Flare Starfire
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Hello all! Forgive me if I forget names =(
Pretty standard...my friend Catastrophe picked me up at my house around 8:30 this morning, and we head to milford. I'm halfway excited at a second chance, but also dreading the possibilities that my deck might do just what it did in the finals at the PCNY Gym Challenge. I shake it off, and after trading for the extra cards for the deck he was going to play, I remembered to switch the skitties to their proper type, Minor Errand Running.
My deck:
Blazy-Amphy (NO RAYQUAZA!)
Pokemon:
4 Torchic
2 Combusken
4 Blaziken
2 Blaziken EX
2 Mareep
1 Flaffy
2 Ampharos
4 Dunsparce
2 Skitty
2 Delcatty
Trainers
4 Oracle
4 Oaks Reasearch
3 Elms Method
3 TV Reporter
3 Rare Candy
Energy
11 Fire
4 Electric
3 Double Rainbow
Round 1: Johnny Blaze, Sceptile Swarm
It figures I would have to play most of my best friends in this tournament...starting with my origins partner, J. Blaze. It started off bad for me with "Lone Torchic Syndrome", but I was able to draw into the cards to evolve it into a Blaziken EX which eventually saved me the game against his all fire weak deck.
1-0
Round 2: Joe Mammano, Gardevoir
Another one of my friends I'm going to origins with, I helped him put together a makeshift gardevoir deck before the tournament. Now, I got to face it...it was very very close, and in the end, I squeaked by with Blaziken, Blaziken EX, and Amphy ramping up with Double Rainbow (which saved me over and over again, let me tell you!) Close call.
2-0
Round 3: Ms. Geary, Cradily Lock
Now -this- was a new face for me. It had the potential to be very very bad for me as I had never seen the combo before at all...with Cradily up and shutting down power after power, and Shaman messing up my hand, I just managed to get by fast enough before I got completely locked down. Thank goodness...it was an awesome game though, and I'd love the chance to try my luck again!
3-0
Round 4:Jerry, Sceptile / Muk EX
I got a solid start...this was Jerry's first chance to try and stop me, and I just got Blaziken EX manually started before the Muk hit the active position, letting me get rid of it fairly easily. After that, I swarmed the Blazikens to deal with the fire weak pokemon. There were a lot of grass decks out there today, and I'm lucky to have played 3 of them!
4-0
Round 5?: Joe Pamo(?), Aqua Deck
I was the only undefeated, but I guess there wasn't enough of a break in the 3-1s. My
opponent and I played just because we'd both make T8 regardless. I ended up with "Lone Torchic Syndrome" again, and he got electrike with self charge and manectric off a TA Ball...I got a couple basics, but 50 turn 2 just shut everything down. I lose =(
4-1
My nerves were shot going into the Top 8, as usual. Just like last time! Only this time I have some fruit 2 o relaxing water stuff, courtesy of fast thinking mom. Thanks mom ^^
Finals Round 1: LifeVirus 7, Flygon
You can see his report topic for the run down on this...I got excellent set ups both times, and swept the games 2-0.
Finals Round 2: Jerry, Sceptile/Muk EX
Jerry gets a second shot....but the Muk never gets going, letting my blazikens swarm. I've noticed that in advanced games, more and more of my pokemon seem to get involved...I like the energy movement that Energy Connect provides, and is one reason I still like Amphy more than Manectric. Both games Blaziken gets running...sorry Jerry =( 2-0
Finals: Allan "Monkey" Sobon, Gardevoir
This was a tough, tough matchup. (I still have your Dunsparce, and you still have the Pokemon Reversals we swapped at the beginning!) Game one, I manage to get a Blaziken EX lock, but I get put to sleep for quite a few rounds...I wasn't thinking and I kept putting energy onto my bench, and he boosts/candies to Gardy EX to toast my blaziken EX when I only have one prize left....I end up barely getting through to him but he gets down to 1 prize in the process too. (Go Dunsparce!)
Game 2 took 5 minutes to set up and 2 minutes to play- I got lone torchic syndrome again, and he had a wynaut, alluring smile for wobby, boost the second turn, game.
Game 3 I get to start, and my start totally rocks the house. Unfortunatly, Allan got all his support game first, and none of his set up. He was able to get a couple things up, but with Blaziken and Ampharos already in play, I was able to port energy over to fresh pokemon each time. I ended the game with Catty, 3 Blazikens, Amphy, and the dunsparce I started with.. the last two prizes were a Gardevoir he finally got up (6 energy on 'catty) and the wobbufet after it (8 energy on catty). Of note was my complete inability to roll out of sleep on either turn- Ask BJ, I think I rolled tails for close to 7-9 full turns, using 4 of my dice, and I only rolled heads when I picked up Monkey's D6 XD XD
Wow.....I finally did it- I made up for PCNY, and I have an invitation and trip to worlds. I'm still stun-shocked...it looks like Catastrophe would rather I take someone who has earned an invite but not a trip. So I have to find out if any of my friends fit that description, cause looks like the 2 people have to be from the same area (to use the same airport.) Who knows! I filed the paperwork tonight...I'm exhausted, -happy-, my nerves are shot, and the box I won had another Bex in it X)
Congrats to all who played, it was a great time, and I will see you all at worlds!
Arcanine Forever!
Slim Shady to the Firefighters!
