So today was my local prerelease at my own city, Des Plaines (hosts of Illinois States, hell yeaaaahhhh!!!). Anyway, with nothing to add except to say that about 80 people came, here's what happened.
Pulls-
I went with 4 friends, and 3 of them sat by me during opening. One of my best friends pulled a FA Mewtwo in his first pack, making us all rage, of course. Then my other friend pulled a Shaymin FA and the guy in front of me got a Reshiram EX. So my hopes aren't very high at this point, until... Secret Rare Chandelure! And our other friend pulled the Secret Zoroark. Our 4th friend pulled crap, though, so I'm sorry for her.
In general, I had decent pulls, minus the EXs I didn't get, such as:
Gardevoir
Skyarrow Bridge
Pokemon Center
DCE
Prism
Musharna
Moltres
I know I'm missing something, but whatever. Off to the battles. My lines were horribly flimsy, with 1-2-1 of Chandy, 2-1-1 of Gardevoir, but I did have good searching stuff.
In my first battle, we were about even, but I slowly built up into Chandelure as Moltres started off. He used Zebstrika snipe attack to take out Moltres instead of Lampent, giving me time for Chandelure. Despite it not having energy for 3-5 turns, I used Cursed Shadow for a few KOs while he desperately put me to sleep with Jigglypuff. Finally I got my energy up and won.
1-0
My second battle was against the dad of Wesley P, the 6th best Junior in the world ATM (had no idea till today). He was the guy who pulled Reshiram EX earlier, but he was unable to get it in our battle. Finally I got Chandelure, picked off his Zebstrika with Cursed Shadow, and KOd his basic for the win.
(Later we had a fun battle where we both got full setups. At least, the best you can get at prereleases. I think I was moments from losing with only a Lampent out, and he said "I don't think you can win unless you topdeck Chandelure." I drew Chandelure...)
2-0
Last battle was against Adam Kiebler, if I remember his name correctly. It was a decent battle, but he got his Zekrom out, and I couldn't get Chandelure, so it ended quickly.
2-1
All in all, awesome prerelease. The friend who got the Mewtwo FA also pulled a Kyurem EX in his 2 packs, making us want to kill him... Still, great day.
Pulls-
I went with 4 friends, and 3 of them sat by me during opening. One of my best friends pulled a FA Mewtwo in his first pack, making us all rage, of course. Then my other friend pulled a Shaymin FA and the guy in front of me got a Reshiram EX. So my hopes aren't very high at this point, until... Secret Rare Chandelure! And our other friend pulled the Secret Zoroark. Our 4th friend pulled crap, though, so I'm sorry for her.
In general, I had decent pulls, minus the EXs I didn't get, such as:
Gardevoir
Skyarrow Bridge
Pokemon Center
DCE
Prism
Musharna
Moltres
I know I'm missing something, but whatever. Off to the battles. My lines were horribly flimsy, with 1-2-1 of Chandy, 2-1-1 of Gardevoir, but I did have good searching stuff.
In my first battle, we were about even, but I slowly built up into Chandelure as Moltres started off. He used Zebstrika snipe attack to take out Moltres instead of Lampent, giving me time for Chandelure. Despite it not having energy for 3-5 turns, I used Cursed Shadow for a few KOs while he desperately put me to sleep with Jigglypuff. Finally I got my energy up and won.
1-0
My second battle was against the dad of Wesley P, the 6th best Junior in the world ATM (had no idea till today). He was the guy who pulled Reshiram EX earlier, but he was unable to get it in our battle. Finally I got Chandelure, picked off his Zebstrika with Cursed Shadow, and KOd his basic for the win.
(Later we had a fun battle where we both got full setups. At least, the best you can get at prereleases. I think I was moments from losing with only a Lampent out, and he said "I don't think you can win unless you topdeck Chandelure." I drew Chandelure...)
2-0
Last battle was against Adam Kiebler, if I remember his name correctly. It was a decent battle, but he got his Zekrom out, and I couldn't get Chandelure, so it ended quickly.
2-1
All in all, awesome prerelease. The friend who got the Mewtwo FA also pulled a Kyurem EX in his 2 packs, making us want to kill him... Still, great day.