Hey all,
This is my first and probably last tounament report. I really dont like to type. Anyhow, My son and I arrived at the Doubletree around 8:40. To my surprise there were nearly 15 people there already. So I tried to make my presence felt. I met a few people, traded some cards, played a couple of unlimited games, (man I miss that!) You know the basics of pokemon. Evilcacturn666 wanted to play the Infamous Thunder Catz deck. He had a sceptile/ sceptile EX/ Wailord deck. I have yet to update to the TM/TA set. Who cares though, only the EX's are any good. Well after a 20-30 min. chess match I pulled it out. Hell of a game though. So on to the report....My deck list .
4 nincada
4 ninjask
2 rayquaza EX
1 Aerodactyl EX (won me 2 games)
4 bills maint
4 tv reporter
2 birch
2 copycat
4 warp point
2 dual ball
2 fast ball
2 mirage stadium
1 fisherman
1 town volunteers
4 claw
3 root
4 mysterious
3 multi
6 fire
6 elec
While the deck checks were going on, I was approached several times hearing this EVERY time... "So your the chicago boy with that Fossil deck, huh!" It was like, I was their PREY!? Which was fine with me. Its nice to recieve so much attention at my first CC in Texas. 11:20 or so the pairings go up. Uh Oh, someone wasn't included. Lets repost. Kind of good though. my day might have been long if I played the first person. He came in like 6th.
Round 1 VS. Tom (newbie?) I think?
He was playing some sort of Sceptile deck. He played a Treeko I played a 2 fossils and a ray. Since he had no other bench I just started pumping up Ray. He unfortunatly did not draw anther basic before Rayquaza ate up his Sceptile. 1-0
Round 2 VS. Clay A.K.A. ~~Blazi-king~~
I had played him before at league going 1-1 against his Awesome blaze/magneton. I had a terrible opening hand. 1 rayquaza, 3 energy, 2 fossils, 1 town volunteers. Oh well. He got off Extremely quickly, like turn 5, he had that thing fully powered. Even with the bad start, I managed to take 4 of my prizes. to his 2. That is when things came to an abrupt end. HE SHAMANED ME! I was thinking good cause I needed a new hand anyways. I look at my hand and, Nothing but ENERGIES! CRAP! I managed to stay in for a few more turns but, my fossil engine had stalled. Good game Clay! I know you were worried! lol! 1-1
Round 3 VS. Robert
He was running a basic BAR deck. He starts out with 2 torchics. After mulliganing twice, I get an awesome hand. I laid a nincada, a Ray, and 3 fossils. Then I copcat his 7. SWEET! After the merry-go round was over, I had taken 3 Prizes. He had a fully powered rayquaza on the bench. I had a mysterious fossil with 2 energy on it sitting on the bench. I bring out my Rayquaza to kill his Ampharos knowing that he would bring out his ray to kill mine. This all went down just as I had planned, I took my fouth prize killing his Ampharos, He kills my Ray, I bring out the fossil lay down Aerodactyl and an energy for the win. 2-1
Round 4 VS. Austin 10-
This match was the most controvercial in the whole tourney! Austin had just beaten my son. Unfortunatly for him, Dad was next. He was playing a flygon, latios, latias deck. I get a basic start. He starts off with a trapinch and something else. After a few turns He brings up a fully powered Latios. Oh crap... Resistant to grass. I figured the only chance I have to win is knock this one out with Rayquaza. Thus leaving him out there for the Latias to eat. After I get the energy count where I need it I decide to start the BATTLE PHASE? lol! I bring out my Rayquaze with 1 electric energy attached. I attached a Multi energy to Ray EX and do Dragon Burst for 80. Giving me the KO against his Latios. Thats when it all came down. Austin called over a Judge stating that the attack only does 40. O.K now I knew that this was going to happen. So 3 days before the tourney I posted this very question in the Pokegym forums, Rayquaza Clarification needed. The judges ruled against me. They would only allow the attack to do 40. So, after making a fool of myself by losing my composure, I asked the judge If I would be allowed to restart my turn as it began. Since they really didn't know the ruling and it wasn't in the book (where they initially looked) they agreed. I was Really DISAPPOINTED that all the other players there would not come to the defense of the "Chicago boy" even though they knew the right answer!
