The Lionhart v1.9
                          by Matt Townend
                                 STS
                       Long Beach, California
                      Saturday, July 22, 2000
                      About 7000 participants

Well, I'm here in LA after a 2-hour layover in Boise.  I got off the plane,
and, being a major intensity person, worried about every possible thing that
could happen.  We arrived at the Queen Mary at about 8:00 pm Friday, met
everyone like Pokegym's webmaster, Tyais.  I played a few games, then
retired for the night.

The next day, the big day, I woke up at 6:00, checked my deck, then started
up.  Here's my deck.  It's a spungy wiggly deck:

THE LIONHART v1.9

4 MP Mewtwo
4 Jigglypuff
4 Wigglytuff
4 Scyther
3 Bill
4 Computer Search
3 Professor Oak
3 Rocket's Sneak Attack
2 Lass
3 Item Finder
3 Scoop Up
4 PlusPower
3 Gust of Wind
12 Psychic Energy
4 Double Colorless Energy

I met up with my friends Geoff and Nick in the lobby, then headed down to
the Exibit hall.  We waited in the line outside the Titanic-style ship, and
finally got the appointment card and headed over to the leauge zone.  The
STS wasn't until 12:00, so we had some time to kill. I met up with my friend
from Boise, Cody.  We talked, played a few games, put on the cool new
t-shirts you get when you sign up for the tournemont, and eventually played
in the STS.  Being in the 11-14 leauge, I wasn't expecting too much of a
compotition.


Game 1 - Matt vs. Charles Sweet

To make this long, he was using a big evolution grass/water deck using
Blastoise and Venusuar(?). He started Scyther and Bulbasaur, I started
Mewtwo.  I went first, did the whole discarding energy thing with Computer
Search and Professor Oak and Energy Absorption.  He didn't do too much, so I
Gusted his Bulba for a quick KO.  He brought out Scyther, gave him a grass
energy, then swords danced.  I then quickly found 3 PlusPowers by Comp.
Search, Bill, Item Finder, and Oak to KO Scyther and take the match.
1-0

Game 2 - Matt vs. Geoff Lee

No, not my friend Geoff (He's 15). This guy played a pretty awesome haymaker
with Chanseys(?), and he started very well.  So well, in deed, that he
managed to take three prizes.  I came back with a vengence when I brought
out Wiggly, though.  He managed to draw 3 prizes before I drew all 6 of
mine.
2-0

Game 3 - Matt vs. Johnathon Pram

His deck was similar to mine, but he used Hitmonchan in place of Mewtwo. 
Mistake.  I Sneaked away all his good cards, then beat down with Mewtwo and
Scyther.  He did manage to draw one prize, though.
3-0

Game 4 - Matt vs. Mitchel Tamboy

Yikes.  Rain dance.  The single deck I fear.  Luckily I Lassed and Sneaked
away his Breeders, Bills, oaks, and Computer Searches.  This stalled
Blastoise, but he eventually made his apperance.  When he was down to 1 or 2
prizes, I managed to combo Mewtwo and Wiggly to kill Blastoise.  He was then
left with Lapras to confuse me (which he did). I got lucky and got heads on
Do The Wave to knock out Lapras.  Whew!
4-0

Game 5 - Matt vs. Cade Shoulders

This kid played a strange fire/water deck.  I didn't really see much of it,
though, because I won on turn two with Mewtwo vs. Rocket Squirtle with no
energy.
5-0

Game 6 - Matt vs. Zach Froelich

In this round, all I could tell is that he used Electabuzz because I won
when it was my Mewtwo(fully charged) vs. 'Buzz, then I Lassed to find out
that his whole hand was trainers.  YIPEEE! (By the way, he said that he was
a really good trainer, and that he just got an unlucky draw that game.  I
played him again for an almost identical game with Lass and Mewtwo *hehe*)
6-0

Game 7 - Matt vs. Derek Bowling

Oh great.  Another Haymaker.....Oh well.  My Scyther, Mewtwo, RSA, Oak,
Energy Absorption vs. Hitmonchan......these will do the trick vs. Hays!  I
won pretty quickly after that.
7-0

Well, I was pretty happy now, because I was in first place.  (Oh, yeah!!) 
This is a very big deal at the STS.  Next battle is the last one before the
final 8.

Game 8 - Matt vs. Kody Barrett

No, not my friend Cody.  Here's another Wiggly deck to eat for breakfast. 
This guy said that he was going to defeat me, but I doubted that.  I went
first and did my whole sneak, card drawing thing with Wiggly popping out
turn 3 for the win against his Pokemon that weren't much of a problem to
take care of.  Too bad for him.
8-0

Well, I'm in the final 8 now.  They then did a deck check, and I was SSOO
nervous that my deck was 59 or 61 cards 'cause I forgot to check how many
there were when I checked my deck that morning.  Fortunetly, it was fine,
and I went on to play in the final round(s) in single elimination form!

Game 1 of Final 8 - Matt vs. Zach Froelich

Last time I play Zach, I had beaten him twice.  He was very surprized that I
beat him, and seemed to now know how to beat my deck.  So, unfortuetly, he
did.  HIS Wigglytuff vs. my 2 Mewtwo's.  Yikes.
0-1

Well, it was over for me.  It was fun to see great trainers there like
Tyais, Jered, Geoff, Nick, and Scott G.(I didn't acually meet him)

As a last note, Zach Froelich gave me his deck list (nice guy).  He wants to
give credit to Brian Barrett for this deck:

4 Jigglypuff
3 Wigglytuff
3 Electabuzz
3 Ditto
2 Scyther
2 Lass
3 Rocket's Sneak Attack
3 Super Energy Removal
3 PlusPower
3 Gust of Wind
4 Professor Oak
4 Bill
2 Switch
2 Computer Search
2 Energy Retrival
2 Item Finder
2 Rainbow Energy
4 Double Colorless Energy
9 Lightning Energy      (I think!)

Adios!



Matt Townend
townsboy@hotmail.com