Darwin's Nemesis v9.0 (Fighting/Lightning)

by Pyroracer

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Madison Heights, MI

Friday, June 23rd, 2001

8 participants

Standard format, no Japanese cards allowed

Greetings. Visitors of this site's Message Board may know me as

LightningAmerican, the guy who has no reason to be on there because he

wasn't on the old board. I thought this deck might be nice for an

experienced player to try, so here it is.

Darwin's Nemesis version IX (that means 9, for those who don't know)

4x Erika's Dratini

3x Aerodactyl

3x Electabuzz

3x Gligar

2x Erika's Jigglypuff

2x Cleffa

(17)

12x Lightning Energy

4x Double Colorless Energy

(16)

4x Professor Oak

4x Computer Search

4x Item Finder

4x PlusPower

3x Ecogym

3x Fossil Egg

3x Gust of Wind

2x Mysterious Fossil

(27)

Wow, has this deck ever changed since I first made it! The first one used

4 Mews for Devolution Beam and had Jynx as the main hitter (this was

before I knew about promo Mewtwo). Now, this deck is way turbo. I love

playing it. It's original (I made the first draft on paper before Fossil

was even released, when I didn't have internet access, so I didn't know

anyone had invented it before me.), and it wins.

Since 8.0, I added a Fossil Egg over a Mysterious Fossil and finally

changed the main hitter to Electabuzz...very little Fighting and a lot of

Sneasel is played in my area, so promo Mewtwo was no longer a viable

element of my deck. I'd like to use Rocket's Zapdos, but nobody who has

them will let go of them, so I use Buzz. I don't want to use Sneasel

because I have very bad luck with coins and don't particularly like having

nothing that needs basic energy. Also, I'd have to use half of my stock of

one card in my deck (Darkness) to make Beat Up work. So I think Buzz is

the most stable hitter. I could have won had I played Zappy instead...but

I'm alright.

BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT

I went into the store, and bought a booster pack. Got a holo Scizor. Not

bad. Great trade bait...maybe that's something I could get a Rocket's

Zapdos for! I don't see anything wrong with the Discovery set myself. I

kinda like it.

The owner of the store said the tournament was full. I was disappointed,

but I'm sure that some other people would come to play. The last player,

Joe, was set to come in a few minutes. But he didn't have a full-English

deck, so he couldn't play. The owner asked me if I wanted to play. I

quickly fished out a Lt. Surge's Fearow and a Kingdra from my binder (you

needed to contribute 2 English holofoils to the pot to participate) and

said, "Sure!". I thought, "Great, just like the STSQ. I'm the last person

to get in, and get a sub-.500 record." My first round match was against

Eric.

FIRST ROUND

Pyroracer (0-0) with Darwin's Nemesis vs. Eric (0-0) with lightning

beatdown

Well I didn't like the look of this at first. I started out with a

mulligan, then an Erika's Dratini and a Mysterious Fossil against a

Magnemite and an Electabuzz. He went first, and started using Thunderwave.

I Oaked and got a Double Colorless, and started Tail Striking to KO the

Magnemite in a few turns. Meanwhile, I got an Aerodactyl on my bench and

started beefing it up. He knocked out Dratini with an Electabuzz with 10

damage on it. I promoted Aerodactyl and got rid of the Electabuzz, as well

as a Lt. Surge's Voltorb and a Magnemite before a 3rd Magnemite finally

finished Aero off. I sent out Gligar for the bench-out.

Most Valuable Poké: Aerodactyl (as an attacker, no less!)

SECOND ROUND

Pyroracer (1-0) with Darwin's Nemesis against Mike (1-0) with

Wiggly/Sneasel

I know Mike from Pokégym, he's Mtanski there. I saw him play in the first

round and he played a Slowking/Metal Arcanine deck. But, he knew I would

be tougher than his first-round opponent, so he brought out his good deck.

I was stunned. I got some kills early in the game with my Erika's

Dratinis, but he got out a Chansey and powered it up while finally killing

my last Dratini with a Sneasel. He got some KOs with his Chansey and

Sneasels. He benched a Jigglypuff. He then got a Magby out, shut off

Aerodactyl's Power, then on the next turn evolved to Wigglytuff, and

started "Waving" my Pokémon goodbye. I was close to the bottom of my deck

and couldn't draw any energy, so I was prized out. Mike would face Pat

(SuperSpaceGuy on the Message Board) for the title.

Most valuable Poké: Erika's Dratini, I guess.

THIRD PLACE MATCH

Pyroracer (1-1) with Darwin's Nemesis vs. Charles (1-1) with Old School

Hay w/Sneasels

Charles is one of the better players there, but he has a bad attitude and

is rather cocky. He's very old school (he still plays Hitmonchan) and I

believe he also plays Magic. I started out with an Erika's Dratini, an

Erika's Jigglypuff and a Cleffa against his Cleffa (promo), Doduo, and

Sneasel. I had a DCE in my opening hand, so I played it to Dratini. I

started doing damage to his Sneasel and KO'd it. I drew an Oak. I got an

Electabuzz and started powering it up. He put up a Hitmonchan. It took me

to a second or third Erika's Dratini to get rid of it. I started to power

up another Electabuzz. I also started picking off Doduos with Gusts and

PlusPowers. He got a Dodrio into play, retreated for a Sneasel, and Beat

Up my Electabuzz. He had a Doduo with 4 damage counters on it on his

bench. I happened to have a Gust in my hand and 1 prize left, so I gusted

it out and killed it with Tail Strike to claim third.

Most valuable Poké: Erika's Dratini, for stalling him.

I won two booster packs...got a holo Hitmontop and a nonholo Houndour.

Mike won the tournament; I think I could have beaten Pat had someone other

than Mike been in the tournament. That's life. I'm happy with third. I

played Raichu2006, who didn't get to play, after the tournament and

picking up my winnings. I lost. Of course. I swear, the only time I can

consistently beat him is when I play Haymaker. And that got old really

quick.

It's that time of year again...time for...PROPS! AND! SLOPS!

Props to Raichu2006 for being a good sport about not being able to

compete.

Props to the holo Scizor I got in the pack.

Props to Mike (Mtanski) for giving me a free Igglybuff.

Props to Pojo and Pokégym for 0wning j00.

Props to Tom (the owner) for holding the tournament and charging low

prices for cards.

Slops to Tony for getting "the fastest exit I've ever seen," according to

Tom.

Slops to Tony for making counterfeit cards, and bad ones too.

Slops to people who bash Pokémon, you need lives!

Slops to anyone who's a bad sport about losing. I kept a cool head after

losing to Mike and Raichu2006.

Well that's all. Thanks for reading!

Pyroracer—"Just like real sharks, Gameshark bites!"

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