My latest Killer Deck is called.....Death from Above. I played it at yet
another weekly tournament at Books-A-Million Baton Rouge, LA where I won the
weekend before. There would be no mercy this time either. Its an unlikely
spin on the Haymaker using Fossil to surprise opponents. Here it is......read
on trainers, read on.

x14 Fighting Energy (Boring eh?)
x9 Water Energy
x2 Double Colorless
x4 Hitmonchan
x3 Hitmonlee
x1 Chansey
x1 Kangaskahn
x2 Lapras
x2 Articuno
x2 Dratini
x1 Dragonair

x4 Mysterious Fossil
x2 Pokemon Trader
x1 Comp Search
x4 Energy Removal
x1 Super Energy Removal
x1 Energy Retrieval
x4 Bill

Round 1: Really Scary Gothic Guy
How this guy started playing Pokemon I may never know! Geez the guy looked
dead...I'd make him look paler! He shuffled silently, I had visions of "The
Psychic Showdown" with Sabrina and wondered if I'd get turned into a doll. He
was using some odd Ditto deck and my hand was, as I say, "A Booyah Waiting to
Happen". Hitmonchan jabbed until he fell to clone Hitmonchan. Then he started
stalling with a  Lickitung. I stepped in with Articuno after Hitmonlee had
kicked his bench to near death and put him on ice. Game. Set. Match. Winner?
Takeshi!

Round 2: Guy with Donuts   
In the words of James, "I wanna donut". I took off my game face and was
sociable before the match began. I gotta donut. I wiped off the glaze and got
ready. I hoped the donut wouldn't effect my game. He pulled a Mime deck on
me. Mr. Mime just begs for Dratini....I dunno why. Four Mime.....1
Dratini....thats 4 knockouts for me! Its tough using a Meditate that does no
damage. His last hoped was in the hands of Snorlax. Hitmonlee you say? High
Jump Kick? Thank you sir may I have another. Winner? Takeshi!

Round 3: Guy dressed like Ash
Hmm....not much to make fun of. By this time I was enjoying a world famous
Snow Joe and chilling. I had heard this guy packed a pretty durn scary
Haymaker, or is mine better. Ding Ding.....theres the bell. Its Hitmonchan
for me, he only gets one basic and I have 2 ER. Jab, Jab and the crowd roars.
Its another win for the rising star, Takeshi!!

Round 4: Wannabe
Ok....so its another Aero deck, I have no fear. I say smack sir.....smack! I
see that theres no use in using Aerodactyl cuz this is another Haymaker. I
decide to go with my water for a change. I start with Lapras, but get the
living $%#&# kicked out of me by a Pikachu, pitiful huh? I bring up
Kangaskahn on a whim so I get to flip lots of coins and it works! I knock out
3 until he gets a KO with his Chan. I send Chansey down Kamikaze style for
the win! Can I have a donut? Takeshi!!
   
Round 5: Moussie Woosie
Hes good, so I make fun of him for an advantage. He always has his hair all
perfect and stuff so I call him Moussie Chan and stuff. He beat me in a
practice match earlier so I'm afraid, nah! I know that he's using a big Rain
Dance. One of the best I've seen. I get Aerodactyl and Fossil in my opening
hand. Booyah!! I play Aero 2nd turn and laugh...I'll just let him sit and no
Blastoise. Needless to say he didn't hold up, I got Gusted and wasted by an
Articuno. Blastoise came soon before I could get another Aero ready. I went
down in flames in the finals. Game. Set. Match? Moussie Woosie.

Ok....so I didn't take home everything today. I did take home some nice
Fossil and Japanese boosters though, all in a days work er....play for
Takeshi. Well....its a great deck and its fun watching people get angry at
Aerodactyl. If you like control like that check out my deck from last month,
The Eliminator. And until next time remember my motto, "Play hard or go home"
Until next time, Takeshi.

RanmaSaotomeXI@aol.com