Waldenbooks
Pembroke pines, FL
May 13
Pokemon League

Hi, a lot of you think that base 'trode is bad 'cause of ERs. Fortunately, in
my league, no one plays ERs except me and this other kid. I don't remember
very well, because this was 5 days ago, but here goes...

Buzzapdos

Pokemon (21)
3 pika (league promo)
3 fossil rai (bench attack)
1 fossil zapdos (see above)
2 base set zapdos (1/2 of my strategy)
4 TR voltorb (good basic)
4 base electrode (other 1/2 of strategy)
3 magnemite ('Buzz's mini-me)
1 ditto (hay killer)

Trainers (16)
2 bill (.....)
2 oak (.....)
4 energy retrieval (high costs, need energies)
4 potion (won me games)
3 super potion (see above)
1 itemfinder (.....)

Energy (23)
23 lightning (.....)

The strategy is to get Zap on the bench, with voltorb up front. You put
energy on zapdos, next turn, evolve, buzzap, and beat down on the 2nd turn!

Round 1 VS Gym Leader (dugtrio deck)

Easy match. Ideal strategy, 'torb VS 'lee. 2nd turn, evolve, buzzap, kill
Lee. He sent digletts, but couldn't stand Zap's 60 damage per turn blasts.
Normally, I am an unlucky coin flipper, but this game I flipped only 1 tails!
Wow!

Win: 1   Loss: 0

Round 2 VS haymaker
Easy. I started out with Ditto VS Buzz. He only had 1 energy in his hand. I
thundershocked, then thunderpunched twice. 1 prize. He sent out Mewtwo and
absorbed, not knowing that Ditto's energy types can count as any type! I
psyburned for the KO. He sent out chan, I s. punched twice for the win by
benchout.
Win: 2   Loss: 0

Round 3 VS haymaker.
Bad game. I saw pikas, magnemites, and voltorbs. No sign of a zapdos, and he
had a hitmon. I finally got a zapdos, but he beat it down with scythers,
while I picked no energy.

Win: 2   Loss: 1

Round 4 VS cleaner variant
I hate these! I started out with a voltorb and zapdos, with electrode. My
strategy worked, but he brought out the half-cleaner (ninetales) with SERs!
NOOOOO! He creamed my zapdoses while I kept flipping tails for thunder. He
was about to deck, but I forgot that ninetales only had 80 HP when I copied
him. NOOOO!

Win: 2   Loss: 2

Round 5 VS grass deck (round 3 kid)
I swear, he has a double headed coin!!! He flips heads all the time, I flip
tails!!! Anyway, he was up on prizes, when I caught him looking at the top
cards of his deck!!! He cheated, and got disqualified.

Win: 3   Loss: 2

Round 6 VS Vilesaur

I made that deck for that kid, so I know that deck. The strategy is to get
out jungle vileplume, petal dance, then use Solar Power to heal him!
Fortunately, he swapped the jungle glooms for Dark ones, leaving his viles
useless!!! I did the zapdos trick, but he kept flipping heads on Pollen
Stench! I got a few prizes, but he KOd Zapdos, and I killed gloom with
Electrode. He kept hitting trode, almost KOd him, but I retreated for Ditto
and poisoned him. He potioned and full healed, so I thought the end was near.
He confused me, and I tried to retreat Ditto for 'trode, and get my last
prize! Here's the flip.....HEADS! I won!

Win: 4   Loss: 2

This deck is only to be used when there are few ERs in the metagame. If there
are a lot, swap the raichus and magnemites for a 3-3-2 dark vileplume line,
which shut down ERs. If you want to hear about my other decks, or anything
else, e-mail me at Radish149@aol.com. Until next time......
                                            Devin :P