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                                                Pokemon League Tournament
                                              April 29, 2000 in Danville, Virginia
                                                               
Hi PoJo,
I just came back from Pokemon League in Danville, Virginia. We decided to make a tournament out of it, single elimination. We had an even number of participants, so there was only one by. There were no annoying kids there, all the participants were my friends. We decided to pitch in and give the winner a Neo booster from the card shop up the road. I decided to use my new Cleaner Variant, which includes the Wigglytuff line in it for a back up power hitter. Anyway, on with my deck, Wiggly Cleaner:
 
Wiggly Cleaner    variant 1.0
 
4x Jigglypuff (auto-sleep is great; Pound is an average attack; great basic with high HP)
3x Wigglytuff (awesome pokemon; Do the Wave is great after an Oak or two with a full bench)
4x Scyther (staple point of all my decks, fits in perfectly, slightly better than my pal, Farfetch'd)
4x Growlithe (above average basic; Like Jigglypuff, it has high HP but a more energy intensive attack)
3x Arcanine (the main attacker of the deck, keep him on the bench until fully powered, then use Take Down)
3x Magmar (Fossil; awesome, Smokescreen is great and Smog is awesome, great for annoying Haymaker)
 
2x Bill (draw two cards; simple)
3x PlusPower (amazing what ten extra damage can do)
3x Gust of Wind (bring in those weak Magikarp or cowardly Tentacool; also good for stalling)
3x Professor Oak (never have a bad hand with this deck; just Oak to get basics for Wigglytuff)
4x Energy Removal (one of the most annoying cards in the game; foils Scyther's Plans for Slash)
 
20x Fire (provide energy for pokemon)
4x Double Colorless Energy (provide energy for pokemon)
 
Round 1 Wiggly Cleaner vs. RockHay deck
 
I draw Jigglypuff, Arcanine, Energy Removal, Double Colorless Energy, and three Fire energy. I lead with the Jigglypuff. I win the coin flip and he leads with Rhyhorn with a Ponyta on the bench. I draw Fire energy and attach a Double Colorless Energy to Jigglypuff and Professor Oak. I get Growlithe, Magmar, Professor Oak, Bill, and three Fire energy. I attack and pound. He attaches a Fighting energy to Rhyhorn and Leers with heads. I draw PlusPower and lay Growlithe and Magmar and attach a Fire Energy to Growlithe. He attaches another Fighting energy to Rhyhorn and Leers for heads again. I draw Bill and Professor Oak and get three Farfetch'd, Wigglytuff, two Energy Removal and a Fire Energy. I lay all three Farfetch'd and evolve Jigglypuff into Wigglytuff and attach a Fire energy to Wigglytuff and Do the Wave for 60, knocking out Rhyhorn because since I evolved, Leer has no effect. My prize was a Wigglytuff. He attaches a Fighting energy to Ponyta and passes. I draw Growlithe and Do the Wave for the win.
1-0
 
