amphyrules
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Very brief report.
We get up to the hotel on Friday night, thanks to Paul Doherty for getting us cheap tickets and to the Armsteads for booking us a room. I don’t playtest at all, as I’m literally running around the hotel collecting cards for all of my friends Jumpluff decks. I shower, wait for everyone to show up, and watch while they play games.
The next morning results in me not having a deck to play as all my friends had shown up, didn’t expect them all too etc. I build a Luxchomp deck, and leave 5-6 cards off the list as I contemplate adding cards. Entei/Raikou was apparently a strong option, but I decided against playing something I hadn’t tested.
We hand in deck lists and wait for it all to start.
Forgive set names, or any names of attacks/people that I get wrong, really haven’t played at all since worlds. Excuse grammar too etc.
Round 1 –
I play against a fairly new player, and don’t remember his name. Really nice guy though. He is running Magnezone/Claydol/Pichu from what I see. He gets up a fast Claydol, which I snipe with Garchomp C. He tries to use Magnezones power which retrieves an energy, but I spray it and 2 shot the Magnezone. The rest of the prizes follow.
Round 2 – Chris Mcgivern
He is playing some Entei/Raikou Legend variant, as I caught a glimpse of his game from the previous round. I’m thinking it shouldn’t be too difficult until he opens with a Ponyta, and ascensions into Rapidash. Now, I haven’t played at all this year and upon reading this Rapidash, almost puked. It was immune to all SP, and left me with only 2 Uxie, and an Unown Q to attack it with, Azelf was prized. Turn 2 I remember he retreated and used ascension with a second Ponyta. Pretty much every Cyrus I used netted a Roseanne, which in turn got 2 Uxie etc. Long story short, but 3 Rapidash and 20 or so psychic restores later, I won. Great guy.
Round 3 – Charlie Holmes (I hope I got the name right)
He was really nice, and we have played at some point in at least 3 prior Nationals. He opened up and Mesprit locked me. I Roseanne and grab Garchomp C + Chatot. Bench both; attach DCE to Garchomp and mimic. His hand isn’t too great it seems, but I remember power spraying an important Uxie, and him not really being able to recover. We played a friendly after the game, but I had to rush off and collect Paracetemol (aspirin) from Maurine. My head was aching amongst other things and I was on the verge of dropping from the tournament. Yacine told me he would kill me if I did, so I went and sat in the sun by myself to try and feel better.
Round 4 – Darren YGO
Darren is a yugioh player from Manchester, who plays pokemon as his second TCG. He is playing Gengar (the one that hit and runs). He opens Spiritomb vs my Garchomp C + all trainers. I literally don’t do anything for the first 3 turns as the spiritomb resists my guy. He takes 2 prizes, and then benches a Mewtwo. I don’t run a Mewtwo counter. I knockout a Gengar that had a belt on it, and counted the remaining prizes that I could take. I was judged at 4 different points in this game too. There were 4 prizes left, until he flipped a scoop up heads to leave me with just 3. I Snipe an Azelf leaving just a Claydol on the bench so I can lock it up with Luxray X + Chatter. I get to 2 prizes remaining with him at 3 but I can only knockout one more. I Luxray up Claydol, and power spray attempts at Cosmic, until I run out of sprays. He draws another SSU, but flips tails. He is forced to bench pokemon in order to draw another SSU, but in doing so means I can take the remaining prizes regardless of time.
Round 5 – Jake Quinsee, AKA Onion.
Jakes a good friend of mine, and I’ve gotten to know him well over the course of the year. He is playing a Jumpluff deck I built for him, and I knew he’d be a tough opponent. I get a solid start, and take the first prize via Luxray X. He burns an early warp point to get more off of uxie, and then another Warp soon after to take a prize. When his bench is full, I start bright looking pokemon I know he can’t retreat and sniping pokemon 10 away from knockouts. As he has no warp point left and can’t bench Unown Q, he scoops as I have 4 prizes in play via Crobat/poketurn. Good game Jake.
Round 6 – Not sure, this guy turn 1’d Yacine the game prior.
I go Second vs a Horsea, and Luxray + DCE + Lucario on Horsea means game.
Round 7 – Ryan Turr
Ryan lent me a lot of cards prior the event, so in exchange I helped him a lot with his decklist. He played well the first few turns, but I remember knocking out an Ambipom with a Toxicroak, and playing the judge I’d Cyrus’d for the turn prior. He couldn’t do too much from that point on, well played Ryan.
So I finish Swiss at first place on 7-0.
