Late report since we stayed on Honolulu for a week after worlds 
After nats were over I just wasnt sure what to play, I was to afraid of running into the petdeck-trap again. I also desperatly wanted my Flyterra List to become more consistant but there was nothing I could cut. So I had my deck spread out again, staring at it for 15 minutes, just trying to come up with anything I could change. Unown G was a possibility but since I have a habit of getting myself locked by roserades/chatots/blazikens it didnt feel right. Night M was another posibility since theoretically you shouldnt need it. But I didnt really like this either. And then it hit me, the Judges were amazing but if I get my setup I shouldnt need them right? I also had bronzong anyway. I decided to give it a shot, cut Unown G and the 2 Judges for 4th Rosi and 2 Communications and drew a few hands, it felt like a new deck altogehter, seriously. I then gave the list to Hampus who liked it as well and then I was kinda set. Denny stayed at my place for a few days and we tested nonstop but although I wasnt 100% comfortable with my deck everything else just felt far worse. I tried standart plox but it never worked for me, AMUPlox was incredible but had too many dead-hands and whiffed on stuff to often. So in the end I knew Id stick with it anyway, no point lying to yourself lol.
The travel to Hawai was a big mess, we missed our flight only ot find out it was late anyway, we missed our connection flight only to be told that we were already sitting in the connecting plane 5 min prior to landing, my suitcase broke since my family decided to take all suitcases along except for one that was lying aroung here for 20 years. My passport was gone etc etc.
On Hawai we actually got very little testing in, I just played Yasmin a few times since she didnt know about Amuplox since she was away for 6 weeks and I had to get her up to date.
I watch Basti in the grinder, he has a nice Machamp version but gets bad matchups, well you still did a good job At least I got myself a cheerleader
Then during the registration I finally met hampus whod use Flyterra as well which made me kinda happy Denny thought about it as well but since hes an amazing luxchomp player and used it all season it probably was a good decision. I kept chatting with Hampus and told him to make one important change to his list (WARP POINT!!!) and tried not to worry to much, all changes I could possibly make could be great in one matchup and bad in another and I could do nothing but test my luck anyway lol.
3 Trapinch SW
2 Vibrava RR
3 Flygon RR
1 Flygon Lv.X
2 Turtwig UL
1 Grotle UL
1 Torterra SF
1 Torterra UL
1 Torterra LvX
3 Baltoy GE
3 Claydol GE
1 Azelf LA
1 Uxie LA
1 Spiritomg AR
1 Bronzong 4 RR <- This is the card that makes the deck work and won me my nationals
1 Nidoran RR
1 Nidorina RR
1 Nidoqueen RR
= 28
4 Bebe
4 Rosi
3 Candy
2 Belt
2 Communication
1 Luxury Ball
1 Night M.
1 Warp Point
= 18
4 Call
4 DCE
3 Grass
2 Psychic
1 Fighting
= 14
Then the pairings came up and my opponent was... Kettler
Not really what I was hoping for but thats worlds I guess :/
Round1 : Kettler(Cyrus) with Jumpluff
I got a great start with Turtwig Call Claydol and decided to call for 2 Baltoys, he started with Chatot and I was sure he was using Luxchomp. Then he kinda explodes into my face, gets Azelf, gets Jumpluff up, gets Luxray, then he has 1 card left in his hand and he still has no energy on Jumpluff and he looks kinda worried. For one moment I got my hopes up that he would Mimic and then he drops Uxie for seven. Youre a jerk
He kills my Turtwig, I drop another one but he has the Luxray T2 without Claydol and kills my other Turtwig, I fight back a bit with Flygons since he only has 1 Jumpluff at a time but he never whiffs one a new one with Claydol and kills Flygon X with U Turn to prevent me from knocking another Jumpluff, I cant draw my Night M with 2 Dols, I tr to stall him with inviting trap but he has the WP and in the end he just gets a few prices of my bench to end it. I was a bit sad since this matchups is pretty ok if I ever get a Torterra up but thats how it goes sometimes
Round2 : Guy from UK (Jumpluff)
I get Spiritomb immediatly, he misplays once by getting an Uxie with Bebe instead of Skiploom and so it takes him forever to get my tomb down while Im all set, I snack his Claydol and he cant do anything.
