Santa Clara BR: 5th, no CP
Norcal Regionals: 38th? no CP
Norcal Regionals: 38th? no CP
So i wake up, eat, play wii, pack, and leave.
5 rounds
T4
18 players
I intend to use the list again. Deck was Mewtwo/Bouffalant/Eelektrik.
R1 vs Person with New Player Deck
I KO two 60HP with Mewtwo.
1-0
R2 vs KoN's little brother with Hydreigon/Darkrai/Cresselia
He gets Cressy start to my Mewtwo and has to Juniper away a lot of stuff early. I put something on a Mewtwo, get my Tynamos down (I typically aim for two and am thrilled at three) and do not attack. He drops Hydreigon and Computer Searches for a Dark Patch to KO my Mewtwo... whoops, it's prized. His game falls apart and i wreck what he has of a setup.
2-0
R3 vs Person with Keldeo
I use Catchers by Skyla (every time i play skyla i say "Skyla use Fly) to KO all his squirtles and he cannot consistently attack.
3-0
R4 vs Leo Orozco with Darkrai/Mewtwo/Bouffalant
Game progresses normally until he starts playing Hammers. As annoying as it is my Junipers pop up where I want them and the game is mine.
4-0
R5 vs Jay Yezzo-Lewis with Darkrai/Landorus/Mewtwo.
Going in I assumed I had an autoloss against this deck.
I can't remember how but i won.
TOP CUT (seed number:1)
T4 vs Leo again
W-L-W
Again my Junipers fall where they are needed and i emerge victorious.
T2 vs Jay again
W-W
I get good all around draw/setup and use Bouffalant and my 3 Max Potion to buy time for big moves.
So I won...
I guess i got 50 CP but I don't go to enough tournaments to care too much. I can't even see myself on the P!P rankings. I don't know what it is.
In my 18 packs i get White Kyurem EX, Gold Potion, Dusknoir, and 3 Skyla.
There is no props/slops section because my only slops are meaty and gistica not being able to come.
5 rounds
T4
18 players
I intend to use the list again. Deck was Mewtwo/Bouffalant/Eelektrik.
R1 vs Person with New Player Deck
I KO two 60HP with Mewtwo.
1-0
R2 vs KoN's little brother with Hydreigon/Darkrai/Cresselia
He gets Cressy start to my Mewtwo and has to Juniper away a lot of stuff early. I put something on a Mewtwo, get my Tynamos down (I typically aim for two and am thrilled at three) and do not attack. He drops Hydreigon and Computer Searches for a Dark Patch to KO my Mewtwo... whoops, it's prized. His game falls apart and i wreck what he has of a setup.
2-0
R3 vs Person with Keldeo
I use Catchers by Skyla (every time i play skyla i say "Skyla use Fly) to KO all his squirtles and he cannot consistently attack.
3-0
R4 vs Leo Orozco with Darkrai/Mewtwo/Bouffalant
Game progresses normally until he starts playing Hammers. As annoying as it is my Junipers pop up where I want them and the game is mine.
4-0
R5 vs Jay Yezzo-Lewis with Darkrai/Landorus/Mewtwo.
Going in I assumed I had an autoloss against this deck.
I can't remember how but i won.
TOP CUT (seed number:1)
T4 vs Leo again
W-L-W
Again my Junipers fall where they are needed and i emerge victorious.
T2 vs Jay again
W-W
I get good all around draw/setup and use Bouffalant and my 3 Max Potion to buy time for big moves.
So I won...
I guess i got 50 CP but I don't go to enough tournaments to care too much. I can't even see myself on the P!P rankings. I don't know what it is.
In my 18 packs i get White Kyurem EX, Gold Potion, Dusknoir, and 3 Skyla.
There is no props/slops section because my only slops are meaty and gistica not being able to come.
I get there and get registered. I'm playing Darkrai EX/Hammers/Terrakion.
