First off, I think you take this game a little too seriously 
Pokemon Lady. I would hardly call people who win with a Haymaker or a 
Raindance "pathetic." How about smart business people? When I enter a 
tournament, I want to win the $$$$$. I don't want to throw away my entrance 
fee. I used to make up very original ideas for my decks, and the farthest I 
ever got in my local card shops biweekly tourney was the semifinals. I 
realized that I lost to a Haymaker every time. So I decided to make a 
Haymaker, and instead of Electabuzz, I used Charmander, mainly so I wouldn't 
have a weakness to fighting. I thought it was a pretty good twist on an old 
idea. Within three weeks, I had one my first tourney ever, which gave me the 
prize of 40 bucks and a free Jungle booster {it was a pretty large tourney}. 
Does that make me pathetic? No, just smart. So why don't you keep throwing 
money away at the tourney's you play in Pokemon Lady, and I'll try to go on 
and make money every week.