Top 16 - Liz Roberts
Really nice lady, who’d taken up playing because her son was a competitive player. We played 2 fairly quick games, which in game one she didn’t have much going for her. A really clever Relicanth play caught me off guard, but apart from that I was able to win fairly comfortably. She was confident I didn’t run Judge because of what Freddy had told her, but it caught her off guard when I dropped it and sealed the game.
Top 8 – Tom Hall
Tom and I had distanced ourselves from each other this year due to issues non-Pokémon related. He hinted at wanting the scoop, but I couldn’t because of the year’s history. I win game 1 because he commits everything to a turn 1 Machamp and misses on the energy for it, but flips two tails on super scoops to reuse Uxie. I had the spray to stop 1 anyway, which I showed him as he scooped two turns later. Game 2, I drew an unplayable hand, and struggled to do anything. He gets out a Kingdra Prime, and I scoop. Game 3, he goes first and ends with a Horsea upfront after smokescreen. I Cyrus for Poketurn, and bounce Garchomp to my hand, retreat the Lucario with Unown Q, attach DCE/Gain and knock it out.
Well played Tom.
Top 4 – Karl Blake
Karl had come over the week prior to lend me some cards. Good man imo. He played a Kingdra/Machamp I had built just to test, not really thinking it was too great. Ironically 3 made top 8. I win game one because he goes for a fast Machamp, which I respond by Luxraying up a Claydol, and hitting the Machamp for 80 on the bench. He Warp points, and I sacrifice something, to KO Machamp with Uxie. He scoops soon after. Game 2 he turn 1’s my Uxie with Rare candy/Kingdra Prime. Game 3 was really close. It came down to him needing to flip 3 heads on a hurricane punch, and only hitting 2. I KO the Machamp, and take a 2 prize lead. Time is called, with him being unable to take 2 prizes, and me being able to take another if that were the case.
Top 2 – Ian Elliot
Ian was playing Gardevoir/Gallade/ERL. He opened Spiritomb game 1, but couldn’t retreat a Claydol that I dragged up. Allowing me to build up attackers even while being judged regularly. Game 2 was pretty one sided. He opened with Spiritomb vs Garchomp, but I had a very good hand. I was 4 prizes up before he got anything going. I win shortly after.
Really well played on the day Ian, and good luck in Hawaii.
I have a very long list of props with a few slops. Ill get them up later ☺
2 x Garchomp C
2 x Garchomp C LV.X
3 x Luxray GL
1 x Luxray GL LV.X
1 x Uxie LV.X
2 x Uxie
1 x Azelf
2 x Crobat G
1 x Toxicroak G
1 x Ambipom G
1 x Bronzong G
1 x Lucario GL
1 x Chatot
1 x Unown G
Trainer/Supporter/Stadium
4 x Cyrus's Conspiracy
2 x Bebe's Search
4 x Roseanne's Research
1 x Aaron's Collection
4 x Poke Turn
4 x Power Spray
4 x Energy Gain
2 x SP-Radar
1 x Luxury Ball
1 x Night Maintenance
1 x Judge
Energy
4 x Call Energy - Special
4 x Double Colorless Energy - Special
3 x Lightning Energy - Basic
1 x Psychic Energy - Basic
If I could go back, i'd probably have entered with this. Tests fine.
Questionable cards: Judge/Ambipom/Night Main/Claydol/EnteiRaikouLeg/Lucario
Judge I played without testing at all. Decided to play it as I saw alot of Gyarados/Shuppet and Judge seemed like a strong choice. A card I can tutor for to potentially break a matchup seemed good. Worked well whenever I played it.
Ambipom - I cut it from my Nationals list last minute. Card allows for a quick win, a response to Garchomp in mirror and can provide a cute out with its first attack. Decided there wasn't enough Luxchomp to warrant it, but at a bigger tournament, its probably needed.
Claydol - I ran a 1-1 at Nationals and a Pokemon Communication. It worked well when I could get it out, but it seemed like a liability too. A point in my setup that could be abused to some extent. I ran an Unown Q to help with getting a stranded Claydol back to the bench without having to waste DCEs, and increase the potential pressure I could apply early on by giving my pokemon free retreat. In hindsight, I wouldn't run Claydol, and would run U-G over U-Q. I managed to beat two Kingdra/Machamp decks without the Unown G, but it would have made my life alot easier.
Night Maintenance - I ran a Premier Ball over this, again to add to faster starts, and apply early pressure. Night Maintenance is back in because I cut an energy, and it helps if you lose material early on. Not sure if it deserves a spot, need to test.
Lucario - Won me too many games, can't be cut.
EnteiRaikouLegend - Didn't run it, still not running it, haven't tested it.
