As i promised here's my report:
Well, after italy's nationals i saw andceo got 2nd with his grumpigstall. I kinda liked the deck, but i never played it. One week before nats, i decided to give it a try. I tested agains Lia, Jasper, Arnoud, and some others. They all got mad at me for playing such a stupid deck xD
I lost only 2 times out of like 30-40, 2 times to absolutions, and i know there was little chance that anyone would play that, and i also won about 6 matches to absolutions. So saturday evening i decide to play it.
Next day we arrive at the venue and we get our decks ready and register etc.
After a while we start, and i get my first round bye:
Round 1: BYE for winning STP
1-0
Round 2: Frank B (scipio on here i think)- sally ex/altaria ex
He is a nice guy, and i beat him a lot of times, and last time he beat me.
This time, he thinks im playing flygon or banette as i always did. But he sees my fossils, and he's not happy
. He gets castform setup, but he isn't going to delta draw as he is too scared to deck out, and he got some good cards already. After a while he gets altaria and i get my grumpig, and cursed stones. He slowly dies to grumpig and after a while he scoops, saying that it wont work to do 150 to a fossil and discard 5 cards xD
2-0
Round 3: Jeroen L. (Plaf-the master on here) - Flygon ex d
I thought flygon ex d was a fairly good match up, i tested it a few times and i never lost to it.
I got a normal setup, and he gets set up after a while too. I get dugtrio and grumpig and some fossils, along with some cursed stones. I also got latias* after a while and i took 2 prizes. He just couldn't keep up. Good match anyways
3-0
Round 4: Anna S. (Fireborn) - Flygon ex d
Yay another flygon i think. But when i start, i'm almost going to cry. Farmer, 3 energy, 2 fossils and someting useless. Well after 3 or 4 turns i draw into a steven's advice, and draw 4. then i can get set up with a scott and some other things. Luckily for me she did start with spearow, thats why i could get a few turns to get set up. I do have a problem, because she starts attacking with ray ex d, and my diglett was prized. And also i didnt have a full loaded grumpig, as it just would die when i took 3 turns to attach energy. So i decided to try a psyshock with my grumpig, so i could take one turn for my latias * to charge up. I did flip heads, so that was good. Then the turn after, i flipped heads again, and then i KO-ed her ray ex d. Then i could do some fossil stall as normally, and cursed stone helped. She farmered her ray ex d and i farmered latias *. In the end she couldnt do anything with 3 exes left, and i had a full latias * and 2 prizes left. Really exciting game
4-0
Round 5: Kevin de M. (Kevin98) - Raieggs
Well, nothing to say about this, i start with 2 claw fossil, farmer and 4 energy. 3 turns later i'm done
4-1
Round 6: Marcel O. (Bolle_Aap?? xD) - Raieggs
I get normal setup, and i think he also did. But i koed his casty kinda fast. He got stuck with not much and doesn't draw into anything good. I keep on switching for fossils and he cant do anything.
Too bad, but well, it happened to me too
5-1
So top standings get announced and i get in 2nd with a freaking high resistance. And then, i check who's 15th...
Lia :nonono:
Top 16: Lia van B. (Rainbowgym) - Absolutions
I get the win, thanks a lot Lia. I hope you do good at the grinder.
6-1
Top 8: Marcel O. (again) - Raieggs
So, we start, and when i draw my hand, im like YAYAYAY im lucksack: 2 fossils, and energys
a few turns later im dead again...
0-1 for Marcel
Well, we start a new game, and he's like, i hope you get such a start again xD.
I get scott or something in my hand, and a spoink and 2 fossils and some nrg, so im glad.
I don't remember much of it, but i won in the end.
1-1
I get about the same start as game 2, so i set up again, and so does he. We both take some prizes because i dont have lots of fossils, and i can win in the end again.
Top 4: Florens van H. - Metanite
Well, im happy, because metanite is IMO one of my best matchups.
We start normally and i sleep his beldum on T1, he flips tails.
Next turn i try it again, but it didnt work, and he retreated and delta drawed for 5.
I get grumpig, and fossils, and i get a KO with strength charm on the casty, and get behind a fossil.
He gets metagross and starts to load it with energy. I didnt think of that strategy yet, but cursed stone and claw fossil hit through metals so i dont worry too much. I just keep on going, though i only do like 10 or 20 a turn max. In the end he just cant keep up and i win.
1-0 for me
Next game, i start off normally again and build up my spoink.
I now am aware that my 4 cursed stones, celebi ex, and farmer is maybe not enough to keep the cursed stone in play, so i play my giant stump first, when he got like 5 basics benched. As i thought he played holon ruins, and he played 2 more basics. Then i played another Giant Stump and he windstormed that one. So now i can go on with my cursed stones. We only have like 15 minutes left, and i think we can't finish the match. Florens just took his time, each turn using supporters, and powers as usual and thinking a bit. I thought like, ok take the time, im on the lead. So in the end we didnt finish the game, but i would've won it i think, just because of the cursed stones.
Finals: Kevin de M. - Raieggs
Well, i'm like: i get 1000$ scholarship, and maybe the rankings invite, even if i lose.
