Upstart Comics
1483-A Bowen Road
Nanaimo, British Columbia
April 29, 2000
About 18 people participated in a Swiss style tourney, with best out of 3
DCI sanctioned

This is the layout of the Drainer:

4 Poliwag
3 Poliwhirl
1 Poliwrath
3 Psyduck
2 Golduck
3 Dratini
2 Dragonair

4 ER
3 SER
2 Potion
2 Switch
2 PKMN Trader

4 DCE
25 Water Energy

The Drainer focuses heavily on energy removal. I only really needed 22
waters to fuel my Pokemon, but sometimes I have to retreat, and I have 3
SER's too. This deck takes a while to build up, but once it's up there, it
does really good. Anyway, here's the report.

Round 1: Hayden with Fight/Psy/Water Beatdown-type

Game 1: I've never actually seen a person use a 3-color deck in a tourney
(but then, it _is_ my first one). Anyway, he opened with a Chansey and had
Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee on his bench. I had 2 Poliwags. We took turns
Scrunching and Water Gunning. Eventually, he retreated his Chansey and
brought out the Hitmo that he had pumped up while he was Scrunching. Hitmo
killed both of my Poliwags, no sweat. Hayden won this game.

Game 2: This time he opened with Hitmo, I had 2 Poliwags again. He just
killed me faster. That's all I can say. 2 Jabs for the first Poliwag, a
Special Punch for the 2nd. He won this one too. He said his deck was so good
'cuz he bugged his parents for 2 boosters a DAY! Poke-brat if you ask me!

Record: 0-1

Round 2: John with Psy/Grass Haymaker

Game 1: He opened with a Scyther and benched a Promo Mewtwo, while I believe
I had a Psyduck and a benched Poliwag. I kept getting tails on my Fury
Swipes, and he was really good with PlusPowers, so he killed my Psyduck. I
had given him a good amount of damage in between my tails, while he was
building up energy. He retreated Scyther and brought out Promo Mewtwo. I
ER'd him quite a bit, but he eventually killed me with a Psyburn. John won.

Game 2: More of the same, just faster. He opened with Scyther, I had 2
Poliwags. He geared up for the Slash while I Water Gunned. Eventually, he
Slashed with a PlusPower, so I lost.

Record: 0-2

Round 3: Jared with Fire/Psy and no theme

Game 1: He had Charmander active with a Ponyta on the bench, I had Poliwags.
I Water Gunned and he could barely get in a Scratch. Ponyta came out, with
another Ponyta on the bench. He couldn't attack that turn, so I Water Gunned
for the kill. He sent out the Ponyta, couldn't attack, so I killed it again.
I don't exactly remember what happened after that, but it involved a lot of
killing on my part. I took my last prize and won.

Game 2: This one was a little longer, because he got out some Psychic
Pokemon. He still opened with Fire types, they got killed quickly by
Psyduck, I think. When he got his Drowzee out, he thought he could Confuse
Ray with 2 Fire Energies ^O^. His Drowzee suffered and died, so he brought
out his Jynx. By this time, I had a Poliwhirl, so we both Doubleslapped.
Mine were more effective, so Jynx died. I don't remember if that was his
last Pokemon, but I did take my last prize again.

Record: 1-2

Round 4: Josh with a Grass Status Effect deck

Game 1: This was quick! He had Caterpie active, I had Psyduck active and
Poliwag on the bench. I Fury Swiped, and his String Shot didn't really work.
He benched a Weedle, and I killed his Caterpie. Weedle poisoned me, and
eventually both Psyduck and Poliwag succumbed to it. He won.

Game 2: Opened with Weedle, I think I had a Dratini. My Poliwag was benched,
and that stupid Weedle killed my Dratini and my Poliwag. I think his coin
may have been loaded.

Record: 1-3

Luckily I won once in those 4 rounds, otherwise I would've been eliminated.

Round 5: Stephanie with modified Lockdown (Fire/Water)

Game 1: We were the only two girls in the whole tournament! Anyway, she kept
making mistakes like putting Fire Energy on benched Water Pokemon. I removed
it *_* . She Called for Family with Krabby, while my Poliwag killed her.
These games were longer, and my memory is getting foggy, but I remember I
evolved into Poliwrath and whooped her. My Golduck cleaned up too. I won.

Game 2: This one was unsuccessful for her too. She wouldn't Call For Family
because she thought there was no point. Her dad was helping her a little
too. That was unfair, because my mom was just watching like she's supposed
to. Because Stephanie wouldn't CFF, she had a small bench. Krabby evolved
into Kingler and died, and so did her Seadra that was pumped up. She put out
another Kingler, and Golduck cleaned her house again. Golduck's a good
Pokemon ^O^

Record: 2-3

Round 6: Bevan with Psy/Fighting Damage Control?

Game 1: His Farfy got pumped. Fast. He Leek Slapped, but it didn't work. I
think Psyduck was active. He Fury Swiped. 2 Pot Smashes and Psyduck was
dead. He had out tons of Abras, but my Dratini blocked them. They tried to
hurt me, but I brought out Poliwag and Gunned them to death. I don't
remember what else happened, but I won.

Game 2: He got a better start, and his Pokemon were developing faster. I got
a somewhat bad hand, but I still did good. His Kadabra came out and Super
Psyed. I tried to ER, but he just kept on slappin' on energy and killing
everyone, even my Dratinis. He won this game.

Game 3: This time, we both put up a better fight. His Abras still got
squished, and my Dragonair prevailed. It was either Dragonair or Golduck.
Anyway, let's go to his last Pokemon, Mankey. He Scratched Psyduck, and I
Fury Swiped for 20. Next turn, Scratch. I had to get 1 more head to win and
compete for 3rd or 4th place. Tails... tails... HEADS! I won!

Record: 3-3

Round 7: Hayden (I already told you his deck)

We were supposed to play for 3rd and 4th places, which were 5 and 3 free
hours (respectively) of computer time at that store. There was also a prize
for 1st place in the 12 and under group. My mom pointed out that I couldn't
use the computer time because I don't live in Nanaimo and couldn't really
access the computer for that amount of time, so I got 1st place in the <12
group, while Hayden got 3rd and Bevan got 4th (I think). My prize was a 1st
Ed. Fossil booster. I got Shellder, Gambler, Krabby, Kabuto, Geodude,
Grimer, Energy Search, A SHINY ARTICUNO!!!!!, Magmar, Gastly, and Kingler.
Articuno is my 3rd 1st Ed. shiny. I also own Machamp and Hypno. I had a lot
of fun at the tourney. Now for the Coos And Boos!

Coos to:
-The tourney organizer for giving me the Fossil cards and a DCI #
-Hayden for letting me take the cards
-Jared, Stephanie, and Bevan for being such good sports
-Shiny Articuno for being so dang cute and expensive!
-Everyone else I forgot to mention who deserves coos

Boos to:
-Josh for whooping me horribly
-John for whooping me even more horribly
-Hayden for whooping me worst of all!
-Stephanie's dad for helping
-My dad for sleeping in the car for half the tourney ^O^ (J/K, Dad!)

Miss Kido
the_brain175@hotmail.com
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