"Synergy Craze"
By Toby Aurora
Crazy Eddie's Comics
Munster, IN
Saturday, August 19th

Pokemon(16)
3 MP Mewtwo
3 Scyther
3 Electabuzz
4 Jigglypuff
3 Wigglytuff

Trainers(22)
4 Bill
3 Oak
4 Pluspower
3 Computer Search
3 RSA
2 SER
3 GOW
2 Itemfinder

Energy (22)
9 Psychic
7 Electric
4 DCE

Round 1 vs. ??? w/ Fighting deck

This kid seemed to be a newbie, the deck seemed to be a bunch of pokemon
thrown together, and he set out 7 prizes in the beginning. I started off with
a jigglypuff vs. machop and was worried, I oaked and got a couple scythers
and a MP Mewtwo, I benched them, put an energy on Jiggly and lullabyed, he
didn't roll to wake up until after his turn, tails. I powered up scyther, he
had almost no energy and a bench full of grass-weak rhyhorns, sandshrews,
onixes and cubone, with the lone machop. I gusted out a Rhyhorn and brought
out Scyther. The rest of the match went very quickly, Scyther wiped out all
of his pokemon, none of them able to lay a hit.
1-0

I got a bye for the 2nd round, so I bought a few 1st ed. Gym Heroes packs and
sat down to watch another match

Round 3 vs. David w/ Haymaker

I started off with only a lone Jigglypuff vs. what I was sure was a Scyther,
but he Mulliganed twice and then used Erika, allowing me to draw plenty of
basics as well as Computer Search, Plus Power, Bill, RSA and energy. Wiggly
came out quick and slaughtered his Scythers and Hitmonchans with Pluspowers
in a few turns, as he had no energy.
2-0

Finals vs. Tony w/ Raindance

This match started out very bad. I started with Scyther and a few 'Buzz on
the bench, but he gusted them both and KOed them getting No Removal Gym on
the first turn making my SER useless. Eventually Wiggly came out and did some
damage, but was quickly hurt by Lapras's Confuse Ray. I drew my last 'Buzz
and powered him up, gusted out a Blastoise and Thundershocked w/ paralysis.
Next turn I Thunderpunched but it was tails, he Raindanced energy onto
Blastoise but came up one short, he Hydro Pumped for 50, I retreated 'Buzz
and KOed Blastoise with a Scyther. Lapras came up and Confused Scyther, I
tried to attack and got tails, 20 to myself. By now it was down to 1 prize
each and I had a fully powered Wiggly on the bench. I Oaked for my last Gust
and Gusted out a Rocket Squirtle. I then flipped to see if I could
retreat-Heads, Wiggly would come out and I would win, Tails-I'd deck next
turn....Tails.

I came in 2nd and won  2 Gym: Heroes boosters, 1 Rocket booster, and a
Japanese Jungle booster, and an "Ivy" Pikachu (#1) From the boosters I got
Rocket's Moltres, Blaine's Moltres, Non holo Dark Machamp, and holo Clefable.

Props and Slops
Props to getting both Moltres from the Gym packs
Props to having such a close game in the final round
No Slops

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