R1 vs RayEel
I manage to get the Eels down so the match is pretty easy. The only annoying part is when he keeps N'ing me to 1 after I Junk Hunt. Due to this it takes me some time to...
W
1-0
R2 vs Landorus/Mewtwo (Ziggmiceter on 6P)
I miss some crucial Hammer flips and Gold Potion is a complete troll.
L
1-1
R3 vs Mewtwo/Eel
He gets a quick Mewtwo but I'm able to take it out, and use Terrakion to get rid of his multiple large {L} EXs.
W
2-1
R4 vs Hydreigon (Emily Cheng's older sister)
I manage to win BARELY. Her start was TERRIBLE, which basically states that I missed Hammer flips if I barely won.
W
3-1
R5 vs Weird Eels
Two prizes left for me and four for him. I accidentally flip the bottom card of my deck while counting cards in deck. Judge gives prize loss.
L
3-2
Meh...
Bringing back Mewtwo/Eel.
T4 was 2 Keldeo, a RayEel, and a Landorus/Mewtwo. The Keldeo won the T4 matches, I don't know who won.
LIST FOR HAMMERS
3 Sableye DEX
3 Darkrai EX promo
1 Mewtwo EX NXD
1 Terrakion NVI
1 Potion
4 Professor Juniper
4 N
2 Bianca
2 Random Receiver
4 Ultra Ball
4 Dark Patch
4 Energy Switch
2 Eviolite
4 Crushing Hammer
1 Enhanced Hammer
1 Tool Scrapper
1 Switch
4 Pokemon Catcher
1 Computer Search
10 {D}
3 {F}
R1 vs RayEel
I manage to get the Eels down so the match is pretty easy. The only annoying part is when he keeps N'ing me to 1 after I Junk Hunt. Due to this it takes me some time to...
W
1-0
R2 vs Landorus/Mewtwo (Ziggmiceter on 6P)
I miss some crucial Hammer flips and Gold Potion is a complete troll.
L
1-1
R3 vs Mewtwo/Eel
He gets a quick Mewtwo but I'm able to take it out, and use Terrakion to get rid of his multiple large {L} EXs.
W
2-1
R4 vs Hydreigon (Emily Cheng's older sister)
I manage to win BARELY. Her start was TERRIBLE, which basically states that I missed Hammer flips if I barely won.
W
3-1
R5 vs Weird Eels
Two prizes left for me and four for him. I accidentally flip the bottom card of my deck while counting cards in deck. Judge gives prize loss.
L
3-2
Meh...
Bringing back Mewtwo/Eel.
T4 was 2 Keldeo, a RayEel, and a Landorus/Mewtwo. The Keldeo won the T4 matches, I don't know who won.
LIST FOR HAMMERS
3 Sableye DEX
3 Darkrai EX promo
1 Mewtwo EX NXD
1 Terrakion NVI
1 Potion
4 Professor Juniper
4 N
2 Bianca
2 Random Receiver
4 Ultra Ball
4 Dark Patch
4 Energy Switch
2 Eviolite
4 Crushing Hammer
1 Enhanced Hammer
1 Tool Scrapper
1 Switch
4 Pokemon Catcher
1 Computer Search
10 {D}
3 {F}
I get there and get registered.
DECK
3 Ho-Oh EX
2 Mewtwo EX
1 Terrakion
1 Sigilyph
1 Tornadus EX
4 DCE
3 Fighting
2 Psychic
1 Grass
1 Water
1 Fire
1 Lightning
1 Dark
4 Professor Juniper
4 N
3 Bianca
1 Skyla
3 Potion
3 Eviolite
2 Super Scoop Up
1 Tool Scrapper
4 Pokemon Catcher
3 Switch
1 Computer Search
1 Skyarrow Bridge
4 Energy Switch
4 Ultra Ball
R1 vs zapper1998 w/ Darkrai/Mewtwo/Bouffalant.
He N's me into absolute junk.
0-1
R2 vs Hydreigon
I KO all his Deino.
