HOT-WALL (Fire-Psychic)
By Nik Safi
Books-A-Million
Asheville, North
Carolina
Saturday, July 27, 2001
Around 16 players
This is my first Killer deck Report,
and my first tournament. I made my deck with the central idea of heavy-hitting.
The problem was that most of those kinds of PokeMon are stage 1 or 2
and need a lot of energy and support. When I was thinking of which strong
PokeMon that I was going to use I though of Arcanine. He can do a massive 80
damage with the drawback of 30 to himself. So this is my Arcanine Deck called
Hot-wall that actually did pretty good.
HOT-WALL
POKEMON: 16
2 Mewtwo (Promo#3)
2 Mr.Mimes
2 Scyther
1 Pichu (Promo#35)
2 Magby
3 magmar (Fossil)
2 Growlithe
2 Arcanine
TRAINERS: 24
4 Potion
3 Plus-Power
2 Switch
4 Bill
2 Gust of Wind
2 Professor Oak
2 Energy Retrieval
2 Computer Search
2 Super Rods
1 Bills Teleporter
ENERGY: 20
8 Psychic Energy
10 Fire Energy
2 Double Colorless Energy
Well, I got to Books-A-million three
minutes late. When I got there, the Gym leader gave me a 'temporary' Badge Book,
and a few Promos which consisted of, Scizor, Igglybuff, Smeargle, Pikachu and
Togepi. After that I went on to my battles for my badge.
ROUND 1:
Danny with Espeon, Cleffa Deck
Well, I started off O.K. I had
Mr.Mime, Fossil magmar and a Growlithe. I played Magmar and benched Mr..Mime and
Growlithe. I flipped, called heads.....Heads! He had a Mr.Mime out and had three
sabrinas Gastly and Rockets Eevee on his Bench. I drew a Plus-power and attached
it to Magmar. Then I played a fire and Smokes-Sreened him. He drew, played an
Espeon, attached a psychic energy on a Sabrinas Gastly and passed.I drew,
played Bill, and drew a psychic and a Professor Oak. I attached a fire to magmar
and used Smog for the K.O. I drew Mewtwo as a prize. After the loss of his Mr.
Mime, it went downhill for him. I knocked out all his Gastlys and Cleffas
with Magmar and finally beat Espeon with Mewtwo.
Record: 1-0
ROUND 2: Score-Keeper with Muk, DragonairDeck
He was easy to beat. He
started with Dratini, and only Dratini. I started with a hand that included
Magmar, Scyther and 2 Plus-Powers. We flipped, I lost. I bet that you can guess
how the game ended up, even though he went first . (Who wouldn't?) I
beat his Dratini on turn 2 with Magmar and 2 Plus powers.
Record: 2-0
In between Matches: I
traded a German Promo Zapdos for a Japanese Holo Rockets Scyther.
ROUND 3:
Dylan with an Electric, Promo Mewtwo
deck
Well he started with a Magnemite
active and a Mewtwo benched. We flipped, I chose heads again. Heads. I
played a Magmar active and a Mr. Mime on the bench. I attached a fire NRG to
Magmar and Smoke-Screened. He drew and attached a Psychic energy to Mewtwo. I
played Bill, and got a Plus-Power and Arcanine. I attached an energy to Magmar
and used Smog. I flipped heads and poisoned him. He took 10 poison damage, which
knocked out his Magnemite. I drew a prize. He sent out Mewtwo with one energy
and passed. I drew, benched a Scyther, and attached a double colorless to
it.Then I attacked with Smog and poisoned him. He was down to 40 HP.
He played a psychic energy on Mewtwo, then used Gust of Wind on my Scyther? I
retreated for free, sent out my Mr. Mime and finished his Mewtwo
off.
Record: 3-0
In between Matches:
They held a trivia. I entered but I knew I would lose really quickly. I
was right. I lost the first question! My brother got third, winning a Promo # 35
Pichu.
ROUND 4: Kid with
a Fire/Grass Rocket Deck
I started with Mr.Mime, Mewtwo and
Magmar. He started with Rockets Scyther active and Rockets Moltres benched. I
decided my Mr. Mime should take the active position. Well, I don't remember
much, but my Mr. Mime was pummeling his Moltres, which he had switched with. I
finally knocked it out, but it came right back to his hand, due to his Rebirth
Pokemon Power. He sent out Rockets Scyther and kept using Shadow Images which
made it hard to deal damage. Finally I got lucky and K.Oed the Scyther. He sent
out Moltres, but this time I had an idea. I beat him down , then he had to bring
out a Vulpix with one energy. I beat it easily with a Mewtwo and a
Plus-power. I ended up getting all my prizes, winning the match. (When you beat
Moltres you still get a prize...)
Record: 4-0
In between Matches: I
trade a Sabrinas Golduck for a No-Removal Gym and a Sabrinas Abra.
ROUND 5: Rusty
with Mew, Mewtwo Deck
She ended up with a Mew, and
Mewtwo, I with a Mr. Mime and Growlithe. She began with Mew and I decided to
play Mr. Mime as my active PokeMon. She kept trying to Psy-Wave me, but it kept
doing 40, which was prevented by Invisible Wall. I knocked Mew out with 2
Meditates. When she brought out Mewtwo I was ready. (You'd be ready to if you
had a fully powered Mr.Mime and a pumped-up Arcanine) I kept attacking with
Meditate, but he kept healing himself with potions and stuff. Then I had an
Idea. I waited until Mewtwo had 20 or more damage on it, then brought out
Arcanine and Flame-Throwered for the win.
Record: 5-0
In between Matches: I
had 25 points so I got a Hitmontop Promo. Cool!
ROUND 6: Chris
(My Brother) with Rain-Dance
I was in trouble. Rain-Dance is my
worst fear! This Rain -Dance deck had a few electric PokeMon. I started with a
Growlithe. That's all. Chris had a Lapras, a Squirtle, and a Lt. Surge
Electabuzz (The one with Discharge) I started by putting a fire NRG on
Growlithe. Pass. He attaches a water to use Water Gun. 20 damage. I
drew, Mr. Mime. I played Mr. Mime, retreated Growlithe and passed. He water
Guns me for twenty. Uh-oh. I draw a card. Plus-Power. Worthless. I end up
sacrificing Mr. Mime. I draw a card. Then I know I lost. There's no possible way
for me to win. He won. I guess my deck isn't undefeatable...
Record: 5-1
I ended up with 30 points. I had to
leave 'cause the session was over. Me and Dylan got to be friends to. Were going
next week. 10 more points and I win my first Badge.... When we were leaving I
asked if I could buy a Neo 2 Pack. They were sold out! Oh, well. I got some at
the mall. Now time for Props and Slops.
Props:
Props to the Gym Leader for the five
free Promos.
Props for Book-A-Million for being so
close to me.
Props for the kid who traded me that
Rockets Scyther.
Props to the mall for holding Neo 2
packs AND Magic: The Gathering.
Slops:
Slops to Books-A-Million to being sold
out of PokeMon Neo 2
Slops to ,well, there are no more
slops today