Zap! 8 (Electric/Psychic types)
   by Michigan Dude
   Toys 'R' Us
   Portage, MI
   About 24 people were there, there were six different "Leagues"
    there were also four people in each league. I had to battle three before
the "League Championship"
   This Toys 'R' Us likes to make up its own things.
   Oh yeah, one loss elimination.
  
   (Sent to KillerDecks@pojo.com)
   (from Trc1188@aol.com)
  
   Pokemon:
   1 base Zapdos (probably best bird by attack and HP)
   1 fossil Zapdos (another good version of base)
   2 Electabuzz (must have in every electric deck!)
   1 rocket Voltorb (yet another 20 on one Pokemon)
   1 Mr. Mime (duh)
   1 rocket Abra (pretty good, I mean, for an Abra)
   2 base Abra (not quite as good)
   2 base Kadabra (50 on three, pretty nice!)
   1 Alakazam (Damage Swap onto Chansey)
   1 base Mewtwo (Psychic is all right!)
   1 movie promo Mewtwo (must need for any psychic deck)
   2 base Charmander (great basic, that evolves too)
   1 rocket Charmander (see Voltorb)
   2 base Charmeleon (great on HP, and attack)
   1 base Charizard (the Mother Lode of damage, and HP!!)
   1 Chansey (Not just for Damage Swap and stalling!)
   1 pokedex (Kind of like seeing the future)
   2 bill (draw 2, need I say more?)
   2 potion (Small, but who says damage counters have to be worth 10?!?!?)
   2 lass (kicks butt, make sure you dont have any trainers)
   1 super potion (strong healer)
   2 Computer Search (find it, pronto!)    
   14 Electric Energy
   14 Psychic Energy
  
   iRound 1:
   Zap! 8 vs. The Green Monster (he likes the Red Sox)
   This kid was easier than the overall best. He pulled out an Oddish, and
then switched it with Bulbasaur, I knew right then, why he called it The
Green Monster. He HAD to have had Venasaur AND Vileplume! Anyway, his Gloom
took out my Charmander, after I did 60, so I called out Charmeleon, with a
Mew on the bench I knew I had a very good chance, and I KOed his Gloom with
one fellow swoop! During my next turn I evolved Charmeleon into Charizard, 
knew I would need some extra energy so I spent the last couple turns
attaching energy, getting ready for what I knew had to be Venasaur! So after
I took out his Venasaur, and drew my fifth prize, I  got promo Mewtwo, he
sent out Dark Weezing, but it was too late for him, I took him out with Mew,
and won.
   Round 2
   Zap! 8 vs. The Rock Bottom
   This one was a little tougher, he decided to do it "Cream Puff Style" We
only had three prizes! I suspect that was how he won his last battle, his
Pokemon wouldnt   last long in the long run. I am soooooooo glad that I drew
both fossil and base Zapdos along with five energy cards, I sent out fossil
to stall while I attached energy to base Zapdos. After he took out fossil, I
put out base Zapdos. I took out his first two Pokemon in only two attacks,
not hurting myself at all! Then he put out Golem! I was glad that I resist
him. I knew that he couldnt Self-Destruct, and he couldnt take me out in a
total of 1 or 2 turns, it would take him 3. Then, before which attack I
decided to use, I thought, Thunder could take Zapdos down faster. Hmm........
That was when I noticed that Golem does not resist Electric!!!! Not one
bit!!! Quickly glancing at my prizes, I remembered that we only had three
prizes, I had two and he had one. I used Thunderbolt, for the win, and to get
rid of all that stress!
   Round 3 East League Finals (I was in East League)
   Zap! 8 vs. Psycho Fights
   This one would seem to be one of the hardest but it wasnt, even though I
had to go up against my own weakness. I used promo Mewtwo, Charmander family,
and energy. Mewtwo took out two Pokemon, and I couldnt seem to find andy
Pokemon. The prizes I got were Charizard and Charmeleon! I evolved them
fully, and took out three more prizes. It came down to a full heath Alakazam
against a Charizard with 40 HP left, and nothing but a fire energy in my
hand, he went first, but had absolutly no chance, I took this one easily!
   Championship Series
   League Series
   Zap! 8 vs. Rain Dance
   He only had two prizes and I took out his Blastoise and Lapras, no sweat,
he only took out my first Pokemon, Charmander.
   League Chamionship Series
   Zap! 8 vs. Clear Window (can you tell what color this deck was? Colorless!)
   He had nothing but Chanseys, Clefairy and Clefable, and lots of
Kangaskhan! His deck got easy to take after I took all his Chanseys out with
Mewtwo, and base Zapdos. Then I just Fire Spinned for the win, this had to be
the second easiest, besides the last one.
   Store Championship, this match had a whole bunch of people watching.
   Zap! 8 vs. Zap!
   This was the hardest I have ever faced. Charizard took out five people, no
sweat, and then was taken out by a Raichu. I had  four more prizes to spare,
but I didnt know that he wins like this. He took out everybody, I had only
one prize to spare, but that was when Chansey, who I never needed, or didnt
ever draw, came out, I thought I would need her. I came through it with a
great Double-Edge attack, for the win!!!!!
  
   See????? Didnt you read earlier in this article that Chansey wasnt just
for Damage Swap and stalling? Well now youll know!!!!!
  
   I won my Volcano Badge and:
   Four packs, which I am actually trying to sell my cards, I gave to some
kid.
   And Twenty bucks.
  
   Props to:
   my sister for taking me.
   My friends for cheering me on.
   Everyone there, even Zap! kid.
  
   Slops to:
   Everybody in the West League, they ALL CHEATED, AND WERE ALL DISQUALIFIED,
I dont know why though...........
  
   You can e-mail me direcly at:
   Trc1188
   Thank you for reading, thanks for Posting Pojo!
   -Michigan Dude
   (Michigan Dude)