Metronome's Trap (Metal/Psychic) by Chuck Hall Sanctuary Comics Watertown, New York Saturday, June 2nd, 2001 About 25 People Participated I just started playing this deck about a month ago, after I got my first Skarmory. I read his attacks and I started thinking that he was the Metal Scyther, and I haven't stopped thinking that. With Togetic in there with Super Metronome, this deck has been unbeatable. The only person that can beat me is Jordan Smith, and I got to face him twice today. Anyways, here's the deck: Metronome's Trap Pokemon: 11 3 Mewtwo, Movie Promo 2 Skarmory, Neo Genesis 3 Togepi, Promo 2 Togetic, Neo Genesis 1 Cleffa, Neo Genesis Trainers: 28 2 The Rocket's Trap, Gym Heroes 4 Rocket's Sneak Attack, Team Rocket 2 Energy Charge, Neo Genesis 1 Super Energy Retrieval, Neo Genesis 4 Super Scoop Up, Neo Genesis 3 Bill's Teleporter, Neo Genesis 1 Rocket's Secret Experiment, Gym Challenge 3 Good Manners, Gym Heroes 2 Nightly Garbage Run, Team Rocket 2 Moo-Moo Milk, Neo Genesis 2 Misty's Duel, Gym Heroes 2 Narrow Gym, Gym Heroes Energy: 21 4 Metal Energy 2 Recycle Energy 3 Potion Energy 4 Full Heal Energy 8 Psychic Energy I've been testing this on Apprentice and with my friends a lot, and I've decided it's going to be this deck that I'll be playing at the ECSTS with, and hopefully win with it. Anyways, here's the report. Round 1 vs Chase's Rain Dance I used to play against him and his deck last year, but he moved and I just met him at the League 2 weeks ago. I started out going first with a Mewtwo as my active and Skarmory on the bench. I put Metal Energy on Skarmory and let him go. He had all 4 Base Squirtle in play and a Promo Articuno as Active. It was my turn, I used Super Scoop Up on Mewtwo and sent up Skarmory. I attached another Metal on Skarmory. I attacked him for 20. He had no Energy at all but evolved one of his Squirtles with a Pokemon Breeder into Base Blastoise. I don't remember the rest of the game, but I know that I got all six prizes when he had only 2 Water Energy on one of his Blastoises. Me: 1-0 Round 2 vs Eric's Classic Haymaker Eric is the only kid I know that still plays a Classic Haymaker, with Fossil Magmar, Base Electabuzz and Hitmonchan, and Jungle Scyther. He also only uses trainers from Base Set through Fossil. Well anyway, he started first with a Scyther as active and 2 Electabuzz on his bench. I don't remember most of the game, except for the end. We both had 1 Prize left, but I killed his Hitmonchan with my Togetic. Me: 2-0 Round 3 vs Jordan's Rocket's Zapdos deck This is the only other kid than me at Sanctuary Comics that is going to the ECSTS. Me and him are both ranked in the Top 100, and always play each other in the Finals here. Well I went first, and had a Full Bench and Jordan had 2 Rocket's Zapdos on his bench, with Lt. Surge's Electabuzz(Holo) as an Active. I attached a Psychic Energy to my Active Mewtwo and let him go. His Electabuzz killed my Mewtwo in 3 turns. I sent out a Skarmory with 3 Metal Energy and got to prevent 50 damage. I don't remember what exactly happened, but I know that I killed his Electabuzz and a Zapdos before he killed the Skarmory. We both had 4 prizes left, and I had Togetic as active vs a Rocket's Zapdos. He got 2 more Rocket's Zapdos on his bench, along with Movie Promo Pikachu. He killed the Togetic pretty easily, along with Cleffa. I got another Mewtwo out, and killed his two Rocket's Zapdos with that. We both had 2 prizes left, and he had a Holo Surge's Electabuzz on the bench with the Pikachu as Active. He killed my Mewtwo with Me: 2-1 Before the playoffs started, I bought 6 Neo Discovery packs, and got Holo Poliwrath, Holo Tyranitar(!), Nonholo Beedrill, 2 Nonholo Espeon, and a Nonholo Smeargle. Jordan bought 2 packs and got Nonholo Beedrill and Butterfree. Now it was time for the playoffs. Playoffs Round 1 vs Eric's Classic Haymaker All I know about this is that I got all Six Prizes in about 30 seconds. He didn't get any energy except for a Double Colorless. Me: 3-1 Playoffs Round 2 vs Marcus's Togetic/Misty's Gyarados deck For some reason, everytime I go to the League, the playoffs are easier than the regular matches. I beat this guy in 2 turns, since all he could get was a Neo Discovery Poliwag with no energy. Me: 4-1 Semifinals vs Erik's Erika's Preconstruced deck I don't know how this kid can get into the playoffs with this deck. this is the exact same deck as the Erika's preconstruced deck from Gym Heroes. He's actually pretty good with this deck, but once I got a fully powered Mewtwo, it was the end for him. Me: 5-1 Finals vs Jordan's Rocket's Zapdos deck I forgot to mention that Jordan is my best friend, and we battle each other all the time, so it's kind of boring when we have to battle each other at the league. But, me and him hold the record at Sanctuary Comics for facing each other in the Finals so many times. I just found out that me and him have fought each other 16 times in a row in the Finals, where I have beaten him 10 times and he beat me the other 6. I know everything that happened in this game cause I just played it about half an hour ago. Well, he got to go first with a Rocket's Zapdos as active and no bench. I had Skarmory as active with Skarmory and Togepi on the bench. He attached a Lightning energy and attacked for 20. I put a Mewtwo on my bench and attached a Psychic energy to my Togepi. I said go and it was his turn. He used Bill's Teleporter and put a Rocket's Zapdos and Movie Promo Pikachu on the bench. He attacked for 20 and it was my turn. I evolved my Togepi and used a Super Scoop Up on my Skarmory. If I got heads, I could kill his RocI finished 6-1, just like Jordan. And, everytime a new set comes out, whoever wins the finals recieves a box of that set, so I got a box of Neo Discovery cards! Jordan got 10 Neo Discovery packs and 2 Neo Genesis packs. Now for Props and Slops Props: For the Neo Discovery packs, for getting me 2 holo Tyranitars and 1 Nonholo Tyranitar! Props for the Neo Discovery packs for all the cards except Holo Politoed and Umbreon! Props to Jordan for me beating him in the Finals again! Props to Marcus for such a short game! Props to my Lugia coin, for never getting tails when I used Super Metronome! Slops: Slops to the Neo Discovery packs for the 5 nonholo Butterfrees:( Slops to Jordan for beating me in Round 3 Slops to Matt(who works at Sanctuary Comics) for charging taxes on the packs that we bought Slops to all the tails I got. I hate coin flips:( Thanks for reading! Chuck Hall beruzebubu@pikatown.com _____________________________________________________________ Get your free Pikatown internet email account compliments of Pokemon Unofficial Pokedex ---> http://www.unofficialpokedex.com