Spirit Drag v1.0
by Free J
Books-A-Million
Richmond, Virginia
July 22nd, 2000
Hi, Pojo! I'm Free J! I've made a tough
deck for you to see. I call it Spirit Drag because of Dark Machoke's Drag Off
attack. It gets me in the spirit. Get it? Here's my deck:
Spirit Drag v1.0
Poke'mon(19):
3 Machop (Team rocket)
2 Dark Machoke
1 Dark Machamp
3 Diglett (Team rocket)
1 Dugtrio (Base set)
1 Dark Dugtrio
4 Mankey ( 2 Jungle, 2 Team rocket)
2 Primeape(Jungle)
1 Dark Primeape
1 Hitmonchan (Base set)
Trainers(15):
4 Potion
3 PlusPower
1 Professor Oak
4 Bill
1 Gust of wind
2 Energy search
Energy(26):
26 Fighting Energy
The goal of Spirit Drag is to
beat down your opponent with powerful Fighting-type Poke'mon and killer
strategies(e.g., the Jungle mankey + Team rocket Mankey combo where the Jungle
Mankey peeks at the top card in your opponent's deck and if it's helpful to
them, the Team rocket Mankey uses its Mischief attack). This deck highly
achieves this goal if you use it properly.
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for...
The Matches!
Round 1: My Spirit Drag vs. Jake's mono-psychic
deck
He had a League Promo Mew active and
I had a Team rocket Mankey. I used Mischief and hoped for the best. Jake
Psywaved me and I was in terrible danger. I was lucky enough to draw and Bench
a Team rocket Diglett. I used Anger and got tails with 1 PlusPower. He
Psywaved Mankey and I was forced to use Diglett. I used Dig Under with a
PlusPower and Knocked Out Mew as punishment for Knocking Mankey Out. He used a
Base set Abra. He Psyshocked but it wasn't enough to stop me. I Scratched him.
He Psyshocked me again. I Scratched him again and won because he had no Bench.
1-0
Round 2: My Spirit Drag vs. Chris' Tidewater deck
I've always hated to fight Rain Dance and
sure enough his deck was a Rain Dance variant.
I had a Team rocket Mankey(again) and he had a
Base Set Squirtle. Chris got the first move and Benched a Chansey. He Bubbled
me but didn't paralyze me. I Mischiefed him but didn't mess his strategy up at
all. He Breedered to Blastoise on turn two and defeated Mankey with ease. I
unleashed a Team rocket Diglett and Oaked so I could save myself from
Blastoise's wrath. I used Dig Under and did damage to Blastoise. He defeated
Diglett,another Team rocket Mankey, and a Team rocket Machop. I unleashed
another Team rocket Machop and Kicked Chansey after Gusting it out from his
Bench. He was unable to retreat due to no Energies and I beat it. He defeated
that Machop with Blastoise. My third Team rocket Machop also fell prey to his
Blastoise. I sent out a Team rocket Diglett and he ended up having to
leave.Before he left, he said" Count it as a win for both of us." I
didn't care.
2-1
Round 3: My Spirit Drag vs. Kev's Venusaur deck:
Kev was sure his Venusaur deck would
be victorious. He unleashed a Venonat and I had a Machop. He Stun Spored
me, but couldn't paralyze me. I Punched him(with a Machop, not my fists, get
the joke?). He Stun Spored again, no paralysis. I evolved to Dark Machoke and
Knocked him back after that. He sent out Ivysaur and Vine Whipped me. I used
Potion to reduce my damage to 30 and then used it again to reduce the damage
to 10. I Knocked him back twice and all he had left were 2 little Eevees. I
beat the Jungle and Rocket Eevees easily and won the game.
3-1
Props and Slops:
Props to me for almost getting my Boulderbadge and
foil Eevee
Props to the 5 promo cards the coach gave me
Props to my deck for doing well
Slops to the coach for being late
Slops to Chris for having such a tough deck
Unfortunately, this deck is not built
to beat Raindance. If you have any suggestions on how to improve the deck or
how to arm it with Raindance whipping material. I can be e-mailed at keane.fam@rcn.com.
Free J
P.S.: Please, please
post this! It took me a long time to write this report.
Thanks,
Free J