Hello everyone. Toby here. This was a Pokemon League/Tournament day at Crazy
Eddie's Comics in Munster, Indiana on Saturday, May 13th.  There were about
30 people there trading and playing, and about 15 played in the tournament.
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After playtesting a new deck for a few battles, the tourney began. I was
playing my "Flying Licki" deck. The tournament was single-elimination.

"Flying Licki"

Pokemon:
3 Scyther
3 Mew
3 Aerodactyl
2 Movie Promo Mewtwo
2 Ditto
2 Lickitung

Trainers:
4 Mysterious Fossil
4 Bill
3 Plus Power
3 Gambler
3 Gust Of Wind
2 Computer Search
2 Super Energy Removal

Energy:
10 Psychic Energy
10 Grass Energy
4 Double Colorless Energy

Tourney Match 1 vs. Jennifer w/ Fighting Grass Deck.

I won the coin flip, and started with Scyther vs. her TR Diglett. I attached
a Grass energy and pass. She attaches an energy and uses Dig Under for 10.
Next turn I attach DCE and Slash for the KO.  She brings out TR Grimer and
evolves to Dark Muk. I Swords Dance, she retreats Muk and sends out a
Lickitung, paralyzes Scyther for the next 3 turns with Tongue Wrap. Finally
she flips and its no paralyz, I retreat for a fresh Scyther, and staart
powering up Aero on the bench.  Scyther stalls until Aero is fully powered, 
retreat and Wing Attack for 60 due to weakness.  She Tongue Wraps but no
paralysis.  Wing Attack KOs Licki and she brings out Dark Muk and KOs Aero
from poison. I bring out Mew and Psywave for 40.  She Sludge Punches for 30
w/ poison. I KO Muk with Mew, she KOs Mew next turn. She brings out Dark
Dugtrio and I bring a fully powered Scyther and KO Dark Dugtrio. She brings
out Licki and Tongue Wraps with paralyz. I let her attack Mew. I have 2
prizes now and she has 3.  I power up Aero, let her KO Mew, bring out Aero,
Gust in a TR Grimer and KO with Aero.  She brings out another TR Grimer and I
am asleep. I Gust in a Diglett (forgot the 0 retreat cost) She retreats and
KOs Aero. I bring out a Scyther, put a plus power down and Slash for the Win.
1-0

Tourney Match 2 vs. Richard w/ Psychic Deck

I Mulligan at first, then get a lone Ditto and put it out against his
Kangaskhan. I attach an energy and Fetch. He attaches and pass. I attach a
DCE and Gust out a MP Mewtwo, Psyburn for the KO. He brings out Wigglytuff
but has only 1 energy. After several Lullubys I wake up and now have a full
bench so I Do the Wave and KO him in 2 turns. He has almost no energy and
brings out a Kanga and keeps Fetching. I attach, and Comet Punch for 40. Next
turn he Fetches, I Comet Punch again for 60 and KO Kanga. He brings out
Chansey. I retreat for Aero and KO Chansey in 2 turns with Wing Attack. He
brings out Mime. I  retreat Aero, Comp. Search for a Licki, attach a DCE and
send out Licki and Tongue Wrap  with paralyz. Next turn I plus power and
Tongue Wrap for 20. He  Super Potions. I Tongue Wrap twice with Paralyz, next
turn I use a 2nd plus power and KO Mime. He brings out Scyther and Slashes. I
attach, retreat Licki for Scyther and Swords Dance. Lots of stalling at this
point, eventually he has an Abra vs. my Ditto, he Psyshocks twice for
Paralysis. Next turn I  retreat Ditto, bring out a MP Mewtwo, Gust a Scyther
with 30 damage out and Psyburn it for the last prize.
2-0

Waiting for the next match to begin, I bought a 1st Edition TR Booster, (They
were selling them for $5) and got a 1st Edition Dark Raichu! :) :) :) :)
After a few more minutes, Josh (Who was running the tourney) announced the
next round.

Tourney Match 3 vs. Sarah w/ Fire Deck

It started out bad and got worse. A  Scyther vs. a Charmander(Base). (AHHH!)
I retreat, bring out Ditto and Scratch. I attach DCE to Ditto next turn, Gust
a (Base) Magmar out and KO it with Flamethrower. She brings Charmander back
out and Embers for KO. I  bring out Licki and Tongue Wrap w/ Paralyz for 2
turns. She places a Vulpix on the bench, evolves and Slashes Licki.  She KOs
Licki w/ Charmeleon after 2 turns. All I have is a Mew and Scyther.
(AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!) I place Mew and TRY to stall, but she KOs it with
Flamethrower. I lose quickly as she has a full bench of fire pokemon and I
have nothing but Scythers. :(
2-1

I was out of the Tourney, but it didn't matter, I was still too excited with
the Dark Raichu.

Now for the Infamous Props and Slops.

Props to getting a 1st ed. Dark Raichu!!!
Props to my other deck, which did fairly well in playtesting before the
tourney.
Slops to Charmeleon and fire pokemon.

Well, that's all. Hope you enjoyed it. You can e-mail me with any comments at
ConfusedChartini@aol.com