So, im prepared to get a GOOD hand this time xD
I get normal start, like him. He mentors and starts discarding cess. crystals, and im like, ok..?
cess. crystal is the only way he can hit me when dugtrio is up, and he realizes that mid-game.
I just go and blast my way through some exeggutors and raichu's, i koed a 3 metal tanking raichu with my dugtrio and he couldnt do much. The match took about 30-35 minutes, so i was kinda relaxed now.
We start again, and i star with: 2 castform, 1 celebi ex, as my only basics :/
i got lanette though, so i search for spoink diglett and magnemite, and i can set up.
He does K.O. my castform with an early eggs, so i just put up my spoink with 1 energy.
I sleep him, he flips tails. I put new spoink with energy, and sleep again, he flips tails again.
So, i evolve next turn and just go behind fossils, this time he's prepared and didnt discard his cess. crystals. He zzzaps and split bombs through my dugtrio, so im having a hard time.
Anyways, in the beginning, i played a giant stump, and we just kept having 3 basics both.
After a while, he got to do 50 dmg to ko my dugtrio. He comes up with his exeggutor, and then realizes he does 10 dmg short to ko it. He plays a pika on bench and im like ok, and he ko-ed my dugtrio.
So, next turn i draw a card, and put a fossil down. I or the judge realized that my dugtrio couldnt be knocked out :S. So we reverse and i get my dugtrio back with 60 dmg. I get a prize penalty, because kevin got his prize for the dugtrio already. BUT... he got to keep his prize and im like omg***bbq, but i dont really care. We play along and i keep on putting fossils up front, in the end when theres like 5 min. left, he scoops, saying there's no way he could win the game anymore.
And then, im like YAY I WIN
So we get our prizes and all, and there were some pics taken.
Then i went home, and ate something, posted a little bit on the gym, and got to bed.
I had a GREAT day (who wouldn't when winning his nats xD).
Props:
-GRUMPIGSTALL
-Andceo, Gatsu, or anyone that worked on Grumpigstall
-Lia and co. for taking me anywhere and playing against my deck a lot of times, though they knew its almost impossible to win from grumpigstall xD.
-The prizes
-Fun Tournament
- alot more but im not gonna keep on going, because i still got a lot to do now xD
Slops:
-Bad Hands
So, that's it, its a long report xD
BTW, i played because i wanted to have fun, and not miss my Nationals.
A lot of people asked me, why do you play. And some even asked, why the **** do you play grumpigstall, isnt that risky? But i liked the deck, and as i said, i wanted to play my nats. The game is about fun right???
Arco
Well, after italy's nationals i saw andceo got 2nd with his grumpigstall. I kinda liked the deck, but i never played it. One week before nats, i decided to give it a try. I tested agains Lia, Jasper, Arnoud, and some others. They all got mad at me for playing such a stupid deck xD
I lost only 2 times out of like 30-40, 2 times to absolutions, and i know there was little chance that anyone would play that, and i also won about 6 matches to absolutions. So saturday evening i decide to play it.
Next day we arrive at the venue and we get our decks ready and register etc.
After a while we start, and i get my first round bye:
Round 1: BYE for winning STP
1-0
Round 2: Frank B (scipio on here i think)- sally ex/altaria ex
He is a nice guy, and i beat him a lot of times, and last time he beat me.
This time, he thinks im playing flygon or banette as i always did. But he sees my fossils, and he's not happy
. He gets castform setup, but he isn't going to delta draw as he is too scared to deck out, and he got some good cards already. After a while he gets altaria and i get my grumpig, and cursed stones. He slowly dies to grumpig and after a while he scoops, saying that it wont work to do 150 to a fossil and discard 5 cards xD2-0
Round 3: Jeroen L. (Plaf-the master on here) - Flygon ex d
I thought flygon ex d was a fairly good match up, i tested it a few times and i never lost to it.
I got a normal setup, and he gets set up after a while too. I get dugtrio and grumpig and some fossils, along with some cursed stones. I also got latias* after a while and i took 2 prizes. He just couldn't keep up. Good match anyways
3-0
Round 4: Anna S. (Fireborn) - Flygon ex d
Yay another flygon i think. But when i start, i'm almost going to cry. Farmer, 3 energy, 2 fossils and someting useless. Well after 3 or 4 turns i draw into a steven's advice, and draw 4. then i can get set up with a scott and some other things. Luckily for me she did start with spearow, thats why i could get a few turns to get set up. I do have a problem, because she starts attacking with ray ex d, and my diglett was prized. And also i didnt have a full loaded grumpig, as it just would die when i took 3 turns to attach energy. So i decided to try a psyshock with my grumpig, so i could take one turn for my latias * to charge up. I did flip heads, so that was good. Then the turn after, i flipped heads again, and then i KO-ed her ray ex d. Then i could do some fossil stall as normally, and cursed stone helped. She farmered her ray ex d and i farmered latias *. In the end she couldnt do anything with 3 exes left, and i had a full latias * and 2 prizes left. Really exciting game
4-0
Round 5: Kevin de M. (Kevin98) - Raieggs
Well, nothing to say about this, i start with 2 claw fossil, farmer and 4 energy. 3 turns later i'm done
4-1
Round 6: Marcel O. (Bolle_Aap?? xD) - Raieggs
I get normal setup, and i think he also did. But i koed his casty kinda fast. He got stuck with not much and doesn't draw into anything good. I keep on switching for fossils and he cant do anything.
