Demolition (Water)

by Jeff Betten

Toys R Us

Pittsburgh, PA

Hi Pojo! This is a deck I made called Demolition. It is a mono-water energy removal deck. I’ve had this deck for a while, and the latest changes were made 2-3 weeks ago. Since I went undefeated this week for the first time, I felt it was time to submit a report to Pojo. The tournament took place at Toys R Us in Pittsburgh, PA on June 29, 2000. I would say there was no more than 15-20 people there at a time. With that out of the way, here’s my deck:

4 Poliwag

3 Poliwhirl

2 Poliwrath

4 Eevee

3 Dark Vaporeon

4 TR Dratini

3 Dragonair

4 Energy Removal

4 Super Energy Removal

4 Potion

4 Bill

17 Water Energy

4 Double Colorless Energy

The point of the deck is to discard all the energy from your opponents that you can, leaving them helpless as you beat down on them. Another nice feature of the deck is that it can deal nice amounts of damage quickly (Eevee, Dratini) like a Haymaker, and even more damage with fully evolved Pokemon (Poliwrath, Dragonair) like an Overgrowth or Raindance deck. Now for the results of the tourney:

Tim: I’m pretty sure Tim has a Haymaker/Rainbow deck that a lot of little kids build despite how many times I’ve told them that’s not smart. It didn’t really matter, I guess, one or two fainted Pokemon later, he’s out of basics. Sorry, the details were a little sketchy.

1-0

Mark: This was the best match of our five million that night. He modified the new Devastation deck from the TR explansion, so you know what it’s like. It was pretty long, he got a Dark Weezing and Dark Alakazam in, but I had my share of large Pokemon, plus the energy removal theme gave me the advantage.

2-0

Tom: Another tough match. He has a Psychic/Electric deck, and with the right combination of base Haunters, a Zapdos, a few other key Pokemon, and some lucky coin flips, this was a close match. It was dead even with two prizes and we were both close to losing by decking. He ran low on energy thanks to my trainers and Pokemon, so it looked like I had the edge and was going to win, but then Tom looked at what was left of his deck and found nothing but trainers and energy, and said, "I forfeit. I don’t have any basic Pokemon left in my deck." Keep in mind he has an active Pokemon out and a full bech. Tom, you don’t need basic Pokemon in your DECK! Maybe he knew he would lose, so he made a poor excuse to quit. Oh well, I won either way.

3-0

Little Girl With a Grass Deck: This was a quickie. She only had a Tangela, and whenever she attached energy, I would play an Energy Removal. I had a Dratini in play, which was quickly upgraded to Dragonair, and I Slammed to victory. She had no basics left.

4-0

Psychic Haymaker?: That might not be his deck theme, but from what I saw, it is. He played a Rattata first, I sent out Eevee. I took some damage from a Bite, but I got a DC energy, and Quick Attack delt 30. Then he sent out Abra. He Psyshocked, but I attached an energy, evolved into Dark Vaporeon, and Bit for 30. He’s out of basics. I win.

5-0

Jonathan: I got a run for my money early on because he has a Fighting/Electric deck, and I was stuck with some Eevees and a Dratini. He got three prizes and I got none yet, but then I evolved Poliwrath and pumped him up so he could use Whirlpool. Once he got into play, he was a runaway train. I didn’t need anyone else, thanks to some Potions, and Poliwrath finished off the game for me

6-0

Well, that’s it. Time for Props and Slops!

Props: To everyone who battled me, they were good sports about it.

To the gym leader Nick, for giving me points for all those wins and giving me a Mew for my Game Boy this week.

Slops: To Tom for giving up and not finishing the match.

To the forces that made my friend Andy leave so quickly that we couldn’t battle.

Hope you enjoyed my report. Any questions, comments, or suggestions, drop me an e-mail at:

simpson_fan21@hotmail.com

-Jeff Betten