Seeing Green in Full
View (Grass)
by Jack Treese
Collector's Choice
Sunday, June 20th,
2004
Roughly 25 total
participants
This tournament wasn't anything really officially set
standard by Wizards of the Coast, but rules still applied. There were no card
use restrictions in place at all. This had been my first real tournament I had
visited since summer of 2001. This tournament was something me and my buddies
had talked of going to. Each of us went to it, and each of us had "trained" the
night before and we helped each other build the best decks we possibly
could.
Without further ado, here is the
deck:
2 Scyther (Jungle)
1 Scyther (Neo Discovery)
4 Exeggcute (Jungle)
3 Exeggutor (Jungle)
3 Koffing (Base Set)
4 Bulbasaur (Base Set)
1 Ivysaur (Base Set)
1 Venusaur (Base Set 2)
1 Venusaur (Promo 13)
3 Bill
2 Pokemon Trader
1 Computer Search
1 Item Finder
3 Energy Removal
2 Switch
3 Gust of Wind
2 Professor Oak
2 Pokemon Breeder
2 Pokemon Center
19 Grass Energy
This deck is just pure gold grass... or green. I
originally intended on building the Mono-Grass deck I saw in an old issue of
Pojo for this tournament, but I dropped the Venonats and Venomoths for the
Exeggcute line. The main reason why the Exeggcute line is better: Big
Eggsplosion. I knew right there that Exeggutor, combined with Venusaur's Energy
Trans, would be a lean mean damage-building fighting machine. During the
practice rounds I shared with my friends the night before the big tournament, my
record was 12-1. The one match I lost was to my friend's Wildfire deck. Now, on
to the tournament.
Round 1: vs. Jason
(Water/Elec)
I kinda felt bad for this guy, considering he started
with only one basic Pokemon. I went first. It was my Scyther (Neo Discovery)
versus his Base Set Poliwag. I drew a Grass Energy and attached it to Scyther. I
passed, he drew, still no bench, attached a water energy to Poliwag, he
Water-Gunned Scyther, my turn. I drew a Bulbasaur and added to my bench which
already consisted of a Koffing and an Exeggcute. I attached another grass energy
to Scyther, attacked with Fury Cutter. Out of the four coins I had to flip, only
one was heads. This did 20 damage, but 40 due to Poliwag's weakness to Grass. I
drew a prize and won due to his lack of prizes.
1-0
Round 2: vs. Sam
(Fighting)
Next was my good buddy Sam, who I had trained with the
night before. Sam was very nervous before the match began, and I was wondering
why. When he had revealed the two Pokemon he had - Geodude and Diglett - I
remembered why almost immediately. My only Pokemon - Scyther (Jungle) - could
slice through them both without getting a single damage counter on him. Sam went
first, attached an energy to his Diglett, and passed because his attack wouldnt
hurt Scyther. I drew a Bill and used it. I got a Bulbasaur and a Computer
Search. I attached one of my Grass Energies to Scyther, placed Bulbasaur on my
bench, and passed to Sam. Sam drew another fighting energy, attached it to
Geodude, and he once again passed. I drew Pokemon Breeder and used
Computer Search. I sacrificed a Bill and an Energy Removal to use it to get
Venusaur. I used my Breeder and put Venusaur (Base Set 2) into play. I attached
a Grass energy to Scyther and passed. Sam drew a card and passed immediately
without doing anything else. I drew an Exeggcute and put it in play. I attached
a grass energy to Scyther, used Slash, knocked out Diglett, and took a prize.
Sam sent forth his Geodude. He drew his card and passed again. I drew my card,
attached a grass energy to Venusaur, and Slashed Geodude. This being Sam's last
card, I took the last prize, won the match, and told my friend he did a good
job, despite I had the upper advantage.
2-0
Semi-Final: vs. Earl
(Lightning)
Earl, another pal of mine (my cousin, in fact), has a
lot of cards to choose from. I taught him, however, the strategy behind solid
deck building. He built himself a strong electric deck. But my cockiness got in
the way after I defeated his deck four times the night before. I forgot he
moderated it when I played my only basic, a Koffing (Base Set). He sent out his
Eevee from Jungle. He got to go first. He attached a lightning energy to it and
landed a successful Tail Wag. So I went, attached a grass energy to Koffing, and
passed. Earl draws a card, attaches a lightning energy and a PlusPower, and
evolves into Dark Jolteon from Team Rocket. He Lightning Jolted me, and I became
paralyzed with 3 damage counters on Koffing. So I drew a card, attached the card
(a Grass energy) to Koffing, and passed. Next turn, Earl draws a card, and
immediately attacks with Lightning Jolt. He flips and gets a tails. Koffing
still gets knocked out though. He drew a prize and I lost because I ran out of
Pokemon. I congratulated Earl though and wished him the best of luck in the
final round.
2-1
In the end, though, I had a lot of fun playing with this
deck. I built another one that night that counters Wildfire decks. I've used
both against my friends and have since that day only lost three matches. I
played 17 times since then.
Special Thanks
First, I would like to thank Collector's Choice for
refueling my interest in the Pokemon TCG.
I would also like to thank Sam, Abr, and Earl for
training with me and joining up into the tournament. Sam was eliminated when I
beat him, Abr was eliminated first round and in loser's bracket. Earl lost to
Jerry, a kid who used a Psychic deck, with only one prize left. He woulda won if
Jerry hadn't pulled out a last minute Super Energy
Removal.
Most of all, though, I would like to thank all of the
writers at poJo magazine and a t PoJo.com for their awesome Poke-Wisdom. Props
and Kudos go to other Killer Deck writers.
Thank you for reading, and good lyck with your
tournament play.
Jack Treese
master0gr8ness87@yahoo.com