1-1
R3 vs Darkrai/Terrakion
I win fairly easily.
2-1
R4 vs Keeper of Night's little brother with Eels.
I win somehow.
3-1
R5 vs Gistica w/ Hydreigon EX
He runs two Keldeo. Need I say more?
3-2
I get 6th. Gistica and Keeper of Night topped. When I left it looked like Keeper was winning and Gistica was losing.
(later: Gistica won, KoN in second.)
DECK
3 Ho-Oh EX
2 Mewtwo EX
1 Terrakion
1 Sigilyph
1 Tornadus EX
4 DCE
3 Fighting
2 Psychic
1 Grass
1 Water
1 Fire
1 Lightning
1 Dark
4 Professor Juniper
4 N
3 Bianca
1 Skyla
3 Potion
3 Eviolite
2 Super Scoop Up
1 Tool Scrapper
4 Pokemon Catcher
3 Switch
1 Computer Search
1 Skyarrow Bridge
4 Energy Switch
4 Ultra Ball
R1 vs zapper1998 w/ Darkrai/Mewtwo/Bouffalant.
He N's me into absolute junk.
0-1
R2 vs Hydreigon
I KO all his Deino.
1-1
R3 vs Darkrai/Terrakion
I win fairly easily.
2-1
R4 vs Keeper of Night's little brother with Eels.
I win somehow.
3-1
R5 vs Gistica w/ Hydreigon EX
He runs two Keldeo. Need I say more?
3-2
I get 6th. Gistica and Keeper of Night topped. When I left it looked like Keeper was winning and Gistica was losing.
(later: Gistica won, KoN in second.)
I am playing this.
3 Darkrai EX
2 Mewtwo EX
2 Tornadus EX
2 Terrakion
1 Landorus EX
1 Bouffalant
8 Dark
2 Prism
2 Fighting
4 DCE
The trainer line had Aspertia in it.
R1 vs New player
I win.
R2 vs... hm. I don't know, I won.
R3 vs Troy Obernolte with Darkrai/Mewtwo/things
It takes me about 6 turns, but since both of us have been drawing dead, I load up a Terrakion and win.
3-0
R4 vs Dane Carlson with Hammertime/Fighting.
I am able to keep attacking and win.
R5 vs Taret Rohovic with Vileplume/Keldeo/Terrakion EX/Celebi/Meloetta.
He ran Tropical Beach, 4 of each Blend, 4 DCE, and Town Map.
He takes the following KOs.
-Meloetta for 340 for one on four energy Mewtwo
-Keldeo for 200 on Landorus
-Terrakion EX for 200 on Darkrai.
Well, that was fun...
R6 vs Collin Coyle Brinkmeyer with Mewtwo Eels.
He takes four prizes with Bouffalant as I go on a five turn supporter drought. When I finally hit the Juniper I get no energy and pick up my cards in disgust.
4-2
R7 vs Blair Cardiel with Keldeo EX/Blastoise/Sigilyph.
Another five turn supporter drought is enough to keep me out of top.
4-3, 21st place.
I pulled absolute junk in my packs. I had fun, but my luck in the last two rounds was terrible.
3 Darkrai EX
2 Mewtwo EX
2 Tornadus EX
2 Terrakion
1 Landorus EX
1 Bouffalant
8 Dark
2 Prism
2 Fighting
4 DCE
The trainer line had Aspertia in it.
R1 vs New player
I win.
R2 vs... hm. I don't know, I won.
R3 vs Troy Obernolte with Darkrai/Mewtwo/things
It takes me about 6 turns, but since both of us have been drawing dead, I load up a Terrakion and win.
3-0
R4 vs Dane Carlson with Hammertime/Fighting.
I am able to keep attacking and win.
R5 vs Taret Rohovic with Vileplume/Keldeo/Terrakion EX/Celebi/Meloetta.
He ran Tropical Beach, 4 of each Blend, 4 DCE, and Town Map.
