Ultra Rare WC Star Card for sale!!

Posted on December 23, 2009 by ThomasW

While I was taking my lunch today I decided to look on e-Bay and check if there are any call energies for sale. I did find a few for sale, however the prices were way to high, $8 each plus like $2 shipping.

That just seems to be way way too much money to spend on it, pity since they are very useful cards.

While I was there I figured to look for a Luxray Lv. X, I did find a few, once again too much money.

Looking closer I noticed one that was buy it now for $10. Another (same seller) had a Mewto Lv. X, Palkia Lv. X and a Luxray Lv. X for sale as a bundle, all for the low low price of $15. I am sure if you have ever looked for cards on e-Bay you know exactly what they are selling.

World Championship Cards. For how much they charge for one, you can get the ENTIRE set at Target for $10.

I have no problem with someone trying to make a few dollars here and there, what I have a problem with is people selling stuff like that. It is false, they act like the card is so rare, it is not. What really makes me angry is that some parent who does not know any better will buy the card for their kid and for what? The card is useless in tournament play unless you want to use it for a reference card.

About 6 month ago there was a person selling WC Claydols for $15 each, I emailed them and said that they should make the listing more correct and not act like it was a legit card. They got all nasty with me and said they would report me to e-Bay, I said please do, because you are a thief and a crook.

Anyway, it is just a pet peeve of mine.

Looking right now, here is a Claydol, check the listing:

CLAYDOL 15/106 LV.45 Ultra Rare Star WC World 2009 Card

  • Great Expansions Set
  • World Championships 2008
  • Signed
  • RARE Claydol
  • 15/106
  • Condition: Fine

Ultra Rare?? Uh, excuse me!!

Besides, Claydols are free this Season in League, so they are worthless now for the most part.

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Lucky SV Draft

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Tristan

To start, I will say this, the prerelease itself was bad. I lost two games out of the three I played. The good thing was I got Charizard G Lv.X.

The only good thing of the day was the draft.
My draft deck looks like this.

2-1 – Yanmega
2-2-1 – Exploud
1-1 – Ninjask
1-1- Masquerain
1 – Pachirisu
1-1 – Drifloon
1 – Chatot G

Cynthia’s Guidance
Night Teleporter

1 Electric Energy
2 Psychic Energy
16 Grass Energy

First game (William)
Well, I do not really remember what happened, but I think he could not get set up. I played Loudred for the game, my Exploud was my last prize. Good game, it turns out William played my brother and got donked by a Rotom because he had a Starly out (curse Starlys, there’s to many of them). Then he played my dad and lost again.

Second game (do not know the guy’s name)
I got out a Yanmega pretty fast and won along with Loudred, Exploud was again prized. For some reason I always start with Drifloon 4. He dropped after he played me since he had to go. Good game.

Third game (Do not know the person’s name).
I started out with Nincada and called for family and got setup that way along with the help of a Chatot not giving her any energy for Dragonite FB which she got out. Then I 1 hit KO’ed it with Loudred. Good game

Top four

First game Kerinan (sorry I cannot spell your name).
Well the only thing that he did was get an Altaria C out and put me to sleep but after that was KO’ed by Drifloon he had nothing for a long time because of Chatot. Good game.

Top Two (Josh)

Well, I started out bad, and so did he. I had some energy and Loudred and Exploud in my hand but no Whismer. Then I drew into a Whismer and some how and got out Exploud. He attacked me with Marshtomp ( I hate plunge) and got 100 on my Exploud and then he sent out Milotic and Drifloon FB and Exploud was gone. I stalled and the got out Yammega and switched and stalled and won my first time ever.

I got junk I my 5 packs but I did get sleeves and a poster.

The whole day I got every Lv. X but Absol, Staraptor and Garchomp. I am only missing Zapdos and all the shinies.

Props:

  • Me winning the tournament.
  • And getting all the X’s and secrets almost.

Slops:

  • Beating someone I knew
  • Not getting Absol X
  • Forgetting a C Garchomp and gible that someone wanted to trade but never gave back to me
  • Beating Josh on his birthday
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Even a blind squirrel finds a nut

Posted on June 3, 2009 by ThomasW

Just a quick entry today.

Even a Blind Squirrel finds a NutLast weekend we went to yet another Battle Road, this time in Avon Park. It is a 2 hour drive from the Pokémon Fanboy HQ. It was a mostly pleasant drive down, it involved a lot of back roads and we saw some tiny towns that you just do not see anymore since no one lives in them and there is no reason to visit them. One word, scenic.

Had a problem finding the place, I used Google Maps for directions and used the Street View to get an idea of the area. Well I did not see it so I clicked around and found the place, problem was when we got there it turned out the store had moved and I did not see the new place in Street View.

So we called Kelly and she contacted the store, turns out we drove past it twice, whoops!

The place was super small and cramped, nice place, just small. With it being June, it was hot, very hot.

