DARK BLASTOISE DESTRUCTION (Neo-On)
by: Lee Bedrouni
Wizards Of The Coast
Mission Valley Center, San Diego CA
5 round Swiss-Style Tournament
12 October, 2002
About 10 Entries
This was my 3rd tournament
(2nd Neo-On) and so far i had placed 3rd in a Type 1 tournament and 7th in
another Neo-On tourney. Today there would be some tough competition because my
friends Matt Dunford, Jerel and Danny were gonna be there. The rest of the
competition was newbie who probably didnt know what this tournament was about.
The Prize was 4 Neo Destiny boosters for 1st place, 3 for 2nd place, 2 for 3rd
place and 1 for 4th place. Before the tournament I tweaked ny deck so that it
was Slowking-proof (although NO ONE used it!!!):
DARK
BLASTOISE DESTRUCTION:
4x E-Squirtle (3x
40 Hp, 1x 50 HP)
3x Dark Wartortle
3x Dark Blastoise
3x Cleffa
2x Pichu
1x Elekid
3x Tyrogue
4x Prof. Elm
4x Gold Berry
3x Double Gust
3x Rocket's
Hideout
4x Bill
2x Time Capsule
3x Boss' Way
15x Water Energy
4x Dark Energy
Strategy: Get DB out by turn
3 w/ 3 water Energy, the trainers are there to draw, switch, etc. Pichu is for
Slowking, Cleffa is for drawing.(since no Pokemon except Elekd have Pokemon
Powers), Tyrogue is for electric, and Elekid for "energy droughts".
ROUND 1: V.S Hu (Dark Feraligatr/E-Feraligatr/Articuno Deck)
I've face Hu alot, he
normally beats me but this time was different. He didnt have any Basics in hand
3 times so I got a good start. I had Cleffa active and Squirtle on the Bench
while he had Totodile active and Articuno benched. He won the coin toss, and
attached an energy to Articuno, but during my turn I Double Gust'ed it in and
began my usual planning for Dark Blastoise (Rocket's Hideout, Gold Berry,etc.).
By the time he had Articuno ready to attack, I had DB out with 3 Energies and
the Articuno had 60 damage on it (Focus Bands), so I kept on putting Babies on
the bench so that he couldnt Double Gust without having a Baby come out, and I
got another DB started. Eventually he got Dark Croconaw up and nearly KO'ed my
DB, but with some well placed Gold Berries and luck I pulled out of it with a
win, and Hu puled out of it with disgrace and disgust because he lost.
RECORD: 1-0
ROUND 2: V.S. ??? (Random-Just-Put-Together-MMF-Deck)
Well this poor kid didnt
know that the tournament was Neo-On so he had BARELY enough time to build one
up. When the battle started he had Bulbasaur, Slugma, and Squirtle out....I
could guess this kid was NOT good at making decks, oh well...back to the
battle...Well the fight was easy, eventhough he hd DB too! and A Magcargo on
the Bench. I got DB FULL POWERED 3rd turn and totally annihilated the
kid....better luck next time!!
RECORD: 2-0
ROUND 3: V.S. Danny (Kabutops/Gligar)
Danny was using Matt's deck
which was pretty good, and I felt confient going into this battle. I dont
really remeber how this match started, but I do know that I got DB full powered
with a Dark Energy turn 4, while Danny had those STUPID, ANNOYING, Kabuto that
multiply like rats!!! And he had 3 Kabutops!!! The Kabutops eventually
killed my DB's (all 3 of them!!!) but not without it being a very close match.
(strangely the dice rolls went alot my way this match...strange..)
So I lost to Danny but my
next match was one ill never forget.
RECORD: 2-1
ROUND 4: V.S. Matt Dunford (Charizard Deck)
When I first found out I was
fighting Matt, my chances for finishing 1st I thought were nullified...Matt had
tought me all about being a Top-Notch Pokemon player and he had literally GIVEN
me half my deck!! But the ties between "Sensei" and "Pupil"
were now severed..I started off with a Squirtle and some babies on the bench. I
got DB out turn 3 even with Matt nearly getting his ever-fatal Charizard, but I
got ALL 3 of my Double Gusts and got rid of 2 Charmanders and a Charmelen!!!!
Eventually his babies gave out to the massive power of my DB and I won, this
being my greatest accomplishment of my Pokemon Card career....
RECORD: 3-1
ROUND 5: V.S. Patrick (Psychic-Random-Splash Deck)
Well, the odds of finishing
2nd were because Danny, who I was tied with, had faced Jerel who was undefeated
and the dumb computer would give him more points, so i was hoping I'd win and
Hu would beat Jerel....The kid I was facing's name was Patrick. He had the
BIGGEST deck i've ever seen!!! (becuse all his cards were in half-inch THICK
protectors!!!) But his strategy wasnt good, He started w/ Staryu and a mewtwo
on the bench, while I had Squirtle and Cleffa, after that i never had to play
another Basic again....I played Dark Wartortle to stall while I waited for Dark
Blastoise, after that I destroyed him all of his pokemon going down like
pinballs...
RECORD: 4-1
Unfortunantly Hu lost to
Jerel and so I was 3rd place even though I tied with Danny. I got 2 Neo Destiny
Boosters In which I got Dark Ursaring and Thought Wave Machine (bleh)....still
Tied-For-2nd isnt bad, I just hope I can do better next time.
PROPS/SLOPS
PROPS:
1. For Jerel winning the Tournament
2. For coin flips going in my favor A LOT.
3. For the kids who didnt cry or get mad after I beat
them (except Hu)
4. For Matt and Danny giving me the Pichu's and a
Cleffa
5. For Matt being a good sport
SLOPS:
1. For not being able to USE the Pichus.....
2. For the LAME prizes...(they at least could've been
Expedition..)
3. For that dude James saying everyone but Matt and
Jerel sucks (*gets really mad*)
4. For that kid who thought you could evolve Horsea into
Misty's Seadra (by NOW everyone should know you cant do that...)
5. For not getting 2nd Place...grrrr...
All in all it was a good
tournament, thanx for reading this!!
Lee Bedrouni
thesatan6666666@yahoo.com