So here came Saturday Morning. I felt Mal-prepared, and tired! Running on 2 and a half hours of sleep, I left town at 6:30 in the morning. Now here's where I magically skip to where I get to the Whole Foods in Albuquerque. I get my deck checked, give an oddish to 6-D, and just wait. I decided to roll with Shuppet donk, and here's a list to the deck.
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Round 1: Bye!
Great even more waiting!
1-0
Round 2: Vs Donphan+Various Techs.
So this game was pretty up and down. I see the Electrike on his bench and assume that ERL is teched into the deck. I make keeping Spiritomb as my wall a priority, so ERL doesn't blast me to bits. I also made a terrible misplay in the beginning, literally wasting 2 pluspowers, yet somehow through all of this, I pull off a win. My 2 warp points late game allowed me to work around Donphan Prime, scoring cheap kills off of basics.
2-0
Round 3: Vs Vespiquen/Cherrim
Not much to say about this round, I keep up a Spiritomb lock and kind of just sweep through the game.
3-0
Round 4: Vs Luxchomp w/ Infernape/Dialga
So I played one of my friends who I traveled up with. Early game, I managed to keep him locked, and managed to get a 4 prize lead. And then Came Dialga with Deafen, the biggest weakness to my deck. I didn't manage to make much of an Impact between Garchomp C's healing and Poketurn. Time gets called, and at the end of 30+3, Carlos manages to get down to 1 prize, making him the winner.
3-1
Round 5: Vs Turtwig GL
So I have an awful opening hand, and can't sufficiently keep a lock. 2 of my Plus Powers, an Unown Q, and Palmer's were prized. After my first Unown Q'd Spiritomb was knocked out, there went my lock. I managed to get my other 2 plus powers, and manage to bring the game to time. 30 + 3, woo. 3 turns later, we're still tied at 2 prizes. Next prize wins. He pulls out a late game Judge putting the game to bed. A close game through and through.
3-2
So Top 4 was announced, and by some miracle, I managed to make the 4th place spot.
Top 4: Vs. Steelix Prime
I'll save your time here. Dialga G's in the deck, and great, I lose horribly to deafen lock both games. My day is over. I scoop both games, because at this point, I was just flat out tired.
Overall I came in 4th, upset with my performance. I would have liked to try for 2 Victory Medals, but 1 Victory Medal and a 4th place is good enough for me.
So with the Fall Battle Roads season coming to an end for me, I've decided to put my days of Shuppet Donk to an end. I've been using the concept of Pluspower + Returning to the hand since early Platinum (Originally with Starmie LA, Skuntank G, and Mr Mime), and have won many local tournaments with this concept. IF I do ever rebuild the deck, I think I'll do it one last time with BTS and Starmie, so in the case that I do face deafen lock, at least I can snipe around with Core Flash.
Props:
-Just being able to go out of town.
-Seeing friends
-Getting 4rd Place in Masters
-Seeing my friend Carlos get 3rd place in Masters.
-Getting half a playset of Garchomp C, a Promocroak, and 2 Delcatty!
-Spending the day with TSF, and him winning Senior's Division. TSF is my hero!
-Some AWESOME Sesame Cucumber Noodles from the Whole Foods Next Door for lunch.
Slops:
-Flat out not playing well
-Kind of ending my run with Shuppet on a Low Note.
-Sleep Deprivation and feeling under the weather when I eventually got home.
Overall, it was a good Fall BR run. Till City Championships...
Comments and suggestions are appreciated.
http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=86105
Round 1: Bye!
Great even more waiting!
1-0
Round 2: Vs Donphan+Various Techs.
So this game was pretty up and down. I see the Electrike on his bench and assume that ERL is teched into the deck. I make keeping Spiritomb as my wall a priority, so ERL doesn't blast me to bits. I also made a terrible misplay in the beginning, literally wasting 2 pluspowers, yet somehow through all of this, I pull off a win. My 2 warp points late game allowed me to work around Donphan Prime, scoring cheap kills off of basics.
2-0
Round 3: Vs Vespiquen/Cherrim
Not much to say about this round, I keep up a Spiritomb lock and kind of just sweep through the game.
3-0
Round 4: Vs Luxchomp w/ Infernape/Dialga
So I played one of my friends who I traveled up with. Early game, I managed to keep him locked, and managed to get a 4 prize lead. And then Came Dialga with Deafen, the biggest weakness to my deck. I didn't manage to make much of an Impact between Garchomp C's healing and Poketurn. Time gets called, and at the end of 30+3, Carlos manages to get down to 1 prize, making him the winner.
3-1
Round 5: Vs Turtwig GL
So I have an awful opening hand, and can't sufficiently keep a lock. 2 of my Plus Powers, an Unown Q, and Palmer's were prized. After my first Unown Q'd Spiritomb was knocked out, there went my lock. I managed to get my other 2 plus powers, and manage to bring the game to time. 30 + 3, woo. 3 turns later, we're still tied at 2 prizes. Next prize wins. He pulls out a late game Judge putting the game to bed. A close game through and through.
3-2
So Top 4 was announced, and by some miracle, I managed to make the 4th place spot.
Top 4: Vs. Steelix Prime
I'll save your time here. Dialga G's in the deck, and great, I lose horribly to deafen lock both games. My day is over. I scoop both games, because at this point, I was just flat out tired.
Overall I came in 4th, upset with my performance. I would have liked to try for 2 Victory Medals, but 1 Victory Medal and a 4th place is good enough for me.
So with the Fall Battle Roads season coming to an end for me, I've decided to put my days of Shuppet Donk to an end. I've been using the concept of Pluspower + Returning to the hand since early Platinum (Originally with Starmie LA, Skuntank G, and Mr Mime), and have won many local tournaments with this concept. IF I do ever rebuild the deck, I think I'll do it one last time with BTS and Starmie, so in the case that I do face deafen lock, at least I can snipe around with Core Flash.
Props:
-Just being able to go out of town.
-Seeing friends
-Getting 4rd Place in Masters
-Seeing my friend Carlos get 3rd place in Masters.
-Getting half a playset of Garchomp C, a Promocroak, and 2 Delcatty!
-Spending the day with TSF, and him winning Senior's Division. TSF is my hero!
-Some AWESOME Sesame Cucumber Noodles from the Whole Foods Next Door for lunch.
Slops:
-Flat out not playing well
-Kind of ending my run with Shuppet on a Low Note.
-Sleep Deprivation and feeling under the weather when I eventually got home.
Overall, it was a good Fall BR run. Till City Championships...
Comments and suggestions are appreciated.