Florida Masters Cities 2010
west Orlando (4-2 finish) 15th out of 45
Well the deck that I wanted to play had to be fun yet able to stand its own ground and had to be rogue because I like to be different. The sense of surprise really makes people misplay as well. I chose my teched version of HoPe which is a little different than most of the HoPe decks around. I did ok for not playing much. The last tourney I went to was states of last season. Be aware that this deck is for my metagame and takes a lot of practice. Good luck trying to win by netdecking this deck the night before a tourney XD.
My List: 22
2-1 blaziken FB X
1-1 staraptor FB X
1-1 banette PL (shuppet also PL)
2 honchkrow G
2 crobat G
1 weavile G
1 toxicroak G
1 skuntank G
1 dusknoir FB
1 ambipom G
1 promocroak G
1 roserade GL
1 bronzong G
1 sableye
1 azelf
1 unown Q
Trainers: 31
4 cyrus
4 poketurn
3 energy gain
3 sp radar
3 power spray
3 pokemon collector
2 bebes
2 aaron's
2 expert belt
1 pokemon contest hall
1 champion's room
1 department store girl
1 junk arm
1 twins
Energy:7
2 fire
2 psychic
2 dark
1 DCE
Round 1 vs gyarados - LOSS
I drew my cards and stared at the only 2 supporters which were both aaron's. I didn't get a honchkrow, weavile, or sableye start. Didn't pull another supporter or helping trainer for the rest of the game. He swept me.
Round 2 vs mamoswine/regigigas - WIN
I opened with blaziken and passed. He attaches to his lone swinub and passes. I notice I can donk, so I attach energy, energy gain and cyrus for sp radar for the blaziken FB X and KO. I realized later that the X was not needed.
Round 3 vs Absol prime/ gallade 4 spread - WIN
She had an OK start to my OK start. I sprayed 2 key cards which pretty much gave me the win. I swept her with blaziken FB X.
Round 4 vs Luxchomp w/ 1-1 dialga G X - WIN
He had a bad start with dialga G, but manages to deafen T1 as I set-up my staraptor for the supporters I need. He brings out luxray GL X to kill the staraptor. I then revenge kill with promocorak G. He took a risk by getting a garchomp C X with sp radar instead of a basic to get the garchomp next turn w/ collector because his only pokemon in play was dialga G X. He deafened. I flip heads on leap away, then OHKO with blaziken FB X for the game.
Round 5 - Luxchomp - LOSS
We both get good starts and we trade prizes for a while. He KOs my staraptor early then used lookers forcing me to play with a bad hand. The prizes were 1(me) and 2(him). He used portrait for 4 turns in a row and used twins for the 8 cards he needed. He picks off an ambipom w/ an expert belt.
Round 6 - Mewperior w/ infernape 4 and delcatty - WIN
He gets a good start and I get an Ok start as I set-up my staraptor and blaziken. We trade prizes as I KO his mews with shuppets w/ belts (because of snowpoint). We were down to 1-1 and it was my turn and it was the last of the 3 extra turns. I had a staraptor FB X active with an unown Q and energy on it from earlier, meaning I could not attach energy gain and I had no energy in my hand or on the field for bronzong G to move around. I draw my card and see that it is the only DCE that I have in my deck. I attach it. Poketurn and flash bite the active mew. Defog for the win.
I Check the standings, but unfortunately, I was one of the many 4-2 that did not make it. 3 or 4 did however make it in. So for all of you hating on HoPe, it can be a competitive deck and in one of the hardest metagames of all.
west Orlando (4-2 finish) 15th out of 45
Well the deck that I wanted to play had to be fun yet able to stand its own ground and had to be rogue because I like to be different. The sense of surprise really makes people misplay as well. I chose my teched version of HoPe which is a little different than most of the HoPe decks around. I did ok for not playing much. The last tourney I went to was states of last season. Be aware that this deck is for my metagame and takes a lot of practice. Good luck trying to win by netdecking this deck the night before a tourney XD.
My List: 22
2-1 blaziken FB X
1-1 staraptor FB X
1-1 banette PL (shuppet also PL)
2 honchkrow G
2 crobat G
1 weavile G
1 toxicroak G
1 skuntank G
1 dusknoir FB
1 ambipom G
1 promocroak G
1 roserade GL
1 bronzong G
1 sableye
1 azelf
1 unown Q
Trainers: 31
4 cyrus
4 poketurn
3 energy gain
3 sp radar
3 power spray
3 pokemon collector
2 bebes
2 aaron's
2 expert belt
1 pokemon contest hall
1 champion's room
1 department store girl
1 junk arm
1 twins
Energy:7
2 fire
2 psychic
2 dark
1 DCE
Round 1 vs gyarados - LOSS
I drew my cards and stared at the only 2 supporters which were both aaron's. I didn't get a honchkrow, weavile, or sableye start. Didn't pull another supporter or helping trainer for the rest of the game. He swept me.
Round 2 vs mamoswine/regigigas - WIN
I opened with blaziken and passed. He attaches to his lone swinub and passes. I notice I can donk, so I attach energy, energy gain and cyrus for sp radar for the blaziken FB X and KO. I realized later that the X was not needed.
Round 3 vs Absol prime/ gallade 4 spread - WIN
She had an OK start to my OK start. I sprayed 2 key cards which pretty much gave me the win. I swept her with blaziken FB X.
Round 4 vs Luxchomp w/ 1-1 dialga G X - WIN
He had a bad start with dialga G, but manages to deafen T1 as I set-up my staraptor for the supporters I need. He brings out luxray GL X to kill the staraptor. I then revenge kill with promocorak G. He took a risk by getting a garchomp C X with sp radar instead of a basic to get the garchomp next turn w/ collector because his only pokemon in play was dialga G X. He deafened. I flip heads on leap away, then OHKO with blaziken FB X for the game.
Round 5 - Luxchomp - LOSS
We both get good starts and we trade prizes for a while. He KOs my staraptor early then used lookers forcing me to play with a bad hand. The prizes were 1(me) and 2(him). He used portrait for 4 turns in a row and used twins for the 8 cards he needed. He picks off an ambipom w/ an expert belt.
Round 6 - Mewperior w/ infernape 4 and delcatty - WIN
He gets a good start and I get an Ok start as I set-up my staraptor and blaziken. We trade prizes as I KO his mews with shuppets w/ belts (because of snowpoint). We were down to 1-1 and it was my turn and it was the last of the 3 extra turns. I had a staraptor FB X active with an unown Q and energy on it from earlier, meaning I could not attach energy gain and I had no energy in my hand or on the field for bronzong G to move around. I draw my card and see that it is the only DCE that I have in my deck. I attach it. Poketurn and flash bite the active mew. Defog for the win.
I Check the standings, but unfortunately, I was one of the many 4-2 that did not make it. 3 or 4 did however make it in. So for all of you hating on HoPe, it can be a competitive deck and in one of the hardest metagames of all.
