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After 2 dissapointing Battle Roads in a row, I was determined to do some damage in my hometown BRs. Only problem, I only had the cards for GG and Beedrill. I also have like >9000 Secret Wonders Absols laying around, so i decide that's just how I want to run it. I know I can't beat Flygon, Gengar, Gyarados and Sps with my current, standard list. And that's pretty much my meta. So I start digging through all the possible techs. I can think of Dusknoir DP and Ditto to tilt the Flygon match-up. I just can't think of an anti Gyarados tech. The night before, I stumble across my old MT Honckrow and i think about the new one. I figure worst case, it combos well with Dusknoir DP. I figure Gengar is just my autoloss. So I stick it in and make this:
4-3-1 Gardevoir (all PT)
2 Gardevoir SW
1 Gallade
1 Gardevoir Lv.X
2-2 Claydol
1 Unown G
1 Azelf
3 Absol
1 Ditto
1-0-1 Dusknoir
1-1 Honckrow
Pokemon = 26
4 Call
5 Psychic
1 Rainbow
2 Upper
Energy = 12
4 Rare Candy
3 Team Galactic's Wager
3 Roseanne's
3 Bebe's
1 Palmers
1 Luxury Ball
3 Poke Radar
2 Warp Point
2 Moonlight
T/S/S = 22
I'm a little concerned that I don't have a way to get rid of Absols, other then sticking them under with Cosmic Power. But I go for it anyway.
Round 1 vs D. Strussers(sp?) w/Deck
So, this guy is new to the game, playing for his son. I'm not pleased about playing against someone I know will do poorly, but I try and be accomadating and freidnly. i win pretty easily, but a quick mamoswine on his part does cause a bit of a disturbance.
1-0
Round 2 vs Cory C. w/Gyarados(NO CLAYDOL/Luxray)
So I figure I know how this match is going to go. I take a quick prize of a psychic lock as I set-up the field how I want. He gets a Gyarados hitting for 60, but can't find a way to throw the last Karp. I take this time to set-up my web of anti-Gyarados hitting. I deliberately use Honckrow's power to grab a Karp, then retreat to Azelf. He here manages to hit one more Karp down and hits for 60. I send in Krow again, with moonlight out use the power retreat for free and level up to Gardevoir Lv.x. I manage to have it so that every turn, he can do 30 damage, and every turn, I use Teleportation, Dark Restorer, Moonlight and Bring Down, taking 5 straight prizes in that way. he attempts to KO my benched Pokemon whom I didn't need, which was fine by me. The last turn he played down a full bench so my Bring down wouldn't work. I whip out a 1-0-1 Noir with the Cnady and end the game by bouncing his Registeel and bringing back one last Karp. GG Cory, but I found my groove against Gyara.
2-0
Round 3 vs OZZY w/Flygon/Gardevoir
We joke around before and during the game, but to be honest, this isn't a game. my prizes are : Gardevoir, Gardevoir, Gardevoir, Gallade, Luxury Ball, Rare Candy. And he's Psychic Locking me T4 on. I tried to fight back, but that didn't really work. I figure i'm still up in the air to be one of the 3-1's to make it as I wait for my paraings.
Round 4 vs Joseph R w/Deck
So I get paird down. Greeeeat. I figure this is where my Battle Road ends. I try to be nice, but I just sweep him with 6 straight Kos. Not even a challenge. I feel like I haven't played any games today. Gyarados was semi-stragical, but it was such a mindless web, it was more of an autowin then a match. I end up playing against the two lowest ranked players.
So our Number 1 Junior lent me a Ditto before the event, and right before they call master standings, she has to take it back to replace the Lucario Gl her brother never rewrote. I say "Now that I have an illegal decklist, i'm sure they'll say I got 4th."
What do you know? 4th I get.
Top 4 vs Dillon M. W/Gengar
So I figure I have no chance here. That is, until I sack a terrible set-up and Dusknoir his Gengar. Then use Honckrow/Dusknoir to put away his Claydol adn Psychic Lock him. I manage to keep control this entire game, with a Guarded Claydol, hitting what I need where i need. I eventually drop a Ditto and use Poltergiest out of nowhere (thank you PT Gardevoir
) to get a surprise KO, and he flips tails. I let Krow take the fall here to increase my lead, and just manage to solidly 2-0 him.
Game 2, I know I HAVE to play prize denial. And that's what I do. I hit his first Gengar with a ballsy Galalde and get the tail flip off FS. I smile until I see I flipped 3 trainers with Gallade. I'm forced to take a facedown one (which is a Bebe's, GREAT). That was the one time I had a trainer in my hand though. with Cosmic Power and Telepassing bebe's, I keep my hand on a 0 trainer count. He tries to OHKO my Gardevoir Lv.X when I have 6 cards and I flash him a handful of energy and Pokemon, then take a KO. It ends with him taking 3 prizes, so I win.
