Goldeneye
by
Daniel Duterte (ebArt)
Waldenbooks in
Raleigh, NC
11/18/2001
Hm, around 16
participants
I had missed the previous week of tournaments, and before that
I had 2 weeks of really bad tourneys (2-2-1 two straight times) and saw my
rating go down about 80 points during that. Now for the last tournament of
the year in Raleigh, so I'm out with a new deck and the will to do... um, better
than I have been doing.
Goldeneye v -1.1
4 Giovanni's
Machop (Gym Challenge)
4 Giovanni's Machoke (Gym Challenge)
4 Giovanni's Machamp (Gym Challenge)
3 Cleffa (Neo Genesis)
2 Pichu (Neo Genesis)
1 Giovanni's Nidoran F (Gym
Challenge)
1 Magby (Neo Genesis)
15 Fighting Energy
4 Professor Elm (Neo Genesis)
4 Focus Band (Neo Genesis)
4 Double Gust (Neo Genesis)
3 Nightly Garbage Run (Team Rocket)
3 Pokemon Breeder Couple (Neo Revelation)
3 Misty's Wrath (Gym Heroes)
2 Resistance Gym (Gym Challenge)
2 Chaos Gym (Gym Challenge)
1 Giovanni's Last Resort (Gym Challenge)
I played this kind of deck at the STS in New Jersey and I did
okay on Sunday (don't ask about Saturday >=\). I updated the deck with
some more tech and some more/different speed. Basically, Giovanni's
Machamp comes out turn 4 or 5, using babies or Chaos Gym to stall out, and you
0wn. Elekid is this deck's worst enemy, so ideally, when a Machamp would
be killed by Elekid, out comes Pichu to nail it. Pichu will also work with
Typhlosion VERY well.
On to the tournament...
Round 1 vs. Stephan H. (P/W
Xatu/Kingdra)
This is a pretty random
deck, I used this match to see if my deck was good or not. A Movie Mewtwo
was out first turn, and I was kinda scared, but luckily I did get out Machamp,
it took a while but I did beat him.
Record: 1-0
During that match, Jake n00bleh comes around to see what I'm
playing (I had bluffed my usual Erika's Victreebel deck to him), and then Ryan
calls me a sellout (?)
Round 2 vs. Kwame H. (R Blaine's
Arcanine/Slowking)
This deck is mean, and
second turn, Blaine's Arcanine is going with a Slowking benched and I'm stalling
out with babies trying to power up my Giovanni's Machamp. Lo and behold, I
got the Blaine's Arcanine and got 3 prizes to tie the match up. He got
another one going, but I got another one going and we're down 1-1 with a
Slowking active and he's out of Balloon Berries! Problem is I can't draw a
Fighting Energy to get Giovanni's Machamp attacking! >.< He has 3
Slowkings out and I never saw a Magby the entire game. One mistake I did
make was trying for an Elm on a few occasions as opposed to simply waiting to
draw into it (I knew I had at least 1 or 2 in the deck, but I had about 20 cards
in my deck >.<) He pulled a Warp Point and I send out Cleffa and he
flips heads on the Baby for Firestorm. Good game buddy.
Record: 1-1
Round 3 vs. Crike, I forgot yer name
(L/R Blaine deck)
Crike, I
forgot your name, and you've been coming to Waldenbooks for like, ever >.<
Anyway, a stupid Blaine's Charmander with Fire Tail Slap came out and I'm kinda
stalling with Cleffa and trying to attack with Machoke, and he never flipped a
tails, being a freak like that. I finally killed the blasted thing, got
his Pikachu, and then his Blaine's Doduo. Win.
Record: 2-1
Round 4 vs. Jake n00bleh (R
Fires)
I playtested my original
version of this deck against him online, and I did, um, well, I hung in
there. I open with a Magby, and I'm stallin out against his Cleffa.
He got his Typhlosions out, and funny thing is, I'm hittin' him with Sputter so
he can't Recharge. For about 10 turns I drew nothing 'cept evos and a
Giovanni's Nidoran F. He's filled his bench, but can't really charge up
due to Sputter ^_^ I killed a Cleffa and beat up a Typhlosion a bit, until it
finally did die, then a Pichu came out, and after it died, ANOTHER one came out
and I killed 2 of them, leaving one with 80 damage. Arcanine came out, but
then here comes Giovanni's Machamp =D It goes out, and I get a Cleffa and
another Typhlosion. He still has the one with 80 damage out. So I'm
down to one prize, and I draw a Nightly Garbage Run. I Run my two Pichus,
then Wrath to get it, and get the KO. It was on time and actually woulda
had a better chance going for the KO on the active Arcanine and if I missed
would still have a chance, but to hell with it, I'm takin' the win.
Record: 3-1
Round 5 vs. A Pokemom, I didn't catch your name (W
Dark Blastoise)
I saw the Squirtle and
got scared, I Double Gusted immediately for a benched TR Eevee, killed it in two
turns, Dark Wartortle came out and so did my Giovanni's Machoke, and then got my
Giovanni's Machamp and got it.
Record: 4-1
If I hadn't gotten the time win against Jake I coulda played
Ryan or Friedlander and have a shot at a rating boost, but oh well, we'll start
again next year.
I won 3 Revelation booster packs, in which I got a non-holo
Lugia (=\), a Houndoom ^_^, and a Raikou which I traded to Friedlander for a
Dark Machamp since I didn't really want it. I bought some more Odyssey
packs as well (and received much smack for buying Magic cards) and got 2 Pardic
Firecats, my third Muscle Burst, Holstic Wisdom, and a Mirari (weird weird card
=\). I got some cards I need for my cheap-o Sligh deck I plan to take to
the JSS Challenge (no rares and it's pretty good!)
Props and Slops
Props to
Jeff for running the tournament
Props to Waldenbooks for hosting and hosting us next year as
well =D
Props to my dad for driving me
Props to Brass
Props to Stephanie cuz she 0wnz meh
Props to the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle
Corps
Props to AzN Pride
Props to Enloe's marching band season, ended this past
Saturday with the parade, can't wait till next year =D
Props to me for being on TV for 3 seconds during the
parade
Props to the FDNY
Slops to the Civil War for brothers killin'
brothers
Slops to there being no 7th Edition in stock
Slops to management for not letting me trade in my packs for
more Odyssey packs =\
Slops to Daniel Duterte
Slops to Duke
Slops to cheese, it's bad for you
See you in January, catch me on AIM at ebArtemis410, 'til
then...
"If there's a door, we go in. If there's
something we can break, we break it. And in the end we blow the place to
smithereens!" - Selphie Tilmett, Final Fantasy 8
(go heels)