All right, so after doing very poorly at BC Provincials (2-3 with Chandy, ran terrible lol), I decided I'd just use a Tier 1 deck (Eel or Celebi). Initially, I thought I'd use Eel, but after testing Celebi a bit more I thought it was a superior deck. I decided to run with it. My Pokemon line is just 4 Celebi, 3 Mewtwo, 1 Gigas, 1 Virizion, and 1 Shaymin EX. CElebi and Mewtwo are obvious, Gigas is amazing against Eel, Mirror, and against Durant, Shaymin EX is good vs. Durant and random situations, and Virizion is a non-EX attacker. Now, the ONLY oddities in my list were my choice of Virizion and Seeker. Seeker was when I wanted to heal an EX and not give up two Prizes (and for the occasional Bench win/donk). However, I used the EP Virizion. I had tonss of questions about it all day so I'll explain it now.
The night before, my friend Amelia texted me, asking if we had any EP Virizions. Now, I had toyed around with the idea the week before but I ultimately forgot about it. I then asked if she was actually using it. She told me that, basically, with 2 Energy it still KOs Tynamo (just like NV Virizion), however, next turn you can attach another Energy and KO an Eel. With all the Catchers and Switches, the drawback of Sacred Sword isn't that bad. It sounded good in theory, I played one game with it vs. Terrakion, I donked it T1 with Sacred Sword, and decided to run with it.
Anyways, yeah, James and I get to the event. James is using Terrakion, Cor is using Durant, Ricky and Kevin are using the same Celebi list, CJ is using Eel, and Kabir is using a different Celebi list. There are 72 Seniors, so 7 Rounds with a Top 16 Cut. Whoo!
Round 1 vs. ???? w/ Oshawott/Lightning
I go second, she attaches to Oshawott and Tackles my Mewtwo, I DCE X Ball, and win from there. GG.
1-0
Round 2 vs. Hayden w/ Mew/Vanilluxe/Vileplume/Unfezant
I was kinda worried here, he goes first with a lone Oddish. I had DCE in hand with Mewtwo start so if I had gone first I would have won. =/ Oh well, I still get T1 KO on Oddish and pretty much take KOs on Mew every time it gets pushed Active. I Bench EP Virizion and he's like "WHOAA WHAT IS THAT?" When I have two PRizes left, he Eeeks and flips tails. Lame. Going into his turn, he flips tails. Whoo. Coming into my turn, he flips heads. Whoo! I get the KO with EP Virizion and he scoops 'cause I can take a Prize no matter what he does. Also his Unfezant was Prized which sucks, dunno how much of a difference it would have made though. GG.
2-0
Round 3 vs. Sebastian H. w/ Eel
He starts Zekrom EX, unfortunately that really all I remember. I know he takes the first Prize with Glinting Claw and I get a couple KOs on Eels with Gigas before he kills Gigas and takes the lead 3-4, but after that I kinda forget what happened. =/ I know I do end up coming back and winning though. GG.
3-0
Round 4 vs. Connor P. w/ Eel
This game was extremely intense. He took an early lead, at the end however I start to come back from 1-4 or something. I cycle through Mewtwos, making sure he could never kill me with Strong Volt. I had killed 2 Eels, then I killed a Tynamo with Mewtwo. I kill his Thundurus with X Ball twice, and then he starts the Zekrom vs. 3 Mewtwo war. Strong Volt, I Catcher kill something. 2-1. Strong Volt, Catcher kill. 1-1. Strong Volt, Catcher kill game. He misplayed once because he forgot I had Eviolite so he thought he could KO with Double PP, fortunately he couldn't and I managed to close the game. Very good game!
4-0
Round 5 vs. Kabir V. w/ Celebi
Aww, my friend from BC. =/ Well, this game is extraordinarily intense, where I KO his lone Shaymin EX with many Energy on Turn 5. GG.
5-0
Round 6 vs. Liam W. w/ Eel
I go first for the second time today! Turns out it'll be the last time aside from Game 3s too. =( Either way T1 I get 4 Tails on Dual Ball, play Skyarrow, N, get Mewtwo, Grass, DCE off the N. =D I T1 60 his Zekrom EX. Next turn I manage to get another DCE and Grass on Mewtwo and KO his Zekrom for 2 Prizes. Must be nice! Yeah he can't every respond to that because I N'd him to garbage so I won. GG.
