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Pokemon Tournament Reports
SwampBlast
Peter Moglia
Niles, IL
EX Crystal Guardians Prerelease
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Roughly 40 people, 10 playing in my 11-14
division
Hello everyone,
This was the biggest prerelease I've ever been
to. In fact, it was the first prerelease I've
ever been to. Since I haven't played
competitively for four years, I figured this
would be a good tournament to reintroduce myself
to the tournament scene.
Part 1 (Tournament arrival, registration, and
briefing)
Coming in, I knew that the competition would be
stiff. When I arrived at Pastimes in Niles,
Illinois, it wasn't long before I met my Gym
Leader from the league I play in. He explained
to me some of the cards to watch out for, and
some cards most people would just use to chump
block (since it was four prizes, not a lot of
chump blocking took place.) Five minutes before
the tournament started, the staff that was
working the tournament handed six packs of EX
Crystal Guardians to each player. They explained
the rules to the whole group, since there were
quite a few younger players in the 10 and under
division. The organizer also explained that the
energy they had was to be borrowed and then
given back to the store at the end of the
tournament.
Part 2 (The deck building)
This tournament was going to be Age-Modified,
Limited five round Swiss. With a line of, "You
will have 30 minutes to build your deck. . .
GO!" Everyone's hands scrambled to open their
packs as quickly as possible. My Trainer base
was not as great as I would have liked, (in
fact, it was pretty much downright horrible) but
my Pokemon draw was fairly good. In the end,
this is what my 40-card deck looked like. . .
SwampBlast
Pokemon (17):
x4 Squirtle (Bubblebeam)
x3 Wartortle (1 #42 [Bubble], 2 #43 [Tail Whip])
x1 Blastoise Hydro Pump
x3 Mudkip Nap
x1 Marshtomp Hug
x1 Swampert Rock Hurl
x2 Whismur
x1 Loudred
x1 Luvdisc
Trainers (7):
x2 Energy Search
x2 Castaway
x2 Potion
x1 Dual Ball
Energies (16):
x9 Water
x7 Fighting
As I was building my deck, I saw some lucky
people pull some Pokemon EX, among them Swampert
EX and especially Delcatty EX. These two
powerhouses, especially the latter, could turn a
4-1 game around, as was demonstrated against
Luke, a participant in the League I'm in, when
he had a full set up of Fighting Pokemon against
a Delcatty EX. The Delcatty was able to
keep Luke's hand from getting to big while
dealing some serious damage, enough to turn the
tables and win the game. But now on to my games.
. .
Part 3 (Actual Tournament)
Game 1 against Jake (Delcatty
EX/Medicham/Dusclops)
This game was against one of the better players
in my division, who also had the dreaded
Delcatty EX in his deck. However, he never got a
chance, as by turn 6 I had my Blastoise running
with four water energies. From there on it was
just a matter of trying to give Blastoise a
Special Condition (which never worked) and me
Hydro Pumping away all of his Basic Pokemon.
Win 1-0
Game 2 against Andrew (Swampert EX, Wigglytuff)
This opponent gave me a bit more trouble than my
last opponent. I had a 3 Water Energy Blastoise
out by turn 3 After I KO'ed his first Pokemon,
he sent out Jigglypuff, who kept me sleeping and
did 10 damage to me for four turns. Eventually
on a Sleep Check, I rolled a heads, which
allowed me to KO his Jigglypuff. Lo and behold,
he sends out ANOTHER JIGGLYPUFF! This one was
much less lethal than the first, as on the first
roll I rolled heads and instantly KO'ed his
Jigglypuff. Then all that happened was he sent
me a Spearow, who Collected a card, and then I
Hydro Pumped his Spearow away.
Win 2-0
Game 3 against Matt (Venusaur, Exploud EX)
Once again, I got very lucky and had a 3 energy
Blastoise running by turn 3. I had a bit of
confusion trouble with his Whismurs, but after I
KO'ed 3 I retreated for a 2 energy Mudkip. He
sent out an Ivysaur with 1 energy. He didn't
draw an energy until next turn, so I thought I
would just keep Mudkip out until I could get my
Blastoise running again. He drew an energy,
attached it to his Ivysaur, and hit Mudkip for
60 damage. I sent out Blastoise once again,
attached an energy, and, as always, Hydro Pumped
for the win.
Win 3-0, Thoughts on this game: The potions
helped me keep Blastoise from dying from
confusion, which without the potions could have
turned the entire game around. After this
everyone received two more packs, in one of
which I pulled an Aggron EX, but nothing to help
my deck (not a single Trainer in either of
them!) This game also marked the last time I
would win in this tournament.
Game 4 against Jacob (Sceptile EX, Fearow d)
This is the game I hate to mention, as it was a
game I could have won if I hadn't made a
such foolish gamble. We both had 3 on the bench,
which among others he had a Spearow, me with an
active 3 energy Wartortle against his active
Treecko d (which magically had a resistance to
Water). My Wartortle was confused from Treecko,
and I had a Blastoise in my hand, but I decided
to attack with Wartortle to see if I could get
the Treecko down halfway to 20 HP. Bad move! I
flipped tails, giving me 30 damage. He then
retreated to his Spearow, evolved to Fearow d,
attached an energy, and hit for 60. From then
on, he knocked out my Pokemon one after the
other until his four prizes were taken.
Loss 3-1, Extremely frustrating loss, as had I
evolved to Blastoise, I may have come away with
the game. Oh well, live and learn.
Game 5 against Nathan (Swampert EX, Kingler d)
This was by far the best game I played that day.
He took 2 prizes, which I responded to by
taking 2 of my own prizes. He sent out a
Wartortle which could hit for 50. However, he
made a great play in sending out a Mudkip which
hit my Wartortle for 20 out of 70. I tackled the
Mudkip for 50, and took a prize. He then hit me
with his Wartortle, which knocked out my
Wartortle, so I sent out my 60 HP Luvdisc.
Here's where he broke the game wide open. He had
no bench, while I had a Mudkip. He Warp Pointed
to get my Mudkip (50 HP) out, and Tackled it,
taking his last prize. Good game Nate.
Loss 3-2
I ended up taking 4th place, which got me 1 CG
pack and 1 HP pack. Matt took 3rd (how he
finished above me, I may never know, as we had
the same record of 3-2 and I had beaten him),
Nathan took second, and Jacob took 1st. Overall,
the tournament was a fun one, and I look forward
to playing in Pastime's next
tournament/prerelease. The winner of the 15+
division got a box of Crystal Guardians, by the
way.
Thanks for reading my report. If you're going to
Worlds 2006, good luck, there's going to be some
great competition there.
Best of luck,
Peter Moglia
By Peter Moglia
DyingToLive948@aol.com
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