Jacob "CletusTheSlackJawedYokel" Hall
Outer Limits Comics
Madison, TN
9-9-00
Playing: "Nobody Suspects The Spanish Inquistion"(semi-cleaner type deck)

Well, this is my first ever Killer Deck Report and only my 3rd real-life tournament. Instead of playing my infamous "Eye of the Tiger", I opted for another fave of mine, Arcanine. This deck is a lot like MrMonkey33's Arcy deck, and sorta like I-Man's Cleaner. I figured since both are really good, combine them to get what I played. There was roughly 16 people there(I think, dunno the exact number, just know it was an even one and we ran low of chairs) and you played 3 rounds of best 2 of 3 to determine the Top8. All of TKYITN(Team Kick You In The Nuts, a Pokemon team I founded) was there. MrMonkey, FreakofNature, a cool guy named Jon that is severely good, and me. Onto the deck...

Nobody Suspects the Spanish Inquisition v1.0

Pokemon(16)
3 Growlithe
3 Arcanine
3 Magmar(do I really need to type Fossil)
2 Chansey(die wiggly die!)
2 Erika's Dratini(MVP of the day)

Trainers(25)
4 Bill
4 Prof. Oak
4 CPU Search
3 Gust of Wind
3 NGR
3 Lass
2 Narrow Gym
1 Misty's Wrath
1 Item Finder

Energy(19)
15 Fire
3 DCE
2 FHE


Eh...I'm not fond of singles but they did their jobs...anywho here we go...

Round1
Me vs. John Paul(lotsa evos, all colorless pokes, not Jon)

Game1
I start out with Chansey. I stall until I can bring up a fully pumped Arcanine and via Take Downs and Gusts I claimed 5 unanswered prizes. My Chansey cleans the last one. He had energy problems.

Game2
For some reason him and his Dragonite gets powered up and I don't see Arcy for a while. He gets 3 consecutive 80 damage slams and ends up decking me out as I scramble for cards.

Game3
I'm kinda mad, since no 4 evolution deck that's all colorless should have even taken ONE prize so I got a 3rd turn arcy and commenced upon him a blackout.

Record:
2-1

Betweeen Rounds...
MrMonkey goes 2-0, Freak a 2-1, and Jon a 1-1-1, the tie didn't count though...

Round2
Me vs. John Curry(again not to be confused with Jon) with an all psy deck

Game1
Two Words: Erika's Dratini. I originally had it in here to go against Wiggly's Hay mode after a double edge or take down...with a DCE he claimed 3 unanswered prizes. My Arcy comes and cleans up.

Game2:
3rd Turn Arcy. 2 Basics. No Energy for him. Nuff' said.

Record:
4-1

Between Rounds...
MrMonkey goes 2-1, Freak 1-2(lost to Jon's son...Freak played Trapper...?_?), and Jon goes 2-0

Round 3
Me vs. MrMonkey using HIS Arcy deck

Game1
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I hate playing MrMonkey since he ALWAYS kicks my butt by lucking out...This time though Arcanine is not a force he can reckon with.

Game2
No I didn't get cocky...he just simply outplayed me. Good Job Monkey!

Game3
Tough all the way. My Arcy vs. his, my Magmar vs. his, my Arcy vs. his chansey, my Chansey vs. his chansey...He pulls a win out of no where when I had 2 prizes left...WAY TO GO MONKEY!

Record:
5-3(good enough for Top8)

Between Rounds
Freak goes 0-2 to 4 consecutive Oak topdecks after a successful trap...?_? and Jon goes 2-1

Top8
I was sixth seed.

Me vs. Duncan(I really respect this guy now) with a messed up hay using Gambler, Recycle, etc...lotsa coinflips.

Game1
I find out he won't let me use my die, and this makes me mad. Only coin I can borrow is one of them Chansey coins and he himself has one...I'm telling you these things are rigged! Ok, today the flips were half in half, but I was suprised. Basically, I get an Arcy, he ERs it, gusts, kos. My Dratinis give him trouble, as do my Scythers but not enough before he can claim all 6 prizes to my 4.

Game2
Arcy comes out Turn 3 and when i have a chance to kill him by blackout, he paralyzes me after he ERs my DCE on arcy. From there he Kos it and gets plenty of support. I drew again 4 prizes.

Between Rounds
Jon kicks arse, going 2-0 and MrMonkey goes loses out to William who played mainly grass.......?_? Freak did NOT get top8, but he wins a shirt and a theme deck, which he gave the deck to Monkey, the coin to me(since I lost my die after the game with Duncan) and he keeps them crappy damage counters out of the box.

Record for the day and place in the tourney...
5-5, 6th place...

Cheers
MrMonkey: He just plain did well out there today and despite our hate for Wiggly, we never saw but 2, and he played one and killed it.
Freak:Despite his MANY full traps, everyone got topdecks and when you go through half your deck or more on turn one, you just can't recover.
Jon: We had to leave before the Top4 thingy finished so I dunno if he won...he was playing the 1st seed...I think Jon had a good chance to win.
Nathan(Jon's Son): This guy is 8 and went like 5-2 against a field of almost all 12 and up.
Duncan: I never thought that Gambler and Recycle are worth playing...I still don't but he used em and it seemed to work...
Outer Limits: A free tourney!
Jon again: For making me and Freak proxy Brock's Ninetales to mess around with...Hehe...B Ninetales+dark plume=EVIL! "MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (C)2000 Zorak"

Jeers
Outer Limits: No prizes for Top8? Not even store credit for next week's tourney? NOTHING? I would rather have paid and got something...
First Seed Dude's Dad: Ok look...when your son plays a hay against someone younger than Nathan and wins, DON'T HUG YOUR SON AND CONGRATULATE HIM ON A JOB WELL DONE! Oh, yeah, we were in public(sorta...goth people were there) ...don't hug him period...not in public...that's embarrassing!
Me: For not playing Eye of the Tiger...well now that I think of it...nah...Eye of the Tiger would have had a better chance against MrMonkey(status effects!) but what about the rest of the peoples? Hmm...
Me again: for losing 5 bucks...how the heck did I pull that off...I put it in my billfold...?_?
Our Pokemon League: For not still not stamping my book for a league event I went to...

Ehh, all in all I think I did pretty well. I hope Jon won!

Jacob "Cletus" Hall
cletust@mindspring.com
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"I SIT HERE AND QUESTION WHY GOD LOVES ME THOUGH I HAVE NEVER DONE A GOOD THING OR A RIGHTEOUS DEED. AND THOUGH I'M RICH, I CLAIM THAT IM POOR, CRYING OVER EARTHLY THINGS I KNOW I CAN'T AFFORD BUT HE WHO DIED IS GREATER THAN THESE I SHOULD BE THANKFUL, PRAYING ON MY KNEES CRYING

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---Jennifer Knapp "All Consuming Fire"

Romans 6:23
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

"For all the sin that lives in me, it took a nail to set me free."
---Jennifer Knapp "a little more"

"NOBODY SUSPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!"
---Monty Python(or one of their skits at any rate...)

"The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world" (1 John 4:4)"

American by birth.....
Southern by heritage.....
CHRISTIAN by the grace of God!

"My story begins in nineteen-dickety-two. We had to say 'dickety' since the Kaiser stolen our word 'twenty', I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles."
---Grandpa Simpson