To make matters worse when we went to lunch I discovered that I had left the keys on the car dashboard. So no lunch for us, we walked over to a gas station and got some cokes and waited for AAA. They came but late, much later than the dispatcher said.

Still, it was a good day, Faron took 1st in his division, second week in a row now.

And I came in 3rd in Masters, even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes….

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Turn One Donk

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Tristan

T1 Donk your problem. That’s nothing compared to this. One turn attach three energies to one of your SP Pokémon.

How?

Here is how you do it. First turn you go second, attach an energy. Then use Flints Willpower then attach and energy gain. Three energies in a turn. This is yet another thing for T1donk.  You have Sableye Machamp and of course kingdra. All come into play. So there is just no way you will not be able to get t1donk at least once when you are playing somebody. My favorite card here is Sableye is the best and I think that it can fit in almost any deck. Don‘t forget Cyrus of Team Galactic made this possible with energy gain also so did Flint so thanks. (Not)

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Making an SP deck

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Tristan

If you make an SP deck you will need this.

The SP Pokémon.Flint’s Willpower. Poke turn optional. Galactic HQ. Snow point temple. Great ball. Optional. SP radar. Optional. Sp Energy. Optional. If using Volkner’s SP Pokémon use Sunyshore Gym. Contest Hall. Bertha’s Warmth. Cyrus’s Conspiracy. Aaron’s Collection. Energy Gain.

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Big Lizard in my Backyard

Posted on May 21, 2009 by ThomasW

tyranitar3I simply love playing with this deck, it is just so much fun. I wish that I had played it in the States rather than a somewhat lame Blaziken-Rampardos deck that I used. Problem was that I did not have any Claydols, and this Tyranitar deck needs Claydols to keep everything humming in the background as the Big Lizard whumps on it’s opponents.

There are a lot of Tyranitar decks out there right now, a lot! Most of them are pretty much exact copies of the others, which is understandable, if it works, why mess with it?

My take on the T-Tar deck is not that much different than the others, a few Supporters here and there, I put in a Darkrai Lv. X for extra damage, etc…

The one thing that my deck has that most other T-Tar decks do not have is Poké Blower +. Uh-huh, Poké Blower + are in my T-Tar deck and for good reason. In Regionals, the games I lost were because I was unable to take out a nasty on the bench. But what about Spinning Tail and the massive 30 damage it does to all benched Pokémon? That simply is not enough damage and left me weak to a OHKO attack. Continue reading →

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I’m an idiot!!!! But a lucky break!

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Faron

So I’m playing Pokemon Leafgreen and battling the Elite Four before they become really strong. I just beat Lance pretty easily and almost all of my Pokemon are fainted or damaged. So without thinking, I go into the champion’s room. Luckily, I had my legendary Raichu first which takes out almost everything it battles against. So lucky for me, I was able to heal all my pokemon while he didn’t switch out to his Rhydon. His Pidgeot was wasting its time using sand attack (which you learn at like level 5 and it’s lv.59) and my Raichu knows Shock Wave, which never misses and took it out in two hits. After that I kicked the stuffing out of him and won!

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Stupid, Stupid & Stupid!!!

Posted on May 7, 2009 by ThomasW

I was playing Pokémon Platinum last night and I had just finished the “fun” of the Distortion World.  Not the most fun place to be, especially if you are tired.

giratina_origin1Anyway, I was trying to catch Giratina the old fashioned way, with a Dusk Ball, after about 20 tries I was kind of not paying attention, and I accidently pressed “Flee”,  GAH!

So of course off Giratina goes and I am left with nothing, so the only option I had was to turn off the game and then to start over.

At least this time around the Distortion World went a lot faster, needless to say I just used a Master Ball and was done with it.

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The Professor Test

Posted on August 28, 2008 by ThomasW

Out of curiosity I took the Pokemon Professor Test the other day, let me just say that it is a very hard test. If you pass the test well, uh, you are a Professor, hence the name. I want to pass it because I always like to know as much as possible about any game that I am playing.

The test is limited to 45 minutes and you have to get 32 out of the 40 questions correct, the format is multiple choice.

I have taken it twice, the first time I was just wondering how hard the thing really was, so I took it, answered 3 questions (got them right, wahoo) and submitted it. I just did not have the time to spend on it right then, not to mention that I had been playing Pokemon TCG for all of 2 weeks.

I took it again the other day and did finish it, however I only got 16 out of 40 right. To be honest I think that is pretty good. It is not like I have been playing for years or even have time to play hours a day. I do have a job and stuff you know! I have been playing for about 6 weeks as of writing this.

Anyway, I missed a lot of the “what if” type questions, and several questions that dealt with how to give out penalties and infractions in a tournament. Not like I have studied or anything so it was not unexpected that I missed them.

Anyway, I have another 30 days before I can retake it, I figure to shoot for 28 or so right this time and pass it by the end of the year.

Like I said, I do not have much desire in being a judge, I just like a challenge and I like to know the rules to the game backwards and forwards, that way if someone is trying to cheat the old guy I will know it….

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