Hello again. I bring you the continued exploits of the Black Hole deck. For
those that didn't read my original posting, "The Black Hole," here is the
deck:

Pokemon:                Trainers:                       Energy:
4 Electabuzz            3 Bill                          10 Lightning Energy
4 Hitmonchan            2 Professor Oak                 10 Fighting Energy
4 Scyther               4 Scoop Up                      4 Double Colorless
Energy
2 Chansey               4 Gust Of Wind             
                        4 Energy Removal
                        3 Super Energy Removal
                        2 Computer Search

this tournament took place at the Bailey Centre in Westland, Michigan on the
20th of May. There were between 15 and 20 players. One loss elimination.

Round One: Kid with a psy deck (so he says)
    I get a sweet opening hand, with 2 double colorless energy, a hitmonchan,
a chansey, 2 fighting and lighting energy. He told me his was a psy deck so i
lead with chansey. He opens with a team rocket rattata. I go first. I lay
down hitmonchan a place a fighting energy on him. I let the kid go. He quick
attacks my chansey for 20 damage. I then retreat chansey and jab the rattata
for the kill (weakness). 2nd turn victory!!

    There was an odd number of players so i had to face a second opponent in 
round 1.

Kid with a water deck?
    He opens with a base set magikarp. I get chansey, a hitmonchan, some
fighting and lightning energy,and a computer search. I led with chansey so i
search for a scoop up and replace chansey with the hitmonchan. i jabbed for
20. He used a potion energy and then tackled for 10. I jabbed for the win.
2nd turn victory #2!!!!


Round 2: Gym leader's assistnat with moltres stall deck
    This is a very well made deck, with tons of moltres, kangaskhan and
scyther. We get into heated battle with me slowly claiming prizes with my
gusts of wind. He does wildfire many times and i lose maybe 15 cards becuase
of it. I eventually got my last kill from chansey with double edge.

Round 3: Aaron ( not the one from last week) with a psy grass deck
    I helped him build this deck and i also have one very much like it. It is
based around dark vilplume and snorlax, along with some psychic guys (promo
mewtwo and mr mime). He gets a dark vileplume very early, i my had is filled
with 15 trainer cards. He also has a dark gloom and i am continually
confused. Unfortunately for him, he refused to let me use my quarter and
insisted i use a cardboard pikachu coin. Like the rest of the cardboard
coins, it is rigged. When i was confused, i only ever got tails twice (and
that is out of 30 flips). We wind our way down to me having one prize left
and him having 2. I power a chansey to finish him when he places a mr mime as
active. But he uses glooms pokemon power and confuses himself. Invisible wall
no longer works and i double edged him for the win.

Round 4: Joe with fire lightning haymaker
    He has electabuzz, magamr, scyther, and ditto in his deck. We go into
battle with me controlling the game. Late in the game he has 3 prizes and i
have 2. But our decks our running low. He has a few more cards than me so i
turn to chansey for deliverence. But chansey's energy is quickly removed and
i am out of cards. Alas, my deck has finally been defeated.

Props and slops:
Props to Joe for beating me
Props to Bo for a second place prize
props to the kids in round one for losing so quickly
prop to the pojo for posting this report

slops to joe for beating me

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