GG Dillon. btu it's on to Top 2 for me1 And I play again...
Dejohne (mustard ) w/Gengar/Luxray GL/Garchomp
So I'm kicking myself for not making a deck with a better Gengar match-up. I figure that with my lonely Unown G, he'll win this.
Game 1, I start fierce with Absol discards, and make him KO it in 3 turns with Bites. I then go for some Kos with Gallade without needing to flip prizes. He sends in a Gengar, adn I go ballsout and kill it again, he gets tails. He gets another one out and I kill it with Ditto, this time lossing him to Fainting Spell. I manage to use Dusknoir and Psychic Lock to just overwhelm him. He ended up with a field looking like Garchomp C Lv.x, Crobat, Azelf and nothing else, retreating between Chomp, Bat and PokeTurning them. But I refuse to break my Lock, adn he doesn't have the energy for it.
Game 2, I start off strong, but i faulter. He gets a better lead with Luxray smacking around my Gardevoir. I again agrro Gallade for 2 prizes, but his Gengar gets a Fainting Spell. This gets intense, as I start hitting him with pretty much everything I have. Other then, Claydol. I don't guard Claydol this game, adn it costs me. I fail to notice how sevre my 1-1 Dol line being prized is until I have to solid draw function. I just couldn't keep up, and he takes 4 prizes and a Fainting Spell flip to get the lead and sudden death. I figure that given my deck needs Upper to work, i'm screwed.
Game 3. He starts with Uxie. I figure i get to choose to go first or second, and find out I'm wrong. I get the luck of going first, attaching to ralts and passing. he hits me for 30 with Uxie. here I know, I'm in trouble. I attach an energy to another Ralts, and Rare Candy into a Telepass Gardevoir. I manage to get some Kirlias and Claydol built up too. I retreat to somethign undamaged. He grabs a Lucario GL and an Uxie, and I realize, that with my Gardevoir sitting there, he can OHKO me with Uxie X. He goes through 4 cards with Uxie, but doesn't get Preimer ball or Uxie X, so he attacks for 40 and attaches energy elsewhere, retreats and is done. I make a boss move of dropping my PT Gardevoir, moving a rainbow and Psychic to it, and using the Lucario GL on his bench to score an OHKO with a warp Point. So I beat Gengar/Luxray in sudden death. And the whole thing
Props ~
Telepass. SOOO good
My epic tech success
Winning
Decent record for once!
Clint, Ozzy, etc
People who let me borrow cards
Getting a Dusknoir DP2 FINALLY
Absol
Ditto
HONCHKROW <3
Slops ~
Clint hating his deck choice
All attackers prized against Ozzy xD
Pairing down :nonono:
So many whiffs during my games
Junky packs
No marvin
New format next event, so i'll have to REtech D:
4-3-1 Gardevoir (all PT)
2 Gardevoir SW
1 Gallade
1 Gardevoir Lv.X
2-2 Claydol
1 Unown G
1 Azelf
3 Absol
1 Ditto
1-0-1 Dusknoir
1-1 Honckrow
Pokemon = 26
4 Call
5 Psychic
1 Rainbow
2 Upper
Energy = 12
4 Rare Candy
3 Team Galactic's Wager
3 Roseanne's
3 Bebe's
1 Palmers
1 Luxury Ball
3 Poke Radar
2 Warp Point
2 Moonlight
T/S/S = 22
I'm a little concerned that I don't have a way to get rid of Absols, other then sticking them under with Cosmic Power. But I go for it anyway.
Round 1 vs D. Strussers(sp?) w/Deck
So, this guy is new to the game, playing for his son. I'm not pleased about playing against someone I know will do poorly, but I try and be accomadating and freidnly. i win pretty easily, but a quick mamoswine on his part does cause a bit of a disturbance.
1-0
Round 2 vs Cory C. w/Gyarados(NO CLAYDOL/Luxray)
So I figure I know how this match is going to go. I take a quick prize of a psychic lock as I set-up the field how I want. He gets a Gyarados hitting for 60, but can't find a way to throw the last Karp. I take this time to set-up my web of anti-Gyarados hitting. I deliberately use Honckrow's power to grab a Karp, then retreat to Azelf. He here manages to hit one more Karp down and hits for 60. I send in Krow again, with moonlight out use the power retreat for free and level up to Gardevoir Lv.x. I manage to have it so that every turn, he can do 30 damage, and every turn, I use Teleportation, Dark Restorer, Moonlight and Bring Down, taking 5 straight prizes in that way. he attempts to KO my benched Pokemon whom I didn't need, which was fine by me. The last turn he played down a full bench so my Bring down wouldn't work. I whip out a 1-0-1 Noir with the Cnady and end the game by bouncing his Registeel and bringing back one last Karp. GG Cory, but I found my groove against Gyara.