Hope this helps.
We get up to the hotel on Friday night, thanks to Paul Doherty for getting us cheap tickets and to the Armsteads for booking us a room. I don’t playtest at all, as I’m literally running around the hotel collecting cards for all of my friends Jumpluff decks. I shower, wait for everyone to show up, and watch while they play games.
The next morning results in me not having a deck to play as all my friends had shown up, didn’t expect them all too etc. I build a Luxchomp deck, and leave 5-6 cards off the list as I contemplate adding cards. Entei/Raikou was apparently a strong option, but I decided against playing something I hadn’t tested.
We hand in deck lists and wait for it all to start.
Forgive set names, or any names of attacks/people that I get wrong, really haven’t played at all since worlds. Excuse grammar too etc.
Round 1 –
I play against a fairly new player, and don’t remember his name. Really nice guy though. He is running Magnezone/Claydol/Pichu from what I see. He gets up a fast Claydol, which I snipe with Garchomp C. He tries to use Magnezones power which retrieves an energy, but I spray it and 2 shot the Magnezone. The rest of the prizes follow.
Round 2 – Chris Mcgivern
He is playing some Entei/Raikou Legend variant, as I caught a glimpse of his game from the previous round. I’m thinking it shouldn’t be too difficult until he opens with a Ponyta, and ascensions into Rapidash. Now, I haven’t played at all this year and upon reading this Rapidash, almost puked. It was immune to all SP, and left me with only 2 Uxie, and an Unown Q to attack it with, Azelf was prized. Turn 2 I remember he retreated and used ascension with a second Ponyta. Pretty much every Cyrus I used netted a Roseanne, which in turn got 2 Uxie etc. Long story short, but 3 Rapidash and 20 or so psychic restores later, I won. Great guy.
Round 3 – Charlie Holmes (I hope I got the name right)
He was really nice, and we have played at some point in at least 3 prior Nationals. He opened up and Mesprit locked me. I Roseanne and grab Garchomp C + Chatot. Bench both; attach DCE to Garchomp and mimic. His hand isn’t too great it seems, but I remember power spraying an important Uxie, and him not really being able to recover. We played a friendly after the game, but I had to rush off and collect Paracetemol (aspirin) from Maurine. My head was aching amongst other things and I was on the verge of dropping from the tournament. Yacine told me he would kill me if I did, so I went and sat in the sun by myself to try and feel better.
Round 4 – Darren YGO
Darren is a yugioh player from Manchester, who plays pokemon as his second TCG. He is playing Gengar (the one that hit and runs). He opens Spiritomb vs my Garchomp C + all trainers. I literally don’t do anything for the first 3 turns as the spiritomb resists my guy. He takes 2 prizes, and then benches a Mewtwo. I don’t run a Mewtwo counter. I knockout a Gengar that had a belt on it, and counted the remaining prizes that I could take. I was judged at 4 different points in this game too. There were 4 prizes left, until he flipped a scoop up heads to leave me with just 3. I Snipe an Azelf leaving just a Claydol on the bench so I can lock it up with Luxray X + Chatter. I get to 2 prizes remaining with him at 3 but I can only knockout one more. I Luxray up Claydol, and power spray attempts at Cosmic, until I run out of sprays. He draws another SSU, but flips tails. He is forced to bench pokemon in order to draw another SSU, but in doing so means I can take the remaining prizes regardless of time.
Round 5 – Jake Quinsee, AKA Onion.
Jakes a good friend of mine, and I’ve gotten to know him well over the course of the year. He is playing a Jumpluff deck I built for him, and I knew he’d be a tough opponent. I get a solid start, and take the first prize via Luxray X. He burns an early warp point to get more off of uxie, and then another Warp soon after to take a prize. When his bench is full, I start bright looking pokemon I know he can’t retreat and sniping pokemon 10 away from knockouts. As he has no warp point left and can’t bench Unown Q, he scoops as I have 4 prizes in play via Crobat/poketurn. Good game Jake.
Round 6 – Not sure, this guy turn 1’d Yacine the game prior.
I go Second vs a Horsea, and Luxray + DCE + Lucario on Horsea means game.
Round 7 – Ryan Turr
Ryan lent me a lot of cards prior the event, so in exchange I helped him a lot with his decklist. He played well the first few turns, but I remember knocking out an Ambipom with a Toxicroak, and playing the judge I’d Cyrus’d for the turn prior. He couldn’t do too much from that point on, well played Ryan.
So I finish Swiss at first place on 7-0.