Serious slops!
Anyhow, Ray came out ONE TURN LATER than originally planned and killed his latios. Ray went down himself, but Aerodactyl came in and cleaned up Latias and flygon for the win. I felt bad for the kid, he did have a very good deck. He took first though, so I dont feel too bad now. 3-1
Round 5 VS. Dana A.K.A MOB(something?)
What a fitting end to my day. I haven't played Dana since Gen-con. (Sorry again for that!) lol! I knew that if I won I would be in the top 8 for sure. so here we go. I get a descent start. He gets off fairly quickly wit h a deck Very similar to Clay's. After the merry-go round I take 3 of his prizes he kills my Ray quaza with a shard. (aerodactyl is in my prizes) . So this game is very close. He did play some Brineys and had a lot of damage on a few of his pokemon but he kept attacking with someone FRESH everytime. Good strategy! Then It Happened! AGAIN!!! HE SHAMANED ME! I look at my hand and, Nothing but ENERGIES! CRAP! I managed to stay in for a few more turns but, my fossil engine had stalled. Damn, how could this happen twice in the same day? Oh well, great game, Dana. Nice to get some redemtion I bet! lol (between us)
3-2
What a day. I was awaiting the standings. I took 10th overall. 1 person did get in with a 3-2 record but not me. my son went 2-3. He was too preoccupied with the game-boy. anyhow, Great tourney.
Props.....
Charles for holding these things....
Karen for knowing the ruling and explaining it!
All the newbies giving a CC a shot!
A very well run and organized tournament.
Jack-in-the-Box for giving me an extra burger!
Slops.....
All the players who knew the Ruling and just left me hanging. (You know who you are!)
Clay and Dana for beating me! lol!
DESERT SHAMAN! This killed me.
Evilcacturn666 for not betting his deck! lol (sorry bout' that)
Finding the Rayquaza ruling in the book. AFTER the match.
hope you all enjoyed this,
jimmy
P.S. I edited my Signature. Patriarch! lol!
jimmy
This is my first and probably last tounament report. I really dont like to type. Anyhow, My son and I arrived at the Doubletree around 8:40. To my surprise there were nearly 15 people there already. So I tried to make my presence felt. I met a few people, traded some cards, played a couple of unlimited games, (man I miss that!) You know the basics of pokemon. Evilcacturn666 wanted to play the Infamous Thunder Catz deck. He had a sceptile/ sceptile EX/ Wailord deck. I have yet to update to the TM/TA set. Who cares though, only the EX's are any good. Well after a 20-30 min. chess match I pulled it out. Hell of a game though. So on to the report....My deck list .
4 nincada
4 ninjask
2 rayquaza EX
1 Aerodactyl EX (won me 2 games)
4 bills maint
4 tv reporter
2 birch
2 copycat
4 warp point
2 dual ball
2 fast ball
2 mirage stadium
1 fisherman
1 town volunteers
4 claw
3 root
4 mysterious
3 multi
6 fire
6 elec
While the deck checks were going on, I was approached several times hearing this EVERY time... "So your the chicago boy with that Fossil deck, huh!" It was like, I was their PREY!? Which was fine with me. Its nice to recieve so much attention at my first CC in Texas. 11:20 or so the pairings go up. Uh Oh, someone wasn't included. Lets repost. Kind of good though. my day might have been long if I played the first person. He came in like 6th.
Round 1 VS. Tom (newbie?) I think?
