Hey PoJo! I just got back from a
single-elimination, best 2-out-of-3 tourney at The Gathering Grounds in St.
Louis, MO. It was DCI-sanctioned tourney, and I was using my Wiggly
deck. There were 32 in attendance.
The Wigglin' Wonders of the World
4 Jigglypuff
3 Wigglytuff
3 Scyther
3 Electabuzz
3 MP Mewtwo
4 Bill
2 Oak
3 CPU Search
3 Scoop Up
2 Item Finder
4 Plus Power
3 Gust of Wind
10 Psychic NRG
9 Lightning NRG
4 DCE
Strategy: Get either Wiggly or Mewtwo powered
turn 2 and kill stuff.
Round 1: Fat Kid wants to Fight!
Game 1: I didn't get his name, but I never
do. Oh well. Anyway, I start with Scyther, Jiggly, and Mewtwo on
bench. He has Hitmonchan. After a long game of Slashing, Scooping,
him SERing me, I finally burned through his deck with Wigglytuff!
Game 2: I start with my Buzz to his Scyther.
I go, and shock him paralyzed. He goes, attaches DCE, and Rocket's Sneak
Attack me. He takes out my Scoop Up. I go, draw Wiggly. I
drop a DCE on Jiggly that's on my bench, evolve, and Oak. I loaded my
bench. I shock, no paralyze. He goes, attaches an NRG and slashes
me. I scoop up Buzz, send out Wiggly, attach an Energy, drop Buzz and
lay Plus Power. Game. Afterwards, he tells his friends how cool my
deck is.
Games: 2-0
Rounds: 1-0
Round 2: Dad wants to Fight!
Game 1: He wasn't my Dad, but he was a dad,
and I didn't know his name. He starts with Mime to my Scyther.
DOH! I draw a Bill, and Bill for a Jiggly and a DCE! Yay! I
drop Puff, retreat Scyther, drop the DCE, and Pound. He goes, Oaks,
draws Lickitung, Mime, Mew. He lays an Energy on Lickitung and lets
me kill his Mime. He sends out Lickitung. Tongue Wrap, with
paralyze. I draw an Oak. I lay a Psychic Energy on Jiggly and Oak.
I get Wiggly and lots o' basics. I drop the Wiggly, add 3 Plus Powers
and kill the Tung. Out comes a Mime. I retreat for Puff, add a
DCE, and pound. The man retreats him, sends out Mew, and Psywave, but I
remind him of resistance. He frowns and passes. I retreat Puff,
send out Tuff, Add DCE and KO Mew. Out comes Mime. I Lullaby.
He stays asleep and I KO Mime, his last basic, and win.
Game 2: He starts with Chansey to my Scyther
and Puff on bench. I go, lay a DCE on Puff, retreat and Pound. He
goes, lays a Psychic Energy and passes. I go, draw an Oak.
Again, I lay an Energy on Puff, and Oak. I draw Wiggly again. I
load my bench, after Oaking, then Item Finding the Oaks. I eventually
had a pumped bench and 4 Plus Powers on Wiggly. I waved for 100 and won
the game on turn 2 against Chansey!
Games: 4-0
Rounds: 2-0
Round 3: Blonde Kid wants to fight!
Game 1: This kid rocked my world. He
had a deck like mine, only with Hitmonchan instead of Mewtwo. He also
had SERs a plenty. This was going to be rough. And rough it was.
I go, Scyther to Scyther, Jiggly to Jiggly. I lay an NRG on Scyther and
end turn. He goes, lays an energy on Scyther, and ends turn. I lay
DCE and Plus Power and do 40 to Scyther. He lays DCE and SER my Scyther.
I go, attach power to Puff, retreat, Pound. This was going back and
forth, and then I was dominating with Wiggly. Then I struck a
problem...named Hitmonchan. S. Punch blew Wiggly away, and when I tried
to strike back with Mewtwo or Scyther, he'd SER me, Lass and Rocket Sneak
Attack my trainers, leaving my Pokemon as Poke Punching bags. He ripped
through my Pokemon and won it.
Game 2: I tried to be confident, but when I
saw he had 2 Chans to my 2 Buzzes, I knew I had a snowballs chance of hell of
winning. I went first, and Oaked. I got Scyther!! Yeah baby!
I layed an energy on him and Scooped my Buzz. He went, shook his head,
and passed. I layed a DCE on Scyther, added a Plus Power and Slashed 40.
He went, Switched, and passed. I Gusted and Slashed. He went, and
did nothing. I slashed 40 again with a Power. He did nothing.
I decided to do something interesting. I CPU Searched, discarding 2
Psychic Energy, for Mewtwo, retreated, and Absorbed. He played an energy
and jabbed. I Psyburn for the win. It turned out he had all his
power in the bottom of his deck. Now the last game
Game: 3: I was too busy watching my Pokemon
die to remember much of this. All I remember is he S. Punched with Chan
until he pumped Wiggly and demolished me.