6-0
Round 7 vs. Jackson K. w/ Celebi
Yeaah basically, this is how this game goes: I Prize 2 Mewtwo, he N's me to 6, I draw 3 Catcher and PokeGear and a couple other Trainers, I Pokegear to nothing, draw pass for the rest of the game. Until I manage to N him to 2, where he gets Juniper, plays his hand down to 1, doesn't win the game. I Juniper, hit two tails on Dual Ball for a small chance to come back, pass. His last card is a PokeGear which he hits a Juniper off of to win the game. Haha GG.
6-1
So I still finished first seed. Unfortunate, because I'm playing Joey in Top 16 now, my friend from Canada. =/ He's also playing Chandy, which is a bad matchup as long as he can set up. =/ Oh wellz. James and Kabir also made Cut, but James is playing vs. Mew/Vanilluxe in T16. =( Kevin and CJ made Cut in Masters too!
Top 16 vs. Joey G. w/ Chandelure
Game 1: We both get okay starts I believe, I get ahead 3 Prizes when he starts his comeback, I think I can't possibly win this but I stay at it anyway. I believe he gives me a Prize so I get down to 2, then KOs me with Eerie Glow (2-4 now) so I can Return kill him, he KOs me with Eerie Glow, and now I have to draw a Grass to win. I have 3 Grass and 2 Juniper and maybe 15 cards left in my deck? I draw the Grass. Whoo, must be pretty nice. Though he did top Chandy earlier in the match. =P GG.
1-0
Game 2: Weird game. 2 Oddish are Prized but I miss Energy for like 4 turns while he Eeks and tries to draw Candy/Plume. I hit my Energy first though and KO his Oddish, From there, he doesn't have Trainer lock up, so I pretty much win. He makes it kinda close I think, but I still win without Trainer lock up. GGs Joey, sucks we had to play.
2-0
7-1
Top 8 vs. Jason C. w/ Celebi
Game 1: Another Canadian? Lame. Oh well, Game 1 he gets a much better start than me and once again I am left thinking "How can I pull this off?" Well, answer is "Hope he misses Energy to KO my Gigas." So I hope he does! He hits the Energy... BUT! I dunno if he did the math wrong, maybe he forgot my Gigas had damage, but he just passes. SWEET! I Catcher up his Mewtwo and kill it, and manage to close out the game by killing his Gigas with Shaymin EX and a PP. GG.
1-0
Game 2: I open lone Mewtwo, pass to his Tornadus with DCE, he manages to get 4 Energy on Mewtwo and PP kill me. GG.
1-1
Game 3: I open CElebi to his lone Shaymin. My hand is not good, I have to Juniper away 3 Catcher and a Junk Arm. However, I must run really well, 'cause I hit Shayrrow, Gigas, Grass, DCE to win. GG.
2-1
8-1
Top 4 vs. Chase M. w/ Celebi
Game 1: ANOTHER Canadian?! Oookay. Well Game 1, like usual, I get put into a terrible situation and am forced to make some kind of comeback. I almost do, N him to 1, except he gets DCE/Grass off the N and topdeck. =/ GG.
0-1
Game 2: I go first and get a T1 Gigas, sweep his field. T1 Gigas is SO GOOD! GG.
1-1
Game 3: Close one, we engage in a Mewtwo war, however I'm ahead in the Mewtwo war. Not really anything super special, just a Mewtwo war lol. GG.
2-1
9-1
Top 2 vs. Alan N. w/ Durant
Game 1: I have to Juniper T1, which scares me, but I draw a great hand to Shaymin EX to Gigas, which is my strategy. I was so excited to finally do this because I had seen it done but enver played vs. Durant with this. Anyways.... Shaymin is Prized. *Sigh* So I just Gigas it and hope he doesn't hit too well on Crushing Hammers/Lost Removers, he doesn't. Yay. He does Rotom me, which makes me a bit scared, but Eviolited Gigas carried me to victory. Even if he did KO Gigas I probably would've been able to close it out though. GG.
1-0
Game 2: He gets a good start and I'm forced to just use Mewtwo instead of Gigas, but I somehow manage to take 6 Prizes anyways. Near the end of the game, always N'd, Revived, Crushing Hammer. He'd hit the same thing off every N! Lol GGs Alan!
2-0
10-1
Yay, so I won. Kevin came T4 in Masters, Kabir came T8, CJ came T8 in Masters, James came T16. Not bad. In my Box I pull so well: Zekrom EX, Zekrom EX FA, Shaymin EX FA, and Mewtwo EX. Now I own 4 Mewtwos!
