Super 'Sappin Sponge
By: Samuel Iglesias
August 26, 2000
Panama Subs, Panama City, FL
About 28 people (DCI)

Since there was so many hamakers out there
I figured that a sponge would do the job...

3 Movie Promo Mewtwo
3 Hitmonchan
3 Ditto
3 Syther
2 Ditto
1 Erika's Dratini
1 Mew

4 PlusPower
3 Computer Search
3 Professor Oak
3 Item Finder
3 Super Energy Removal
3 Scoop Up
2 Energy Removal
2 Nightly Garbage Run
3 Rocket's Sneak Attack
1 Narrow Gym
1 Imposter Professor Oak (thought it would save me by decking my opponent,
I was wrong...)

7 Psychic Energy
6 Fighting Energy
3 Double Colorless Energy

The strategy of this deck is the same of just about any other sponge out
there, get Mewtwo out there and kick butt.
One problem. Colorless. I thought about it and I took out the original
Electabuzz and put in Hitmonchans. I new that there
would be a lot switching involved... should have revised more, but this is
what I came to the tourneys with.


Pre- game
I walked around (it was still Pokémon League) looking for some practice, a
found someone to battle

Battle vs. ??? with Trapper

I had never faced a trapper before. I started out with 'Chan and 'Two and
he had Electabuzz and Syther. He failed with Trap (traps are all luck) and
I wound up
decking him (Imp.Oaked him, I could have just beat him the normal way)

It was still half an hour from the tourney start so I played Bill.

Battle vs. Bill with another Trapper

Ok, this trapper was basically the same, a little more well built. He got
lucky and
flipped heads for most of his flips... anyway I still beat his haymaker
guys with Mewtwo.
Win.

Tourney
The tourney was 5 rounds... top 8 go into playoff

Round 1 vs. ??? with a Hitmonchan deck

I had a Ditto as my active and a benched Mewtwo
He had a Rocket's Hitmonchan, I win the flip.
I scooped up Ditto, comp search, Oak. I used Oak, discarding
2 Psychic energies and got a new hand of Chansey and Dratini and
an Oak. I Oaked again and finally got my Psychic. I attached it,
Energy Absorption. He puts down a base set Hitmonchan passes
I psyburn. He draws nothing. I psyburn for the win.

Round 2 vs. girl with Sabrina's Gengar deck

She had a Sabrina's Gastly active and me my Mewtwo.
She also had two MP Mewtwo benched. To make a
long story short, I Oaked 4 times, powered up Mewtwo
and sliced through her
Pokémon.

Round 3 vs. Bill with Trapper
Okay, Bill again. I had a Mewtwo, Hitmonchan, and a Ditto. He had
a Syther and a Buzz. He Sneaked attacked me. He succefully traped me.
He Imposter Oaked me. He annoyed the HECK out of me.Oh yes
and how he knocked out my Pokémon. Slash. Pluspower- Slash.
Slash. Oak, PlusPower, Slash. Bill, Itemfinder, Slash, PlusPower Slash.
And by the way, he won.

Afterwards I played him again and beat him.Too bad it didn't count.

*****Between Rounds*****
 I played Tekken 3 and played this little kid that kept using Eddy and
using the same move over and over (reminded me of round 3). I wasted
about 3 bucks on that kid and finally gave up.
***********************

Round 4 vs. ??? with Haymaker

He had some Hitmonchans and I had my Syther, Hitmonchans
and Dittos. I sent out Syther and ripped those Hitmonchans to
shreads. I won

Round 5 vs. ??? with Wiggly/Haymaker

I played this kid everytime I went to the tourny and beat him.
He had out Jigglies and Electabuzzs. I had out Mewtwo and
Hitmonchans. He kept switching back and forth, I ran out of
energies for retreating so... he won.

Playoffs

Round 1 vs Wiggle/Haymaker kid

I had to play him again. I was basically the same as the last
game but he had out Jiggly and 'buzz. It was a very difficult
match with all that retreating... sending out. My only hope was
to deck him. He oaked like mad and billed like mad so I had a
chance. He stalled some- staring at his cards with him 1 prize and
me 3. Time was called. I'm out.

ohh well... I guess I'll do better next time, eh?
Look for a Dark Vileplume deck report in the next
few weeks.


Props to
My dad for driving me
Panama Subs for holding the tourny
Mewtwo
Japanese version of Meoth's Party (mewzima party.......)
Nintendo's new GameCube

Slops to
The unlucky filips in round 3
to the kid that used Eddy in tekken 3
the computer for pairing me with the same kid that beat me and not
with........ a haymaker... or something.

By: Samuel Iglesias
SIglesias@aol.com