Subject: "Where's my Clefairy Doll?" Deck Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 05:38:46 PST From: "Tony Tolano" Hey!! I just got into Pokemon and decided to create an odd deck. I call this "Where's my Clefairy Doll?" You'll see why... THE DECK: Pokemon (2) 2 Mewtwo (Yes... 2) Trainers (4) 2 Maintenance 2 Imposter Professor Oak Energy (54) 54 Psychic Energy (!!) THE STRATEGY: STALL. Just 'Barrier' each turn as soon as you can. Use Maintenance to get more cards in your library than your opponent. Use Imposter Professor Oak immediately upon your opponent dropping to less than 7 cards in their hand. Also, mess up your opponent's head! I have 3 easy steps: 1) After drawing, ask, "Where's my Clefairy Doll?" 2) Say, "When I get my Clefairy Doll, I'm going to win!" 3) When your opponent asks, "How will you win with a Clefairy Doll?," just laugh and look insane. (They might even forfeit :-)) Another way to help you win is to emphasize the 'mulligan' rule. Make sure your opponent knows that they can draw up to 2 extra cards every time you 'mull'. I've tried Energy Removal and ran more than 4 Trainers in this deck but I found that it would stall too close to victory. Having 6 non-Energy cards are balanced nicely to ensure you will have 1 Energy card in a hand of 7. :) WEAKNESS: Energy Removal. In playtesting, I have discovered that only Energy Removal can stop this deck. Youre opponent ends your 'Barrier' lock and kills your Mewtwo in one hit... *sigh* I hope you like this ODD deck. Send your ideas, comments, etc. to... pron7@hotmail.com --Tony "NO!! Not ENERGY REMOVAL!!" Tolano