Props:
Cor
Kabir
Koichi
Kevin
James
Amelia
Ricky
CJ
Ian + family
Koichi
Jackson
Liam
Sam
Hayden
Kenny
Tyler
Opponents
Staff/Judges
Celebi
EP Virizion
FRILLISH!
Canada winning Juniors/Seniors
Slops:
Spilling water on my deck </3
Canada not winning all 3 Divisions =(
The night before, my friend Amelia texted me, asking if we had any EP Virizions. Now, I had toyed around with the idea the week before but I ultimately forgot about it. I then asked if she was actually using it. She told me that, basically, with 2 Energy it still KOs Tynamo (just like NV Virizion), however, next turn you can attach another Energy and KO an Eel. With all the Catchers and Switches, the drawback of Sacred Sword isn't that bad. It sounded good in theory, I played one game with it vs. Terrakion, I donked it T1 with Sacred Sword, and decided to run with it.
Anyways, yeah, James and I get to the event. James is using Terrakion, Cor is using Durant, Ricky and Kevin are using the same Celebi list, CJ is using Eel, and Kabir is using a different Celebi list. There are 72 Seniors, so 7 Rounds with a Top 16 Cut. Whoo!
Round 1 vs. ???? w/ Oshawott/Lightning
I go second, she attaches to Oshawott and Tackles my Mewtwo, I DCE X Ball, and win from there. GG.
1-0
Round 2 vs. Hayden w/ Mew/Vanilluxe/Vileplume/Unfezant
I was kinda worried here, he goes first with a lone Oddish. I had DCE in hand with Mewtwo start so if I had gone first I would have won. =/ Oh well, I still get T1 KO on Oddish and pretty much take KOs on Mew every time it gets pushed Active. I Bench EP Virizion and he's like "WHOAA WHAT IS THAT?" When I have two PRizes left, he Eeeks and flips tails. Lame. Going into his turn, he flips tails. Whoo. Coming into my turn, he flips heads. Whoo! I get the KO with EP Virizion and he scoops 'cause I can take a Prize no matter what he does. Also his Unfezant was Prized which sucks, dunno how much of a difference it would have made though. GG.
2-0
Round 3 vs. Sebastian H. w/ Eel
He starts Zekrom EX, unfortunately that really all I remember. I know he takes the first Prize with Glinting Claw and I get a couple KOs on Eels with Gigas before he kills Gigas and takes the lead 3-4, but after that I kinda forget what happened. =/ I know I do end up coming back and winning though. GG.
3-0
Round 4 vs. Connor P. w/ Eel
This game was extremely intense. He took an early lead, at the end however I start to come back from 1-4 or something. I cycle through Mewtwos, making sure he could never kill me with Strong Volt. I had killed 2 Eels, then I killed a Tynamo with Mewtwo. I kill his Thundurus with X Ball twice, and then he starts the Zekrom vs. 3 Mewtwo war.
Strong Volt, I Catcher kill something. 2-1. Strong Volt, Catcher kill. 1-1. Strong Volt, Catcher kill game. He misplayed once because he forgot I had Eviolite so he thought he could KO with Double PP, fortunately he couldn't and I managed to close the game. Very good game!4-0
Round 5 vs. Kabir V. w/ Celebi
Aww, my friend from BC. =/ Well, this game is extraordinarily intense, where I KO his lone Shaymin EX with many Energy on Turn 5. GG.
5-0
Round 6 vs. Liam W. w/ Eel
I go first for the second time today! Turns out it'll be the last time aside from Game 3s too. =( Either way T1 I get 4 Tails on Dual Ball, play Skyarrow, N, get Mewtwo, Grass, DCE off the N. =D I T1 60 his Zekrom EX. Next turn I manage to get another DCE and Grass on Mewtwo and KO his Zekrom for 2 Prizes. Must be nice! Yeah he can't every respond to that because I N'd him to garbage so I won. GG.
6-0
Round 7 vs. Jackson K. w/ Celebi
Yeaah basically, this is how this game goes: I Prize 2 Mewtwo, he N's me to 6, I draw 3 Catcher and PokeGear and a couple other Trainers, I Pokegear to nothing, draw pass for the rest of the game. Until I manage to N him to 2, where he gets Juniper, plays his hand down to 1, doesn't win the game. I Juniper, hit two tails on Dual Ball for a small chance to come back, pass. His last card is a PokeGear which he hits a Juniper off of to win the game. Haha GG.