Top 16 - Liz Roberts
Really nice lady, who’d taken up playing because her son was a competitive player. We played 2 fairly quick games, which in game one she didn’t have much going for her. A really clever Relicanth play caught me off guard, but apart from that I was able to win fairly comfortably. She was confident I didn’t run Judge because of what Freddy had told her, but it caught her off guard when I dropped it and sealed the game.
Top 8 – Tom Hall
Tom and I had distanced ourselves from each other this year due to issues non-Pokémon related. He hinted at wanting the scoop, but I couldn’t because of the year’s history. I win game 1 because he commits everything to a turn 1 Machamp and misses on the energy for it, but flips two tails on super scoops to reuse Uxie. I had the spray to stop 1 anyway, which I showed him as he scooped two turns later. Game 2, I drew an unplayable hand, and struggled to do anything. He gets out a Kingdra Prime, and I scoop. Game 3, he goes first and ends with a Horsea upfront after smokescreen. I Cyrus for Poketurn, and bounce Garchomp to my hand, retreat the Lucario with Unown Q, attach DCE/Gain and knock it out.
Well played Tom.
Top 4 – Karl Blake
Karl had come over the week prior to lend me some cards. Good man imo. He played a Kingdra/Machamp I had built just to test, not really thinking it was too great. Ironically 3 made top 8. I win game one because he goes for a fast Machamp, which I respond by Luxraying up a Claydol, and hitting the Machamp for 80 on the bench. He Warp points, and I sacrifice something, to KO Machamp with Uxie. He scoops soon after. Game 2 he turn 1’s my Uxie with Rare candy/Kingdra Prime. Game 3 was really close. It came down to him needing to flip 3 heads on a hurricane punch, and only hitting 2. I KO the Machamp, and take a 2 prize lead. Time is called, with him being unable to take 2 prizes, and me being able to take another if that were the case.
Top 2 – Ian Elliot
Ian was playing Gardevoir/Gallade/ERL. He opened Spiritomb game 1, but couldn’t retreat a Claydol that I dragged up. Allowing me to build up attackers even while being judged regularly. Game 2 was pretty one sided. He opened with Spiritomb vs Garchomp, but I had a very good hand. I was 4 prizes up before he got anything going. I win shortly after.
Really well played on the day Ian, and good luck in Hawaii.
I have a very long list of props with a few slops. Ill get them up later ☺
2 x Garchomp C
2 x Garchomp C LV.X
3 x Luxray GL
1 x Luxray GL LV.X
1 x Uxie LV.X
2 x Uxie
1 x Azelf
2 x Crobat G
1 x Toxicroak G
1 x Ambipom G
1 x Bronzong G
1 x Lucario GL
1 x Chatot
1 x Unown G
Trainer/Supporter/Stadium
4 x Cyrus's Conspiracy
2 x Bebe's Search
4 x Roseanne's Research
1 x Aaron's Collection
4 x Poke Turn
4 x Power Spray
4 x Energy Gain
2 x SP-Radar
1 x Luxury Ball
1 x Night Maintenance
1 x Judge
Energy
4 x Call Energy - Special
4 x Double Colorless Energy - Special
3 x Lightning Energy - Basic
1 x Psychic Energy - Basic
If I could go back, i'd probably have entered with this. Tests fine.
Questionable cards: Judge/Ambipom/Night Main/Claydol/EnteiRaikouLeg/Lucario
Judge I played without testing at all. Decided to play it as I saw alot of Gyarados/Shuppet and Judge seemed like a strong choice. A card I can tutor for to potentially break a matchup seemed good. Worked well whenever I played it.
Ambipom - I cut it from my Nationals list last minute. Card allows for a quick win, a response to Garchomp in mirror and can provide a cute out with its first attack. Decided there wasn't enough Luxchomp to warrant it, but at a bigger tournament, its probably needed.
Claydol - I ran a 1-1 at Nationals and a Pokemon Communication. It worked well when I could get it out, but it seemed like a liability too. A point in my setup that could be abused to some extent. I ran an Unown Q to help with getting a stranded Claydol back to the bench without having to waste DCEs, and increase the potential pressure I could apply early on by giving my pokemon free retreat. In hindsight, I wouldn't run Claydol, and would run U-G over U-Q. I managed to beat two Kingdra/Machamp decks without the Unown G, but it would have made my life alot easier.
Night Maintenance - I ran a Premier Ball over this, again to add to faster starts, and apply early pressure. Night Maintenance is back in because I cut an energy, and it helps if you lose material early on. Not sure if it deserves a spot, need to test.
Lucario - Won me too many games, can't be cut.
EnteiRaikouLegend - Didn't run it, still not running it, haven't tested it.
Hope this helps.
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