Too bad, but well, it happened to me too
5-1
So top standings get announced and i get in 2nd with a freaking high resistance. And then, i check who's 15th...
Lia :nonono:
Top 16: Lia van B. (Rainbowgym) - Absolutions
I get the win, thanks a lot Lia. I hope you do good at the grinder.
6-1
Top 8: Marcel O. (again) - Raieggs
So, we start, and when i draw my hand, im like YAYAYAY im lucksack: 2 fossils, and energys
a few turns later im dead again...
0-1 for Marcel
Well, we start a new game, and he's like, i hope you get such a start again xD.
I get scott or something in my hand, and a spoink and 2 fossils and some nrg, so im glad
.I don't remember much of it, but i won in the end.
1-1
I get about the same start as game 2, so i set up again, and so does he. We both take some prizes because i dont have lots of fossils, and i can win in the end again.
Top 4: Florens van H. - Metanite
Well, im happy, because metanite is IMO one of my best matchups.
We start normally and i sleep his beldum on T1, he flips tails.
Next turn i try it again, but it didnt work, and he retreated and delta drawed for 5.
I get grumpig, and fossils, and i get a KO with strength charm on the casty, and get behind a fossil.
He gets metagross and starts to load it with energy. I didnt think of that strategy yet, but cursed stone and claw fossil hit through metals so i dont worry too much. I just keep on going, though i only do like 10 or 20 a turn max. In the end he just cant keep up and i win.
1-0 for me
Next game, i start off normally again and build up my spoink.
I now am aware that my 4 cursed stones, celebi ex, and farmer is maybe not enough to keep the cursed stone in play, so i play my giant stump first, when he got like 5 basics benched. As i thought he played holon ruins, and he played 2 more basics. Then i played another Giant Stump and he windstormed that one. So now i can go on with my cursed stones
. We only have like 15 minutes left, and i think we can't finish the match. Florens just took his time, each turn using supporters, and powers as usual and thinking a bit. I thought like, ok take the time, im on the lead. So in the end we didnt finish the game, but i would've won it i think, just because of the cursed stones.Finals: Kevin de M. - Raieggs
Well, i'm like: i get 1000$ scholarship, and maybe the rankings invite, even if i lose.
So, im prepared to get a GOOD hand this time xD
I get normal start, like him. He mentors and starts discarding cess. crystals, and im like, ok..?
cess. crystal is the only way he can hit me when dugtrio is up, and he realizes that mid-game.
I just go and blast my way through some exeggutors and raichu's, i koed a 3 metal tanking raichu with my dugtrio and he couldnt do much. The match took about 30-35 minutes, so i was kinda relaxed now.
We start again, and i star with: 2 castform, 1 celebi ex, as my only basics :/
i got lanette though, so i search for spoink diglett and magnemite, and i can set up.
He does K.O. my castform with an early eggs, so i just put up my spoink with 1 energy.
I sleep him, he flips tails. I put new spoink with energy, and sleep again, he flips tails again
.So, i evolve next turn and just go behind fossils, this time he's prepared and didnt discard his cess. crystals. He zzzaps and split bombs through my dugtrio, so im having a hard time.
Anyways, in the beginning, i played a giant stump, and we just kept having 3 basics both.
After a while, he got to do 50 dmg to ko my dugtrio. He comes up with his exeggutor, and then realizes he does 10 dmg short to ko it. He plays a pika on bench and im like ok, and he ko-ed my dugtrio.
So, next turn i draw a card, and put a fossil down. I or the judge realized that my dugtrio couldnt be knocked out :S. So we reverse and i get my dugtrio back with 60 dmg. I get a prize penalty, because kevin got his prize for the dugtrio already. BUT... he got to keep his prize and im like omg***bbq, but i dont really care. We play along and i keep on putting fossils up front, in the end when theres like 5 min. left, he scoops, saying there's no way he could win the game anymore.
And then, im like YAY
I WIN So we get our prizes and all, and there were some pics taken.
Then i went home, and ate something, posted a little bit on the gym, and got to bed.
I had a GREAT day (who wouldn't when winning his nats xD).
Props:
-GRUMPIGSTALL
-Andceo, Gatsu, or anyone that worked on Grumpigstall
-Lia and co. for taking me anywhere and playing against my deck a lot of times, though they knew its almost impossible to win from grumpigstall xD.
-The prizes
-Fun Tournament
- alot more but im not gonna keep on going, because i still got a lot to do now xD
Slops:
-Bad Hands
So, that's it, its a long report xD
BTW, i played because i wanted to have fun, and not miss my Nationals.
A lot of people asked me, why do you play. And some even asked, why the **** do you play grumpigstall, isnt that risky? But i liked the deck, and as i said, i wanted to play my nats. The game is about fun right???
Arco
