Vegeta ss4
Iron Chef Leader
WOW, this was THE toughest challenge so far to grade. Everyone had AMAZING entries, I truly wish I did not have to eliminate anyone in this round, but sadly I do. I think viewers will like the decks shown and see what "creativity" is all about.
I know I did not actually get these scores out when I said I would, but I am sorry, I was involved in a big Poker Tournament for a few days so that's where my priorities were. Here are your scores!
Hatter vs Skizor - Tie the game
WINNER - Hatter
Eonic vs Vaporeon - Lose via benching
Rainbowgym vs KingPiplup - Try to lose by opponent drawing all his prizes.
WINNER - Rainbowgym
Time for Pain vs Matijs - Try to lose the game via decking out
This challenge was really funny for me, how often do you make a deck which decks yourself out and prevents your opponent in doing so? I had a few options for this challenge (my other main option for this challenge was Gyarados*/Emboar/Amulet Coin) but in the end I use this energyless deck. Energies make a deck much more inconsistent when you just want to deck out (depends on how many you play of course) and I actually never made an energyless deck before so this was a great opportunity!
WINNER - Time for Pain
Once again, great decks folks. Like I said, everyone performed incredibly well this round, it was really hard to grade this AND eliminate 4 people. I am human, if I made mistakes, let me know. If the numbers don't add up, say so...if they are missing a card or something of that nature let me know. Thanks guys for making this such a smooth round. What your thoughts on the grading?
I know I did not actually get these scores out when I said I would, but I am sorry, I was involved in a big Poker Tournament for a few days so that's where my priorities were. Here are your scores!
Hatter vs Skizor - Tie the game
WINNER - Hatter
Eonic vs Vaporeon - Lose via benching
WINNER - Eonic
Rainbowgym vs KingPiplup - Try to lose by opponent drawing all his prizes.
WINNER - Rainbowgym
Time for Pain vs Matijs - Try to lose the game via decking out
This challenge was really funny for me, how often do you make a deck which decks yourself out and prevents your opponent in doing so? I had a few options for this challenge (my other main option for this challenge was Gyarados*/Emboar/Amulet Coin) but in the end I use this energyless deck. Energies make a deck much more inconsistent when you just want to deck out (depends on how many you play of course) and I actually never made an energyless deck before so this was a great opportunity!
Matijs
Pokémon: 20
4 Voltorb (Stormfront 80)
4 Electrode prime (Triumphant 93)
2 Lugia LEGEND TOP (HGSS 113)
2 Lugia LEGEND BOTTOM (HGSS 114)
3 Uxie (Legends Awakened 43)
1 Mesprit (Legends Awakened 34)
1 Gothita (Emerging Powers 43)
1 Gothorita (Emerging Powers 46)
1 Gothitelle (Emerging Powers 47)
1 Azelf (Legends Awakened 19)
T/S/S: 40
3 Broken time-space
4 Poké Drawer +
4 Pokédex Handy910is
3 Bicycle
4 Super scoop up
2 N
4 Pokémon Rescue
2 Time-Space Distortion
4 Level Ball
1 Luxury Ball
3 Ultra Ball
4 Junk Arm
1 Dowsing Machine
1 First Ticket
To explain my strategy I’ll analyse all (key) cards in this deck.
Electrode Prime:
This is quite ironic because normally you would use Electrode’s Energymite to get multiple energies attached to your Pokémon. In this deck it’s the opposite, you don’t use any energies, you just want to empty your deck!
Not only Electrode’s discarding power is good in this deck. In the end of your first turn you want to end up with Gothitelle active, if you start with Voltorb this is very easy, because you can discard Electrode! Discarding Electrode also means more bench space!
Normally it would be very bad to give so many prizes away in 1 turn, in this list it is perfect! My opponent will have a hard time decking out when I N him after some Energymites!
Lugia LEGEND:
Same ironic usage as Electrode. Normally you use Oceangrow to get multiple energies attached to Lugia LEGEND, now you just discard your deck.
Uxie:
This is the most unoriginal card of the deck, but I think it’s impossible to make a working deck for this challenge without using a known draw engine like Uxie, Claydol, Porygon2 etc. So I want to make clear that I don’t use Uxie as a decking out strategy, of course it contributes to it but every draw engine would do that. I purely use Uxie to get my Electrodes, Lugia’s and other cards running.
Mesprit:
Mesprit is the first card I use to annoy my opponent. Decking out in a few turns is impossible without using powers so if I play Mesprit T1 it will be very hard for my opponent to keep up with my discarding.
Gothitelle:
I expect my opponent to play something like Mesprit, or some other annoyers as well. That’s 1 reason why I included Gothitelle, they cannot keep up a Mesprit lock once I put Gothitelle in front. The other reason why I play Gothitelle is the trainer lock in general obviously, without trainers it’s extremely hard to deckout, combined with a powerlock my opponent won’t be able to do much discarding.
