@celebi23: #winning
Myself I think it was the first time I ever went to States. At Round 1 I got paired up against my friend - he knew what I was playing (Dusknoir LV.X with Gardevoir LV.X), and I knew what he was playing (Wormadam Grass Cloak tank with various Grass types). I manage to get Dusknoir LV.X out on my 4th turn and start swinging left and right with Darkness Mist, gaining an early lead and taking 3 prizes. He ends up KOing my Dusknoir, and I Ectoplasm, creating a Stadium to spread damage. He told me he ran no stadiums, so he had no way to stop my spread.
Thing was, at this point, I was going into an energy drought, and I couldn't send up another attacker or anything after Dusknoir died. And, at this point, he's got a few Stage 2s on his bench, a pumped-up Wormadam, and an Active Landmin LV.X. Good luck taking any prizes now.
I keep sending up basics and trying to stall him out, and anything I send up he kills. In the meantime I keep trying to power up my Kirlia, in case I draw into Gardevoir.
I didn't, but at the last possible moment, when all avenues were lost and all his bench had 120 HP worth of damage or so, I topdeck an Energy - now Kirlia has 3 energy to attack. I Telekinesis his Active Shaymin, which has 50 HP left, for 40 damage, bringing it down to 10. In between turns, Dusknoir puts 1 damage counter on everybody, and I watch as Shaymin falls, and with it, the extra 40 HP from Thankfulness vanishes, destroying his entire field. I KO 4 Pokemon, take my last three prizes, and clear his field.
I got complements from the people sitting next to us as well, as well as from my friend, who applauded.
Best. Game. Ever.