Round3 : Steffen Eriksons brother whose name I always forget (Luxchomp)
I have a nice opening hand but bronzong is priced. Damned :/
Anyway I get 2 dols up and play down all my basics, draw nothing with 2 Claydols. He koes my spiritomb and double sprays me (without ever searching one). Next Turn he has Chomp X active and snipes my dol, he has no energys left on the field except for 1 on Uxie X so I know that, IF I can ko it I might have a chance. I play down all I got, belt a Trapinch and attach DCE so it has 3 Energys, bait his spray with Azelf and CP with Flygon in hand... No Candy :/ So I scoop and check the next 2 cards on my deck, 2 Candys...
So now Im kinda frustrated since it seems to go just like last year. Basti and Petra still manage to cheer me up although I actually consider dropping for a moment. Yasmin is 3:0, awesome, Denny is 2:1 nice, and everyone else is doing fine as well.
Round4 : ??? from US with Kingchamp.
He takes a lead, I get Terra and snack his Claydol but he somehow doesnt get stuck. He does a lot of Spray Splay / SSU Action so even with Queen out he still does some damage. The he hurricane punchs my Torterra X with a belted Champ X for 170, but the first 3 rolls are heads which nearly gives me a heartattack. I ko his Chomp and he Spray Splash koes my Terra next Turn but I only have one price left and switch between my Gons till he has no Kinda left which could take a hit. GG
Round5: ??? Finland with Donphan/ERL
My hand is amazing and Im sure I have it if I go first, I dont. So he goes first with Phanpy / Energy, I call with Tomb active but he has Donphan and koes it and is just way to fast. I get Azelf up as a sacrifize and he has the belt T2, crap. I need to Sacrifice a Trapinch T3 but then Im finally setup and ko his Claydol. he drops ERL with Multi/Stark immediatly and attacks Terra for 140 with Belt. Eww. I know hes kinda stuck so I just forest Murmor his field around, he has 3 Donphans which are perfect for dragging up, my Terra heals itself snacking on a Phanpy and with Queen, I kick his starks with Flygon and he is kinda stuck until I finally get SF Torterra with Belt, I drag up his ERL and ko it for 2 prices. He has NM and does some stuff, I cant use Forest Murmors anymore and his 3 Energy Donphan still is quite a Problem, then he topdecks a SSU, gets his near dead Donphan up and drops ERL AGAIN :/ Still his Thunder fall isnt enough to end the game since my Torterra has 10 life left. and I can just KO his ERL with SFTerra again. I guess he knew he couldt do anything and just decided to scare me, whew xD
Round6: ??? US (Luxchomp)
I start to get my hopes up again , I go first with tomb to his uxie, I do something, he attachs an Energy and does 20?! Yeah he got an unplayable hand and cant do anything, sorry for that :/
So now Im 4:2 and I just need to win this last one and this makes me really nervous. I look up the pairing and at least its no one I know. Yasmin is 5:1 and Denny is at 4:2 as well, nice.
Round 7: ??? Australia (Luxchomp):
He seemed kinda nervous as well which was a good sign I guess
So he goes first with Bronzong G?! I look at my hand, I see Roseanne, and suddenly get very exited. So I tomblock him T1 and just Setup, he decides to wait instead of retreating and I just swarm him. Still at one point it was kinda close since he had Dragonite FB to Ko one of my Gons which wouldve put him ahead in the KO race but he whiffs on Giga Tail. Im pretty sure I still couldve done it otherwise but the moment he flipped tales I knew I had the game.
I get up, shaking a bit, not even realizing what just happened. So Im in at 26th seat. Finally
Top32: Gordon ?? from Canade (Plox)
Game 1: I just get to nervous, I KNOW! how to play this but I go for Terra to early when he still has all his Gallade Power and I loose pretty badly. Still Im not sure if It wouldve made a difference if I had gone for Gons first since I never got an Expert Belt.
Game2: I get 2 Gons up and we fight back and forth til he makes a big misplay by pointlessly leveling up his Gardevoir when I had Gon up. He seemed to realize it and Judges me but I drew a Bebe and ... yeah. Then he does some stuff with Gallade, I use Lockup wih Flygon on my Bench and he uses Lucian to move his Energys to Gardevoir, tries to retreat and .. I used lockup. So he has to end his Turn. Still the game stayed kinda close but then he uses Telepass without Gardevoir in play which gives him a priceloss and thats it pretty much.
