My local comic/gaming shop, Olympic Cards & Comics, held it’s Supreme Victors prerelease on Sunday, August 23rd. I play with my fiance Batmylashes, so our usual system is for her to play, me to judge, and then both of us to play in the draft. This time was no different. After the main tournament was over, we signed up for the draft, got seated, and got on our way. Unfortunately we weren’t drafted in the same pod, but I was seated with a local league player, which is always cool.
My main effort was to try and get Pinsir, Cherrim, and Masquerain. Pinsir for its “Gripthrow” attack, Cherrim for its “Petal Dance” attack, and Masquerain for it’s “Skim Attack” attack, and Poke Body. For those who don’t know, “Gripthrow” allows a 50/50 chance of the defending Pokemon getting returned to your opponent’s hand, “Petal Dance”, for one energy, allows you to flip 3 coins, dealing 30 damage for each coin flipped. Lastly, “Skim Attack” does 30 damage for one energy, and also allows you to draw 2 cards. Masquerain’s Poke-Body, Intimidating Pattern, reduces all damage done to your Pokemon by -20 as long as Masquerain remains active.
I got lucky and was able to pull 2 Pinsir, a 2-2 line of Cherrim, and a 3-1 line of Masquerain. I didn’t get any Level X’s or other Super Rares, but I did get some Rare-Foils, and some Reverse Foil trainers that I didn’t have before. All in all, I was pretty satisfied, as this is the first time I’ve drafted to actually play (rather than just ninjaing all the rares), and I pulled what I wanted. Would that luck turn into wins, though?
Round 1 vs Janice R.
I can’t remember all of the exact details of this match, but I started with a Mudkip and couldn’t get any of my main 3 guys out. Still, I was able to take 3 prizes before she could take 1, making me feel a bit more confident. After my Marshtomp got KO’d, I was kind of stuck, and she fired back by taking 3 prizes. During that time I did have a Cherubi and a Surskit out, but couldn’t get their evolutions. On the turn it was about to be game, I drew into a Cythnia’s Guidance, and was able to get a Cherrim, and luckily flipped all 3 heads for the win. A very hard-fought win, and at this point I wasn’t feeling too confident.
1-0
Round 2 vs. David N.
David N. is the PTO for our area, and is a super nice guy. When I first got into Pokemon and started running a league, he’s the one who answered all of my stupid questions, haha. Which made it even worse when I donked him with a T3 Masquerain. =[. We played 3 more games, 2 of which I donked in, and one of which he completely owned me.
2-0
Round 3 vs. Elva B.
This was another hard-fought match. I took the lead drawing 3 prizes, but then, as with my round 1 opponent, she came back to take her first 3 prizes, and it was on from there. She had a Garchomp out, and was using it's "Speed Impact" attack to hit for 100-110 damage each turn, which was insane. Luckily I was able to ping it for 10-20 damage every few turns. On the last turn of the game, I draw into an Energy, attached it to Masquerain (leaving it with 2 energy), and attacked with "Skim Attack". With 2 energies and a Poke Body, "Speed Impact" is only doing 60, which Masquerain can withstand. Next turn, she Speed Impacts for 60, I draw into an energy, retreat Masquerain, and bring up Dragonite FB for the K.O., a very close game.
3-0
Round 4 vs. Gregory R.
This was probably the most lucksack game I've ever done. He got Garchomp C Lv.X out very early, and was running through me. He drew his first 3 prizes before I could do anything, unfortunately. Again, in one of those last-ditch efforts, I brought up Pinsir and used "Gripthrow" to put Garchomp C Lv.X back into Greg's hand, and win the game.
4-0
So there it is. My first tournament win and it's not even a premier event, haha. Cherrim and Masquerain are definitely the play for prereleases and drafts, though.
Here was the final haul, after Batmylashes' prerelease packs, my judge support, our draft packs, and our winnings (Batmylashes got 3rd).
Garchomp C Lv. X
Rayquaza C Lv. X
Charizard G Lv. X
Articuno Re-Print
Props:
Niki N. for organizing
Debbie B. for judging
Olympic Cards & Comics
All the players
SVs great ratio
Slops:
Nothing, really. :D
Hope you enjoyed the report!
- Kenny (twitter.com/kwisdumb, facebook.com/kennywisdom, kennywisdom.com)
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