He was playing some sort of Sceptile deck. He played a Treeko I played a 2 fossils and a ray. Since he had no other bench I just started pumping up Ray. He unfortunatly did not draw anther basic before Rayquaza ate up his Sceptile. 1-0
Round 2 VS. Clay A.K.A. ~~Blazi-king~~
I had played him before at league going 1-1 against his Awesome blaze/magneton. I had a terrible opening hand. 1 rayquaza, 3 energy, 2 fossils, 1 town volunteers. Oh well. He got off Extremely quickly, like turn 5, he had that thing fully powered. Even with the bad start, I managed to take 4 of my prizes. to his 2. That is when things came to an abrupt end. HE SHAMANED ME! I was thinking good cause I needed a new hand anyways. I look at my hand and, Nothing but ENERGIES! CRAP! I managed to stay in for a few more turns but, my fossil engine had stalled. Good game Clay! I know you were worried! lol! 1-1
Round 3 VS. Robert
He was running a basic BAR deck. He starts out with 2 torchics. After mulliganing twice, I get an awesome hand. I laid a nincada, a Ray, and 3 fossils. Then I copcat his 7. SWEET! After the merry-go round was over, I had taken 3 Prizes. He had a fully powered rayquaza on the bench. I had a mysterious fossil with 2 energy on it sitting on the bench. I bring out my Rayquaza to kill his Ampharos knowing that he would bring out his ray to kill mine. This all went down just as I had planned, I took my fouth prize killing his Ampharos, He kills my Ray, I bring out the fossil lay down Aerodactyl and an energy for the win. 2-1
Round 4 VS. Austin 10-
This match was the most controvercial in the whole tourney! Austin had just beaten my son. Unfortunatly for him, Dad was next. He was playing a flygon, latios, latias deck. I get a basic start. He starts off with a trapinch and something else. After a few turns He brings up a fully powered Latios. Oh crap... Resistant to grass. I figured the only chance I have to win is knock this one out with Rayquaza. Thus leaving him out there for the Latias to eat. After I get the energy count where I need it I decide to start the BATTLE PHASE? lol! I bring out my Rayquaze with 1 electric energy attached. I attached a Multi energy to Ray EX and do Dragon Burst for 80. Giving me the KO against his Latios. Thats when it all came down. Austin called over a Judge stating that the attack only does 40. O.K now I knew that this was going to happen. So 3 days before the tourney I posted this very question in the Pokegym forums, Rayquaza Clarification needed. The judges ruled against me. They would only allow the attack to do 40. So, after making a fool of myself by losing my composure, I asked the judge If I would be allowed to restart my turn as it began. Since they really didn't know the ruling and it wasn't in the book (where they initially looked) they agreed. I was Really DISAPPOINTED that all the other players there would not come to the defense of the "Chicago boy" even though they knew the right answer!
Serious slops!
Anyhow, Ray came out ONE TURN LATER than originally planned and killed his latios. Ray went down himself, but Aerodactyl came in and cleaned up Latias and flygon for the win. I felt bad for the kid, he did have a very good deck. He took first though, so I dont feel too bad now. 3-1
Round 5 VS. Dana A.K.A MOB(something?)
What a fitting end to my day. I haven't played Dana since Gen-con. (Sorry again for that!) lol! I knew that if I won I would be in the top 8 for sure. so here we go. I get a descent start. He gets off fairly quickly wit h a deck Very similar to Clay's. After the merry-go round I take 3 of his prizes he kills my Ray quaza with a shard. (aerodactyl is in my prizes) . So this game is very close. He did play some Brineys and had a lot of damage on a few of his pokemon but he kept attacking with someone FRESH everytime. Good strategy! Then It Happened! AGAIN!!! HE SHAMANED ME! I look at my hand and, Nothing but ENERGIES! CRAP! I managed to stay in for a few more turns but, my fossil engine had stalled. Damn, how could this happen twice in the same day? Oh well, great game, Dana. Nice to get some redemtion I bet! lol (between us)
3-2
What a day. I was awaiting the standings. I took 10th overall. 1 person did get in with a 3-2 record but not me. my son went 2-3. He was too preoccupied with the game-boy. anyhow, Great tourney.
Props.....
Charles for holding these things....
Karen for knowing the ruling and explaining it!
All the newbies giving a CC a shot!
A very well run and organized tournament.
Jack-in-the-Box for giving me an extra burger!
Slops.....
All the players who knew the Ruling and just left me hanging. (You know who you are!)
Clay and Dana for beating me! lol!
DESERT SHAMAN! This killed me.
Evilcacturn666 for not betting his deck! lol (sorry bout' that)
Finding the Rayquaza ruling in the book. AFTER the match.
hope you all enjoyed this,
jimmy
P.S. I edited my Signature. Patriarch! lol!
jimmy
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Wish when I went 3-2 I'd gotten tenth.