6-1
So I still finished first seed. Unfortunate, because I'm playing Joey in Top 16 now, my friend from Canada. =/ He's also playing Chandy, which is a bad matchup as long as he can set up. =/ Oh wellz. James and Kabir also made Cut, but James is playing vs. Mew/Vanilluxe in T16. =( Kevin and CJ made Cut in Masters too!
Top 16 vs. Joey G. w/ Chandelure
Game 1: We both get okay starts I believe, I get ahead 3 Prizes when he starts his comeback, I think I can't possibly win this but I stay at it anyway. I believe he gives me a Prize so I get down to 2, then KOs me with Eerie Glow (2-4 now) so I can Return kill him, he KOs me with Eerie Glow, and now I have to draw a Grass to win. I have 3 Grass and 2 Juniper and maybe 15 cards left in my deck? I draw the Grass. Whoo, must be pretty nice. Though he did top Chandy earlier in the match. =P GG.
1-0
Game 2: Weird game. 2 Oddish are Prized but I miss Energy for like 4 turns while he Eeks and tries to draw Candy/Plume. I hit my Energy first though and KO his Oddish, From there, he doesn't have Trainer lock up, so I pretty much win. He makes it kinda close I think, but I still win without Trainer lock up. GGs Joey, sucks we had to play.
2-0
7-1
Top 8 vs. Jason C. w/ Celebi
Game 1: Another Canadian? Lame. Oh well, Game 1 he gets a much better start than me and once again I am left thinking "How can I pull this off?" Well, answer is "Hope he misses Energy to KO my Gigas." So I hope he does! He hits the Energy... BUT! I dunno if he did the math wrong, maybe he forgot my Gigas had damage, but he just passes. SWEET! I Catcher up his Mewtwo and kill it, and manage to close out the game by killing his Gigas with Shaymin EX and a PP. GG.
1-0
Game 2: I open lone Mewtwo, pass to his Tornadus with DCE, he manages to get 4 Energy on Mewtwo and PP kill me. GG.
1-1
Game 3: I open CElebi to his lone Shaymin. My hand is not good, I have to Juniper away 3 Catcher and a Junk Arm. However, I must run really well, 'cause I hit Shayrrow, Gigas, Grass, DCE to win. GG.
2-1
8-1
Top 4 vs. Chase M. w/ Celebi
Game 1: ANOTHER Canadian?! Oookay. Well Game 1, like usual, I get put into a terrible situation and am forced to make some kind of comeback. I almost do, N him to 1, except he gets DCE/Grass off the N and topdeck. =/ GG.
0-1
Game 2: I go first and get a T1 Gigas, sweep his field. T1 Gigas is SO GOOD! GG.
1-1
Game 3: Close one, we engage in a Mewtwo war, however I'm ahead in the Mewtwo war. Not really anything super special, just a Mewtwo war lol. GG.
2-1
9-1
Top 2 vs. Alan N. w/ Durant
Game 1: I have to Juniper T1, which scares me, but I draw a great hand to Shaymin EX to Gigas, which is my strategy. I was so excited to finally do this because I had seen it done but enver played vs. Durant with this. Anyways.... Shaymin is Prized. *Sigh* So I just Gigas it and hope he doesn't hit too well on Crushing Hammers/Lost Removers, he doesn't. Yay. He does Rotom me, which makes me a bit scared, but Eviolited Gigas carried me to victory. Even if he did KO Gigas I probably would've been able to close it out though. GG.
1-0
Game 2: He gets a good start and I'm forced to just use Mewtwo instead of Gigas, but I somehow manage to take 6 Prizes anyways. Near the end of the game, always N'd, Revived, Crushing Hammer. He'd hit the same thing off every N! Lol GGs Alan!
2-0
10-1
Yay, so I won. Kevin came T4 in Masters, Kabir came T8, CJ came T8 in Masters, James came T16. Not bad. In my Box I pull so well: Zekrom EX, Zekrom EX FA, Shaymin EX FA, and Mewtwo EX. Now I own 4 Mewtwos!
Props:
Cor
Kabir
Koichi
Kevin
James
Amelia
Ricky
CJ
Ian + family
Koichi
Jackson
Liam
Sam
Hayden
Kenny
Tyler
Opponents
Staff/Judges
Celebi
EP Virizion
FRILLISH!
Canada winning Juniors/Seniors
Slops:
Spilling water on my deck </3
Canada not winning all 3 Divisions =(
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