the sneasle.
His turn. He promotes Buzz, puts Gligar on
the bench. RSA's my hand, and gets rid of the Narrow Gym I was holding.
Then he gusts out my Dratini and Shocks it. No Paralysis.
I attached an energy to Dratini and retreat.
I draw a Item Finder. I Use it for one Plus.
I Oak. I Item Finder for another Plus. I Bill. I get the
Plus. KO the Buzz.
He promotes Gligar and does nothing.
I draw. After 2 Bills, I have 2 CPU
Searches. I use one for a Plus, one for an Item Finder. Item
Finder for the Plus. Victory.
4-1, going to Finals.
I won the first round. My opponent had a MP
Mewtwo as his only basic, but no energy.
The second round, I went for broke trying to kill
a Rocket Zapdos. Nothing going. I did 60 to it, but 40 disappeared
with a Gold Berry. Fossil Magmar and Electabuzz held me off until I
decked out.
So, I Won 18 packs. Not bad.
For Rares, I got a Cleffa, Metal Energy, Dark
Energy, Murkrow, Sneasle, Skamory, Elekid, Energy Charge, and Meganium. Oh,
yeah, and a bunch of other things not so good.
Props: Wizards, for holding this Tournament.
Erika's Jiggly for being a bad Puff.
Slops: Me, for not planning on Stall decks
making an appearance.
My last opponent, for trying to weasle a win.
Sneasle decks. (Enjoy getting your teeth kicked in? HA!)
Later
Chris