New York City Sewers
by James L.
Alien Worlds
San Antonio, TX
11-11-00
About 30 Participants

Hi!  James here and I just thought that I would report on the tournament I came back from.  It wasn't DCI but the manager decided to have a $5.00 dollar entrance fee and the prize was a box of American Challenge! : )  The deck is named "New York City Sewers" because Muk is in the deck and we all know how New York has dirty sewers.

New York City Sewers

Pokemon:15
Grimer (TR) x4
Dark Muk x3
Chansey x4
Scyther x4

Trainers:25
Bill x4
Computer Search x3
GOW x3
NGR x3
No Removal Gym x2
Plus Power x3
Professor Oak x3
Rocket's Sneak Attack x4

Energy:20
Double Colorless x4
Full Heal x4
Grass x12


I finally stopped using my Wiggly Wave and decided to switch to something a little more overlooked, a one card combo in itself, Dark Muk.  He make your opponents retreat go up by 2 and has auto-poison.  THAT, fellow Poke-Freaks, is a combo.  The tournament was single elimination, 4 rounds.

Round 1:Me vs. 9 year old Newbie with Psychic Deck
Opening hand: Scyther, 4 Grass, 2 Double Colorless.
The Poke-Gods smiled upon me this round.  He sent out a BASE Gastly?  I go first, Grass on Scyther, Swords Dance.  He tries to put me to sleep nope.  DBC on Scy, win.
(Side note:I shook hands with him and said good game, then he went crying to his dad after game, I mean I told him good game and everything!)

Round 2:Me vs. Bill with Haymaker
Bill is a really cool guy who has ALOT of cards, so he gives out energy, commons, uncommons, and sometimes rares out to little kids and builds them decks.  I thought that I would lose. 
Opening hand:Grimer, Chansey, Plus Power, 4 Grass.  I go first again.  He opens with Hitmonchan and Buzz on bench, I start with Gimer and bench Chansey.  Draw Bill, Bill Grass and Dark Muk.  G on Grimer, Chan asleep and doesn't wake up.  He puts an energy on Chan, wakes up.  Draw No Removal Gym and play it.  Grass on Grimer, evolve to Dark Muk, Sludge Punch 20+10 with Poison.  He draws, puts Scyther on bench, and Electric on Buzz.  Jab for 20 on Muk, 40 on Chan with Poison.  I draw a Scyther, put it on bench, Grass on it.  Sludge Punch for 20+10 with Poison, Chan dead.  He brings out Buzz, Electric on Buzz, Thunderpunch with tails.  Muk only has 10 HP left!  Draw another Grass, put it on Scyther, Sldge Punch and 30 on Buzz.  He draws, (after the game he told me that the only thing he got was energy and the lone Scyther for his drawn cards at the beginning of his turn) says go and I draw my card.  He says "Wait I meant to attack!" and I thought that he should be allowed to kill me but the judge wouldn't let him attack so it was my turn.  I draw Grimer and play Grass on Scyther and kill Buzz.  He puts out Scyther and puts Fighting on him, my turn.  I draw an Oak, us it, get some energy and and two Plus Powers.  I play Plus Powers and use Sludge Punchfor 50.  He puts energy on Scy, my turn Sludge Punch and win. I really wished that we didn't have to play each other until later but oh well.

Round 3:Me vs. Eric with Rocket Haymaker
Eric works at the store and is a pretty good friend of mine.  Opening hand is Chansey, Double Colorless, 2 Nightly Garbage Runs, GOW, Grass and RSA.  He opens with Rocket Chan and nothing else.  He goes first.  Draws, Fighting on Chan, Crosscounter, my turn.  Draw Bill, use it and get a Grass and another GOW.  Use RSA and get rid of an Oak!  That could have been bad.  I put DBC energy on Chansey, no Scrunch.  He draws, RSA me with NGR, Fighting on Chan, Crosscounter.  It was looking bad for me, until I drew an other Double Colorless energy!  I attach it to Chansey.  If he gets tails for Crosscounter, I win, if not, we go to sudden death.  I flip the coin and it's......................TAILS!  I'm going to the finals!

Round 4 Finals: me vs. Newbies 12 year old brother, also with Psychic deck
This kid kept looking at me like I was naked or something after I beat his brother.  When they said that we would be playing each otherin the Finals, he had this fire in his eyes.  Opening hand: 2 Grimers, Plus Power, No Removal Gym, 3 grass.  I go first again.  He starts with lone MP Mewtwo against my 2 Grimers.  Draw Grass, play on active Grimer, play No Removal Gym, and put Mewtwo to sleep but wakes up.  He puts Psychic on Mewtwo, my turn.  Draw Rocket Sneak Attack and play it with him having 4 Psychic energy, Pokeball and Double Colorless.  Get rid of Pokeball, put Grass on Grimer Plus Power Sticky Hands for 40 and he's Paralyzed.  He draws, puts another Psychic on Mewtwo, my turn.  Draw another RSA, use it but he only has energy.  I put Grass on benched Grimer, Plus Power on Grimer, Sticky Hands for 20.  He draws and puts another energy on Mewtwo, kills Grimer.  I send out Grimer and if I draw a Grass i win, if not I lose to this snot. I draw a.........
GRASS!  Yes!  I won the tournament!  Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe!  I beat whatever his name was because I couldn't get his or his brother's name before he grabbed his dad and brother and stormed out of the shop.

I'm about to open my box, so I must be leaving you now.  Time for props and slops.

Props:
Heroes and Fantasies with great prizes.
Eric and Bill for being good sports.
Me for winning the tournament

Slops:
The kids in the 4th and 1st rounds.

Thanks for reading and until next time, see ya!

James L.
liljinsa@swbell.net