Alright, this is my report from our 2nd BR of the season.
I decided to play an SP Toolbox consisting of Honchkrow G, Luxray GL
, and Garchomp C
, along with some other techs including Drifblim FB
.
Before I get to my report I would like to give you a slight overview of the tournament, mostly what placed where.
We had a total of 58 people at this battle road, and the following decks placed:
- Masters-
- 1st Place:Gyrados w/Luxray GL and Toxicroak G
- 2nd Place:Beedrill w/Luxray GL
- 3rd Place:Flygon w/1 Flygon SW
- 4th Place:AmphyTric w/Nidoqueen and Metagross SV
- Seniors:
- 1st Place:Tangrowth/Sceptile
- 2nd Place:Gengar/Manectric/Giratina
- 3rd Place:Rhyperior/Delcatty
- 4th Place:Kingdra w/Exploud tech
- Junior:
- 1st Place:Magmortar SW/Blaziken FB
- 2nd Place:Palkia G/Luxray GL
Those were the deck that top cut, now onto my report.
This round essentially had everything going for me and everything against him. He opens with a Horsea and I open with a Garchomp C. My hand consists of SP Radar, Power Spray, Energy Gain, Garchomp C LV.X and 2 energy. He goes first and plays down a Crobat G to “Flash Bite” my Garchomp C. He then attaches a Water Energy and decides to “Reverse Thrust”, 10 more to Garchomp C and he switches into his Crobat G. I draw and the card is a Cyrus’s Conspiracy, I couldn’t of asked for a better card. I use the Cyrus to get an Energy Gain, Darkness Energy, and another Cyrus’s Conspiracy.
After that I attach a Psychic Energy to Garchomp C and attach one of my two Energy Gain’s to Garchomp C. Afterwards I use 1 SP Radar putting back the Electric energy in my hand to get a Honchkrow G. I attach the 2nd Energy Gain to Honchkrow G. After that I realize that I should probably get a 3rd SP Pokemon out, so I decide to use my 2nd SP Radar to get a Luxray GL. I use “Claw Swipe” for 30 and he goes. Next turn he evolves into Seadra, retreats and uses “Aqua Pump” to do another 30 damage to Garchomp C.
Next turn I draw, level up into Garchomp C LV.X, using “Healing Breath” to remove all the damage from my Garchomp C. I then use a Cryus’s Conspiracy to get a Psychic Energy, SP Radar, and another Cyrus’s Conspiracy. I then attach the Psychic Energy to Garchomp C LV.X and use “Dragon Rush” to KO his Seadra. He draws, and gets an Uxie. He attempts to set up for 7, but I Power Spray it, he passes. Essentially the rest of the game he tries to draw but I spray it, and I lock in 2 crucial Chatot G’s.
1-0
Round 2 vs. Magnezone/Electivire w/Blissey tech
Many a time I have played against this deck and once again, he is able to start with the Jirachi RR he put in there. I go first, opening with a Luxray GL. I draw, attach an Electric Energy and pass. His turn. He draws, uses Roseanne’s Research to get a Mangemite and a Baltoy. He then uses a Rare Candy in his hand to evolve his Baltoy into Claydol. He uses “Cosmic Power” and then uses “Detour” to get the effect of Roseanne’s Research, getting an Electabuzz and a Metal Energy.
I once again draw into a Cyrus’s Conspiracy thankfully, because the only supporters in my hand were 2 Volkner’s Philosophy which would not have helped me right now. I use the Cyrus’s Conspiracy to get a SP Radar, a Darkness Energy, and another Cyrus’s Conspiracy. I use the SP Radar putting back one of my Volker’s to get a Luxray GL LV.X. I use “Bright Look” to bring up the Magnemite he attached to and used “Flash Impact” to get a KO.
I’m not really sure how the rest goes. All I remember is he tries to put me into situations where he has a big Magnezone up front, but using “Flash Bite”, “Target Attack”, “Dragon Rush”, and “Bright Look” constantly, I am able to pick off his bench to win the game.
2-0
Round 3 vs. Ampharos/Manectric/Nidoqueen/Metagross SV
I had to play another friend. He showed me the deck before the tournament and I thought it was a great idea. While Dialga G would have slowed him down, there was 1 deck playing Dialga G in the Master’s today, and with Nidoqueen in the deck, Machamp didn’t give it as much of a problem.
I do remember this game being close, with him hitting 2 crucial “Giga Volt” flips to either Paralyze or KO my Garchomp C LV.X when he did not have a Manectric out. Manectric also hurt me, cause a lot of this deck is bench damage. He was also able to get damage on fresh Luxray’s that I would PokeTurn to that I could not use “Bright Look”.
2-1
Round 4 vs. Floatzel GL/Bronzong SF
She opened with a Bronzor, and I opened with a Honchkrow G. She is able to get off several “Strange Spin” attacks to do 60 and confuse, but in the end, I am able to One Hit KO her Floatzel’s with Luxray and KO Bronzong’s with a “Flash Bite” and “Dragon Rush”
3-1
Round 5 vs. Gyrados w/Luxray GL & Toxicroak G
Another close match. I am able to get a quick prize with a first turn “Target Attack” knock out on his Baltoy, but then he uses a Pokemon Rescue to get it back, and then plays a Broken Time-Space and evolves into Claydol. We trade off turn after turn, essentially getting KO’s every turn (he ends up 2 prizes ahead of me at one point) When I thought I was fine after using “Dragon Rush” to KO his Claydol, he attaches a Cyclone Energy, forcing me to bring up either a Chatot G, Lucario GL, or Honchkrow G.
3-2
Well, I didn’t cut, and it was really sad because I had a lot of fun playing this deck, and I think I could have done well with it.



















