Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Rochester Hills Michigan Tournaments

at the shack this weekend?
We hope to come out, all three of us :)

Built some quick decks for our first feelof the new format.
 
Hello Everyone!

A lot of you have been asking me do run a Mutant Draft at the Shack before going to LaGrange's PreRelease Tournament. I would like to gather some information and let me see what all of you are thinking for the Mutant Draft.

I'm thinking Saturday November 15 for the draft. I could do it this Saturday, November 8, if I get the product in time and I HEAR back from enough (8 players) people.

The following format rules will be used at Farbmans's tournament in LaGrange and the ones we will also play with at the Shack if we decide to do the Mutant Draft.

Evolutions
In this format, the way Pokemon evolve changes. Pokemon can evolve into other Pokemon of the SAME TYPE or its normal evolution. Pokemon still evolve from Basic --> Stage 1 --> Stage 2.

Examples of Evolving:
Normal:
Torchick evolves into Comusken, then Combusken evolves into Blaziken.
Eevee can evolve into Flareon, Espeon, Jolteon, Umbreon and Vaporeon.
Onix can evolve into Steelix.
Etc...

Mutant:
Torchic can evolve into Quilava, then Quilave can evolve into Charizard.
Eevee can evolve into Flareon, then Flareon into Typhlosion OR
Eevee can evolve into Jolteon, then Jolteon into Ampharos OR
Eevee can evolve into Espeon, then Espeon into Gengar
Etc...
Onix can evolve into Steelix, then Steelix into Aagron.

Pokemon EX:
Pokemon Ex's can evolve into other Pokemon as long as they are the same type and follow the normal evolving rules (Basic --> Stage 1 --> Stage 2, cannot evolve on first turn, etc.) However, only Pokemon that are Ex's at the time of being K.O. let the opponent draw two prizes.

For example:
Hitmonchan Ex is evolved into Machoke then Machoke is K.O. the opponent gets to draw ONE prize.

Now for the cards to draft, I would like to use E-on cards only. This allows us to acquire cards for the current format. We would do a booster draft, that means 5 packs per person and making 40 card decks. The price would depend on which packs we use. I would like the packs to be divided as 3/2 or 2/2/1. Skyridge is still on the expensive side but here is a rough idea of the cost:

Anything with Skyridge would be about $12.00 - $13.00 a person. :eek:
Combonations without Skyridge would be about $9.00 - $11.00 a person :)

Please tell me what you think:
* About the packs to be used,
* The price,
* The rules for the Mutant Draft,
* The date of the draft,
* Anything else I missed.

You can email me, call me or post on this thread!

Thanks to Everyone!
 
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Hello Everyone!

A lot of you have been asking me do run a Mutant Draft at the Shack before going to LaGrange's PreRelease Tournament. I would like to gather some information and let me see what all of you are thinking for the Mutant Draft.

Just make sure everyone realizes that the side events I am running with Mutant are not draft tournaments I just don't have the money to get packs for that type of tournament.

The formats I will be doing with Mutant are:

Modified (current modified)
Old Modified (neo-on with Nintendo cards with sneasel, slowking, and promos 1-20 banned)
Unlimited (use any cards but ____'s Pikachu and Antient Mew)
Team Modified (current Modified)

These will all require you bring your own 60-card deck to play in

I do have some Legendary Collection Boosters in my possession and planned to run a Legendary limited sealed tournament, but if enough are interested we could change it to a mutant tournament with Legendary
 
Tournament Results for Saturday November 15:

We had a total of 16 players and after 6 rounds of swiss the standings were as follows:

…………………………W…….L……….D……….PT…..
Eric R……………...5………1………………….15
Matt C. …………..5………1………………….15
Ron M……………..3……….1……..2……….11
Seth S. ……………3…….1………..2……….11
Matt Z. …………….3…….2……..1……….10
Pam C. ………..…3…….2……….1……….10
Sean F…………….3….….3…………………..9
Eddie C. ………….3…….3…………………..9
Vince C. ………….3…….3…………………..9
Michael S………….3…….3…………………..9
Shane M. ……….3……….3…………………..9
Dan R. …………….2……..2………2…………8
Jeff M. …………….2……..4…………………..6
Bryan D. ……….2……..4…………………..,6
Saxon S…………1……..5……………………3
Matt T…………….0……...2……………………0


Legend
Exp = Expedition
Aqu = Aquapolis
Sky = Skyridge
RS = Ruby/Sapphire
SS = Sandstorm