2-0
Round 3 vs OZZY w/Flygon/Gardevoir
We joke around before and during the game, but to be honest, this isn't a game. my prizes are : Gardevoir, Gardevoir, Gardevoir, Gallade, Luxury Ball, Rare Candy. And he's Psychic Locking me T4 on. I tried to fight back, but that didn't really work. I figure i'm still up in the air to be one of the 3-1's to make it as I wait for my paraings.
Round 4 vs Joseph R w/Deck
So I get paird down. Greeeeat. I figure this is where my Battle Road ends. I try to be nice, but I just sweep him with 6 straight Kos. Not even a challenge. I feel like I haven't played any games today. Gyarados was semi-stragical, but it was such a mindless web, it was more of an autowin then a match. I end up playing against the two lowest ranked players.
So our Number 1 Junior lent me a Ditto before the event, and right before they call master standings, she has to take it back to replace the Lucario Gl her brother never rewrote. I say "Now that I have an illegal decklist, i'm sure they'll say I got 4th."
What do you know? 4th I get.
Top 4 vs Dillon M. W/Gengar
So I figure I have no chance here. That is, until I sack a terrible set-up and Dusknoir his Gengar. Then use Honckrow/Dusknoir to put away his Claydol adn Psychic Lock him. I manage to keep control this entire game, with a Guarded Claydol, hitting what I need where i need. I eventually drop a Ditto and use Poltergiest out of nowhere (thank you PT Gardevoir
) to get a surprise KO, and he flips tails. I let Krow take the fall here to increase my lead, and just manage to solidly 2-0 him.Game 2, I know I HAVE to play prize denial. And that's what I do. I hit his first Gengar with a ballsy Galalde and get the tail flip off FS. I smile until I see I flipped 3 trainers with Gallade. I'm forced to take a facedown one (which is a Bebe's, GREAT). That was the one time I had a trainer in my hand though. with Cosmic Power and Telepassing bebe's, I keep my hand on a 0 trainer count. He tries to OHKO my Gardevoir Lv.X when I have 6 cards and I flash him a handful of energy and Pokemon, then take a KO. It ends with him taking 3 prizes, so I win.
GG Dillon. btu it's on to Top 2 for me1 And I play again...
Dejohne (mustard
) w/Gengar/Luxray GL/GarchompSo I'm kicking myself for not making a deck with a better Gengar match-up. I figure that with my lonely Unown G, he'll win this.
Game 1, I start fierce with Absol discards, and make him KO it in 3 turns with Bites. I then go for some Kos with Gallade without needing to flip prizes. He sends in a Gengar, adn I go ballsout and kill it again, he gets tails. He gets another one out and I kill it with Ditto, this time lossing him to Fainting Spell. I manage to use Dusknoir and Psychic Lock to just overwhelm him. He ended up with a field looking like Garchomp C Lv.x, Crobat, Azelf and nothing else, retreating between Chomp, Bat and PokeTurning them. But I refuse to break my Lock, adn he doesn't have the energy for it.
Game 2, I start off strong, but i faulter. He gets a better lead with Luxray smacking around my Gardevoir. I again agrro Gallade for 2 prizes, but his Gengar gets a Fainting Spell. This gets intense, as I start hitting him with pretty much everything I have. Other then, Claydol. I don't guard Claydol this game, adn it costs me. I fail to notice how sevre my 1-1 Dol line being prized is until I have to solid draw function. I just couldn't keep up, and he takes 4 prizes and a Fainting Spell flip to get the lead and sudden death. I figure that given my deck needs Upper to work, i'm screwed.
Game 3. He starts with Uxie. I figure i get to choose to go first or second, and find out I'm wrong. I get the luck of going first, attaching to ralts and passing. he hits me for 30 with Uxie. here I know, I'm in trouble. I attach an energy to another Ralts, and Rare Candy into a Telepass Gardevoir. I manage to get some Kirlias and Claydol built up too. I retreat to somethign undamaged. He grabs a Lucario GL and an Uxie, and I realize, that with my Gardevoir sitting there, he can OHKO me with Uxie X. He goes through 4 cards with Uxie, but doesn't get Preimer ball or Uxie X, so he attacks for 40 and attaches energy elsewhere, retreats and is done. I make a boss move of dropping my PT Gardevoir, moving a rainbow and Psychic to it, and using the Lucario GL on his bench to score an OHKO with a warp Point. So I beat Gengar/Luxray in sudden death. And the whole thing
Props ~
Telepass. SOOO good
My epic tech success
Winning
Decent record for once!
Clint, Ozzy, etc
People who let me borrow cards
Getting a Dusknoir DP2 FINALLY
Absol
Ditto
HONCHKROW <3
Slops ~
Clint hating his deck choice
All attackers prized against Ozzy xD
Pairing down :nonono:
So many whiffs during my games
Junky packs
No marvin
New format next event, so i'll have to REtech D:
