Vegeta ss4
Iron Chef Leader
Wow guys, what a tournament. This was a challenging experience. I really underestimated the responsibility of this tournament. It took it out of me to say the least. I am no going to keep the suspense going anymore, the scoring for this years Iron Chef Champion is as follows.
Cyrus vs Goldedda
There is no Shock that I have no words to really explain this. This is simply amazing, one of the best entries of the entire tournament. This may look like a lot of inconsistency, but it really is not. Every single card has a MAJOR purpose, a flawless strategy. I do think that bad starts can really happen with this deck. This is INSANELY creative, truly didn't expect this much creativity. This deck isn't just theorymon, every deck has been tested by me on Redshark. Simply put, it works, everytime. Even with a bad start or two. What makes this deck slightly less than perfect is the bad starts this deck can have on an occasion. It isn't perfectly creative either, though it is clearly at the level above pro status, but I am grading this challenge a lot tougher than the others. I felt there were some more creative ideas out there.
Your score is as follows
Deck- 9/10
Creativity-9/10
Card Use-5/5
TOTAL=23
Alright, one of the few creative potentials I had in my mind. This amongst a few others I set in my mind as a very creative from an outside perspective. This list is quite good. I would have liked to see another Rare Candy for consistency purposes. I can say this deck isn't as consistent a Cyrus's build. But the deck as a whole is almost flawless. It defines what the Iron Chef competition is all about. This was a lot of fun to play with, and I truly wish I could actually play this deck at cities, I'd guarantee a win or two
Your score is as follows...
Deck -8/10
Creativity-10/10
Card Use-5/5
TOTAL=23
BUT wait, there was an Online Challenge portion.
The Score for that is as follows
Cyrus-2 Points
Goldedda-1 Point
I also inserted a special guest Judge. 2-Time World Champion, Jason "Ness" Klaczynski.
He had no idea who's list were who's, I just gave him him two lists and he graded the entries as the following.
Cyrus score is as follows...
Deck-10/10
Creativity-9/10
Card Use-5/5
TOTAL=24
Goldedda score is as follows...
Deck-10/10
Creativity-10/10
Card Use-5/5
TOTAL=25
The total of all scores from my judging, online matchup, and special guest Judge, the score is as follows.
CYRUS=49/53
GOLDEDDA=49/53
WE HAVE A TIE!
as I said, I have a challenge ready for this tie. But fans get a vote, what Challenge would you like the tie-breaker to be?
Cyrus vs Goldedda
Cyrus
Pokemon (36):
4 Mew ex LM
4 Sableye SF
4 Spiritomb AR
2 Murkrow NG
1 Aipom UL
1 Ambipom TM
1 Happiny PL
1 Misdreavus DP
1 Mismagius UD
1 Holon's Castform HP
1 Holon's Electrode
1 Unown Q MD
1 Jynx UF
1 Azelf LA
2 Pidgey RG
2 Pidgeotto RG
2 Pidgeot RG
2 Oddish LA
2 Dark Gloom
1 Dark Vileplume #13
1 Dark Vileplume #30
Trainers (17):
4 Pokemon Collector
4 Roseanne's Research
2 Holon Mentor
4 Computer Search
2 Gust of Wind
1 Professor Oak
Energy (7):
5 Darkness Energy
2 Psychic
This deck shatters all kinds of orthodoxy, but for all intents and purposes, it's actually pretty simple to setup. Despite the overwhelming strength of going first, Spiritomb is actually your optimal starter, as it facilitates a trainer lock whilst grabbing your Pidgeot (long-term consistency) and Dark Vileplume (permanent trainer denial).
Once that's done, you swoop in with Mew, and let the fun begin. Your "default" strategy is to aim for any shred of weakness in the opponent's setup, and then permanently lock it away via Murkrow's Mean Look. Because there are no legal special energy, no means by which to use trainers, and a metagame-generalized challenge, this is effectively a "perfect" lock.
Specific explanations:
*Maximum on Sableye/Spiritomb because - let's face it - you lose in unlimited without these starts unless you're really lucky. I considered running 4 Ditto too, but it's overkill/redundant attack-wise with Mew on the board.
*1-1 Mismagius so that, in the very rare instance where you're unable to seal a lock, you have an extremely powerful attacker to copy from. Late game, this makes Mew able to do as much as 300 damage or more.
*1-1 Ambipom for Tail Code (very clutch in securing a perfect lock), as well as hand disruption. Misdreavus on top of Ambipom can amount to a zero card hand very fast.
*Happiny to lure things up for free. Very useful in the early game if you can't access Gust.
*Split on Holon's energy to decrease start odds, yet have a chance to fetch via Collector
*Jynx to give you a better bench hitter option than Murkrow.
*Azelf fixes early game prize issues
*All members of the Pidgeot line have mini Mean Look effects, which can be used in case you either lack a Murkrow or the darkness energy to use it.
*Oddish LA for poison/lower donk odds
*Dark Gloom's Pokemon Power lets it confuse on heads! This is great to stall an opponent's advance in case your setup is slow, as well as to shut off other powers.
*I run a 1-1 split on the correct/error Dark Vileplumes to let me choose my weakness as the matchup demands.