He takes the following KOs.
-Meloetta for 340 for one on four energy Mewtwo
-Keldeo for 200 on Landorus
-Terrakion EX for 200 on Darkrai.
Well, that was fun...
R6 vs Collin Coyle Brinkmeyer with Mewtwo Eels.
He takes four prizes with Bouffalant as I go on a five turn supporter drought. When I finally hit the Juniper I get no energy and pick up my cards in disgust.
4-2
R7 vs Blair Cardiel with Keldeo EX/Blastoise/Sigilyph.
Another five turn supporter drought is enough to keep me out of top.
4-3, 21st place.
I pulled absolute junk in my packs. I had fun, but my luck in the last two rounds was terrible.
So I know that today is very casual so I'm just gonna relax, enjoy myself, and maybe get some good cards.
I get there and get registered, meet various people from various forums, and get my packs.
While I pull no EXs I pull an RH Plasma Klinklang, an RH Manaphy, and... a Heatmor.
Nothing else to do but
1 Durant (the one with the search attack)
1 Heatmor
38 Fire Energy.
Yup.
I make the deck and wait.
R1 vs zapper1998 with no EXs
(I'm only going to list the notable cards. I didn't see enough of his deck to say anything.)
He cannot draw another basic and I 200 his Chimchar T3.
1-0.
R2 vs Person with Haven't the Foggiest
2-0.
R3. See above. My memory is terrible.
3-0.
R4. My memory is not good at all.
3-1.
R5 vs Emily Cheng with a deck with HTL in it.
She plays the HTL and easily KOs my Heatmor.
R6 vs Someone with Cobalion EX.
Again, they cannot draw enough basics and lose.
4-2, 4th.
Afterwards I do some trading.
My list of spoils:
1 RH Manaphy
1 Ether
1 Ludicolo (AW YEAH)
1 Zekrom NXD (trade)
2 Escape Rope (1 off trade)
2 Colress Machine
1 Colress (not FA)
1 Team Plasma Grunt
1 Rotom
1 Plasma Frigate
1 Klinklang BW (trade)
1 Magnezone Plasma RH (trade)
1 Plasma Energy (trade)
aaaand...
2 Crobat (1 PR promo)
1 Articuno EX
2 Klinklang Plasma
1 Hypnotoxic Laser (trade)
Awesome, awesome day.
I get there and get registered, meet various people from various forums, and get my packs.
While I pull no EXs I pull an RH Plasma Klinklang, an RH Manaphy, and... a Heatmor.
Nothing else to do but
1 Durant (the one with the search attack)
1 Heatmor
38 Fire Energy.
Yup.
I make the deck and wait.
R1 vs zapper1998 with no EXs
(I'm only going to list the notable cards. I didn't see enough of his deck to say anything.)
He cannot draw another basic and I 200 his Chimchar T3.
1-0.
R2 vs Person with Haven't the Foggiest
2-0.
R3. See above. My memory is terrible.
3-0.
R4. My memory is not good at all.
3-1.
R5 vs Emily Cheng with a deck with HTL in it.
She plays the HTL and easily KOs my Heatmor.
R6 vs Someone with Cobalion EX.
Again, they cannot draw enough basics and lose.
4-2, 4th.
Afterwards I do some trading.
My list of spoils:
1 RH Manaphy
1 Ether
1 Ludicolo (AW YEAH)
1 Zekrom NXD (trade)
2 Escape Rope (1 off trade)
2 Colress Machine
1 Colress (not FA)
1 Team Plasma Grunt
1 Rotom
1 Plasma Frigate
1 Klinklang BW (trade)
1 Magnezone Plasma RH (trade)
1 Plasma Energy (trade)
aaaand...
2 Crobat (1 PR promo)
1 Articuno EX
2 Klinklang Plasma
1 Hypnotoxic Laser (trade)
Awesome, awesome day.
