From: Steve & Karen Gragg [karengragg@home.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 11:54 AM
To: KillerDecks@pojo.com
Subject: Zapdos2000's deck.
Slowking v.1.1 (Darkness/Psychic)
by Zapdos2000
#pojotournament
Pojo's online Apprentice league
Sunday, Decemeber 23, 2001
39 Players
 
This is my first deck report in a very long time.  I've been testing a lot of decks and it seems like Slowking is the best if you can get a good set up. So I asked my parents if I could enter the tournament and after a talk they said yes. >:) I entered the tournament at the last minute and didn't expect to do very good. A few days before CRIMINAL gave my Slowking deck a fix for the standard environment and thats what I used today. 
 
Slowking v1.1
Pokemon:21
4 Slowpoke (Neo Genesis level20)
4 Slowking ( Neo Genesis
4 Cleffa ( Neo Genesis)
3 Sneasel ( Neo Genesis)
2 Murkrow ( Neo Genesis)
2 Scyther ( Jungle)
2 Pichu ( Neo Genesis)
 
Trainers:25
4 Professor Oak
4 Computer Search
3 Super Energy Removal
2 Lass
2 Energy Charge
2 Professor Elm
2 Switch
2 Gust of Wind
2 Item Finder
1 Gold Berry
1 Sprout Tower
 
Energy:14
4 Darkness Energy
4 Rainbow Energy
4 Recycle Energy
3 Double Colorless Energy
 
There's the deck. I think it has just about everything necessary for a Slowking/Sneasel deck. Now, I'll just do a quick little strategy so if you don't want the strategy just skip ahead to the matches :).
 
|STRATEGY|
Set up is the hardest thing to do in a Slowking deck and sometimes if you can't set up you lose. I used to only run CPU Search/Professor Oak for my card drawing but I soon discovered that WAS NOT enough card drawing.  So I removed an Item Finder and a Lass for two Professor Elm and it works great.  So maybe the average hand would be a Cleffa and Slowpoke for starting Pokemon (thats what I usually get) you'll want to drop as many Slowpokes as possible and then try for Lass/Eeeeeeek evolve the Slowpokes and charge up a Sneasel while they cant play trainers.  Scyther is good back-up and Murkrow can win the game for you.  If you cant seem to charge up a Sneasel or they have something good to Mean Look do it. It will win the game. Mean look a Scyther, Cleffa, Unown, any baby pokemon, any Psychic pokemon. If the pokemon is capable of KOing Murkrow SER it constantly while picking off the bench. Here are the matches.
 
ROUND 1: Zapdos2000 vs DanHerzog
A pretty quick game.  He's playing a Blaine deck and I go through all his Pokemon with Sneasel. He never drew a prize.
1-0
 
ROUND 2: Zapdos2000 vs RS
This ended up to be a very long game.  He's playing anti-king (Electabuzz/R.Zapdos/Scyther/Igglybuff) I almost win in the beginning, getting 2 Slowkings and taking 2 prizes.  He was down to 1 Rocket Zapdos when I beat up with 4 tails. >_<  The game drags on as he SERS my sneasels and hits me with Electabuzz.  At the very end I needed one more prize.  So did he.  I sent up my Sneasel and beat up, if i dont get at least 3 heads I lost. Tails,Tails,Heads,Tails,Heads, Heads!  I come out with the win
2-0
 
ROUND 3: Zapdos2000 vs shadowz
A stupid game.  I go first and all he has is Igglybuff.  I set up almost perfectly to secure a win if I dont kill his Igglybuff, but I do with Fury Swipes. Heads, Tails, Heads, Heads.
3-0
 
ROUND 4: Zapdos2000 vs Hal0
A close game.  He's playing Wiggly haymaker, the first maybe 6 turns were stalemate. We just Eeeeeeeked and tried to establish someting.  I finally got some Kings and killed some Igglybuffs with Pichu.  He wiped out 2 Sneasels with Wiggly and I CPU Search for: SPROUT TOWER! =D  I get 50 damage on BOTH Wigglytuffs and he finally gets a counter gym, but he cant attack becaue of SER.  I Item finder for Sprout Tower again and eventually KO everything with Sneasel
4-0 (wh0a =/)
 
FINALS: Zapdos2000 vs Thunderboltzz
o_O I should have lost this game.  He starts out with a lone igglybuff and I fail to kill it.  He draws another Igglybuff and I still cant KO them.  I drop 2 kings but they are useless.  He gets Oak before I do and its downhill from there.  Electabuzz is killing me.  I get a Sneasel charged and he brings out an Electabuzz and kills it.  Towards the end I have 3 prizes left and he only needs 2.  I lock his Scyther with Murkrow and attack both Igglybuff with Feint Attack.  He finally kills Murkrow and only needs one more prize.  I send Pichu and Zzzap both Igglybuffs down.  He slashes with TAILS! YES! =\  So I lay a Recycle Energy on my Scyther with 40 damage and send out Slowking.  He Slashes it.  My turn I lay a DCE on Scyther, play Switch, send out Scyther Gust of Wind Tyrogue and slash.  If I get heads I win if tails he will send out scyther and kill me.  Slash, HEADS I WIN!!!!!! >=D. What a close game.
5-0, won the tournament.
 
This tournament helped my Skill Rating and Ranking A LOT.  I'm 11th with a record of 73-34.
 
I guess I'll do props/slops ;/
 
The Props:
Props to CRIMINAL for holding the tourament
Props to Thunderboltzz for being awesome.=\
Props to cable internet service.
and Props to my parents for letting me stay up till 10:00 to play in a tournament.
 
Slops:
People accusing other people of cheating.
Thats about it.
 
Thanks for your time reading my report.
Zapdos2000, member of team dK
e-mail me at: the_0wnage_one@yahoo.com  (PS: the 0 in 0wnage IS a zero.)