Day 2: Pompano Beach, FL
Pregame:
I sat on the floor of my room pondering the metagame. Gyarados, Luxchomp, Vilegar. They all seemed to be the decks to play, so I flipped through my binder (and 'gym threads) and found something very interesting. Steelix? Well, I checked it out anyways. Steelix seemed to have a great matchup vs all 3 decks. Gyarados would be a grinder but certainly favorable, Luxchomp was a joke matchup, and Vilegar wasn't very difficult either. Only one problem...how was I going to gather all of the cards, and create a consistent list? I had never played it before. I scrapped the idea and built Regigigas. I went to the event knowing that the metagame was against me. I sat at the table, wondering what to play. 5 minutes before deck checks ended, I built Vilegar. The list that I had worked on with a few others had some great techs, was incredibly consistent, and destroyed mirror. I told Jon (LtG) that Vilegar was definately winning this city.
Round 1 vs Mitch P (Gyarados)
Gyarados is always an interesting matchup. I start pretty good, Spiritomb active, and start to setup my Oddish, and Gengar. He gets a pretty slow set-up with an active Floatzel GL with a rescue energy attached and I begin to lock and deal damage. Eventually, the field is pretty set up and I take 3 prizes. He gets out Dialga G Lv X, and that's where things quickly go downhill. He KO's my Gengar and I whiff on the Fainting Spell, and I am forced to start using Spiritombs to setup again. I sacrifice 3 Spiritombs more before I finally get out another Gengar. By now, I pick off another prizes with the help of Crobat G, and Mitch is up 2-1. He decides to attack my Gengar. I flip and hit heads on Fainting Spell, finally! The game goes into sudden death. My heart is pounding, this game is terrifying. He starts off with an Eevee, whereas I start off with a Gastly. Attach psychic, Pitch Dark. He uses Call for family. I drop a Crobat G and flash bite his Eevee, draw, and pass. He retreats Eevee, promotes Sableye, and uses Impersonate for a collector. I use Uxie to Set Up, and draw into 3 psychic energy, more than enough to Cursed Droplet Eevee for game. GG
1-0
Round 2 vs ??? (Flychamp w/Blaziken FB tech)
The game starts and I get an average start. Uxie. He starts with 3 Machops. I figure that I am playing straight Machamp, until a Blaziken FB comes out of nowhere! I was like, interesting. I also see a Trapinch on the bench and still cannot figure out what I am playing against. I attack with Uxie and begin to set up. He still can't seem to get anything up, although he does evolve a benched Machop into Machoke, and attaches a DCE. I 'Q Uxie, promote Spiritomb and begin to Darkness Grace. After 3 turns, he has 2 Machamp primes (one witha DCE), and I have a Gengar with energy, and a Vileplume. I promote Gengar and start taking a bunch of prizes, 3 at least. He cannot seem to retreat his active, and I continue to pick off the bench. I don't even think that he gets to attack before I sweep 6 prizes. Cool deck. GG
2-0
Round 3 vs Kaitlynn S. (HSU Toolbox)
When I say HSU Toolbox, i'm talking Houndoom, Crobat, and Scizor prime. Yeah...how is this 2-0? Whatever. I'm gonna thrash it. *Draws 7 cards*. 3 psychic energy, Spiritomb, Oddish, Dark Energy, BTS. WOW. She literally god starts and drops a T2 scizor prime (benched thankfully) with an active Uxie. I draw 7 turns of nothing. Although I do set up Vileplume this game T1, I cannot get anything else. I attack with Spiritomb for 4 turns straight (and it does set me up for some nifty KO's later on. By the time I get a Gengar SF out, she has Houndoom benched, Scizor (with 6 energy) active, Scizor benched, and Crobat benched. I take a prizes and she KO's me, whiff on Fainting Spell. I build up 2 more Gengars, and whiff both times on Fainting Spell. I still do not give up, the prizes are 4-2 her. I Twins into another Gengar X, and Poltergeist. 11 card hand, and two trainers. Wowwww lol. I would have been able to crush it had I gotten a better start, but I did the best with what I was given. Interesting deck. GG
2-1
Round 4 vs Roberto P (Uxie Donk)
The whole reason I had even played Vilegar was because I lost to Roberto last week and wanted revenge. I start Spiritomb and 2 Gastly to his Uxie. He cyclones (going 2nd) and goes on flipping coins and everything for roughly 10 minutes lol, he really goes through 32 cards ( i had counted). Unfortunately, he gets something like 7 tails in a row. I promote Gastly and Pitch dark while setting up a Vileplume. Once the Plume is up, he scoops. Sorry! GG
3-1
Round 5 vs Scott H (Gechamp w/Mewtwo)
Scott starts with a Mewtwo, and I slow donk him T4 (through BTS, Gengar, Poltergeist). He has a terrible hand. Sorry!