Game3: I know TImeout is close and Im not sure if I should start with Trapinch or Tomb. I go with Tomb which probably was a bad decision, I get everything out easily, but timeout is called a bit earlier then what I wouldve expected and he has Gallade >_>
Im pretty angry and sad since I had the game won: I had gon active and belted Terra X and Queen benched, so once he koes Gon he had 4 prices left and will never do any damage again.
So im pretty furious and act like a big idiot, sorry again for that. At least Yasmin made it, Denny lost to Samy, seemed like there was some kind of misunderstanding and the Judge didnt give a timeextension so Denny was down as well and went straight to bed. I get my prices and we get some food and I open my display, Undaunted is incredible... bad :/
We go to bed after chilling a bit in the whirlpool, and I sleeplessly roll around in bed for hours, thinking about if id wouldve made a difference If I had attacked a turn earlier, KOing his Tomb. I swear I got nightmares over this ... and I guess it really wouldve made a difference, thats what you get for misreading your watch.
I play in the UD PR to get my mind on something else but it doesnt work at all. Then Yasmin comes in screaming since she made t8 although she was about to lose when I watched here. This kinda saved my day, I watch her T8 match but she cant pull it off, still an incredible season an tournament, and I told her not to expect to do good in her first year in masters. lol. I play league for the rest of the day with basti, then we get some food, build some new decks, I play Jacob Lesage but my deck decides to poop on me so he never sees how my deck is supposed to run lol. I play some more games aainst a guy with GenChamp which I beat which kinda suprised me since the matchup isnt that good. Then we had to the whirlpool again and just chill til the next day. Yasmin Denny and I are heading for Honolulu so we say goodbye to everyone else, I get some cards signed and surprisingly everything worked out and we get to our hotel and even get a room lol. Still the kona airport is incredibly, no walls, no INTERNET?! and the people on the hawain counter where completly uncapable of doing anything right. We finally get some rest on Honolulu and had a fun time, I constantly got beaten by Denny and Yasmin in a desperate attempt to make firefly work, we get a Pokemon Rumble which is an indredible stupid but fun game and Denny comes up with the amazing strategy to always but his wager on rattata which actually worked out sometimes?! and yeah... Still its over way to fast, we pull an all nighter to fight the jetlag and I sleep during the entire 18H of flight and now Im finally back home again.
Props:
- Bronzong 4 who won me my nationals, I still love you although you were completly useless at worlds
- Flygon / Torterra for being amazing
- Spiritomb for being in my opening hand all the time
- Tobias (Shadowguard) for helping me build this amazing deck
- Denny and Yasmin - We made the cut as a team and the rest of the journey was really fun as well Good work
- Basti for supporting me all the time and cheering me up and just being a good friend
- Migu for supporting me, helping me at the airport, being a great friend and cheering me up. And making 4th is ok as well I guess ;P
- Petra for moral support and helping us all the time, thanks a lot ^-^
- Hampus for using Flygon Torterra! We both new that Bronzong is a gamble and you just had bad luck all day, still Im happy that you were willing to take the gamble with me. See you next year
- All the other german guys, it really was a fun time
- All the other people I forgot, like Steffen Erikson who unfortunatly didnt seem to focus on pokemon during the weekend ;P
- My friends at home who supported me all the time, Im so happy we finally get a working community going.
- Everyone else I forgot to mention, Im sorry, I have a bad memory
- My T32 opponent, I wasnt happy with the end of the game but you were a really cool guy and it was a fun match, at least I didnt get donked out but have a great game instead.
Slops:
- Timeout -.-"
- Timeout!
- TImeout...
- Timeout, I really think that at a tournament like worlds we should get more time or play without timeout :/
- My parents for taking all suitcases with them, seriously?!
- Not using Bronzong 4 at all?!
- Unwan ehm Undaunted
- Kona Airport / Hawain Airlines for being incredible bad.
- Not enough playmats in the shop, I wanted to get 2 of those as presents for my league kids but no dice :/
- The Hilton hotel is nice but the area is so deserted it made you feel kinda lost, there was nothing going on there at all lol.
