Hello beach people I thought I may as well write about my Furious Fists prerelease report so hopefully it is at least a little entertaining. This was my first prerelease since Legendary Treasures and it was also my first tournament as a Master.
Previous to this tournament I had traded a couple sealed booster boxes for a lot of store credit so I was happy to find out I could use store credit instead of paying 30$ (in which case I would not have played)
This is what I pulled:
1st pack- nothing
2nd pack- nothing
3rd pack- nothing
4th pack- nothing
5th pack- nothing
6th pack- Dragonite EX non-FA
Not horrible but not spectacular.
After a while contemplating my cards and trying to cram everything into my deck, I decided to just cut the crap and run Big Basics. My list looked something like this:
1 Dragonite EX
1 Thundurus
1 Emolga
1 Hitmonlee
1 Hitmontop
1 Makuhita
2 Golett
2 Magmar
2 Skorupi
12 Pokemon
1 Mountain Ring (to counter Training Center)
1 Full Heal
(some more that I forgot)
And the rest was a bizarre combination of 5 basic energy types and a Strong energy.
Strong Energy was the only fighting support I got.
Round 1 vs. Fighting.dek
This round they handed out Machamp Promos and I fortunately got two by mistake!
My opponent started Hawlucha EX and got a hairyama quickly as well, but my Big Basics were fast and applied pressure quickly. She did not get any fighting energies for awhile so Hawlucha EX was not a problem, but if it was I had Dedenne sitting on the bench to deal with it. I swept with Hitmonlee and Golett I think.
1-0
Round 2 vs. Scrub.Hitmontop.dek
This round was against a kid younger than me who was small and had a squeaky voice so I doubt he was actually a master (age division) but whatever. Anywho I was annoyed because he mulliganed twice and my starting hand was Magmar, full heal, and 7 Energies. By Turn 5 he finally had a Hitmontop powered up and I had literally only drawn Energies which was annoying.
1-1
Round 3 vs. Noivern/Landorus
I got Dragonite EX out (finally) quickly and rolled him. He never got a Noivern out but I had Mountain Ring so it would've limited Noivern's effectiveness. It spreads 30.
2-1
Round 4 vs. Leafeon/Shelmet
He started Shelmet to my Thundurus and he only got a Leafeon out. I rolled him pretty easily with Thundurus.
3-1
Round 5 vs. Heracross EX/Lucario EX.dek
yeeeaaaaaah. He started Heracross and rolled me with it easily. I couldn't get Dragonite EX or Dedenne and Thundurus was no match. He also got a fully loaded Lickilicky for the unlickely event (heh) that I KO'ed Heracross.
3-2
8th place
I got top 8 as my first tournament in masters :\ but the real highlight was selling my two packs at the end for 10$!!!
Some kid was being stubborn about his FA Seismitoad EX and then traded it for a Heracross EX and Jirachi EX non-FA... so frustrating...
THE END thanks for reading.
Previous to this tournament I had traded a couple sealed booster boxes for a lot of store credit so I was happy to find out I could use store credit instead of paying 30$ (in which case I would not have played)
This is what I pulled:
1st pack- nothing
2nd pack- nothing
3rd pack- nothing
4th pack- nothing
5th pack- nothing
6th pack- Dragonite EX non-FA
Not horrible but not spectacular.
After a while contemplating my cards and trying to cram everything into my deck, I decided to just cut the crap and run Big Basics. My list looked something like this:
1 Dragonite EX
1 Thundurus
1 Emolga
1 Hitmonlee
1 Hitmontop
1 Makuhita
2 Golett
2 Magmar
2 Skorupi
12 Pokemon
1 Mountain Ring (to counter Training Center)
1 Full Heal
(some more that I forgot)
And the rest was a bizarre combination of 5 basic energy types and a Strong energy.
Strong Energy was the only fighting support I got.
Round 1 vs. Fighting.dek
This round they handed out Machamp Promos and I fortunately got two by mistake!
My opponent started Hawlucha EX and got a hairyama quickly as well, but my Big Basics were fast and applied pressure quickly. She did not get any fighting energies for awhile so Hawlucha EX was not a problem, but if it was I had Dedenne sitting on the bench to deal with it. I swept with Hitmonlee and Golett I think.
1-0
Round 2 vs. Scrub.Hitmontop.dek
This round was against a kid younger than me who was small and had a squeaky voice so I doubt he was actually a master (age division) but whatever. Anywho I was annoyed because he mulliganed twice and my starting hand was Magmar, full heal, and 7 Energies. By Turn 5 he finally had a Hitmontop powered up and I had literally only drawn Energies which was annoying.
1-1
Round 3 vs. Noivern/Landorus
I got Dragonite EX out (finally) quickly and rolled him. He never got a Noivern out but I had Mountain Ring so it would've limited Noivern's effectiveness. It spreads 30.
2-1
Round 4 vs. Leafeon/Shelmet
He started Shelmet to my Thundurus and he only got a Leafeon out. I rolled him pretty easily with Thundurus.
3-1
Round 5 vs. Heracross EX/Lucario EX.dek
yeeeaaaaaah. He started Heracross and rolled me with it easily. I couldn't get Dragonite EX or Dedenne and Thundurus was no match. He also got a fully loaded Lickilicky for the unlickely event (heh) that I KO'ed Heracross.
3-2
8th place
I got top 8 as my first tournament in masters :\ but the real highlight was selling my two packs at the end for 10$!!!
Some kid was being stubborn about his FA Seismitoad EX and then traded it for a Heracross EX and Jirachi EX non-FA... so frustrating...
THE END thanks for reading.
