Time Flies When You Are Winning (psycic stall)

By Julian Evans

Psycic

Baltimore, Maryland

Towson Town Center Mall

Sunday September 10, 2000

About 50 minutes

About 36 Participants in the rounds I played

        This is my ideal stall deck, and though I was best in my school from the year before at playing cards, I was beaten the previous day (Saturday September 9, 2000) at the Super Trainer Showdown Qualification Tournament (East Coast) and went back on Sunday, determined to come out with at least a little something.

Energy 14

Potion Energy= 3

Psycic Energy= 11

Pokemon 23

Abra (Base Set) = 4

Kadabra (Base Set) = 4

Alakazam (Base Set) = 4

Mr. Mime (Base Set) = 4

Chansey (Base Set) = 4

Snorlax (Jungle) = 3

Trainer Cards 23

Imposter Professor Oak = 4

Pokemon Breeder = 3

Potion = 4

Super Potion = 4

Scoop Up = 4

Defender = 4

Round 1 vs ?????’s grass deck

        The first round was fairly easy. Only the usual Beedrills and Vileplumes. The only problem I ran into was the 25-minute time limit. The player was obviously no challenge but she was extremely slow (drawing, energizing, just playing the game), which posed a problem for me. But after about 23 minutes of my four Chanseys being out in play with the help of my Alakazam and Mr. Mime left victorious.

Round 2 vs ?????’s fighting deck

        This is how I lost the tournament the day before, when my Chanseys and Snorlaxes fell to their knees before Hitmonchans, Hitmonlees and Machamps, but this time I had a different strategy. Rather than winning by making my opponent run out of cards, I would attempt to conquer him by taking all my prizes. Though an unthinkable strategy for a stall decks, I figured it was my only hope. The big problem I had been keeping my Mr. Mimes energized (you must remember, I only had 14 Energy in that deck, only 11 of which was Psycic). Eventually after more than one stroke of luck, and my Chanseys on my bench volenteering to suck up all of Mr. Mime’s damage through Alakazam while my Mr. Mimes were beating up his Psycic-weak fighters, I won the battle.

Round 3 vs ?????’s Muk Deck

        Now that is cheap!!! It’s just my luck to fall upon an extremely rare Muk Deck (which is based upon stopping pokemon powers) when if I beat the opponent I would receive and invitation to the actual Super Trainer Showdown!!! I can not emphisize any more of how enfuriated I was after the battle (because as you can imagine, I lost). I don’t think that battle even lasted 6 turns!!! Almost immediately he sent out his Muks to take out my Chanseys, which were useless when I could not use my benched Alakazam’s Pokemon Power!!! And even before he got his Muks, I was still hopeless when turn after turn he used his Goop Gas Attacks. Now I’m sorry but that is without a doubt the worst luck you can possibly have. I was however, awarded 4 Gym Heroes packs for getting that far, which is not too bad, until you consider what I would have gotten had I won (8 Pokemon Gym Heroes packs and a invitation to the East Coast Super Trainer Showdown).

        Not my best battling work, but when you are the lowest in your age group you have to try extra-hard. I expect to do better next year…

Deck by: Julian Evans. Report by: Julian Evans. Email: evanslaura@home.com