~Flare Starfire
Pretty standard...my friend Catastrophe picked me up at my house around 8:30 this morning, and we head to milford. I'm halfway excited at a second chance, but also dreading the possibilities that my deck might do just what it did in the finals at the PCNY Gym Challenge. I shake it off, and after trading for the extra cards for the deck he was going to play, I remembered to switch the skitties to their proper type, Minor Errand Running.
My deck:
Blazy-Amphy (NO RAYQUAZA!)
Pokemon:
4 Torchic
2 Combusken
4 Blaziken
2 Blaziken EX
2 Mareep
1 Flaffy
2 Ampharos
4 Dunsparce
2 Skitty
2 Delcatty
Trainers
4 Oracle
4 Oaks Reasearch
3 Elms Method
3 TV Reporter
3 Rare Candy
Energy
11 Fire
4 Electric
3 Double Rainbow
Round 1: Johnny Blaze, Sceptile Swarm
It figures I would have to play most of my best friends in this tournament...starting with my origins partner, J. Blaze. It started off bad for me with "Lone Torchic Syndrome", but I was able to draw into the cards to evolve it into a Blaziken EX which eventually saved me the game against his all fire weak deck.
1-0
Round 2: Joe Mammano, Gardevoir
Another one of my friends I'm going to origins with, I helped him put together a makeshift gardevoir deck before the tournament. Now, I got to face it...it was very very close, and in the end, I squeaked by with Blaziken, Blaziken EX, and Amphy ramping up with Double Rainbow (which saved me over and over again, let me tell you!) Close call.
2-0
Round 3: Ms. Geary, Cradily Lock
Now -this- was a new face for me. It had the potential to be very very bad for me as I had never seen the combo before at all...with Cradily up and shutting down power after power, and Shaman messing up my hand, I just managed to get by fast enough before I got completely locked down. Thank goodness...it was an awesome game though, and I'd love the chance to try my luck again!
3-0
Round 4:Jerry, Sceptile / Muk EX
I got a solid start...this was Jerry's first chance to try and stop me, and I just got Blaziken EX manually started before the Muk hit the active position, letting me get rid of it fairly easily. After that, I swarmed the Blazikens to deal with the fire weak pokemon. There were a lot of grass decks out there today, and I'm lucky to have played 3 of them!
4-0
Round 5?: Joe Pamo(?), Aqua Deck
I was the only undefeated, but I guess there wasn't enough of a break in the 3-1s. My
opponent and I played just because we'd both make T8 regardless. I ended up with "Lone Torchic Syndrome" again, and he got electrike with self charge and manectric off a TA Ball...I got a couple basics, but 50 turn 2 just shut everything down. I lose =(
4-1
My nerves were shot going into the Top 8, as usual. Just like last time! Only this time I have some fruit 2 o relaxing water stuff, courtesy of fast thinking mom. Thanks mom ^^
Finals Round 1: LifeVirus 7, Flygon
You can see his report topic for the run down on this...I got excellent set ups both times, and swept the games 2-0.
Finals Round 2: Jerry, Sceptile/Muk EX
Jerry gets a second shot....but the Muk never gets going, letting my blazikens swarm. I've noticed that in advanced games, more and more of my pokemon seem to get involved...I like the energy movement that Energy Connect provides, and is one reason I still like Amphy more than Manectric. Both games Blaziken gets running...sorry Jerry =( 2-0
Finals: Allan "Monkey" Sobon, Gardevoir
This was a tough, tough matchup. (I still have your Dunsparce, and you still have the Pokemon Reversals we swapped at the beginning!) Game one, I manage to get a Blaziken EX lock, but I get put to sleep for quite a few rounds...I wasn't thinking and I kept putting energy onto my bench, and he boosts/candies to Gardy EX to toast my blaziken EX when I only have one prize left....I end up barely getting through to him but he gets down to 1 prize in the process too. (Go Dunsparce!)
Game 2 took 5 minutes to set up and 2 minutes to play- I got lone torchic syndrome again, and he had a wynaut, alluring smile for wobby, boost the second turn, game.
Game 3 I get to start, and my start totally rocks the house. Unfortunatly, Allan got all his support game first, and none of his set up. He was able to get a couple things up, but with Blaziken and Ampharos already in play, I was able to port energy over to fresh pokemon each time. I ended the game with Catty, 3 Blazikens, Amphy, and the dunsparce I started with.. the last two prizes were a Gardevoir he finally got up (6 energy on 'catty) and the wobbufet after it (8 energy on catty
). Of note was my complete inability to roll out of sleep on either turn- Ask BJ, I think I rolled tails for close to 7-9 full turns, using 4 of my dice, and I only rolled heads when I picked up Monkey's D6 XD XDWow.....I finally did it- I made up for PCNY, and I have an invitation and trip to worlds. I'm still stun-shocked...it looks like Catastrophe would rather I take someone who has earned an invite but not a trip. So I have to find out if any of my friends fit that description, cause looks like the 2 people have to be from the same area (to use the same airport.) Who knows! I filed the paperwork tonight...I'm exhausted, -happy-, my nerves are shot, and the box I won had another Bex in it X)
Congrats to all who played, it was a great time, and I will see you all at worlds!
Arcanine Forever!
Slim Shady to the Firefighters!
~Flare Starfire
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