Match 2 Wiggly Cleaner vs. Damage Swap
 
I draw Growlithe, Magmar, Wigglytuff, Double Colorless Energy, and three Fire energy. I lead with Magmar with Growlithe on the bench. I play first and he leads with a Chansey with a Chansey on the bench. I draw a Double Colorless Energy. I attach a Fire energy to Magmar and Smokescreen. He lays Kangaskhan on the bench and attaches a Psychic energy to Chansey. I draw a Wigglytuff and attach a Fire energy to Magmar and Smog with heads. He attaches a Psychic energy to Chansey and uses Scrunch and flips heads. I attach a Fire energy to Growlithe and Smokescreen. He attaches a Psychic energy to Kangaskhan and Scrunches but fails. I drew Gust of Wind and attached a Fire energy to Growlithe and used Smog with tails. He retreated Chansey for a fresh Chansey and attached a Psychic energy to the fresh Chansey and passed. I drew a PlusPower and used Gust of Wind to bring in Chansey and Smog for a prize, which was a Fire energy. He layed an Abra and passed. I drew a Farfetch'd and placed it and attached a Double Colorless Energy to it and used Smog with no poison. He placed an Abra on the bench and passed. I drew another Wigglytuff and played a Fire energy on Growlithe and used Smog with no poison. He used Professor Oak and attached a Psychic energy to Abra and passed. I drew a Growlithe and used Smog with no poison again. He attached an energy to Chansey and used Scrunch with no success. I drew a Bill and used it to get two Fire energy. I layed a Fire energy on Growlithe and used Smog
with poison. He retreated Chansey to the bench and placed Abra and used Psyshock with heads. I drew a Fire energy and attached it to Farfetch'd and passed. He used Energy Removal on my Magmar and attached a Psychic energy to Chansey and Psyshocked with no paralysis. I drew an Arcanine and attached another Fire energy to Arcanine and retreated Magmar for Arcanine and used Flamethrower to knock out Abra. My prize was a Growlithe. He placed a Kangaskhan and placed a Mr.Mime on the bench and attached a Psychic energy to Kangaskhan and used Fetch. I drew a Magmar and placed it onto my bench and attached a PlusPower and used Take Down to knock out Kangaskhan. He placed Mr.Mime and layed a Snorlax on the bench and evolved Abra into Kadabra. He then attached a Psychic energy to Mr.Mime. I drew a Fire Energy and retreated Arcanine in favor of Magmar and attached a Fire energy to Magmar and used Smokescreen. He attached a Psychic energy to Kadabra and passed. I drew a Jigglypuff and retreated Magmar in favor of the Jigglypuff and attached a Double Colorless energy to it and used Pound. He used Switch and brought in Kadabra and used Super Psy for twenty because of resistance. I used Energy Removal on Chansey and used Professor Oak, after evolving Jigglypuff into Wigglytuff, and got a Growlithe, Gust of Wind, Double Colorless Energy, and four Fire energy. I attached a Fire energy to Wigglytuff and layed Growlithe and used Do the Wave for 60, taking care of Kadabra. My prize was an Energy Removal. He layed Snorlax and passed. I drew a Farfetch'd and attached a Fire Energy to Arcanine. I used Do the Wave for sixty to Snorlax. He placed a Snorlax on the bench and passed. I drew a Double Colorless Energy and attached it to Arcanine and used Do the Wave to finish Snorlax. My prize was a Magmar. He placed a Snorlax and attached an energy to Chansey. I drew a Fire energy and retreated Magmar for Arcanine and used Gust of Wind on Chansey and used Take Down for my final prize.
2-0 
 
Round 3 Wiggly Cleaner vs. Flower Power deck

I drew Growlithe, Wigglytuff, Gust of Wind, Bill, Double Colorless Energy, and two Fire energy. I won the toss and she lead with Oddish with an Oddish on the bench. I drew a Wigglytuff and used Bill to get two Fire energy. I attached a Fire energy to Growlithe and passed. She placed Exeggute on the bench and attached an energy to Oddish and used Stun Spore with heads. I drew Magmar and attached a Fire energy to Growlithe. She placed Bulbasaur on the bench and evolved Oddish into Gloom and attached a Grass energy to Oddish and used Poison Powder. I used Gust of Wind on Exeggute and attached a Fire energy to Growlithe and hit Exeggute for forty damage. She attached a Grass energy to Bulbasaur and passed. I drew a Fire energy and retreated Growlithe in favor of Magmar and attached a Fire energy to him and used Smokescreen to knock out Exeggute and got a Fire energy as a prize. She placed a Gloom and used Poison Powder. I drew a Arcanine and evolved Growlithe and attached a Fire energy to Magmar and used Smog with heads. She use Pokemon Breeder and evolved into Venusaur and retreated Gloom for Oddish and used Sprout after using Energy Trans onto Oddish. I drew a Scyther and attached a Fire energy to Arcanine and used Smog with heads. I drew a prize, which was a Double Colorless Energy as a prize. She placed a Venusaur and passed. I drew a Fire energy and attached a Double Colorless Energy to Arcanine and retreated Magmar for Arcanine and used Flamethrower to get rid of the meddlesome Venusaur and get a Fire energy as a prize. She layed an Oddish and attached a Grass energy to it and evolved it to Gloom and used Poison Powder. I drew a Jigglypuff and layed and attached a Fire energy to Arcanine and used Flamethrower to get a Fire energy as a prize. She placed a Gloom and passed. I drew a Jigglypuff and used Take Down to get my final prize.  
4-0
Match 5 vs. ??????
 
I got a by this round so I just hung around with my friends that had been eliminated an gave some tips on making their decks better. I then went to play the championship:
5-0
 
Match 6 vs. Energy Trans
 
I drew a Magmar, two PlusPower, and four Fire energy. She drew a lone Bulbasaur. I went first and drew a Fire energy and attached one to Magmar with two PlusPower for the win. Not as difficult as I thought it would be, but a win is a win.
 
We went down to the card shop and bought the Neo booster. I got a Pichu! I already have complete Neo, so I traded it to my friend for Japanese Basic Alakazam and Chansey, to finish all of my Japanese sets!
 
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