I went to a tournament at Mirkwood Comics and Games in Ritchfield
Minnesota on May 14th. There were only 23 people there, probably because
it's Mothers Day.
Here is my deck...
3 Promo Mewtwo
3 Scyther
4 Electabuzz
8 Psychic Energy
6 Electric Energy
3 Double Colorless Energy
4 Oak
3 Bill
3 Comp. Search
3 Item Finder
3 Gust of Wind
3 Nightly Garbage Run
3 Plus Power
3 SER
3 Scoop Up
2 ER
2 Lass
We played 5 rounds of 1 game-Swiss and then best 2 out of 3 for the top
eight.
Round 1: Me vs. Jesse Voltin w/ Fossil Raindance
He had a Squirtle and a Articuno vs. my Electabuzz I used a lot of
resources to kill his Squirtle. I had to Oak and Comp. Search. He Oaked
and did killed my Electabuzz a couple turns later and had 2 Squirtle on
his bench. I decided to use lass because I had Junk in my hand, and I
took away a Comp. Search and a Gust of Wind. He was stopped cold, until
he drew and it was an..Oak! I was dead. He got some energy and a
Blastoise and KO'd all my pokemon. Not a good way to start off.
Loss
0-1
Round 2: Me vs. Jason Moon with Jungle Haymaker
This was not a good start. I had a lone Electabuzz vs. his Hitmonchan.
He got a Fighting Energy and Oaked twice for PlusPowers, only to find out
with a Comp. Search that the other two were in his prizes. He did 60 to
my Electabuzz. I got 2 bills and got some other Pokemon and a Scoop up.
I scooped up Buzz and stalled for a long while. I had 2 Scoops and an
Item FInder, so I stalled for a while. He flipped for his Electabuzz
about 10 times, and he flipped 7 tails, so his Buzz was KO'd I picked a
Prize and got an Oak. I was so happy. I stalled him for about 5
turns
with ease and decked him.
Win
1-1
Round 3: Me vs. Fenalyn with Turbo Wiggly
He was using the same deck Haffner used to win the last tourney, so I
expected a challenge. He had 2 Basics and threatened to use 2 Scoop Ups.
I got my Mewtwo powered by turn 2 and went to work. I KO'd a Magmar
and
a Scyther before he Scooped up his Wiggly for the loss.
Win
2-1
Round 4: Me vs. Nick Csargo with Raindance
I actually had never met him before, even though he was ranked 7th in
the state. I know he had a raindance with Magikarps. I think I KO'd
his
Articuno and Squirtle with Electabuzz for the easy win.
Win
3-1
Round 5: Me vs. Oliva Smith with Wiggly Maker
He played me pretty hard, taking a lot of prises early. When I was down
4-1, he got out a Wiggly, who did 60 to my Scyther, who I retreated for a
Buzz who KO'd him. He sent out a Buzz, gusted for the Scyther, and KO'd
it for the win.
Loss
3-2
I made the finals by a whisker, making the 8th seed out of eight.
Quarterfinals: Me vs. Kid who went 5-0 with a 4-color hay.
I do not see how this kid went so far. He had Grass, Fire, Electric,
and Fighting for his Pokemon.
Game one: I sort of stopped him cold, with ERs and SERs at the
beginning of the game. When I had 2 Prises left, I brough out the Mewtwo,
and Gusted for 2 KO's and the game
Win
1-0
Game two: He had another bad draw. He amused my by Swords Dancing a
lot, which I met with ER or Gust of Wind. Mewtwo came into play and
swept up.
Win
2-0
I was on to the Semifinals against Jesse Voltin again with his raindance.
Game one: I got out an Electabuzz, who stopped all his Squirtles cold.
He was left with Laprases, who I KO'd with my Mewtwo and Electabuzz.
Win
1-0
Game two: I thought I had shut him down by KOing a Lapras and a
Squirtle, but he picked an Oak. He got out a Blastoise with 5 energy on
it an KO'd one of my Buzz. I gusted out a Articuno, but he countered by
playing 4 water on it and KOing 2 Electabuzz with Blizzard. He brought
out his Blastoise and finished me off.
Loss
1-1
Game three: I had yet another Electabuzz vs. an Articuno and a
Squirtle. I KOd the Squritle after two thundershocks and KOd the
Articuno after two thunder punches
Win
2-1
I got into the finals and decided to split the packs with Jason Moon. We
decided to go best 2 out of 3, the winner getting the win and the loser
getting the odd pack.
Game one. I got ahead pretty good, and he forfeted the whole thing, so
I won.
I won 7 boosters, and I traded all but two for store credit. I opened
the 1st Rocket Boosters and got a foil Dark Slobrow and a non foil Dark
Dragonite.
Props and Slops
Props to Mirkwood for having bi-weekly touneys.
Props to Jason for only getting 2 Pluspowers in game 2.
Props to Justin, Tony, and Graham for not coming and letting me win.
Slops to Jason for forfetting.
Slops to Wigglytuff, because he shuts down Mewtwo.
-Nathan Pegors
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