*Long story short, this deck lives and dies based on its access to basics, which is why I run such an overkill of search supporters. Between these and max Computer Search, you're virtually guaranteed it. Even if you don't draw one of these 14 cards, there's still a chance you start Spiritomb/Pidgey or Azelf into a Pidgey, meaning your odds of a "great start" approach 95% or higher. Those, my friends, are odds I'd take with me to any tournament.
*On that note, CPU Search is AMAZING right before you drop your Dark Plume lock! Helps square away any holes in your start.
*Gust is a pre Hay Fever play that grants you the Mean Look lock without having to Happiny. It also gives you a fighting chance against anything that could shut off your powers.
*One Oak to let you reset your hand pre-Hay Fever.
*Finally, enough darkness to make an early Mean Look easy, but enough Psychic to facilitate constant Poltergeisting.
There is no Shock that I have no words to really explain this. This is simply amazing, one of the best entries of the entire tournament. This may look like a lot of inconsistency, but it really is not. Every single card has a MAJOR purpose, a flawless strategy. I do think that bad starts can really happen with this deck. This is INSANELY creative, truly didn't expect this much creativity. This deck isn't just theorymon, every deck has been tested by me on Redshark. Simply put, it works, everytime. Even with a bad start or two. What makes this deck slightly less than perfect is the bad starts this deck can have on an occasion. It isn't perfectly creative either, though it is clearly at the level above pro status, but I am grading this challenge a lot tougher than the others. I felt there were some more creative ideas out there.
Your score is as follows
Deck- 9/10
Creativity-9/10
Card Use-5/5
TOTAL=23
Goldedda
TOTAL CARDS: 60
POKEMON: 22
Stage 2: 2
2 : Vileplume, UD-24
Stage 1: 3
2 : Blissey, PL-22
1 : Gloom, LA-97
Basic: 17
3 : Oddish, EX-122
3 : Mr. Mime, J-22
2 : Illumise, GE-71
2 : Volbeat, GE-92
2 : Unown G, GE-57
2 : Pichu, GS-28
1 : Azelf, LA-19
2 : Chansey, B-3
TRAINERS: 28
Trainers: 7
3 : Rare Candy, UL-82
4 : Pokegear 3.0, GS-96
Supporters: 19
3 : Professor Oak's New Theory, CL-83
4 : Celio's Network, CG-73
4 : Roseanne's Research, OP8-11
4 : Twins, TM-89
3 : Steven's Advice, PK-83
1 : Palmer's Contribution, SV-139
Stadiums: 2
2 : Burned Tower, UD-71
ENERGY: 10
Basic Energy: 10
10 : Psychic Energy, BW-109
Strategy: Mr Mime pokemon power says that basically unless u do 20 or less damage or you affect it with a special condition it will survive at least 1 turn. Using Cards such as vileplume to stop nasty trainers from happening, Unown G stops the Speicial Confition Nasty ness as well as damage counters, and blissey consistantly heals 20 damage from mr mime making MR MIME a tank. Even if it does very low damage, i never dies. Therefore you can either win by slowly drawing 6 prizes or decking out your opponent. My ideal starter is Pichu, which is why i use cards such as rosseannes, celios to hopefully get a T1 Playground which allows me to set up my board. Also if my opponent grabs a bunch of basics with pichu a T2 Stevens advice would be amazing. But overall you will probably fall behind in prizes then use pokegear to get the twins or have the twins already in hand to set up vileplume and then blissey and start the Tanking. The Illumise/Volbeat combo ensures me that i will never deck out as well have always cards to discard, combining with Palmers i can basically never deck out.
The usage of Burned Tower is basically another card thats allows me to counter nasty stadiums such as giant stump as well as allow me to always have something to discard with blisseys power. The rather high energy count for a deck that requires only a few energys is so that i have better odds of retreating my basic pokemon T1 to use pichu.
Alright, one of the few creative potentials I had in my mind. This amongst a few others I set in my mind as a very creative from an outside perspective. This list is quite good. I would have liked to see another Rare Candy for consistency purposes. I can say this deck isn't as consistent a Cyrus's build. But the deck as a whole is almost flawless. It defines what the Iron Chef competition is all about. This was a lot of fun to play with, and I truly wish I could actually play this deck at cities, I'd guarantee a win or two
Your score is as follows...
Deck -8/10
Creativity-10/10
Card Use-5/5
TOTAL=23
BUT wait, there was an Online Challenge portion.
The Score for that is as follows
Cyrus-2 Points
Goldedda-1 Point
I also inserted a special guest Judge. 2-Time World Champion, Jason "Ness" Klaczynski.
He had no idea who's list were who's, I just gave him him two lists and he graded the entries as the following.
Cyrus score is as follows...
Deck-10/10
Creativity-9/10
Card Use-5/5
TOTAL=24
Goldedda score is as follows...
Deck-10/10
Creativity-10/10
Card Use-5/5
TOTAL=25
The total of all scores from my judging, online matchup, and special guest Judge, the score is as follows.
CYRUS=49/53
GOLDEDDA=49/53
WE HAVE A TIE!
as I said, I have a challenge ready for this tie. But fans get a vote, what Challenge would you like the tie-breaker to be?
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