4-1
I breathe a sign of relief, top cut. There is a Top 4, and it looks something like this;
1. Kaitlynn S (HSU Toolbox)
2. Kevin K (me) (Vilegar)
3. Roberto P (Uxie Donk)
4. Chris B (Luxchomp)
Looks like I am playing Uxie Donk again.
Top 4:
T4 vs Roberto P (Uxie Donk)
Pitch Dark. GG
Game 2:
He does get a turn to blowup, but starts with a Q. I have a great start, and he Night Teleporters. Tails. GG.
5-1
T2 vs Chris B (Luxchomp)
Bianchi's a great player, I knew that this would be difficult. I get the T1 Vileplume as hoped for, and his deck just dies. I mean, we do exchange prizes, and use Smeargle so much in this matchup. I portrait Cyrus a few times, which helps me out. Gengar SF goes to town, KOing Garchomp C Lv X with Poltergeist, Uxie Lv X with Poltergeist, and Luxray GL Lv X with Poltergeist
. He does KO one Gengar, and I whiff on Fainting Spell. Oh Well. I ensure that he will not drag out Vileplume by Q'ing it, and having the energy ready to be attached. He scoops game 1.
Game 2:
Game 2 is a lot less exciting. I get the T2 Vileplume (YA BOYYY) and generally just keep taking prizes. Smeargle assists me (although it does get sprayed T1 lol) and I use Twins after he takes the first prizes quickly. Once I start Poltergeisting everything, he just scoops. GG
6-1
Props:
First Tournament win ever
My gut instincts for being pro again
Jon and his clutch driving (and playing Porygon Z!)
Bianchi for being a cool guy
Alex/Tony B. Moreso Tony
Alex for almost T/Cing with Garchomp/Machamp
Revenge vs Uxie
Gucci Mane <3 (What we named our Vilegar list)
Memories by David Guetta (All I could think of during all 7 games lol)
Slops:
McDonalds, gross.
Pregame:
I sat on the floor of my room pondering the metagame. Gyarados, Luxchomp, Vilegar. They all seemed to be the decks to play, so I flipped through my binder (and 'gym threads) and found something very interesting. Steelix? Well, I checked it out anyways. Steelix seemed to have a great matchup vs all 3 decks. Gyarados would be a grinder but certainly favorable, Luxchomp was a joke matchup, and Vilegar wasn't very difficult either. Only one problem...how was I going to gather all of the cards, and create a consistent list? I had never played it before. I scrapped the idea and built Regigigas. I went to the event knowing that the metagame was against me. I sat at the table, wondering what to play. 5 minutes before deck checks ended, I built Vilegar. The list that I had worked on with a few others had some great techs, was incredibly consistent, and destroyed mirror. I told Jon (LtG) that Vilegar was definately winning this city.
Round 1 vs Mitch P (Gyarados)
Gyarados is always an interesting matchup. I start pretty good, Spiritomb active, and start to setup my Oddish, and Gengar. He gets a pretty slow set-up with an active Floatzel GL with a rescue energy attached and I begin to lock and deal damage. Eventually, the field is pretty set up and I take 3 prizes. He gets out Dialga G Lv X, and that's where things quickly go downhill. He KO's my Gengar and I whiff on the Fainting Spell, and I am forced to start using Spiritombs to setup again. I sacrifice 3 Spiritombs more before I finally get out another Gengar. By now, I pick off another prizes with the help of Crobat G, and Mitch is up 2-1. He decides to attack my Gengar. I flip and hit heads on Fainting Spell, finally! The game goes into sudden death. My heart is pounding, this game is terrifying. He starts off with an Eevee, whereas I start off with a Gastly. Attach psychic, Pitch Dark. He uses Call for family. I drop a Crobat G and flash bite his Eevee, draw, and pass. He retreats Eevee, promotes Sableye, and uses Impersonate for a collector. I use Uxie to Set Up, and draw into 3 psychic energy, more than enough to Cursed Droplet Eevee for game. GG
1-0
Round 2 vs ??? (Flychamp w/Blaziken FB tech)
