Wigtwo
by Craig Ting
2nd UK Super Trainer Showdown
Millenium Dome, London, UK
Saturday 2nd September 2000
300 invited participants
Wow.. another Super Trainer Showdown ! The first U.K one at London Zoo was a
blast, so I figured that this outing would be no exception. The prize
everyone was seeking..... 2 trips to New York for the October/November STS
!!! After much twisting of parental arms ( work was on the agenda ! ) I got
the train into London with my brother, and finally to the Dome after a
nightmarish underground journey. The queues were enormous, but we got into
the arena as preferred guests, being invited tournament players. Grabbing as
many Promo Meowth’s and Mew’s for swapping purposes as possible, we fought
our way through the crowds of Pokemon maniacs and bored guardians and
parents. The arena was jam packed, and the card tournament zone no exception.
A quick go on the various N64 and Gameboy Pokemon games later, and a bite to
eat, we finally entered the zone for deck checking....which took hours due to
some people trying to cheat with fake cards, too many of one card and so on.
Having rain-danced my way into the later rounds last tourney until a mulligan
hand nightmare gave my opponent about 10-12 extra cards before play started,
I decided a deck change was in order. Because not many people appear to play
Wiggly decks in the U.K, tending to go for strange Haymaker variants or
Raindance, I made up a twisted wiggly deck inspired by Zach Frolich’s deck /
every wiggly deck on Pojo......strange cards such as Ditto / Kanga were to
fill space, and for a bit more psy resistance :-

WIGTWO

4 x Movie Promo Mewtwo
2 x Mr Mime
2 x Mew
4 x Jigglypuff
2 x Wigglytuff
1 x Ditto
1 x Kangaskhan

3 x Bill
3 x Professor Oak
4 x Computer Search
2 x Item Finder
1 x Scoop Up
2 x Lass
4 x PlusPower
3 x Gust of Wind
 
19 x Psychic Energy
3 x Double Colorless Energy

Argh.......no fighting resistance whatsoever. My strategy was basic :- For
colourless cards, get out wiggly with a full bench with trainers, then fish
again for plus powers if necessary. Otherwise, burn everything with Computer
Search ( discard 2 psy energy ) , Promo Mewtwo down turn one, attach one psy
energy then absorb..... and psyburning till I bust. Preparing for a long day,
with sporadic battle excitement in between, I threw myself into my group
matches. Swiss format, 16 players a group, 4 games a player, 3 card prize for
starters. Apologies for not writing all the names or slightly innacurate info
u guys i played... this is midnight the day after and I can’t remember some
stuff. L But you all rocked ! )

Match 1 vs Young kid ( Rainbow ?!?!)
Having prayed for an easy first match, god was definitely on my side for now.
This strange deck featured everything and anything........drop your card
collection and pick it up randomly... that’s the impression I had ! I start ,
Mewtwo down, comp search and do the whole energy absorption routine, with
jiggly’s filling my bench. He lays one fossil Magmar, fire energy and
smokescreens. I oak, bill a few times, get 3 pluspower and he’s history due
to no benched pokemon. Score one for the good guys ! I rest.... it’s gonna be
a long wait before the next game

Record :- Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 0

Match 2 vs Dave with Haymaker
Having shuffled each others decks, I saw fighting energy and got instantly
optimistic. Pulling just about my perfect starting hand ( Mewtwo, 3 psy
energy, comp search, jiggly, oak) I set up Psyburn first go. He lays a Chan
and Chansey ..( my heart skips a beat ! ) However, it was no worry in the
end. He jabbed, and I killed his chan having drawn pluspower. He sends up
chansey and stalls. I bill, attach double colourless to Jiggly, oak, evolve
to wiggly, lay out two mew and two jiggly then psyburn for 10. He oaks, then
does nothing. I attach psy to Wiggly , retreat Mewtwo and do the wave twice
for another relatively quick victory. So far so good.......

Record :- Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 0

Match 3 vs Small Kid with Fire Deck
Fossil Magmar was obviously quite popular....bar Lickitung it was the card
that annoyed me most all tournament.  Anyway, this kid starts, sends one up
with 2 more benched along with 2 charmander and a moltres and smokescreens.
Having drawn a jiggly, wiggly and dce, I was quite happy. A successful pound
attack later, he smokescreens again attaching no fire energy. Evolution, psy
energy attachment and a few oaks and comp searches later, my bench is full
and a hand of 4 pluspowers ! I killed Magmar, and rioted through his benched
having had one or two dud coin flicks on Smokecreen.

Record :- Won 3 Drawn 0 Lost 0

Match 4 vs Russell with Haymaker variant
Ok..... this was the battle for group supremacy. I saw Scythers whilst
shuffling his deck, and knew that this would be a long and frustrating
battle. It didn’t help that Russell was really annoying his mum as he had
lost some cards, and I kept losing my concentration.... ( you can tell I lost
already, right ? J ) Anyway, I got out my Mewtwo combo, but he kept using
Scyther’s free retreat and pokemon centre/ super potion to really get on my
nerves. I suspected that he was drawing more than one card a go, but I
couldn’t be sure and he stopped suspiscious activity when any judge came
near. Having taken two prizes each through my mewtwos absorbing then
attacking / his chans killing my jigglys with gust, I just failed to kill a
Tauros and he pounced on me with Rampage. My first , and yet most annoying
defeat of the entire tournament was behind me !