The decks were as follows:
2……………….Blazikens/Exeggcutor
1………………Kabutops/Xatu SS
1………………Blastoise/Sharpedo
1……………….Sceptile
1……………….Scizor/Sneasel ex
1……………….Scizor/Hitmonchan ex
1……………….Gator (Tsumni)/Steelix (Aqu)
1……………….All Fossil
1……………….Solrock/Lunatone/Zangoose
1……………….Mightyena/Steelix SS/Crobat
1……………….Aggron/Wailmer/Furrett
1……………….Aggron/Hariyama (RS)
1……………….Gardevior/Gardevoir ex
1……………….Shiftry Non-H/Dustox/Steelix Aqua
1……………….Kabutops/Xatu

Top 8 Results:
Eric….. ……vs….Eddie…………Gardevoir over Shiftry……..Eric Wins!
Matt Z……..vs…..Seth………….Mightyena over Kabutops …..Matt Z. Wins!
Sean……….vs……Matt C………Sceptile over Blazikens…….Sean Wins!
Ron………..vs……Pam………….Blazikens over Scizor……….Ron Wins!

Top 4 Results:
Eric………..vs……..Matt Z……….Gardevoir over Mightyena…..Eric Wins again!
Ron………..vs……...Sean…………Blazikens over Sceptile……..Ron Wins again!


Top 2 Results:
Eric………..vs……….Ron………..Gardevoir over Blazekins…….Eric takes it ALL!

Nice job Eric! It looks like Ron and I will have to change our Blaziken decks around. Hmm….maybe a Wobbeffet will be added…..and…..maybe a Pyschic Exeggcutor…..and….?
 
Remember there is NO tournament this Saturday November 22 at the Poke-Shack! I know that a lot of the players will be going to LaGrange, Indiana for the Dragon Pre-Release!

We will be back on Saturday November 29!

Good Luck everyone at LaGrange!
 
Just a reminder that we will have our Pokemon tournament this Saturday November 29.

Sign-in and deck check from 11:00 - 11:30.
Swiss rounds begin at 11:45 with the top 8 to follow.

$2.00 entery fee.
 
I found out that the color TV I had died! Sorry.

If someone else wants to bring in a color TV we can do some Pokemon battles in with the GBA!

If not plan on a great day of card playing! I have the Nintendo Promos to pass out for the league kit today!
 
Tournament report for Saturday November 29, 2003.

Happy Thanksgiving to ALL! We had a nice turnout for the holiday weekend, 15 players! The decks for today were the following:

1………………………………………….Scept-Center
1………………………………………….Golem/XatuFurret
2………………………………………….Gardevoir/Gardevoir EX
1………………………………………….Flygon (Holo)/Wobuffett
1………………………………………….Gyrados/Salamence/Camerupt (Drg)
1………………………………………….Kabutops EX/Xatu
1………………………………………….Flygon (Non Holo)
1………………………………………….Blazekin/Espeon/Wobuffett
1………………………………………….Aggron EX/Mewtwo EX/Furret
1………………………………………….Sharpedo/Blastoise
1………………………………………….Typhlosion EX/Magneton (Drg)
1………………………………………….Blazekin/Magneton (Drg)
1………………………………………….Amphaross EX
1………………………………………….All Fossil from Sandstorm



The final standings after 6 rounds of swiss:

Player------------------W-----L------D----------PT
Matt C……………………………….6………..0…..........………………..18
Sean F……………………………….4………...1………..1.....………....13
Paris G………………………………4………..2…………………............12
Matt Z…………………………….…3………..2……..…1…….….........10
Michael S……………………………3………..2………...1……….......10
Billy S……………………………….3………..3……………………............9
Vince C……………………………...3………..3……………………..........9
Eddie C……………………………..3…………3………………….........…..9
Pam C……………………………….3…………3…………………...........…9
Jeff M………………………………..3………..3……………………............9
Seth S………………………………..2………..2………..2…………........8
Dan R………………………………..2………..2……….2…………..........8
Ron M……………………………….1………..4……….1…………..........4
Saxon…………………………………1……….5……………………...........3
Eric R…………………………………1……….3……………………...........3

Legend
Exp = Expedition
Aqu = Aquapolis
Sky = Skyridge
RS = Ruby/Sapphire
SS = Sandstorm

Top 8
Matt C… vs… Eddie C…………………..Blazekin/Espeon/Wobuffett…vs…Typhlosion EX…..Eddie Wins!
…………………………………………….I couldn’t get my bench setup with Blazekins!
Matt Z…vs…Michael……………………Gyrados…over…All Fossil…….Matt Z Wins!
Paris…vs…Billy……………………….Flygon…over…Gardevoir……………Paris Wins!
Sean…vs…Vince………………………Scept-Center…over…Aggron EX……Sean Wins!


