The Hip Baker

by Joel Larson

Toy's R' Us

Big Lake, Minnesota

Wednesday, August 16

About 25 People

Well this is my Deck that I use all the time. It seems good because its only lost six times since i've had it and I've played about 150 battles since I made this deck I've had it for about five months now and I finally decided to let this deck out to the people. I was a little cautious about this getting out but I decided people should be able to get a better Haymaker. Like replacing Machop with Rocket Mankey which can do 40 damage for only two energies, replacing one (Base Set) Hitmonchan for a Team Rocket's Hitmonchan (which really saves me sometimes) and Getting rid of Scyther which I think is a waste of my time for a voltorb to get rid of some energies. Well here it is!

The Hip Baker

4 (Rocket) Voltorb

4 (Rocket) Mankey

3 (Base Set) Hitmonchan

1 Team Rocket's Hitmonchan

4 Electrabuzz

4 Bill

2 Item Finder

4 Pluspower

1 Super Energy Removal

2 Energy Removal

3 Prof. Oak

3 Gust Of Wind

12 Fighting Energies

10 Electric Energies

1 Double Colorless Energies

I have to admit that I am writing this one day after pokemon league so some of the details are fuzzy. I battled so much I'll only put in my losses and four wins I remember. Hey I battle exactly twenty-eight people that night. Well here goes!

Me vs Rain Dance

We flip, he wins. He sends out a Squirtle I send out Electrabuzz and put Hitmonchan on my bench. He attaches an energy to Squirtle and uses Bubble Beam Paralyzes me and does it again next turn while also attaching an energy. I keep on only attaching energies to Hitmonchan and saying its his turn. He evolves attaches pluspower or something I forget, and then he knocks out Electrabuzz. I send out Hitmonchan use Special Punch with pluspower and he evolves attaches around three energies and then a pluspower and kills me I lose. 0-1 (At this point)

Me vs Rain Dance (Rematch)

We flip, he wins. Same thing happens basically except i end up getting two Rocket Mankeys out and he wins. This is why I never battle Rain Dance, expecially his becuse its like a Haymaker/Raindance Deck. 0-2 (Now I'm mad)

Me vs Kevin (my friend's Lawnmower Deck, Fighting/Electric)

We flip, he wins. He sends out Machop I send out Hitmonchan he attacks me I attach an energy use Jab thats all that happens, I knock out his Machoke, a Bulbasaur, a Venonat, a Venusaur and he runs out of pokemon I win. 1-2 (Now I'm getting my pride back)

Me vs Kevin (Sudden Death (Just for Fun))

We flip, I win (finally). He sends out Machop I send out Mankey. I attach an energy, say done. He has no energies. My turn I attach an energy use Anger does 40. He goes does 20. I knock his Machop out. Hes out of pokemon. I win. 2-2

Me vs Neo Kid (Colorless Deck)

Now this kid had alot of neo cards so I don't know if he was lying. He had like Togepi's Evoloution in it and stuff. I won anyway. I earned enough points there for a Promo Eevee Yeah. 2-2

Me vs Sponge Deck (Psychic/Electric)

This battle was the last battle I did. I won the Flip. He had a Mewtwo, I sent out Hitmonchan. This battle would take me about three pages to write but this is the last battle I remember clearly. His turns lasted about ten minutes each (ok maybe 3 min. but it seemed like forever because pokemon league was over by the time his third turn was over) and I was angry because he had one of my weaknesses. This battle is mostly full of me stalling in odd ways I can't even explain. But I used Gust of Wind and stuff got him mad almost lost but came back and destroyed him with my Team Rocket's Hitmonchan and my Electrabuzz. By now I had got 26-2

Props to Toy's R' Us for holding the tournament

Slops to my Mortal Enemy who got away with 15 booster packs

Slops to that Kid with the Raindance who stopped my 32 game winning streak and made me add two to my loss record.

Joel Larson

hiphopmonkey@yahoo.com