If anyone is interested in more details on the deck, just ask and Ill write somthing about it, gotta finish writing for now
Yoshi//David
After nats were over I just wasnt sure what to play, I was to afraid of running into the petdeck-trap again. I also desperatly wanted my Flyterra List to become more consistant but there was nothing I could cut. So I had my deck spread out again, staring at it for 15 minutes, just trying to come up with anything I could change. Unown G was a possibility but since I have a habit of getting myself locked by roserades/chatots/blazikens it didnt feel right. Night M was another posibility since theoretically you shouldnt need it. But I didnt really like this either. And then it hit me, the Judges were amazing but if I get my setup I shouldnt need them right? I also had bronzong anyway. I decided to give it a shot, cut Unown G and the 2 Judges for 4th Rosi and 2 Communications and drew a few hands, it felt like a new deck altogehter, seriously. I then gave the list to Hampus who liked it as well and then I was kinda set. Denny stayed at my place for a few days and we tested nonstop but although I wasnt 100% comfortable with my deck everything else just felt far worse. I tried standart plox but it never worked for me, AMUPlox was incredible but had too many dead-hands and whiffed on stuff to often. So in the end I knew Id stick with it anyway, no point lying to yourself lol.
The travel to Hawai was a big mess, we missed our flight only ot find out it was late anyway, we missed our connection flight only to be told that we were already sitting in the connecting plane 5 min prior to landing, my suitcase broke since my family decided to take all suitcases along except for one that was lying aroung here for 20 years. My passport was gone etc etc.
On Hawai we actually got very little testing in, I just played Yasmin a few times since she didnt know about Amuplox since she was away for 6 weeks and I had to get her up to date.
I watch Basti in the grinder, he has a nice Machamp version but gets bad matchups, well you still did a good job
At least I got myself a cheerleader Then during the registration I finally met hampus whod use Flyterra as well which made me kinda happy
Denny thought about it as well but since hes an amazing luxchomp player and used it all season it probably was a good decision. I kept chatting with Hampus and told him to make one important change to his list (WARP POINT!!!) and tried not to worry to much, all changes I could possibly make could be great in one matchup and bad in another and I could do nothing but test my luck anyway lol. 3 Trapinch SW
2 Vibrava RR
3 Flygon RR
1 Flygon Lv.X
2 Turtwig UL
1 Grotle UL
1 Torterra SF
1 Torterra UL
1 Torterra LvX
3 Baltoy GE
3 Claydol GE
1 Azelf LA
1 Uxie LA
1 Spiritomg AR
1 Bronzong 4 RR <- This is the card that makes the deck work and won me my nationals
1 Nidoran RR
1 Nidorina RR
1 Nidoqueen RR
= 28
4 Bebe
4 Rosi
3 Candy
2 Belt
2 Communication
1 Luxury Ball
1 Night M.
1 Warp Point
= 18
4 Call
4 DCE
3 Grass
2 Psychic
1 Fighting
= 14
Then the pairings came up and my opponent was... Kettler
Not really what I was hoping for but thats worlds I guess :/
Round1 : Kettler(Cyrus) with Jumpluff
I got a great start with Turtwig Call Claydol and decided to call for 2 Baltoys, he started with Chatot and I was sure he was using Luxchomp. Then he kinda explodes into my face, gets Azelf, gets Jumpluff up, gets Luxray, then he has 1 card left in his hand and he still has no energy on Jumpluff and he looks kinda worried. For one moment I got my hopes up that he would Mimic and then he drops Uxie for seven. Youre a jerk
He kills my Turtwig, I drop another one but he has the Luxray T2 without Claydol and kills my other Turtwig, I fight back a bit with Flygons since he only has 1 Jumpluff at a time but he never whiffs one a new one with Claydol and kills Flygon X with U Turn to prevent me from knocking another Jumpluff, I cant draw my Night M with 2 Dols, I tr to stall him with inviting trap but he has the WP and in the end he just gets a few prices of my bench to end it. I was a bit sad since this matchups is pretty ok if I ever get a Torterra up but thats how it goes sometimes
Round2 : Guy from UK (Jumpluff)
I get Spiritomb immediatly, he misplays once by getting an Uxie with Bebe instead of Skiploom and so it takes him forever to get my tomb down while Im all set, I snack his Claydol and he cant do anything.
