Pride's Dark Spirit v. 2.0 (Electric/Dark)
by Justin Langston
Toys R Us, Mufreesborro Tennessee
Saturday July 7th, 2001
Roughly 15-17 participants.

Ok. Here is what has been happening for the last couple of weeks.
After Steelix came in second in my last KDR, I decided I had had
enough of playing the biggest removal target in the game. It was time
to move on to Sneasel. I built it and played it the next time I got back
and placed 3rd out of 15 people. That made me a little unhappy (I don't
write KDR's unless I place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd) so the night before this
tourney, I made some revisions that would end up saving me. Here is my
listing.

Pokemon:11

3 Sneasel
3 Electabuzz
2 Cleffa
2 Ditto
1 Igglybuff

Trainers: 33

3 Gold Berrry
3 Energy Removal
4 Pluspower
3 Item Finder
3 Gust of Wind
2 Nightly Garbage Run
3 Computer Search
4 Oak
3 Lass
2 Sprout Tower
3 Rocket's Sneak Attack

Energy: 12
4 Dark
1 Rainbow
7 Lightning

Round 1 Vs. Matty w/ Neoized Raindance

I really though I had this one in the bag. Dave watched our match in
dismay as the kid got all the right cards at the right times. For instance,
he would get a Gold Berry to heal his Kingdra (the one that had no weakness to lightning
I think) enough so that he could KO my buzz before I could get that last bit of damage. I
though I was finished until late game, faithful Sneasel finally showed and the darness came
shortly after. I beat up his dying Kingdra and almost dead bench. (another thing that was weird is
he had Switch come up on most of his dying active pokemon) I won and took 6 prizes to his 3.

 

Today's Record: 1-0
Deck's Total Record in Tourneys: 6-2

 

Round 2 Vs. Dave w/ Sabrina's Gengar/Sneasel/Murkrow

Dave was extremly having a really bad time, because whenever he made a coin flip for
anything, it was tails! I hads fun teasing his multiple Sneasel's who could only get
1 Dark on before it was removed or the Sneasel was Koed by mine. He couldn't find a
breeder or Haunter to get his Gastly moving toward Sabrina's Gengar. I got a total of 3
of his Darkness into the discard. He was doomed as I Beat Up endlessly. Poor Dave. :P

 

Today's Record: 2-0
Deck's Total Record in Tourneys: 7-2

 

Round 3 Vs. ??? with Wallop variant

I started w/ a 'Buzz to a few ugly Larvitar and a Donophan. I had weakness to fightning
so I built a Sneasel while I gold berried away the 20 a turn by Larvitar. I finally retreat
'Buzz and Beat Up all his fighting pokemon.

 

Today's Record: 3-0
Deck's Total Record in Tourneys: 8-2

 

Round 4 Vs. White Boy James (aka Kirninin from DBZ) w/ a Clefable/Sneasel

He whipped me this game. As soon as Sneasel hit mi bench and was powered, his Clefable
took me down. I couldn't save myself as he took my Pokemon one by one,

 

Today's Record: 3-1
Deck's Total Record in Tourneys: 8-3

 

Round 5. Vs. White Boy James again!!!!

I drew his match again!! I wanted revenge for striping my perfect record today. This is
the game my changes to my deck saved me. Here was the lategame situation. We were tied at two prizes
each and my Sneasel was out. I Beat Up a Clefable and killed it, but here came another one!! I was doomed.
He copied Beat Up! 60 damage! I was koed right? WRONG! I had played Sprout Tower (one of the revisions to my deck)
the previous turn. It reduce my damage to 30 and I was left to Beat Up his Clefable for another K.O. I killed a few measily
basics and won! YEAH!!!! I also eliminated him in the process. :P

 

Today's Record: 4-1
Deck's Total Record in Tourneys: 9-3

 

I luckily drew a Bye!

Today's Record: 5-1
Deck's Total Record in Tourneys: 10-3

 

During my Bye:
I was going to be second regardless. Jared played Ryan (who ended up decking out wit his Steelix deck)
while I played Dave for fun. He only had a Sneasel and Murkrow and four dark in his hand! I koed them both before
he could build them up and won. Poor Dave and his unlucky streak!

 

He won this first turn killing my lone Sneasel by adding pluspowers to his Pokemon.

 

Today's Record: 5-2
Deck's Total Record in Tourneys: 10-4

 

Not bad! I'm happy!

 

Props:
To Jared for winning again.
To the awesome changes the night before.
To the promos I got for winning.

 

 

Slops:
To my dull record.
That Matt had to stay in NY on a camping trip.
To the wallop variant I played.
To Brandon's die he gave me.   :(
To Wizards for all those wonderful bans of theirs.  @:) <----------  Miss Cleo

 

Justin Langston
steelstructure@hotmail.com