May 13, 2000
Stonewood mall
Los Angeles, Ca.
16 Participants

This Tournament was held at stonewood where my little sister rules all the tournaments there. She was using her classic Haymakers and I used my Rage Against the poke. Here’s my deck:

4 Growlithe
3 Arcanine (promo)
3 Magmar
3 Electabuzz

1 Oak
3 Bill
3 Switch
2 Gust of Wind
3 Energy Removal
2 S. Energy Removal
2 Scoop up
2 Nighttime Garbage
1 Pokecenter (only use when DESPERATE)

21 Fire
6 Electric

This deck is built to get out growlithe and get damage on him so when arcanine evolves his rage will usually take out 3 to four prizes before he’s gone. Magmar is the staller and electabuzz is the anti water poke and also the closer.

Round 1 vs. Psy/Grass
I draw 4 extra cards for his first 2 mulligans. I have growlithe active. He goes first and Hypnosis me with his active eggecute. I place energy and still sleep. He evolves a bench gastly to base haunter attaches energy. I wake up. Evolve and quick attack for 60(weakness). He brings in haunter. Sleep fails I attach energy. Sleep fails again. I quick attack for 30. He evolves to gengar and deals 30 to my Arcanine. I Rage for the win.
1-0

Round 2 vs. Stall deck
He places TR abra as active and that’s it. I place magmar as active. He Psyshocks me for 10 I'm paralyzed. I charge growlithe. He shocks for 10 more plus paralyze again. I scoop up magmar activate growlithe  and flare for twenty. He cant escape cause his bench is empty so he evolves with trainer to alakazam. Does 30 to me but no confusion. I power growlithe and evolve to arcanine. He places chansey on bench and moves damage to chansey. 30 more to me but no confusion. I rage for the KO. He brings in chansey with  one energy on him. I rage again for the win.
2-0

Round 3 vs. Cleaner
I don’t know if this guy reads pojo but he claims he invented it. I tell him that it’s a cleaner and he refuse to believe that it was invented a while back. He says his arcanine’s can crush my arcanines with one hit.  I draw magmar and that’s it. He gets a growlithe and a koffing as active. I smokescreen. He passes. I smog he’s poison. He passes and he’s KO. He brings up arcanine with 2 energy. Attaches one more and passes. I SER him and smog but no poison. Energy to arcanine and passes. I smog again no poison. He benches another koffing. By this time I have a fully powered arcanine and buzz on my bench. He passes no energy. I retreat and bring in buzz. I TP for 40. He uses takedown for the Double KO. He brings koffing I bring up Arcanine. I quick attack for 10. He passes. I rage for the win.
3-0

Final vs. My sister’s Haymaker
Do you believe I made that deck for her. Oh well let’s get it on. I draw buzz and 2 magmars. I activate magmar. She activates chan. She goes first. GOW my buzz and jabs me for 40(weakness). Energy do magmar and I pass. She jabs again for the KO. I bring up magmar and energy to him. I smog no poison. She then Special punch for 40. I draw a growlithe and energize him. I smokescreen to stall. She special punches successfully for the KO. I bring out growlithe. I attach energy and flare for 20. She jabs for 20. I think she thought I was going to evolve Growlithe. I flare again for the KO. She brings in another fully pumped chan. She Gust out my magmar and Special punch for 40. By this time she has another chan and a lee on her bench. I switch and bring in Growlithe with 4 energy on him. I evolve and rage for 40. She special punches for 40. I rage for  the KO. She brings in lee. Stretch kicks my magmar. I rage for the KO. She brings in another chan jabs me with plus power for !
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the KO. I bring up magmar. I place a buzz on my bench. I smog with poison. She jabs for another KO. My turn and her chan has 40 damage thanks to poison. I bring in buzz and Tpunch for the KO.
4-0



I won a T-shirt and 4 1st edition TR booster packs. My sister was mad at me but I had fun still. I promised her I would not enter the mall tourney anymore.

Props to Stonewood mall, my new Rage Against the Poke deck, and my little sister for letting me enter.
Slops to the kid who thought he invented cleaners, some fat lady who kept staring at me, for the kid who stole some little girl’s cards, and the security guard for spilling his soda on my sister’s deck.

 
Thank you,
sabumike@aol.com
Mike Sandman