Metal Spikes (Metal type)
Justin Swanger
Hobbytown U.S.A.
Lincoln, Nebraska
10/14/01 14 participants

                                           

Poke'Mon
4 Scyther
3 Scizor
4 Pineco
3 Forretress
2 Heracross
2 Cleffa
Trainer
2 Professor Elm
2 Brock
2 Moo Moo Milk
2 Mary
3 Energy Charge
1 Focus Band
2 Challenge
1 Ecogym
2 Energy Ark
2 Bill's Teleporter
1 Here Comes Team Rocket
2 Super Rod
2 Gold Berry
2 Berry
Energy
12 Grass Energy
4 Metal Energy
              
60 Cards



This tournament was just a normal one that is, of course, DCI sanctioned. But I got jipped because they didn't play by the rules DCI so plainly laid out that all sanctioned events would be under the new modified (STS) format. So of course playing like that I got beat. While everyone else basked in the glow of their Oaks and Cpu searches I was lonely and cold with my basically all Neo deck, I did have my good friend whose alias you may know of as Ed Sullivan that also played by the rules.

Battle 1
I was up against an old style Wiggly/Mewtwo deck. It really wasn't that good and the girl I was battling did 5 or 6 illegal moves and she wasn't at all experienced. I played my cards as well as I could and drooled over the cards I was so fond of, Oaks and Item Finders and Cpu Searches. The girl played a Japanese Chaos Gym and didn't even know what it did. Promo Mewtwo was her staller and building energy on her bench was a Wigglytuff. I had my fully Charged Scizor ready to fight but one energy removal and a Super did it in for me I couldn't attack the rest of the game and ultimately met my fate at the hands of the Wigglytuff. First gone was my Scizor, then went a Pineco, after that a Cleffa disappeared from the table and finally a Scyther was the last to fall.

Battle 2
My next opponent had a deck that looked extremely inferior, and was except for my cards. He had a Politoed evolution chain and a kingdra evolution chain. It all had weakness to grass that I had plenty of. Now I'd like to say this is where my huge win came in and I destroyed everyone starting with this punk who I kicked the crud out of with a Neo 2 Scyther, but unfortunately I can't. I felt confident until I made a critical misjudgement and accidently evolved a fully charged Neo 2 (Discovery) Scyther into a Scizor. I felt a heavy weight drop down on top of me as I was slowly killed by a Neo 2 Poliwhirl. The kid had a fully charged Kingdra ready and waiting. He evolved the Poliwhirl and then tried to take it back but I wouldn't let him, besides he was just gonna retreat it anyways. He sent out the death machine Kingdra and like the previous battle Started killing off Pok'eMon. It was pretty much the same thing except he also had to kill 2 Forretress.



Battle 3
I don't remember much of this battle except for the fact that I fought another Wiggly deck and I got the puff beat out of me and my deck. I didn't take a single prize and my opposition took 3 prizes. Time was called and that battle was done

Battle 4  
This battle came through to be my only win. You see I would have had to battle this kid with a huge fire deck, and I had no chance to beat him. And luckily I didn't have to fight him because, like so many other battles I would have lost horribly and taken last place. But the kid had to leave and so I got a bye.
   

Props
Props to my good friend Ed Sullivan, or so you think that's his name, for being another person extremely mad at that place and swearing revenge, and also just  swearing.
Props to Ben Zoz for putting in his two words against the all format.
And props to Ness for righting so many awesome articles.

Slops
Slops to that place that doesn't follow the rules.
That is all.



I won't ever use this deck again until the modified format is enforced but if you'd like to send your thoughts my E-Mail is Lazerbeam66@aol.com