Top 4
Matt Z…vs…Eddie……………………Matt Z Wins!
Sean…..vs…Paris……………………..Sean Wins!

Top 2
Sean…vs…Matt Z…………………….Sean Wins!

Congratulaions Sean! Nice playing today! Thank you for everyone for playing today! You all did a nice job! Thank you to the special visitors who showed up today to say hi! That made me very happy!

We will be playing again, E-on format, next Saturday December 6. However, we will not be meeting on Saturday December 13. The building is being cleaned that day and I have a holiday staff party to attend. We will be back on Saturday December 20!
 
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Sanctioned

Annisarich has sanctioned our tournament for this Saturday December 6! Please bring your POP numbers if you have them!

Thanks Annisarich very much for doing this for all of us.
 
Here are the tournament results for 12-6-03!

We had a total of 14 players with Rich as our judge and organizer. Thank you Rich! We had a nice variety of decks with some very interesting combinations of Pokemon! The decks were as followed:

Exp = Expetition R/S = Ruby/Sapphire
Aqu = Aquapolis SS = Sandstorm
Sky = Skyridge Drg = Dragons

Sean F…………………………..………..…….Scept-Center
Matt Z…………………………….………………Salamance/Crawdaunt/Arcanine
Matt C…………………………….………………Blazekin/Woboffett/Espeon (SS)
Dan R……………………………….…………….Blazekin/Magneton (Drg Rare)
Justin D…………………………………………..Blazekin/Wailord EX/Swampert (Holo)
Vince C…………………………………………..Swampert (holo)/Azumarill
Jeff M………………………………….………….Gryados (Drg)/Salamance/Sharpedo
Brian D……………………………………………Crowdaunt/Azumarrill/Salamance
Seth S……………………………………………. Blazekin/Woboffett/Espeon (SS)
Shane M………………………………………….Magneton (Drg rare)/Flygon (holo)
Eddie C……………………………….…………..Latios/Salamance/Azumarrill
Ricky L………………………………….………..Dragonite EX/Golem
Mitchel L………………………………….………Macargo EX / Salamance
Michael S…………………………………………All Fossil (SS)

After six rounds of Swiss the standings were:

Name………………………W….....L……D……PT
Dan…………….……………4…...…0……2……14
Sean………….…………...4……...1……1……13
Seth ...……….……………4…..…2…….0……12
Vince …………....……….3……..1……2…….11
Shane……………......….3……..1……2…….11
Eddie……………………….3……...2……1…….10
Matt C……………………..3……..2……1……..10
Matt Z………………………3……..3…….0……..9
Michael..…………………3……...3…….0……..9
Brian……………………….3……..3…….0……...9
Justin……………………….2……..4…….0……...6
Jeff…………………………..1……..4…….1………4
Ricky………………………..1……..5…….0………3
Mitchel……………………..0……..6…….0………0

Top 8
Dan vs Matt Z……………Blazekin/Magneton over Salamance/Crawdaunt/Arcanine…...Dan Wins
Vince vs Shane………….. Swampert (holo)/Azumarill over Magneton (Drg rare)/Flygon (holo)…...Vince Wins
Matt C vs Sean…………… Blazekin/Woboffett/Espeon (SS) over Scept-Center.….Matt Wins
Seth vs Eddie……………… Blazekin/Woboffett/Espeon (SS) over Latios/Salamance/Azumarrill…….Seth Wins

Top 4
Dan vs Vince..……………………Dan Wins
Matt C. vs Seth………………….Matt C Wins

Top 2
Matt C vs Dan…………………Matt C wins

In the finals Dan and I were both able to get our multiple Blazekin out. However, Dan was in not getting draw cards, and I wasn’t getting energy. After, 8 turns Dan got his Delcatty in place on the bench for his draw power with Magneton and Blazekins getting that energy out of his discard pile. I finally started drawing energy and began using it with my Delcatty and putting the fire energy onto my bench with Blazekins. Neither Dan or I were using our Blazekins to to attack. He used Magneton and I used Espeon. What made the difference was Espeon. I used its attack of 20+ (+ 10 damage for every energy attached to all your opponent’s Pokemon.) to K.O. several Pokemon in a row. Dan was able to K. O. my Espeon but I quickly got another one up and running while Dan’s bench was still loaded with energy. The game could of went either way! I was just fortunate.

