Well, thanks to Games Unique in Austin, Texas! My bro works there and this
is the second time I've convinced him to get the manager to hold a
tournament there. I've got a Mew or two in here... actually, I've got
THREE!!! Well, it all goes to show that shopping on the 'net can be a good
thing. Only one of them was pricey, and one I got through the Pokemon
League at Toys "R" Us. The other one was cheap on the 'net. And I'm talking
about FOSSIL Mew, not Tropical Island or Ancient (Ancient Mew??? Cheap???)
Well, about 16 people here, and it's Double Elimination. It looks like
-and, as I found out to be true - that they've got GREAT prizes this time!
Here's my deck - Clone Attack!

Pokemon: 15
Mew x 3
Mewtwo x 3
Dratini x 4
Dragonair x 3
Dragonite x 2

Psychic Energy x 21
Double Colorless x 4

Trainers: 20
Bill x 3
Super Energy Removal x 3
Super Potion x 2
Energy Removal x 3
Energy Retrieval x 2
Energy Search x 2
Gust of Wind x 3
Potion x 2

I knew Mew would come in handy, and very much it did indeed! I got a TON of
people depending on evolution (Rain Dance mostly) P-I-S-S-E-D!!! Well, here
are the results:

Round 1-VS a Rain Dance deck

Alright! Time to kick some Gyarados all the way back to Magikarps! I start
off with Mew, Dratini, Dragonair, Double Colorless, Bill, and two Psy
energies. I put Dratini out as Active, and Mew on bench. He started with
Magikarp and a Seel (which he probably wanted to turn into a pumped-up
Dewgong before risking it) (he probably had 3 other Magikarp in his deck).
I powered Dratini with a Psy and Pounded. He powered up karp and tackled. I
evolved Dratini, put on Double Colorless and only got one Heads - but it
did the job! a Squirtle comes off of the bench and evolves -but don't have
enough energy to attack! Psy on Dragonair and Hyper Beamed - taking off his
current energy. He goes "Oh no!" and by the time he got Blastoise I had
Dragonite already and had stomped all his Wartortle. When a Gyarados came
off of the bench, it wasn't energized anyways, and Mew came out and beat it
down to size. Simple win with practically just Dragonite and help from ER's
and Super ER's. He used a few on me but I got the energy back quick.

Round 2-VS a Haymaker

When I saw Hitmonchan, I knew I better watch out when I used my
Dratini/Dragonair/Dragonite. But since he seemed to have more of a
Haymaker/Potpurri as the game progressed, I has chances to use them on Mr.
Mime's. Mostly Mew and Mewtwo dominated Hitmonchan and Electabuzz the whole
time.

Round 3-Staller decks get me VERY, VERY ANNOYED.

When this guy say me have Mewtwo as my First Active, he knew what he had to
do. He left his Mr. Mime out and pumped it up with energy! Then when Mewtwo
and Mew started assaulting it, it had so much energy that Mew and Mewtwo's
attacks did 40 damage, resulting in a BIG, FAT ZERO DAMAGE! But halfway
through the game, that was solved quit nicely. Dratini and Dragonair beat
his Mr. Mime's down! Then his other Pokemon had no energy left. Then he
realized he wasted TOO MUCH energy on the Mime's. Too bad! I won in 3
minutes after the Dra's started comin' to me.

Round 4-About 8 people left now... 8 people relying on evolution!

This guy had Charizard. But the minute it came out, it disappeared. I kept
him from evolving, then took all the fire types and colorless down with the
Dra line and Mewtwo (I'm glad I rarely got ER's and SER's this game... they
get so tempting!) Easy win for me and Mew!

Round 5-I get a bye...

Round 6-VS my bro!

Ack! He knew what kind of deck I was using, and was READY! I was careful on
using the Dra line... He had Fighting out there. But Mew and Mewtwo both
put up tough fights whenever he used HIS Psychic Pokemon! He got the Ghost
Pokemon out... and Mew and Mewtwo got defeated! I send out my pumped up
Dragonite and attack Gengar... if I beat it I get my last prize... And I
get 2 heads! But my bro's still in the competition...

Round 7- About 4 left... and I'm fighting someone with a clean record!
Well, he had a Fighting deck! Not much to say but.. Mew/two, I love you!
Looking at the other match, both people had one loss already. My bro VS one
of my friends from school... I join in the crowd watching when they both
have one prize left, and Blastoise beats down my brother's Gengar for the
win! Ah, man!

Round 8-If I win, I get first.

Raindance deck again. But I'm without Mew! My Pokemon are bearly surviving
Blastoise's Hydro Pump, he has 2 prizes left and I have 4... then the
fateful draw as I have 3 left and he has one... Mew! Dragonite is clean of
damage when Blastoise takes 60 damage one it. My next turn Mew is energized
for D-Evolution! I play my SER's, and waste off Dragonite's energy (OF
COURSE NOT MEW'S!), and waste his Blastoise back to his hand. On his turn
he has an Aerodactyl on his bench (Aerodactyl in Raindance?!?!?!) and
CANNOT EVOLVE WARTORTLE AGAIN!!! He adds energy, and Mew's attacks
eventually take out Wartortle, Magikarp, and finally Aerodactyl for my last
prize! He couldn't really do anything to Mew, as he had hardly any energy!

I win! I was right - they got AWESOME PRIZES! I get a Starter Gift Box (for
the deck I got Water Blast and in the booster I got holo Mr. Mime), and
one-half of a box of Fossil boosters (the other half goes to second)! That
means 18 Fossil boosters! I got holo Aerodactyl, holo Muk, holo Gengar,
holo Moltres, holo Zapdos and holo Dragonite, just to name a few... well,
thanks Games Unique for another great tournament with another great prize!

Zachary Dube - kingler_krusher@yahoo.com