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Card Game - Killer Deck Reports Great Lakes Regional
Toledo, Ohio
May 14, 2005
Around 130 people -
33 in 11-14?
Andrew Mondak
Dragtrode
Pokemon: 24
3 Dratini
3 Dark Dragonair
3 Dark Dragonite
2 Voltorb
2 Dark Electrode
2 Pidgey
1 Pidgeotto
2 Pidgeot
4 Dunsparce
2 Rocket's Sneasel
Trainers: 22
4 Celio's Network
4 Rare Candy
3 Steven's Advice
2 Rocket's Hideout
2 Desert Ruins
2 Scott
1 Strength Charm
1 Warp Point
1 Mr. Briney's
Compassion
1 Copycat
1 Swoop! Teleporter
Energy: 14
4 Darkness Energy
4 Dark Metal Energy
4 Rainbow Energy
2 R Energy
I get there about
9:30, meet up with some other people, the usual stuff.
I talk to Steven Davis for a little bit and make a
prediction - me and him in the finals. About 11:40 the
pairings are posted.
Round 1:Brandon
w/Medicham EX (ends up 1-4)
Startup was lone
Pidgey w/Scott and Rare Candy in hand. I tell him if he
can't beat me within 2 turns it's not going to look good
for him. He starts with 2 Meditites and no energy. I
manage to survive and get out the Pidgeot and search for
Sparce (I get Voltorb, Dratini and Rocket's Sneasel EX)
I get out a Dragonite fully powered the next turn and it
was downhill for him (I knocked out 2 Medicham EX)
1-0
Round 2: Evan
w/Gardy-Dusclops EX (ends up 4-1 somehow)
Phenomanal setup,
fully powered Draggy by turn 2. He starts to make a
comeback with Dusclops EX but I bring up a Rocket's
Sneasel EX.
2-0
Round 3: Adrian
w/Ludicargo (ends up 4-1)
HORRIBLE setup -
Lone Dratini, 5 Energy and a Briney. He gets an average
setup while I get nothing for several turns. However, I
manage to keep him from getting too far ahead by putting
his Dunsparce to sleep for 3-4 turns. I finally get a
Dark Dragonair and a ray of hope, but that's shut down
by a Crystal Sharded Ludicolo. I try to recover, but in
the end can't stage anything.
2-1
Round 4: Michael
w/Ludicargo (ended up 3-2)
Phenomanal setup
(seems to come and go with me...) The Draggy makes a
turn 2 appearance. He manages to get a couple Ludicolo
out but no energy. For some reason he didn't put any
Battle Frontiers in his deck...
3-1
Round 5: Dan
w/Neverland (ended up 3-2)
OLD SCHOOL
matchup!!! He gets out an early TTar and gets a couple
prizes because I can't get any evolutions. But I manage
to get a Draggy and start OHKO'ing most of his bench.
He gets a Dark Pupitar out and flips for Explosive
Evolution - pretty much decides the game. He gets a
tails and concedes.
4-1
We wait around
for pairings for Top 8 - I'm #3 and get to play Dan
again. We have to wait for the last round of 15+ and a
dinner break.
Top 8: Dan
w/Neverland (again)
Not really much
to say here - he had poor setups and I had great ones.
He ended up conceding in the middle of the game both
times.
2-0
Top 4: Adrian
w/Ludicargo (again)
First game - fast
Draggy again - I can get used to that. Don't think he
truly got set up - maybe a Ludicolo or two but that's
it. I end up creaming him that game.
Second game he
starts with a lone Slugma and I start pretty poorly - so
I go for the quick kill. He attaches a Rainbow to
Slugma and Collects. If I get a Celio (already have
Candy and Rainbow in hand) I win. I don't get it or
really anything else unfortunately.
Third game it
goes back and forth until the prizes are 2-2. The judge
says there's less than 5 minutes left and pulls the
timer away from our view. I try and run the clock down
as low as possible and collect a prize by knocking out a
Ludicolo. He brings out yet another Ludicolo, Smooth
Over/Swing Dances for a Crystal Shard, and knocks out my
Draggy. Time is called at the start of my turn, and the
judge says next prize wins. I send out Pidgeot, topdeck
Voltorb (makes my job easier). I Quick Search for Dark
Electrode, Candy into Electrode, attach a Rainbow
Energy, Dark Trance (another Draggy on bench) 2 Dark to
Electrode, retreat Pidgeot, and Energy Bomb for the win.
2-1
Top 2: Steven Davis
w/Metasteelix
Well my
prediction came true amazingly. 1st game he gets a
quick win by knocking out at least 1 Rocket's Sneasel.
2nd game he has like 3 Metal and 2 Dark on a Dark
Steelix and Crystal Shards to knock out my Draggy. I
have next to nothing and I concede.
0-2
I got my Trip,
$1,000 scholarship, box of assorted packs (Crobat,
Rocket's Moltres, and Regice EXes), and the Pikachu bag
w/a couple things in there (thanks Steven) Overall I
think the tournament was a success :). However, there
is one problem I had with the tournament - it took WAY
too long. But the judges knew the rulings and I had no
problems with them.
*In order to practice
for Worlds, I will be playing in 15+(I turn 15 four days
before Worlds) in every tourney I play in with the
exception of Nationals (too big of prizes to pass up)*
Andrew Mondak
AIM: ARMondak
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