Round3 : Steffen Eriksons brother whose name I always forget (Luxchomp)
I have a nice opening hand but bronzong is priced. Damned :/
Anyway I get 2 dols up and play down all my basics, draw nothing with 2 Claydols. He koes my spiritomb and double sprays me (without ever searching one). Next Turn he has Chomp X active and snipes my dol, he has no energys left on the field except for 1 on Uxie X so I know that, IF I can ko it I might have a chance. I play down all I got, belt a Trapinch and attach DCE so it has 3 Energys, bait his spray with Azelf and CP with Flygon in hand... No Candy :/ So I scoop and check the next 2 cards on my deck, 2 Candys...
So now Im kinda frustrated since it seems to go just like last year. Basti and Petra still manage to cheer me up although I actually consider dropping for a moment. Yasmin is 3:0, awesome, Denny is 2:1 nice, and everyone else is doing fine as well.
Round4 : ??? from US with Kingchamp.
He takes a lead, I get Terra and snack his Claydol but he somehow doesnt get stuck. He does a lot of Spray Splay / SSU Action so even with Queen out he still does some damage. The he hurricane punchs my Torterra X with a belted Champ X for 170, but the first 3 rolls are heads which nearly gives me a heartattack. I ko his Chomp and he Spray Splash koes my Terra next Turn but I only have one price left and switch between my Gons till he has no Kinda left which could take a hit. GG
Round5: ??? Finland with Donphan/ERL
My hand is amazing and Im sure I have it if I go first, I dont. So he goes first with Phanpy / Energy, I call with Tomb active but he has Donphan and koes it and is just way to fast. I get Azelf up as a sacrifize and he has the belt T2, crap. I need to Sacrifice a Trapinch T3 but then Im finally setup and ko his Claydol. he drops ERL with Multi/Stark immediatly and attacks Terra for 140 with Belt. Eww. I know hes kinda stuck so I just forest Murmor his field around, he has 3 Donphans which are perfect for dragging up, my Terra heals itself snacking on a Phanpy and with Queen, I kick his starks with Flygon and he is kinda stuck until I finally get SF Torterra with Belt, I drag up his ERL and ko it for 2 prices. He has NM and does some stuff, I cant use Forest Murmors anymore and his 3 Energy Donphan still is quite a Problem, then he topdecks a SSU, gets his near dead Donphan up and drops ERL AGAIN :/ Still his Thunder fall isnt enough to end the game since my Torterra has 10 life left. and I can just KO his ERL with SFTerra again. I guess he knew he couldt do anything and just decided to scare me, whew xD
Round6: ??? US (Luxchomp)
I start to get my hopes up again , I go first with tomb to his uxie, I do something, he attachs an Energy and does 20?! Yeah he got an unplayable hand and cant do anything, sorry for that :/
So now Im 4:2 and I just need to win this last one and this makes me really nervous. I look up the pairing and at least its no one I know. Yasmin is 5:1 and Denny is at 4:2 as well, nice.
Round 7: ??? Australia (Luxchomp):
He seemed kinda nervous as well which was a good sign I guess
So he goes first with Bronzong G?! I look at my hand, I see Roseanne, and suddenly get very exited. So I tomblock him T1 and just Setup, he decides to wait instead of retreating and I just swarm him. Still at one point it was kinda close since he had Dragonite FB to Ko one of my Gons which wouldve put him ahead in the KO race but he whiffs on Giga Tail. Im pretty sure I still couldve done it otherwise but the moment he flipped tales I knew I had the game.
I get up, shaking a bit, not even realizing what just happened. So Im in at 26th seat. Finally
Top32: Gordon ?? from Canade (Plox)
Game 1: I just get to nervous, I KNOW! how to play this but I go for Terra to early when he still has all his Gallade Power and I loose pretty badly. Still Im not sure if It wouldve made a difference if I had gone for Gons first since I never got an Expert Belt.
Game2: I get 2 Gons up and we fight back and forth til he makes a big misplay by pointlessly leveling up his Gardevoir when I had Gon up. He seemed to realize it and Judges me but I drew a Bebe and ... yeah. Then he does some stuff with Gallade, I use Lockup wih Flygon on my Bench and he uses Lucian to move his Energys to Gardevoir, tries to retreat and .. I used lockup. So he has to end his Turn. Still the game stayed kinda close but then he uses Telepass without Gardevoir in play which gives him a priceloss and thats it pretty much.