Games: 5-2
Rounds: 2-1
Semi-Finals!
My rank was good enough to make it into the
Semi-Final round, but if I lost one more time, I was out. This was a
definite disadvantage, because If I hadn't lost, I would have to lose twice in
the Finals to be eliminated, and I am sure I would have won the tourney
because of it. Anyway, on to the match!
Round 4: Darin wants to Fight!
Game 1: I remember this kid because he was a
PoJo-holic, and he was cool. Anyway, he was using a Magmar-Maker.
He mulliganned 3 times, and then forgot to place his prizes, resulting in me
getting to draw one of my prizes. I had Wiggly on turn 2. Game
Over.
Game 2: This time, he remembered everything,
but he still mulliganned 3 times! So, I had Mewtwo whoopin his deck on
turn two. I drew Wiggly, DCE on him, retreat and Wave for the win.
Games: 7-2
Rounds: 3-1
I made it to the FINALS! I was already in
the top 5, and was guaranteed at least $20 cash. Well, unfortunatley,
that's all I was gettin', because my first match in the Finals was...
Finals: Game 1: Blonde Kid wants to Fight!
Round 1: Yes, the return of the infamous
Blonde Kid. I knew what I had to do. His Scyther to mine, His Chan
to my Mewtwo! I go, Oak, get Buzz and friends, retreat to Mewtwo, Gust
Chan, and Absorb. I proceed to rip through 3 Chans, when Scyther takes
me down. Buzz knocks Scyther down, but Chan gets in my face again and
takes out Jiggly, and 2 Buzzes. Wiggly comes back and gets Chan, his
last Pokemon, for the win!
Round 2: I was up on him. I win, I
move on and get at least $45. It was a hellish game. Eventually
though, those Chans and SER got me again. I was in good shape at
one time, but I saw something new: a Magmar. I had noticed Fire
NRG...but I hadn't seen Magmar in the games I'd played him. He Smogged
Scyther. I killed Magmar with Wiggly, but Chan took me out.
Round 3: I was happy making it to the top 5
on my first tourney, but winning it would kick ass. Unfortunatley, it
didn't happen. This game was long and strenuous, and it was closer than
hell. Pokemon fell all over the place. I don't remember much, but
let me tell you, we stretched the DCI time limit to the max. Judge
called 2 mins as we both fought on our last few prizes. Sweating, I
dropped a DCE onto Scyther and Slashed Chan with a Plus Power. It was
the luckiest damn thing I've ever seen (almost) he drew Magmar, dropped an
energy on him, Scoop Up Chan and Killed Scyther with Magmar. I groaned
as I sent out Wiggly with but 2 Pokemon on the bench. Chan fell back
down, Magmar was retreated, an energy and 4 plus powers were dropped and
Wiggly fell. We wiped sweat from our brow's, wiped the sweat off on our
shirts, and shook hands. He was a nice guy. We congradulated each
other, and he said I was awesome for my first tourney. I bid him good
luck and left with 20$ cash. I didn't hang around to see who won because
my parents were rushing me, so check the Gathering Ground website: http://www.gatheringground.com
Look for Naji Pitts. That's me. Anyway, this was a great time.
I didn't spend my 20 on anything (though I saw some neat cards) and decided to
save it for a rainy day. I learned many important lessons today:
1. Chan rocks. No matter what anyone
says. Period.
2. SER rocks. No matter what anyone
says. Period.
3. Chan and SER rock. No matter what
anyone says. Period. (P.S. I knew this already, but this
tourney just helped me remember it).
4. Team Rocket is cool. I love
Rocket's Sneak Attack and Nighttime Garbage Run. If I had more of those,
I'd put them in a deck.
Anyway, I got 1 1st Edition Pack, just for fun,
and got Dark Machamp. Cool Card, but I won't ever use it. I also
got a Deck Box and plastic cases (finally!)
Props and Slops:
Props:
To Gathering Ground. It spanks the monkey's
uncle! If you haven't been there, go now!
To all my opponents. You were great sports
after you won/lost to me, and if you did lose, you cheered me on as I
continued onward up the ladder.
To Blonde Kid!! Dude, I must say, nice deck.
Thanks for the challenge!
To some idiot. There was a kid who said he
wasn't interested in Pokemon anymore and gave out cards for free. I got
1st Edition Blastoise and Chansey. Then, Gathering Ground threw him out!
ROFL!
To the kid who traded me a holo Articuno for my
non-holo Gengar.
Slops:
Not many, but Blonde Kid for beating me.
Oh yeah, and remember from my last deck report,
the Redneck kid who couldn't tie his shoes? He was there as well, and in
between rounds, I beat him turn 1 with Electabuzz vs Horsea *Go Figure* and 2
Plus Power! He was knocked out Round 1, that stupid cheating monkey!
Slops for corrupting the world more than it already is with your retardation!
OK, PoJo-holics! Peace Out!
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