Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver Prerelease – Horseforth LEEDS UK

Hey! HunterJ here.

I attended my Local Heart Gold/ Soul Silver prerelease on Friday 13th February.

I came out of it with great pulls and had a great time (and an empty wallet).

Upon paying I received 8 packs and some sleeves and the prerelease Pichu. I then sat near I friend of mine and tore open my packs. I pulled Typhlosion Prime and Meganium Prime in my first 2 packs! I was so happy! I then opened the last 6. I pulled Holo Hitmontop, Holo Noctowl, Reverse Hypno and some basic rares and some uncommons and commons.

I quickly set up my deck and it turned out like this as I didn’t get the cards I needed to be able to use Primes:

Pokémon X19
1× Hitmontop
1× Noctowl
1× Hoothoot
1× Azumarill
1× Marill
1× Hypno
1× Drowzee
1× Sunflora
1× Sunkern
1× Ledian
1× Ledyba
1× Croconaw
1× Totodile
1× Pichu (Prerelease Edition)
1× Jynx
1× Mantine
1× Clefairy
1× Cleffa
1× Delibird
Trainers X9
Bill
Copycat
Energy Switch
Full Heal
Pokémon Collectors
Pokémon Reversal
Switch
Energy X12
G
W
P
F

When you take a look at this deck your first thought would be…hmm…looks okay, but I don’t think it will do too well. So let’s see how I did with it.

Noctowl HeartGold & SoulSilver HS 8Match 1

My opponent hadn’t turned up yet so I played someone in Juniors who didn’t have an opponent. I taught them how to play…I was nice and tried to lose but won anyway. LOL

1-0

Match 2

This was a really fun match as it was so tight. I had gotten out Hypno, Azumarill, and Noctowl with Pichu asleep in the Active Spot. I was using Noctowl to boost my hand and I switched it out with Pichu when it woke up as we each had 1 Prize left. I damaged him, but he evolved out Blissey Prime! I thought “I’M SCREWED!”. It did 60 to my Noctowl and I decided to retreat for my Jynx. I then used Energy Switch and put a P Energy on it and used Lick, getting heads for paralyze. My turn came again and I did it risking everything on one dice roll with Lick…I got HEADS! I won the match on my next turn using one more Lick for the KO.

2-0

Copycat HeartGold & SoulSilver HS 90Match 3

This was between me and a guy named Richard who was also competing for the 1st place spot with 2 wins and 0 losses. It instantly became a tight match when I had Hitmontop owning the field and ended up with 2 Prizes to his 4. He then played the dreaded Slowbro. It decimated 3-of my Pokémon, however I got it down to 10 HP. I played out Noctowl and Knocked Out his prize Slowbro. He drew a Prime, but I never found out what it was as he never used it. I then used Copycat which boosted Noctowl’s “Extrasensory” to 80 damage.

I had an unbeaten streak. 3-0

When I looked at Richard’s deck I was amazed he had Blissey Prime and Feraligator Prime in it. I thought to myself PHEW glad he didn’t get to play them.

Match 4

Hitmontop HeartGold & SoulSilver HS 5This match was against my friend Alex.

We started off and he drew no basics so I drew another and played down another basic Pokémon. He finally got his hand and we began. Three turns later I won as I Knocked Out both his Pokémon using just Hitmontop and one fighting energy and getting 3 heads both times.

I had won the Masters and gotten an unbeaten streak. I received free 2 packs for participating until the end and I got a free folder for winning.

I then searched around and did some trading.

By the end of the night I had another Lugia bottom half, Ho-oh Top-Half, and all Primes except Donphan!

Overall I was really happy with how I did and looking back at when I saw my opponents decks after the matches I thought …hmm I’m very lucky getting the cards I needed when I needed them and that all my matches could have gone either way.

Let me know how good you thought my deck was and check out my YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/banditclay2

Thanks!

HunterJ OUT

Reader Interactions

35 replies

  1. I bought 16 packs and pulled 4 DCE donphan prime, noctowl, ninetails, fer. prime, and both halves of ho-oh, hitmontop, typhlosion, red gyrados, and alph lythograph

  2. Nave

    You were running a really nice deck for a prerelease tournament! When I played at my last prerelease was able to win by just using Jumpluff!

  3. You were running a really nice deck for a prerelease tournament! When I played at my last prerelease was able to win by just using Jumpluff!

  4. csponsler

    Why would Six Prizes even bother publishing a feature article on a prerelease?
    I’m pretty sure no one cares how you did at a prerelease….

      • Clayton H  → jordan

        yeah and also it just gets people to know whats happening where and how rules are slightly differed from country to country!
        like about the prerelease card allowed to be used in UK and not in US for instance

  5. csponsler

    Why would Six Prizes even bother publishing a feature article on a prerelease?
    I’m pretty sure no one cares how you did at a prerelease….

      •  → jordan

        yeah and also it just gets people to know whats happening where and how rules are slightly differed from country to country!
        like about the prerelease card allowed to be used in UK and not in US for instance

  6. Nave

    @csponsler
    I think I know what you mean, but I’m sure all lot of my people,including myself, like to hear about different types of tournaments even if they are not that competitive.

  7. @csponsler
    I think I know what you mean, but I’m sure all lot of my people,including myself, like to hear about different types of tournaments even if they are not that competitive.

  8. Michael Randolph

    I bought 16 packs and pulled 4 DCE donphan prime, noctowl, ninetails, fer. prime, and both halves of ho-oh, hitmontop, typhlosion, red gyrados, and alph lythograph

  9. Adam Capriola

    Nice going HunterJ! I have to say that I like to use a lot more Energy than you did (typically close to 20), but you pulled off the win. Great job.

    BTW did you mean to say you got 6 packs at the beginning or 8?

    •  → Adam

      i meant to say 8 but that i opened first 2 and got the first 2 primes then opeend the others!
      thnx for putting the pics up too and putting my 1st post up! Thanks!
      year it looks like i used hardly any energy but when it came down to it i shuffled well using my machine LOL and the parts always seemed to go poke poke energy trainer and then loop! odd but cool!
      Yeah gettign both win and undefeated just made my day!

  10. bittyboy72

    I just have one question, you are alowed to use your prerelease card? Were I live we are told taht we are not allowed to use the promo?

  11. bittyboy72

    I just have one question, you are alowed to use your prerelease card? Were I live we are told taht we are not allowed to use the promo?

  12. Adam Capriola

    Nice going HunterJ! I have to say that I like to use a lot more Energy than you did (typically close to 20), but you pulled off the win. Great job.

    BTW did you mean to say you got 6 packs at the beginning or 8?

    • Clayton H  → Adam

      i meant to say 8 but that i opened first 2 and got the first 2 primes then opeend the others!
      thnx for putting the pics up too and putting my 1st post up! Thanks!
      year it looks like i used hardly any energy but when it came down to it i shuffled well using my machine LOL and the parts always seemed to go poke poke energy trainer and then loop! odd but cool!
      Yeah gettign both win and undefeated just made my day!

  13. Nave

    I wish I could have used my Promo Pichu. I was using a Jumpluff deck.

  14. I wish I could have used my Promo Pichu. I was using a Jumpluff deck.

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