Pokemon Center New York

1/16- City Championships

85 Participants

By Zach Reif

 

 

So I decided at the last minute to play Zapdos instead of my Exeggutor/Gorebyss. Here was the list:

 

Pokemon (14)
4x Zapdos EX
4x Voltorb (HL)
2x Electrode (HL)
1x Electrode EX
3x Elekid

Trainers (30)
4x Steven’s Advice
3x TV Reporter
3x Mt. Moon
4x Super Scoop Up
2x Celio’s Network
2x Switch
3x Root Fossil
3x Dual Ball
2x Copycat
3x Pokemon Reversal
1x VS Seeker

Energy (16)
16x Lightning Energy

 

I got there and met some kids from PTCO. Well anyway round one starts now!

 

Round one vs. Groudon EX/Rhydon

 

Interesting. I played the kid that I played for fun about 10 minutes ago XD. Well I started with Elekid got turn two Zapdos and blew out two Rhydons and a Groudon EX till he bench was empty.

WIN
1-0

 

Round two vs. Venusaur EX/Venomoth

 

Magnechu and his Dark T-Tar deck just played this and lost. I go into it a tiny nervous but turn three Zapdos, he couldn’t draw a candy or an ivysaur, Venomoth easy KO. 3 prizes fast, no bench for him. Match.

WIN

2-0

 

Round three vs. Speedrill

 

One of my favorite matches of all time. I got a terrible Zapdos start. I finally stalled long enough to get Zappy out with 3 energy. But from a mix of poison from Beedrill and Desert Ruins, Zapdos got knocked out and I was down for the first time in the tourney. He soon got down to his last prize and I stalled so long. I was pulling out all these crazy combos to stay alive and I evened the score out to 1-1 left. Last minute, my move, Zapdos out there attacks his Pokemon, 10 hp left. His move ATM Rocks my Electrode EX damaged on the bench. Heart breaking…

LOSE

2-1

 

Round four vs. TM Aggron

 

Total weirdness here. I was very frustrated with the loss in round three that I wasn’t playing hard. He got turn three TM aggron vs. not good Zapdos start. No bench, easy win for him.

LOSE

2-2

 

LUNCH TIME!

Candy, pizza, trying anything to recuperate from my terrible playing. Well lets see if the last two matches would bring me victory.

 

Round five vs. Metagross

Well one of my friends from the FRLG PR was here in this CC playing gross. And he kicked my @$$. WHERE IS THOU ZAPDOS!!! Zapdos hates me. All downhill, turn two Metagross.

LOSE

2-3

 

Well last round is coming, I thought my playoff chances were shattered but I fought on in this last battle to try to make me an even 50%.

 

Round six (final round) vs. Kabutops EX

Zapdos! It came through. Very easy win, over in 10 minutes! Why does he come now against something like Kabutops? Why couldn’t this amazing start happen against Metagross?

WIN

3-3

 

Well now I was packing up my cards. Tourney over. And I stayed to see who made the playoffs. And to my surprise my name was called in the top eight along with some other notables like Magnechu, TM Aggron kid, Venusaur, Metagross and another Zapdos deck. Didn’t know the others. So now it is best two out of three and I’m paired up with a new kid.

Quarterfinals Game One vs. Gardevoir/Walrein/Delcatty

 

Great Zapdos start! I kicked his Kirla out before Gardy EX could get out. No bench win.

WIN

1-0

 

Quarterfinals Game Two vs. Gardevoir/Walrein/Delcatty

 

Well not a good start but I held on long enough to get his deck down to the last card. His last turn, draws, gets his last prize and wins it.

LOSE
1-1

 

Quarterfinals Game Three, Tiebreaker vs. Gardevoir/Walrein/Delcatty

I was so tired. Do or die right here, right now. Not a nice start. I held on to a tie as long as possible, trying to stall Zapdos out somehow. 2 minutes left. I was hoping for a tie so we could get a fresh start in sudden death, where Zapdos’s speed kills. But I finally had to give the turn away and Gardy EX hit me up like 180 damage. Crazy…

LOSE, ELIMINATED

1-2

 

Well I had fun. Hard playing by the opponents, crappy playing by me. I did some great trades, met nice people, all around fun. I got two POP packs, 3 Swellow and a Minun lol. I have retired Zapdos and moved on to check out EX: Deoxys decks.

Well here are your Props and Slops on the CC.

 

PROPS
- PCNY for holding such an amazing event

-My father for taking me in early in the morning

-All the great opponents I played to the finish

-The great memorable matches

-Meeting some great PTCO members

 

SLOPS
-Me for playing so poorly

-Zapdos for giving not getting out in the times needed

-POP packs for giving me the same things every time =/

 

That’s all folks, next report up will be the PCNY Deoxys PR!

Seeya,

~Zach Reif- silverblade124@aol.com