24 participants
Pokemon League Tournament
April
29, 2000 in Danville, Virginia
Hi PoJo,
I just came back from Pokemon League in Danville,
Virginia. We decided to make a tournament out of it, single elimination. We
had an even number of participants, so there was only one by. There were
no annoying kids there, all the participants were my friends. We decided to
pitch in and give the winner a Neo booster from the card shop up the
road. I decided to use my new Cleaner Variant, which includes the Wigglytuff
line in it for a back up power hitter. Anyway, on with my deck, Wiggly
Cleaner:
Wiggly Cleaner variant 1.0
4x Jigglypuff (auto-sleep is great; Pound is an
average attack; great basic with high HP)
3x Wigglytuff (awesome pokemon; Do the Wave is
great after an Oak or two with a full bench)
4x Scyther (staple point of all my decks, fits in
perfectly, slightly better than my pal, Farfetch'd)
4x Growlithe (above average basic; Like
Jigglypuff, it has high HP but a more energy intensive attack)
3x Arcanine (the main attacker of the deck, keep
him on the bench until fully powered, then use Take Down)
3x Magmar (Fossil; awesome, Smokescreen is great
and Smog is awesome, great for annoying Haymaker)
2x Bill (draw two cards; simple)
3x PlusPower (amazing what ten extra damage can
do)
3x Gust of Wind (bring in those weak Magikarp or
cowardly Tentacool; also good for stalling)
3x Professor Oak (never have a bad hand with this
deck; just Oak to get basics for Wigglytuff)
4x Energy Removal (one of the most annoying cards
in the game; foils Scyther's Plans for Slash)
20x Fire (provide energy for pokemon)
4x Double Colorless Energy (provide
energy for pokemon)
Round 1 Wiggly Cleaner vs. RockHay deck
I draw Jigglypuff, Arcanine, Energy Removal,
Double Colorless Energy, and three Fire energy. I lead with the Jigglypuff. I
win the coin flip and he leads with Rhyhorn with a Ponyta on the bench. I draw
Fire energy and attach a Double Colorless Energy to Jigglypuff and Professor
Oak. I get Growlithe, Magmar, Professor Oak, Bill, and three Fire energy. I
attack and pound. He attaches a Fighting energy to Rhyhorn and Leers with
heads. I draw PlusPower and lay Growlithe and Magmar and attach a Fire
Energy to Growlithe. He attaches another Fighting energy to Rhyhorn and Leers
for heads again. I draw Bill and Professor Oak and get three Farfetch'd,
Wigglytuff, two Energy Removal and a Fire Energy. I lay all three Farfetch'd
and evolve Jigglypuff into Wigglytuff and attach a Fire energy to Wigglytuff
and Do the Wave for 60, knocking out Rhyhorn because since I evolved, Leer has
no effect. My prize was a Wigglytuff. He attaches a Fighting energy to Ponyta
and passes. I draw Growlithe and Do the Wave for the win.
1-0
Match 2 Wiggly Cleaner vs. Damage Swap
I draw Growlithe, Magmar, Wigglytuff, Double
Colorless Energy, and three Fire energy. I lead with Magmar with Growlithe on
the bench. I play first and he leads with a Chansey with a Chansey on the
bench. I draw a Double Colorless Energy. I attach a Fire energy to Magmar and
Smokescreen. He lays Kangaskhan on the bench and attaches a Psychic energy to
Chansey. I draw a Wigglytuff and attach a Fire energy to Magmar and Smog with
heads. He attaches a Psychic energy to Chansey and uses Scrunch and flips
heads. I attach a Fire energy to Growlithe and Smokescreen. He attaches a
Psychic energy to Kangaskhan and Scrunches but fails. I drew Gust of Wind and
attached a Fire energy to Growlithe and used Smog with tails. He
retreated Chansey for a fresh Chansey and attached a Psychic energy to the
fresh Chansey and passed. I drew a PlusPower and used Gust of Wind to bring in
Chansey and Smog for a prize, which was a Fire energy. He layed an Abra and
passed. I drew a Farfetch'd and placed it and attached a Double Colorless
Energy to it and used Smog with no poison. He placed an Abra on the bench and
passed. I drew another Wigglytuff and played a Fire energy on Growlithe and
used Smog with no poison. He used Professor Oak and attached a Psychic energy
to Abra and passed. I drew a Growlithe and used Smog with no poison again. He
attached an energy to Chansey and used Scrunch with no success. I drew a Bill
and used it to get two Fire energy. I layed a Fire energy on Growlithe and
used Smog
with poison. He retreated Chansey to the bench and
placed Abra and used Psyshock with heads. I drew a Fire energy and attached it
to Farfetch'd and passed. He used Energy Removal on my Magmar and attached a
Psychic energy to Chansey and Psyshocked with no paralysis. I drew an Arcanine
and attached another Fire energy to Arcanine and retreated Magmar for Arcanine
and used Flamethrower to knock out Abra. My prize was a Growlithe. He placed a
Kangaskhan and placed a Mr.Mime on the bench and attached a Psychic energy to
Kangaskhan and used Fetch. I drew a Magmar and placed it onto my bench and
attached a PlusPower and used Take Down to knock out Kangaskhan. He placed
Mr.Mime and layed a Snorlax on the bench and evolved Abra into Kadabra.