The game starts and I get an average start. Uxie. He starts with 3 Machops. I figure that I am playing straight Machamp, until a Blaziken FB comes out of nowhere! I was like, interesting. I also see a Trapinch on the bench and still cannot figure out what I am playing against. I attack with Uxie and begin to set up. He still can't seem to get anything up, although he does evolve a benched Machop into Machoke, and attaches a DCE. I 'Q Uxie, promote Spiritomb and begin to Darkness Grace. After 3 turns, he has 2 Machamp primes (one witha DCE), and I have a Gengar with energy, and a Vileplume. I promote Gengar and start taking a bunch of prizes, 3 at least. He cannot seem to retreat his active, and I continue to pick off the bench. I don't even think that he gets to attack before I sweep 6 prizes. Cool deck. GG
2-0
Round 3 vs Kaitlynn S. (HSU Toolbox)
When I say HSU Toolbox, i'm talking Houndoom, Crobat, and Scizor prime. Yeah...how is this 2-0? Whatever. I'm gonna thrash it. *Draws 7 cards*. 3 psychic energy, Spiritomb, Oddish, Dark Energy, BTS. WOW. She literally god starts and drops a T2 scizor prime (benched thankfully) with an active Uxie. I draw 7 turns of nothing. Although I do set up Vileplume this game T1, I cannot get anything else. I attack with Spiritomb for 4 turns straight (and it does set me up for some nifty KO's later on. By the time I get a Gengar SF out, she has Houndoom benched, Scizor (with 6 energy) active, Scizor benched, and Crobat benched. I take a prizes and she KO's me, whiff on Fainting Spell. I build up 2 more Gengars, and whiff both times on Fainting Spell. I still do not give up, the prizes are 4-2 her. I Twins into another Gengar X, and Poltergeist. 11 card hand, and two trainers. Wowwww lol. I would have been able to crush it had I gotten a better start, but I did the best with what I was given. Interesting deck. GG
2-1
Round 4 vs Roberto P (Uxie Donk)
The whole reason I had even played Vilegar was because I lost to Roberto last week and wanted revenge. I start Spiritomb and 2 Gastly to his Uxie. He cyclones (going 2nd) and goes on flipping coins and everything for roughly 10 minutes lol, he really goes through 32 cards ( i had counted). Unfortunately, he gets something like 7 tails in a row. I promote Gastly and Pitch dark while setting up a Vileplume. Once the Plume is up, he scoops. Sorry! GG
3-1
Round 5 vs Scott H (Gechamp w/Mewtwo)
Scott starts with a Mewtwo, and I slow donk him T4 (through BTS, Gengar, Poltergeist). He has a terrible hand. Sorry!
4-1
I breathe a sign of relief, top cut. There is a Top 4, and it looks something like this;
1. Kaitlynn S (HSU Toolbox)
2. Kevin K (me) (Vilegar)
3. Roberto P (Uxie Donk)
4. Chris B (Luxchomp)
Looks like I am playing Uxie Donk again.
Top 4:
T4 vs Roberto P (Uxie Donk)
Pitch Dark. GG
Game 2:
He does get a turn to blowup, but starts with a Q. I have a great start, and he Night Teleporters. Tails. GG.
5-1
T2 vs Chris B (Luxchomp)
Bianchi's a great player, I knew that this would be difficult. I get the T1 Vileplume as hoped for, and his deck just dies. I mean, we do exchange prizes, and use Smeargle so much in this matchup. I portrait Cyrus a few times, which helps me out. Gengar SF goes to town, KOing Garchomp C Lv X with Poltergeist, Uxie Lv X with Poltergeist, and Luxray GL Lv X with Poltergeist
. He does KO one Gengar, and I whiff on Fainting Spell. Oh Well. I ensure that he will not drag out Vileplume by Q'ing it, and having the energy ready to be attached. He scoops game 1.Game 2:
Game 2 is a lot less exciting. I get the T2 Vileplume (YA BOYYY) and generally just keep taking prizes. Smeargle assists me (although it does get sprayed T1 lol) and I use Twins after he takes the first prizes quickly. Once I start Poltergeisting everything, he just scoops. GG
6-1
Props:
First Tournament win ever
My gut instincts for being pro again
Jon and his clutch driving (and playing Porygon Z!)
Bianchi for being a cool guy
Alex/Tony B. Moreso Tony
Alex for almost T/Cing with Garchomp/Machamp
Revenge vs Uxie
Gucci Mane <3 (What we named our Vilegar list)
Memories by David Guetta (All I could think of during all 7 games lol)
Slops:
McDonalds, gross.
