Subject: Expedition Raindance Well, usually I'd insert a little humor here, but I can't think of anything. =\ So let's just fix the deck. ;x >>>> I was just looking at one of your old magazines and I saw a Raindance deck. It gave me some inspiration and I've recreated Raindance. Pokemon(15) 4 Squirtle(E 50HP) 4 Blastiose(BS) 4 Chansey(BS) 2 Lapras(F) 1 Articuno(F) Trainers(30) 1 Item Finder 1 GoW 3 Bill 4 Pokemon Breeder 4 Prof. Oak 2 Misty's Wrath 3 Pluspower 2 Copycat 1 Prof. Elm's Training Method 1 Bill's Maintenance 1 Mary's Impulse 2 Comp. Search 3 Nightly Garbage Run 1 Healing Field 1 Ecogym Energy(15) 15 Water Energy I know you love Raindance so I sent this to you. The strategy is pretty straight forward. Thanks, Magnechu >>>> Alright, the day has not come yet where I could refuse to fix a Raindance. =D Pokemon(15) 4 Squirtle(E 50HP) 4 Blastiose(BS) 4 Chansey(BS) 2 Lapras(F) 1 Articuno(F) Well, lemme see here...I like the Chansey, but your lack of Double Colorless Energy isn't too good. Drop a Chansey and the Lapras and Articuno for four Cleffa - a MUST in any Unlimited deck. There is one more alteration to the Pokémon I'd like to do- that is, the addition of one Wartortle - but it'll wait until we have the space. Pokémon (15) 4 Squirtle 4 Blastoise 4 Cleffa 3 Chansey -- Trainers(30) 1 Item Finder 1 GoW 3 Bill 4 Pokemon Breeder 4 Prof. Oak 2 Misty's Wrath 3 Pluspower 2 Copycat 1 Prof. Elm's Training Method 1 Bill's Maintenance 1 Mary's Impulse 2 Comp. Search 3 Nightly Garbage Run 1 Healing Field 1 Ecogym Hmmm...the Trainers are a bit unfocused, but that's easily fixed. Let's see here...you've got the four Breeder and Professor Oak, which is good. In fact, let's use one of the Breeder spaces for the Wartortle we were talking about. Drop the three Bill for three more Itemfinder, and throw out the Bill's Maintenance and Mary's Impluse for two more Computer Search. Professor Elm's Training Method is...unneccessary, so drop it for a second Ecogym. Drop the Healing Field and two of the Nightly Garbage Run for two Double Colorless Energy and a Gold Berry, and knock off the Misty's Wrath for two more Gold Berry. Finally, drop the CopyCat and a Water Energy for three Super Energy Removal. Trainers (28) 4 Professor Oak 4 Computer Search 4 Itemfinder 3 PlusPower 3 Pokémon Breeder 3 Gold Berry 3 Super Energy Removal 2 Ecogym 1 Nightly Garbage Run 1 Gust of Wind -- Energy(16) 14 Water Energy 2 Double Colorless Energy Not much to do here...drop a Water for a third Double Colorless. Here's the whole deck: -Pokémon (16) 4 Squirtle 4 Blastoise 4 Cleffa 3 Chansey 1 Wartortle -Trainers (28) 4 Professor Oak 4 Computer Search 4 Itemfinder 3 PlusPower 3 Pokémon Breeder 3 Gold Berry 3 Super Energy Removal 2 Ecogym 1 Nightly Garbage Run 1 Gust of Wind -Energy (16) 13 Water Energy 3 Double Colorless Energy There you have it...enjoy, and use it well. It's Raindance...one of the oldest deck archtypes, and if used well it can still be quite a powerful little bugger. ;) Good luck and happy gaming!