P.S.
Dan had a secret weapon (Pokemon) to do a lot of heavy damage against my Pokemon. I want to keep it a secret for Dan and Eric. ; - ) because it was a great Pokemon to combo into the deck! I will let them choose to reveal their secret! Great idea Eric and Dan!
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:pokeball: Remember there is no Tournament next Saturday December 13! The building is being cleaned and I can't be in attendance either! :pokeball:
 
Hello Everyone!

We have a sanctioned tournament this Saturday December 20! It is sanctioned by Annisarich!

"Something Else" asked me if I would open up the building by 10:00 this weekend. I will have it open for anyone who comes by 10!

I missed playing last Saturday! It feels good to be back! :D
 
The results from this week have been entered into POP's website.
I'll register the next few weeks ASAP.

If you read this and want to kill your day we are playing our league here in Tecumseh Today (sunday the 21st)1-3 (deck check at 12:45) if 8 show up it will be an official tournament. Unlimited and lots of newbies :) 8 players here will be tough to get the holiday weekend.

Merry Christmas and Happy New years to all.
(a" good two weeks off of school" to anyone who does not celebrate the above mentioned Christian and Western holidays)
 
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Hello Everyone!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

I will have to post the results later in the day. Currently, I don't have the time. I appreciate everyone for attending yesterday!

I know some people expressed interest in doing something special for next Saturday. Ideas suggested were to bring in pot luck food items and do a side event along with our main modified event.

One side event idea was to do a Theme Deck Challenge. I like the idea but would like to use theme decks that fit the current Modified Structure (ie. Expedition, Aquapolis, Skyridge, R/S, Sandstorm, Dragons) I have 13 theme decks that fit this format. However, I don't know if this is enough! If anybody has any unopened theme decks that they would like to part with, I will do everything in my ability to give you a fair price for it. I will also look while shopping today and check out a website that sells theme decks to see if we can receive them before next Saturday!

Enjoy your holidays and watch for the results from yesterday later on tonight or tomorrow!

Thank you All!
 
http://op.pokemon-tcg.com/tournaments/tournaments_detail.asp?tournament_id=312000057


Saturday December 21, 2003 Tournament Results

We had 16 players and some others just come to play for fun! We played 6 rounds of Swiss then cut to the top 8! Oh! B.T.W. I want to thank everyone for the Christmas card and the gift card to use at the movies! THANK YOU EVERYONE and Mrs. R too!


If I made a mistake on a deck and its contents, let me know and I will go back and edit the post!

The decks were as follows:

Shane M…………………………..Ampharos EX
Sean F…………………………….Ampharos EX / Ampharos (Aq)
Seth S……………………………..Kingdra EX
Vince C…………………………...Blazekin / Ditto / Camerupt
Pam C……………………………..Scizor / Sneasel EX
Jeff M……………………………..Sharpedo / Salamence / Gyarados
Pat L………………………………Sharpedo / Cacture
Matt Z…………………………….?
Michael S………………………….All Fossil
Edddie C…………………………..Salamence / ?
David R…………………………….Flygon (Holo) / ?
Dan R………………………………Blazekin
Eric R………………………………Muk EX / Zangoose
Bryan D…………………………….Aggron / Groudon EX
Thomas T………………………….Gyarados / Kyogre EX / Peliper
Matt C……………………………..Blazekin / Espeon (SS) / Zangoose

The standing after the 6 rounds of Swiss:

Name……………………………………………..W………..L………..D………….PT
Shane M………………………………………..4…………0………..2…………...14
Matt C…………………………………………….4…………1………..1…………..13
Seth S…………………………………………….4………….2……………………...12
Eric R…………………….……………………….4………….2……………………...12
David R………………………………………..3…………..1………..2…………..11
Pat L………………………………………………3………….3…...……………………9
Sean F…………………………………………..3………….3…..……………….……9
Dan R…………………………………………….2…………..1………..3……………9
Vince C………………………………………….3…………..3……………….………9
Matt Z…………………………………………….2………….2………..2...…………8
Michael S………………………………………2……………3………..1………...7
Eddie C…………………………………………2……………4…….........………..6
Jeff M……………………………………………..2……………4…………....………..6
Thomas T…………………………………….2…………..4…….....………………6
Bryan D……………………………………………2…………...4……………..………6
Pam C……………………………………………..0……………3………………..……0


Top 8
Shane over Dan
Eric over David
Sean over Matt C.
Pat over Seth

Top 4
Eric over Shane
Sean over Pat

Top 2
Eric over Sean

Congratulations to Eric and his Muk EX deck! It is very formidable! I am looking forward to next Saturday! We will have our main Modified Tournament and then a Theme deck side event. Merry Christmas everyone!
 
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