I was not originally intending to play during tonight's League, but we wound up with an odd number of players, and I was the only Professor who brought a Standard deck along.
Ergo, I ended up shuffling up my Festival Lead Dipplin deck and playing in tonight's 3-round League locals.
Round 1 vs Yanmega ex - Win
Hilariously enough, I had just thrown this player a copy of Yanmega ex that they had needed for their deck tonight, so facing off against them in Round 1 must have been some bizarre providence of fate.
Or just coincidence thanks to Pokémon's Tournament Organization Manager software. Either way.
This was a relatively quick game, with a little back-and-forth between us. They got a handful of Yanmegas set up and prepared, but never more than one at a time. Meanwhile, with my selection of Dipplins and Tools, I was able to take out their bugs just as soon as they took out my apples. With me as a deck full of Single-Prize Pokémon, the math worked out in my favor and I won the prize race.
Round 2 vs Marnie's Grimmsnarl/Froslass - Loss
This game came down the absolute wire between the two of us. We finished with plenty of time left in the round, but it was a practical nail-biter that could have easily gone either way for the two of us. They made a few play errors, sequencing their turns poorly, but it didn't impact their game too drastically.
The final turn came down to some fortunate damage management on their end, where they were able to use TM Devolution to take out four of my Pokémon at once, taking a massive four-prize turn to win. Had they not managed to do that, I was primed and poised to take the win on my turn, but I couldn't even attempt to be mad because of just how much fun the game was and how close the result wound up being.
Round 3 vs Marnie's Grimmsnarl/Froslass - Win
Following up on the Grimmsnarl/Froslass game I had just played, I was paired against a second Grimmsnarl/Froslass for Round 3.
This player was less familiar with the list, it seemed, and admitted at some point that they were only borrowing their friend's deck and that they didn't have one of their own.
They were astonished at how much damage my Applins were able to push out, and how quickly I could set up the apples to do so. They didn't seem to ever find their Froslass to start forcing damage around on my field, which gave me a much easier time dealing with them than my opponent in the previous round, and once I grabbed a Vitality Band to further power up my Applin, I was able to easily take two prizes each turn, quickly securing the victory.
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