Record :- Won 3 Drew 0 Lost 1

    With a decent record I qualified in 2nd place out of 16.... the finals
awaited ! I got 3 Rocket Boosters ( Wizards were FINALLY launching Rocket in
the UK..... we are so behind ! ) out of which one was first ed. Holo Rainbow
energy , non holo Here Comes Team Rocket and Rocket Sneak were the spoils
gained. The finals were in 3 hours, so me and my brother ( he got knocked )
got lunch, took a stroll around the dome and traded some cards till it was
time. There were 32 players in the final group, and rules were still Swiss,
with 6 prizes, 6 games a player. Top two go to New York.........


Final 1 vs Kid with Blonde curtains (Psy)
 
I saw Psy energy and abra, and thought this might be a riot. Drawing only Mew
first go slowed things up a bit, and I sacrificed it in order to power up
Jiggly. I got through his Mime with pound, then waved out all his benched
systematically. One down, 6 to go.....

Finals Record :- Won 1 Drew 0 Lost 0.

Final 2 vs Amy, the eventual winner ( interesting scyther/ colourless deck
)
Amy and I chatted for a while,  and I realised that she was the sister of the
previous champion ! He ended up coming second to her, but i’ll exlpain the
results later. She got Scyther powered with grass for Sword’s Dance by turn
2, and my wiggly combo was nowhere in sight. Pluspowers having also abandoned
me, her colourless combos stalled any chance I had of knocking out scythers.
She won by 2 prizes......and my hopes of NY went with it. Wiggly’s in prizes
were my downfall...... but I can only blame a dodgey evolution ratio for that
!

Finals Record :- Won 1 Drew 0 Lost 1

Final 3 vs Metallica Fan ( ! ) with Hay/ Chansey deck ?!?!

After a long and heated Greenday vs Metallica argument, we kicked off the
match. My hand ran like a dream, with his chansy’s doing nothing to stop my
rampaging wiggly with a full bench by turn 3. With two gos to knock out each
chansey, the victory took time but was straightforward. A glimmer of hope
appeared...

Finals Record :- Won 2 Drew 0 Lost 1

Final 4 vs Gemma with Hay/ Ditto / Magmar deck
....... and was promptly lost ! This match was my only sighting of Buzz in a
Haymaker in the entire tourney ! This match was long and hard.....with prize
dropping for prize. In retrospect, I could have won the match twice, once
with a coin toss off a smokescreen and once by pulling in ditto with a dce. I
was tired, didn’t notice, and screwed about big style. Mewtwo’s fell for
buzzes, Jiggly’s / Wigglys for Scythers untill, having oaked and billed far
too much, I decked out L...... I hate losing like that !Nice victory Gemma
tho, send me your deck idea if u read this !!

Finals Record :- Won 2 Drew 0 Lost 2

Final 5 vs Mop - Haired Kid with Wierd Staller ( colourless )

All together now........ I HATE LICKITUNG !!! The coin was either magic or
fixed, with his tounge wrap leaving my charged mewtwo helpless with no reply
time after time..... untill Wiggly finally made his apperance just in
time....1 prize to 6 in fact ! My demon recovery began, Licki perished with 3
plus powers + full bench and a rapid yet careful recovery started. Having
powered up another Wiggly, I retreated my 60 damaged one and got the other to
finish the job.

FINALS RECORD :- WON 3 , DREW 0, LOST 2
TOURNAMENT RECORD :- WON 6, DREW 0, LOST 3  


My final record wasn’t stunning....but it was pretty good considering i’d
not play tested the deck much ! You may be asking why there wasn’t a sixth
game. The time was 7:15 pm, and the Dome + surrounding buildings were meant
to be shutting, so the last game was abandoned. This left me 7th out of 32
competitors, over others on 3 wins due to my victory speed and resistance (
slowing up / defeating players who would eventually be higher placed than me
) There were originally 2 places to Ny......but 5 people were joint on 4 wins
! So the judges gave all top 5 trips !!! I was gutted, as just one win would
have obviously put me on the plane. 3 ed 1 boosters and a Rocket Card Guide
later, I was on the train home...... weary and a little frustrated but
satisfied with a great day out. 7th best card player in the UK.. first would
be better, but everyone needs aims !! Props and slops time :-

Props and Slops

Props :-

· Pojo Magazine / Site ..... for deck ideas and lots of interesting reading !
· My mate Helen, for sticking around to support me even though she was bored
out of her head !
· Wizards + Dome staff for a great day.
· My supporters who were helpers in the red T-Shirts ! you rock !
· My bro Adam for introducing me to the TCG
· Everyone who played for testing my wits no end
· Promo Mewtwo and wiggly for being stars.
· Gym Heros...my set is now complete !
· Wigtwo...... but you need some refining and polishing !

Slops :-

· Wizards + Dome Staff...... better organization and less waiting next time ??
· The heat in the building !
· Pokemon the Movie Soundtrack :- for being repeated at least 400 times !  I
now know every single word...... groan.
· People giving out free kit
· Magmar and Stallers....... boy I hate you guys !


Cheers for reading, please email me with any deck modification ideas, new
decks... or just to chat really... especially people in good old England.

Craig 
tingc@aol.com