Who: Bryan Hranicky
What:Pre-Release Gym Hero Tourney
Where:Game Keeper Sunrise,CA
When:Saturday, August 12
How many participantes: around 40
Deck used:Lt. Surge's Electrifiying Slash Deck
 
 
 
This was the Gym Heros Pre-Release Tourney that I had been waiting for since two weeks before it started. Right before it started at 11:00 , the gym leader handed out two unlimited booster packs to upgrade our decks with(optional). Out of my two packs I got a holo Rocket's Moltres(holo) and a Lt. Surge Electabuzz(non-foil). Then I traded a rocket dark vileplume for another non-foil Lt. Surge Electabuzz to upgrade my deck, which were very helpful as my active pokemon because I could use electric current to trade an energy from him to another pokemon on my bench. If I didn't have any more energys I would use charge to attach to electric energys from my discard pile to Lt. Surge Electabuzz and then keep using  electric current. And I also only lost once.
 
 
 
Lt. Surge's Electrifying Slash Deck
 
Pokemon:20
 
4x base Electabuzz
2x Lt. Surge Electabuzz(non-holo)
3x Ditto
2x Scyther
3x TR Dratini
2x Dark Dragonite
2xTR Eevee
1x Jolteon
1x Dark Jolteon
 
Trainers:20
 
2x Pokemon Traders
2x Pokemon Breeders
3x E.R.
2x S.E.R.
1x Computer Serch
3x Super Potion
2x Defender
2xGust of Wind
3x Bill
 
Energys:20
 
16 Lightning Energys
4 D.C.E.
 
 
 
Tourney Results
 
Match #1- Me versus a girl with a water,dragon deck
 
Overall, this was the easiest deck there. I started out with 2 base electabuzz and a ditto. She had only 2 krabbys. We flipped a coin, I went first. I attached a lightning energy onto electabuzz and used thundershock, but the parilis failed. She put a water energy on krabby and used call for family. I drew a card and put a lightning energy on buzz and knocked krabby out with thunderpunch. Since she had no more krabby in her deck I thunderpunched her into submission.
Results-  1-0-0
 
Match #2- Me versus a kid with a psycic,water deck
 
I started out with two dittos and a scyther. I got to go first again. I went with ditto and he sent out brocks lickitung and a slopoke. I put a D.C.E. on ditto and used tounge slam. He put a W.E. on Brock's lickitung and was done. Neither of us got any more energys for a while until I got a D.C.E. on scyther.until then I k.o.'d his Brock's lickitung with three more tounge slams. Next I got a L.E. on scyther, retreated ditto, and slashed slopoke 2 times for the win.
Results-  2-0-0
 
Match #3 Me versus a girl with a psycic, electric deck
 
This was another easy victory fo me. I only got an buzz and Lt. Surges buzz. Like usual I went first. She had a fossil and 2 base gastlys. I put a L.E. on buzz and parylized gastly with a thundershock. The only thing she could do was put a psycic energy on her active. Next turn I drew another energy and thunderpunched gastly with a heads for the knockout. But then she forfeited.Shessh, what a sore loser.
Results  3-0-0
 
 
Match #4 Me versus a kid with a mono-grass deck
 
This kid was kind of easy. I got a ditto, buzz, and scyther. This time I went second and started with dito and he had a bulbasaur and erika's exeggcute. I got out a D.C.E. and used leech seed.he was helpless on his turn so i killed him with another leech seed. when exeggcute came out i retreated ditto sent out buzz and then shocked and punched him to death.I'm on a winning streak.
Results-  4-0-0
 
Match #5 Me versus a kid with a rain dance deck
 
Since my deck had six electabuzz in it(4 base, 2 gym) he had no chance. I got a base buzz and a ditto. I chose buzz. We flipped a coin and he went first. He had only got to play a squirtle and put a W.E. on him and used bubble. But no parilis. I got a L.E. on buzz and used thundershock.Coin flipped tails. He got a breeder and put down a blaistoise and 3 W.E. on him and used hydro pump. I put one more L.E. on buzz. I had to make a sacrifice of thunderpunch. Guess what, it was heads! thats five wins for me.
 
Results-  5-0-0
 
Match # 6 Me versus a girl with a haymaker deck
 
This time I only started with a ditto and eevee. We flipped and I went first this time. I used ditto and she use hitmonchan and a benched scyther.  I put a D.C.E. on ditto and used jab. Then hitmonchan jabed me back so we both had 50 damage left. Then I evolved eevee onto dark jolteon, put a L.E. on ditto, attached a pluspower and used special punch for the knockout.He couldn't do anything because he didn't have anymore energys. So I just used slash for the next three turns for the knock out and the win.
 
Results-  6-0-0
 
Match # 7 Me versus a kid with a colorless deck
 
This was another easy win since they were all flying types.I got out two bases buzz and he got a doduo and the 30 hp gym spearow.We flipped but it was tails(I always chose heads.) he used doduo and attached a fire energy and used fury attack and got two heads. I put a lightning energy on electabuzz and used  thundershock and parylized it. Next turn I used thunderpunch for the knock out.his spearow was knocked out by another thunderpunch. Well, the tournament was almost over. I still had time for one last match.
 
Results-  7-0-0
 
Final Match Me versus a freind with a kinda upgraded haymaker deck
 
This was the hardest match of all. I started with a ditto,base buzz and gym buzz. I started with ditto and he started wih a gym hitmonchan. We flipped a coin and I got to go first. Ditto transformed into the gym hitmonchan and I attached a D.C.E. to it. Then he attached a F.E. to hitmonchan, used a secret mission, placed a fossil gastly and base hitmonchan on the bench then his turn was over. I knew his hitmonchan would use cross counter if I didn't use my pluspower, so I put a L.E. on ditto and used magnum punch for a prize. He sent out hitmonchan, used sleep and was succcessful. so he put a F.E. on him and used a pluspowered jab for the kill. I sent out electabuzz andput a L.E. on him and kept using thundershock and parlized him 7 times in a row. Talk about luck. He sent out a gastly, put down a base set buzz. But he licked me into submission but I put two energys on my gym buzz too. just more dumb luck. I sent out my other buzz out and picked up a ditto, retreated buzz and put a L. E. on ditto and guess what I got all heads on five licks. I guess this game is all about luck. The rules say if he drew a basic card he could still fight. he drew an base buzz, attached a L.E. and parilyzed me with thundershock. Next turn he attached another energy to him and used two pluspowers and got a heads on thunderpunch for the knock out. I knew I couldn't beat him because I had no energys on my gym buzz. So I gave up. Oh well at least I got in forth place.
 
Results- 6-1-0
 
 
 
Here's what I got in my booster packs-Lt. Surges Fearow(holo),Brock's Golem(non-holo),Erika Victreebel(non-holo), and Lt. Surge's Electabuzz(non-holo).
 
Email me at johnhr@jps.net
 
P.S. please list this killer deck in your report