It seems hard to get a 1-1-1 line of Gothitelle running, but in the T/S/S section I’ll explain why it’s actually quite easy.
Azelf:
Azelf is necessary to get my precious Gothitelle line, Lugia parts, Mesprit or other Pokémon I need at that moment from my prizes.
Broken time-space:
Without this card I won’t be able to get T1 Electrode or Gothitelle.
Poké Drawer +, Pokédex Handy910is, Bicycle:
These are the other part of the drawing engine of this deck. Poké drawer and Pokédex Handy are obvious, Bicycle is playable in here because you have many hand discarding cards in this deck (Junk Arm, Ultra Ball, Dowsing Machine).
Super scoop up:
This card has 3 purposes. The first is getting your active Pokémon away and put Gothita in the active spot. The second purpose is creating bench space when you need it (not the biggest problem because Electrode doesn’t need any bench space). The last purpose is re-using Uxie, Azelf, Lugia LEGEND when necessary.
N:
N also has an use to annoy my opponent. After a few Energymites my opponent took some prizes, so if I use N he/she will only have a few cards left in his/her hand. Reducing the chance of a fast deckout for my opponent.
Pokémon Rescue, Time-Space Distortion:
At first sight these cards seem very strange in this deck, actually the deck doesn’t function without them. Electrode and Lugia discard a lot of cards, with playing Pokémon Rescues and Time-Space Distortion I make an advantage of this discarding. They can be seen as an extra ‘ball engine’ but then from your discard pile. They can return every single Pokémon in this deck from the discard pile to the hand, including Lugia LEGEND parts! Time-Space Distortion requires a flip but you can flip 3 times and most times 1 flip is already enough.
Using this cards it’s able to get Gothitelle out, it’s no problem if you discard a part of the Gothitelle line, I’ll get them back with ease! Of course getting back Lugia parts, Mesprit, Uxies, Azelf and eventually an Electrode line can be important as well, depends on the situation (of course I can use Electrode’s power only 5 times, otherwise I’ll lose by prizes, can be done with this deck as well but that’s someone else’s challenge).
Level Ball, Luxury Ball, Ultra Ball:
This is the normal ‘Ball engine’ of the deck. With Level Ball you can get every Pokémon in this deck excluding Lugia parts and Gothitelle. With Luxury and Ultra Ball you can get every Pokémon (including Lugia LEGEND parts). Combined with Pokémon Rescue and Time-Space Distortion you can get the Pokémon you need very quick!
Junk Arm:
It’s really important in here because it can back every trainer card you need at a certain moment. And just like Ultra Ball and Dowsing Machine it discards cards from your hands which makes cards like Uxie and Bicycle better!.
What I like the most about Junk Arm is the combination with Dowsing Machine. Dowsing Machine is the same as Junk Arm, except that it can take back Supporters and Stadiums! With Junk arm you can use Dowsing machine multiple times if necessary!
Dowsing Machine:
This card is a must in here, if you happen to discard all of your N’s or BTS’s you can just get them back with Dowsing Machine, or you can just take an item back! Since Dowsing Machine is an item you can take it back with Junk Arm, this can be useful if you discarded all N’s and Dowsing Machine for example.
First Ticket:
It’s very important to go first in this challenge. That’s a huge advantage, because if you Power lock and Item lock your opponent before he/she can do anything you already won that match. If you don’t start your opponent will have this advantage, and that’s not what you want.
To increase the chance of starting I play 1 First Ticket, of course playing 4 increases the chance of starting even more, but it makes the deck more inconsistent.
I know there are more options with which you control your opponent before he/she can do anything. For example Spiritomb and Sableye. But Spiritomb also locks your trainers which makes your deck slower as well, Spiritomb is only playable with a Porygon2 engine and a lot of supporters but that’s more inconsistent and a lot slower. And Sableye as well as Spiritomb need to be active to work, if you don’t start with them your strategy is ruined and you need to play 4 to be able to start more often with them, which also makes the deck more inconsistent.
That’s why I chose this approach!
Thanks for reading, hope everything is clear and hope you like it!
Cool deck, truly. I like how this deck flows smoothly. I think the creativity is a bit lower because it just seems like an Uxie donk style deck, its not I know, it is just the flow of the deck. This deck DOES work, and you can slow down your opponent with a simple Mesprit drop.
Matijs 8/10 4/5 5/5 =17/20
WINNER - Time for Pain
Once again, great decks folks. Like I said, everyone performed incredibly well this round, it was really hard to grade this AND eliminate 4 people. I am human, if I made mistakes, let me know. If the numbers don't add up, say so...if they are missing a card or something of that nature let me know. Thanks guys for making this such a smooth round. What your thoughts on the grading?
