The following deck was done at a local store

The following deck was done at a local store, named The Encounter. Located in East Stroudsburg PA. Tourtaments are always Friday, sign-ups at 5:-5:30. We play 3 rounds of Swiss, followed by either a top 8, or top 16 depending on the turn out, which is single elimination. This tourtament happened to have around 50-52 people incolved so it was top 16. Top eight get store credit with the top 2 getting more than everyone else.

The following deck includes many Japanese cards and will be the deciding factor once Gym II comes out in American.

4 Team Rocket Zapados.- Translation- 70 HP, no weakness, resistance to fighting 2 retreat cost.

1st Attack- one electric- 20 damage and take one eletric from discard and attach it to the Zapados.

2nd Attack- 3 electric, 1 colorless- 70 damage, does 10 to itself for every electric attached.

2nd attack- 1 electric- discard all electric, flip a coin for every electric discard and do 30x the # of heads

2 Garbage Retrievals- TR Pack- Take 3 Energy, Basic Pokemon OR Evolution cards from discard and shuffle into deck

2 Thrust- Letter of Challange- TR pack- opponent chooses either you draw 2 cards or both you and opponent search

This deck has many advantges and basically uses SER's, which with the 1st Attack has no disadvantge, to build up to a 70 pt attack. Then you use super potions to heal yourself and attack for 70, repeat until game won.

The game started with his charmander and one evee, I had no Pokemon then I got one Zapados. I won the flip and started with computer(discarding two energies) for an electric, Plasma(1st attack name) and attached the energy. He attaches and does scratch. I draw, plus power, plasma- knock out charmander. He draws no other pokemon and next time I do 70 and win.

He draws Hitmochan and Scyther, I lay down Zapados. The first few rounds he tries to power up scyther's sword dance, but I ER and SER while doing plasma. I draw another Zapados and Prof Oak twice, while his scyther dies and his Haymaker sits their uselessly. I finally power up the 70 and knock out his Hitmochan and another One for the win.

This was slow for me only drawing one energy, but he professor Oaked 3 times, billed twice and couldnt get the combo going. He had 3 Moltres, 1 Lapras and a Squirtle. It seems early on he discard 2 breeders and 2 Blastoise(he has 4 of each) in the oaking to get a Squirtle. We go and then he realizes all of his other breeders AND Blastoises are in his prizes and since he needed energy and I had already done 3 SER's and had a Powered up Zapados he conceds.

he had a bad Draw, and I think my name (Old man on the Mountain) Was getting to be legendary with this deck. He only had a magmar and couldnt get good flips with Smog. When he finally poisoned my only ZapadosI had a Full HEal ready. I finally knocked him out with Plasma+ 2 Plus power.

he only drew Hitmochan's, My two Zapados's wrecked him with ER;s and Plasma. He got one lucky shot with a Special punch and 4 Plus powers to knock out one Zapados but that was it.

This was my toughtest battle since he got back all the Energy I destroyed. The only drawback for him was that my Retirval did damage while his had to wait. We traded many pokemon and both had one prize left when I Oaked down to two cards, and drew two Pluspowers to over come his two defenders.

4th Round- Final 2- We drew as this was the Blastoise kid again and he had to go home(The tourney was getting over around 9:30) I was happy with 15 dollars Store Credit.

if you have any questions about strategy, or why this can defeat any "main stream" deck email me at jokerswild@pnpa.net