So I get there at a decent time, and expect to be playing in Masters, but no, Seniors. I guess the shop is ignoring the changeover.
20-some seniors
5 rounds
I get my packs and open them. The main pull is a Scoop Up Cyclone, but I also get a Kangaskhan, a Tropius, and some other stuff. I build the following.
1 Kangaskhan
1 Sawk
1 Tropius
1 Uxie (FANTASTIC)
1 Houndour
1 Suicune
1 Chatot
1 Caitlin
1 Ultra Ball
1 Energy Retreival
1 Scoop Up Cyclone
12 Grass
9 Psychic
8 Water
I test it a bit (run through the motions) and it works well. The tournament begins.
R1, 2, 3: all W
I don't remember anything particular from the plot, but I do remember doing the following:
Using Psypower to great effect
-Psypowering something until it could be KO'd otherwise and then focusing on something else.
Sawking several Ursarings to death
Using Houndour once and Chatot not at all
Suicune stalling once
R4 vs PieterPie with Dialga EX
His deck is Dialga EX, Kangaskhan, and Uxie. I start Kanga and get Suicune down, but he Comet Punches for a while avoiding being locked. When I have exhausted his resources (my Kanga and Uxie KO'd his Kanga and Uxie) I pick up the only other Pokemon I have, Kangaskhan, with Scoop Up Cyclone and that's the game.
4-0
R5 vs something with Palkia EX
He's also using the Water stage 1's and Ursaring. I believe I start Uxie and Psypower spam while developing other things. Once Kanga hits the field I get Suicune down, and I do eventually win. He didn't seem to know what he was doing.
5-0
And I won. I played in the afterdraft. I lost the first two for ridiculous reasons (I pulled a Genesect. That Genesect was KO'd once by a Mirror stall and once by a PORYGON.) In the third, the junior I'm playing has Mirror'd Sawk and the game, but when I promote my Genesect and say, "Your turn" he thinks I attacked, and insists that he loses even though he doesn't. OK...
I had a lot of fun and got great pulls. Thanks for reading.
20-some seniors
5 rounds
I get my packs and open them. The main pull is a Scoop Up Cyclone, but I also get a Kangaskhan, a Tropius, and some other stuff. I build the following.
1 Kangaskhan
1 Sawk
1 Tropius
1 Uxie (FANTASTIC)
1 Houndour
1 Suicune
1 Chatot
1 Caitlin
1 Ultra Ball
1 Energy Retreival
1 Scoop Up Cyclone
12 Grass
9 Psychic
8 Water
I test it a bit (run through the motions) and it works well. The tournament begins.
R1, 2, 3: all W
I don't remember anything particular from the plot, but I do remember doing the following:
Using Psypower to great effect
-Psypowering something until it could be KO'd otherwise and then focusing on something else.
Sawking several Ursarings to death
Using Houndour once and Chatot not at all
Suicune stalling once
R4 vs PieterPie with Dialga EX
His deck is Dialga EX, Kangaskhan, and Uxie. I start Kanga and get Suicune down, but he Comet Punches for a while avoiding being locked. When I have exhausted his resources (my Kanga and Uxie KO'd his Kanga and Uxie) I pick up the only other Pokemon I have, Kangaskhan, with Scoop Up Cyclone and that's the game.
4-0
R5 vs something with Palkia EX
He's also using the Water stage 1's and Ursaring. I believe I start Uxie and Psypower spam while developing other things. Once Kanga hits the field I get Suicune down, and I do eventually win. He didn't seem to know what he was doing.
5-0
And I won. I played in the afterdraft. I lost the first two for ridiculous reasons (I pulled a Genesect. That Genesect was KO'd once by a Mirror stall and once by a PORYGON.) In the third, the junior I'm playing has Mirror'd Sawk and the game, but when I promote my Genesect and say, "Your turn" he thinks I attacked, and insists that he loses even though he doesn't. OK...
I had a lot of fun and got great pulls. Thanks for reading.
