Kenny Wisdom’s (kwisdumb) Lacey, WA CC report

We’re well into the Cities season, but because of my fiance’s work requirements, the only CC we’ve been able to attend is the one held on Sunday, December 13th at Olympic Cards & Comics in Lacey, WA.

The local metagame thus far has been almost entirely SP dominated, with LuxChomp, BlazeRay, etc. all ruling the roost. Not knowing how to play Machamp, and being an SP player since their introduction, I decided to stick with my old favorite, LuxApe. In hindsight BlazeRay or LuxChomp probably would’ve been the better choice, but I felt far more comfortable with LuxApe, just based on how long I’ve played it and how much I’ve tested with it.

There are 30 players in the Masters Division, which means a T4 cut. Just 2 more and we would’ve ended up with a T8. Sad face.

Anyway…

Infernape 4 Rising Rivals RR 43 Pokemon CardRound 1: Andrew J w/ Ekans

I got the feeling that this guy was a new player as I didn’t recognize him from any past events, and he was playing an odd deck in no sleeves, heh. He goes first with a lone Ekans GE. He attaches and passes. I draw, start with Infernape 4, attach a R Energy and an Energy Gain, and proceed to drop 2 Crobat Gs, and Poké Turn them both, using their Flash Bite Poké-Power a total of 4 times for 40 damage on Ekans. I then use Infernape 4’s Split Bomb attack for 20 damage and the KO. I don’t enjoy winning like that, and it was made all the worse by Andrew being such a great guy. 1-0

Round 2: Chad w/ Scizor/Cherrim

This game was much like the last, unfortunately. He goes first, opening with a lone Cherubi SV to my Infernape 4. He attaches and attacks with Razor Leaf for 10 damage. I draw, attach a R Energy and an Energy Gain to Infernape 4, drop 2 Crobat Gs for a total of 20 damage, and then Split Bomb again for the K.O. and win. 2-0

Round 3: Jim w/ SP Toolbox

As any experienced SP player knows, SP mirror matches can be very difficult, so suffice to say I wasn’t exactly looking forward to this one. I forget exactly who went first or second, but the game was fairly close up until Jim played Regigigas FB and uses it’s Rainbow Lariat attack to swing for 120 damage every turn, essentially killing everything I had. 2-1

Luxray GL Rising Rivals RR 9 Pokemon CardRound 4: Jerrod w/ Scizor/Cherrim

At this point I’m beginning to think that I am incredibly lucky and there is no way I can win at this game without donking. Much like the other games, he opens with a Grass that’s weak to Fire, does some stuff, and then I Flash Bite and Split Bomb for the win. I am terrible at this game. 3-1

Round 5: Ashley C. w/ Gengar

Oh look I’m playing my fiance. Better yet, this match will determine which of us makes the cut and which of us doesn’t, heh. This is a very long game and I don’t remember exactly all of the details, all I know is that I had to K.O. her Mewtwo LV.X on 3 occasions, and that’s what really sealed the game. Still, it was pretty competitive, with her a prize ahead when time was called. I was happy that the better player won, and that B-Side had at least some representation in the top cut.

All in all I ended up getting 8th, which makes me even more bitter there wasn’t a T8, haha. Still, I had fun with friends and teammates and thought that I played to the best of my ability, and that’s really what the game is about, right?

Reader Interactions

23 replies

  1. Mach

    Playing your significant other is never a fun deal. I’m sure you just let her win, right? *winkwinknudgenudge*

  2. Mach

    Playing your significant other is never a fun deal. I’m sure you just let her win, right? *winkwinknudgenudge*

  3. Clinton Chan

    LOL reading about all those turn 1 going 2nd donks on Cherubis and Ekan really made my day.

  4. Adam Capriola

    haha I was going to say the same thing. Nice report Kenny.

  5. Clinton Chan

    LOL reading about all those turn 1 going 2nd donks on Cherubis and Ekan really made my day.

  6. Joshua Hall

    3 wins, three donks. Gotta love the pokemon card game right now! :P

  7. kwisdumb

    @poke fart: Thanks!

    @Mach: Ha. She would’ve killed me.

    @Adam: Thanks!

    @Chan: I’m glad my lucksack can brighten someones day!

    @quaziko: Heh, indeed.

  8. kwisdumb

    @poke fart: Thanks!

    @Mach: Ha. She would’ve killed me.

    @Adam: Thanks!

    @Chan: I’m glad my lucksack can brighten someones day!

    @quaziko: Heh, indeed.

  9. Joshua Hall

    3 wins, three donks. Gotta love the pokemon card game right now! :P

  10. Mark Stroup

    Hahaha, I love the way it just says “Ekans”, like it’s totally without respect to the decks objective Arbok, just…”Ekans”.
    =p
    Did you know that ekans backwards is snake and arbok backwards is cobra?
    =o
    LuxApe was indeed always my most confortable SP deck to play with as well, perhaps because it’s older, idk, but has always been so reliable and secure.
    GJ mang!!!

  11. Mark Stroup

    Hahaha, I love the way it just says “Ekans”, like it’s totally without respect to the decks objective Arbok, just…”Ekans”.
    =p
    Did you know that ekans backwards is snake and arbok backwards is cobra?
    =o
    LuxApe was indeed always my most confortable SP deck to play with as well, perhaps because it’s older, idk, but has always been so reliable and secure.
    GJ mang!!!

  12. SMGausch

    So was infernape in there just because you were comfortable with it or do you prefer it to Blaziken? I’ve been play testing proxy builds of both just so I know how to play them, and I love the added disruption with the poke-power then being able to hit for 50-100 instead of pull out and burn. I like Infernape 4 with the Garchomp stage 2 from SV as well, I see it as a poor mans Luxray I guess, but without having to run poke-turns.

  13. SMGausch

    So was infernape in there just because you were comfortable with it or do you prefer it to Blaziken? I’ve been play testing proxy builds of both just so I know how to play them, and I love the added disruption with the poke-power then being able to hit for 50-100 instead of pull out and burn. I like Infernape 4 with the Garchomp stage 2 from SV as well, I see it as a poor mans Luxray I guess, but without having to run poke-turns.

  14. Alex domini

    nice kenny the only cc i went to is that one that sp tool box seems a little out there but it will do better when the double colorless come out the only problem i see with that deck is fly champ and when the greats and legends come out cause theyll be able to do massive damage…

  15. Alex domini

    nice kenny the only cc i went to is that one that sp tool box seems a little out there but it will do better when the double colorless come out the only problem i see with that deck is fly champ and when the greats and legends come out cause theyll be able to do massive damage…

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