He then attached a Psychic energy to Mr.Mime. I drew a Fire Energy and
retreated Arcanine in favor of Magmar and attached a Fire energy to
Magmar and used Smokescreen. He attached a Psychic energy to Kadabra and
passed. I drew a Jigglypuff and retreated Magmar in favor of the Jigglypuff
and attached a Double Colorless energy to it and used Pound. He used Switch
and brought in Kadabra and used Super Psy for twenty because of resistance. I
used Energy Removal on Chansey and used Professor Oak, after evolving
Jigglypuff into Wigglytuff, and got a Growlithe, Gust of Wind, Double
Colorless Energy, and four Fire energy. I attached a Fire energy to Wigglytuff
and layed Growlithe and used Do the Wave for 60, taking care of Kadabra. My
prize was an Energy Removal. He layed Snorlax and passed. I drew a Farfetch'd
and attached a Fire Energy to Arcanine. I used Do the Wave for sixty to
Snorlax. He placed a Snorlax on the bench and passed. I drew a Double
Colorless Energy and attached it to Arcanine and used Do the Wave to
finish Snorlax. My prize was a Magmar. He placed a Snorlax and attached an
energy to Chansey. I drew a Fire energy and retreated Magmar for Arcanine and
used Gust of Wind on Chansey and used Take Down for my final prize.
2-0
Round 3 Wiggly Cleaner vs. Flower Power deck
I drew Growlithe, Wigglytuff, Gust of Wind, Bill,
Double Colorless Energy, and two Fire energy. I won the toss and she lead with
Oddish with an Oddish on the bench. I drew a Wigglytuff and used Bill to get
two Fire energy. I attached a Fire energy to Growlithe and passed. She placed
Exeggute on the bench and attached an energy to Oddish and used Stun Spore
with heads. I drew Magmar and attached a Fire energy to Growlithe. She placed
Bulbasaur on the bench and evolved Oddish into Gloom and attached a Grass
energy to Oddish and used Poison Powder. I used Gust of Wind on Exeggute
and attached a Fire energy to Growlithe and hit Exeggute for forty
damage. She attached a Grass energy to Bulbasaur and passed. I drew a Fire
energy and retreated Growlithe in favor of Magmar and attached a Fire
energy to him and used Smokescreen to knock out Exeggute and got a Fire energy
as a prize. She placed a Gloom and used Poison Powder. I drew a Arcanine and
evolved Growlithe and attached a Fire energy to Magmar and used Smog with
heads. She use Pokemon Breeder and evolved into Venusaur and retreated Gloom
for Oddish and used Sprout after using Energy Trans onto Oddish. I
drew a Scyther and attached a Fire energy to Arcanine and used Smog with
heads. I drew a prize, which was a Double Colorless Energy as a
prize. She placed a Venusaur and passed. I drew a Fire energy and attached a
Double Colorless Energy to Arcanine and retreated Magmar for Arcanine and used Flamethrower
to get rid of the meddlesome Venusaur and get a Fire energy as a prize.
She layed an Oddish and attached a Grass energy to it and evolved it to
Gloom and used Poison Powder. I drew a Jigglypuff and layed and attached a
Fire energy to Arcanine and used Flamethrower to get a Fire energy as a
prize. She placed a Gloom and passed. I drew a Jigglypuff and used Take Down
to get my final prize.
4-0
Match 5 vs. ??????
I got a by this round so I just hung around with
my friends that had been eliminated an gave some tips on making their decks
better. I then went to play the championship:
5-0
Match 6 vs. Energy Trans
I drew a Magmar, two PlusPower, and four Fire
energy. She drew a lone Bulbasaur. I went first and drew a Fire energy and
attached one to Magmar with two PlusPower for the win. Not as difficult as I
thought it would be, but a win is a win.
We went down to the card shop and bought the Neo
booster. I got a Pichu! I already have complete Neo, so I traded it to my
friend for Japanese Basic Alakazam and Chansey, to finish all of my Japanese
sets!