Game3: I know TImeout is close and Im not sure if I should start with Trapinch or Tomb. I go with Tomb which probably was a bad decision, I get everything out easily, but timeout is called a bit earlier then what I wouldve expected and he has Gallade >_>
Im pretty angry and sad since I had the game won: I had gon active and belted Terra X and Queen benched, so once he koes Gon he had 4 prices left and will never do any damage again.
So im pretty furious and act like a big idiot, sorry again for that. At least Yasmin made it, Denny lost to Samy, seemed like there was some kind of misunderstanding and the Judge didnt give a timeextension so Denny was down as well and went straight to bed. I get my prices and we get some food and I open my display, Undaunted is incredible... bad :/
We go to bed after chilling a bit in the whirlpool, and I sleeplessly roll around in bed for hours, thinking about if id wouldve made a difference If I had attacked a turn earlier, KOing his Tomb. I swear I got nightmares over this ... and I guess it really wouldve made a difference, thats what you get for misreading your watch.
I play in the UD PR to get my mind on something else but it doesnt work at all. Then Yasmin comes in screaming since she made t8 although she was about to lose when I watched here. This kinda saved my day, I watch her T8 match but she cant pull it off, still an incredible season an tournament, and I told her not to expect to do good in her first year in masters. lol. I play league for the rest of the day with basti, then we get some food, build some new decks, I play Jacob Lesage but my deck decides to poop on me so he never sees how my deck is supposed to run lol. I play some more games aainst a guy with GenChamp which I beat which kinda suprised me since the matchup isnt that good. Then we had to the whirlpool again and just chill til the next day. Yasmin Denny and I are heading for Honolulu so we say goodbye to everyone else, I get some cards signed and surprisingly everything worked out and we get to our hotel and even get a room lol. Still the kona airport is incredibly, no walls, no INTERNET?! and the people on the hawain counter where completly uncapable of doing anything right. We finally get some rest on Honolulu and had a fun time, I constantly got beaten by Denny and Yasmin in a desperate attempt to make firefly work, we get a Pokemon Rumble which is an indredible stupid but fun game and Denny comes up with the amazing strategy to always but his wager on rattata which actually worked out sometimes?! and yeah... Still its over way to fast, we pull an all nighter to fight the jetlag and I sleep during the entire 18H of flight and now Im finally back home again.
Props:
- Bronzong 4 who won me my nationals, I still love you although you were completly useless at worlds
- Flygon / Torterra for being amazing
- Spiritomb for being in my opening hand all the time
- Tobias (Shadowguard) for helping me build this amazing deck
- Denny and Yasmin - We made the cut as a team and the rest of the journey was really fun as well
Good work- Basti for supporting me all the time and cheering me up and just being a good friend
- Migu for supporting me, helping me at the airport, being a great friend and cheering me up. And making 4th is ok as well I guess ;P
- Petra for moral support and helping us all the time, thanks a lot ^-^
- Hampus for using Flygon Torterra! We both new that Bronzong is a gamble and you just had bad luck all day, still Im happy that you were willing to take the gamble with me. See you next year
- All the other german guys, it really was a fun time
- All the other people I forgot, like Steffen Erikson who unfortunatly didnt seem to focus on pokemon during the weekend ;P
- My friends at home who supported me all the time, Im so happy we finally get a working community going.
- Everyone else I forgot to mention, Im sorry, I have a bad memory
- My T32 opponent, I wasnt happy with the end of the game but you were a really cool guy and it was a fun match, at least I didnt get donked out but have a great game instead.
Slops:
- Timeout -.-"
- Timeout!
- TImeout...
- Timeout, I really think that at a tournament like worlds we should get more time or play without timeout :/
- My parents for taking all suitcases with them, seriously?!
- Not using Bronzong 4 at all?!
- Unwan ehm Undaunted
- Kona Airport / Hawain Airlines for being incredible bad.
- Not enough playmats in the shop, I wanted to get 2 of those as presents for my league kids but no dice :/
- The Hilton hotel is nice but the area is so deserted it made you feel kinda lost, there was nothing going on there at all lol.
If anyone is interested in more details on the deck, just ask and Ill write somthing about it, gotta finish writing for now
Yoshi//David
