hi my name is alex ("the amazin canadian") i come from toronto,ontario
heres my deck that i got a invite with at long island. sunday september 03 2000. and in the 15 and up.
 
POKEMON 21
 
 
4x (rocket)oddish (for gloom)
3x dark gloom (good pokemon power)
3x dark vileplume (awsome pokemon power)
 
4x magmar (for those dam scythers)
 
3x (promo)#3 mewtwo (oborbson is good)
 
2x scyther ( eh free retreat for me)
 
2x snorlax ( for gloom tails confuse. doesn't work)
 
TRAINERS 17
 
2x the rocket's trap (take those cards)
2x nightly garbage run (you no why)
2x challenge (accepts fill my bench. decline eh a bill)
2x pokemon breeder (fast plume)
3x the boss's way (fast gllom and plume)
3x professor oak (you no why)
3x computer search (fast playing)
 
ENERGYS 22
 
7x psychic energy
8x fire energy
4x dce
3x full heal energy
 
     round 1 (candian plume) v.s (rainbow deck)
 
this guy was easy. we fliped. he went first .all he had was exeggcute i got mewtwo on my bench and magmar. i finished him off killed exeggute 2nd turn
 
round 2  (canadian plume) v.s (rain dance)
 
he was tuff  he had 3 squirtles 1 articuno. but i was lucky i got 2 dce, 1 snorlax, 1 oddish, a mewtwo , a psychic and a oak.
 
i went first. snorlax as my active and his was articuno. i put a dce on him .done. he picked up a water played it on articuno. done. i picked up an oddish put and played it i put another dce on snorlax. body slam. paralized. he drew a card put another water on articuno.done.i drew a d.gloom evolved
pokemon power .confused him. I put a psy on mewtwo then oaked. a got a breeder. breederd plume(what i needed) .30 not paralized. he finnaly drew a breeder but it was too late . he coulden't win cause he only uses breeder to evolve so i keept on body  slamin for the win.
 
round 3 (canadian plume) v.s (another rainbow deck)
 
he was an ok player he had a eevee and a magikarp. and i got a mewtwo.
 
he went first put a fire on eevee did .20 i drew a magmar so i attached a dce on mewtwo since i had no fire .then i oaked.
got plume, gloom, 2 oddishs, 1 fire,1 psy and another dce.put down the oddishes. done.
he evoved in to a flareon. put a dce on he quick attack .tails 10. i picked up a breeder. put a fire on magmar. evoved gloom then breederd plume. put a psy on mewtwo since no more eevee. obsorbsion.psy psy on mewtwo. he put a water on magickarp .did another quick attack tails my turn. i picked up a fire put a fire on magmar. 40 done.he evoveled to d.garados 10 tails again .i'm very lucky that i pick up a scyther put the dce on him. 40 knock out. he put his d.garados out put a water .done. i drew a comp. 40. he drew another water knock out i put out my scyther put a fire. slash 60 .game i win.
i finnaly got my  invite now to round 4.
 
round 4 (canadian plume) v.s (syther mewtwo deck) 
 
he started with a rocket's scyther and mewtwo and i got magmar. i went first 20 he put another r.scyther put a grass on scy on the bench. done. i put another fire on magmar knock out. he put another grass on scy. he brought him out shadow images. i put a scy on mewtwo. fliped heads . fliped again tails.40.done.he put another grass shadow images. i went put a fire on mewtwo. fliped tails. he went 40.done. my turn fliped head then head again.poisioned.done. he retreated to mewtwo put a psy. on mewtwo oborbsion fire thats it. i went. retreated as well knock out by my mewtwo he brought out his R.scyther shadow images. i went fliped heads i won FINALS HERE I COME
 
FINALS  (canadain plume) v.s (fire fighter deck)
 
 he was hard yet i new i was lucky cause he oaked 5times he waisted 4comps billed 4 itemed 3. but i won by deck out cause he oaked and billed too much. he waisted all of his good cards to knock out my magmar and mewtwo.
 
thatnx for reading .
 
say hi to scott gerhardt and clefairy doll e-mail me at alex_69ner@hotmail.com
 

<ed note:  Congrats Alex!  Sorry we've been bad e-mailers...but we will be in New Jersey as Doll and I both qualified in Kansas City this weekend!  Woo Hoo!!! -Scott>