Psychic Assault 

The main goal of this deck is to get out a beefy Pokémon who can deal out 
some serious damage and keep it out there. The deck focuses on 4 Pokémon 
specifically: Hitmonchan, Machop (and potentially Machoke), Mewtoo, and 
Kadabra (the Stage I evolution of Abra). These Pokémon can dish out some 
serious punishment while taking damage in turn. The deck also provides some 
useful tools for keeping your active Pokémon in play or easily substituting a 
benched Pokémon in case the active one needs to take a breather. 

The strengths of the deck are fairly numerous. The Pokémon you bring into 
play can dish out damage quickly while taking some damage any opposing 
Pokémon might hand out. Hitmonchan and Machop (the Fighting Pokémon of the 
deck) both do a base 20 damage for F-some pretty solid damage. Hitmonchan 
does better damage of 40 when FFO is attached to it. Both Hitmonchan and 
Machop can take damage as well, having 70 and 50 hit points respectively. 
Mewtoo is a nice Pokémon to make active later in the game, especially against 
a Pokémon that has a lot of energy cards attached to it; Mewtoo does 10 
damage plus an additional 10 for each energy card attached to the opposing 
Pokémon. It also helps that Mewtoo doesn't get knocked out at 60 hit points. 

Abra/Kadabra/Alakazam is perhaps the most interesting element of the deck, 
offering multiple tools for getting a win. Abra can get knocked out easily at 
30 hit points, but you can paralyze your opponent's active Pokémon with its 
attack, offering some time to get the deck up and running should you need it. 
The main attack power comes from Kadabra, at 60 hit points. For PPO, Kadabra 
can do 50 damage; not many Pokémon can stand up to that kind of attack. 
Alakazam's use in the deck is focused around its special power of Damage 
Swap, redirecting damage that the active Pokémon has taken on to a benched 
Pokémon that won't be seeing any action soon. This ensures that your active 
Pokémon remains active. 

The trainers in the deck are designed not only to get to Pokémon you need 
quickly, but to keep them happy when they're active. Bill and Professor Oak 
are to get through your deck in a quicker fashion than normal, getting to 
what you need. Pokémon Trader also helps you get what you need by going right 
into the deck. Make sure to use cards you won't mind missing to pay for its 
cost. Energy Removal keeps an opponent's Pokémon down while you lay down the 
assault, thought using it on your opponent's active Pokémon while Mewtoo is 
fighting for you is counter-productive. Switch gets around some of the 
steeper retreat costs you will have, though always remember that Abra can 
retreat for free; if one of your Pokémon gets knocked out and you don't know 
who to send out, send Abra out-you can always retreat it for free later. 
Finally, Gust of Wind is to ensure that your opponent won't get away with 
sending damaged Pokémon out of harm's way by sending them to the bench. 

There are a couple of things you will need to look out for when making and 
playing Psychic Assault. It might be hard to construct the deck if you have 
access to a very limited number of cards; there are a fair number of rares 
and holograms in the deck. Trading cards is one of the best solutions to fill 
out the requirements for the deck. When playing the deck, be careful against 
Psychic Pokémon, as all your Pokémon are weak against Psychic. The up side 
here is that you have Psychic Pokémon as well in the deck, so an opponent who 
uses a lot of Psychic Pokémon will face the same difficulties as you. 
Finally, make sure you use your trainer cards to their maximum effectiveness. 
For example, don't use an Energy Removal on a Pokémon you are about to knock 
out anyway. It is better saved on a Pokémon that has some energy attached to 
it on the bench or on an active Pokémon that you aren't going to be able to 
knock out right away. 

I hope you have as much fun with Psychic Assault as I do! 

Here are the cards in the Psychic Assault deck: 

QTY. CARD TYPE RARITY 
13 Psychic Energy Energy C* 
12 Fighting Energy Energy C* 
  
4 Mewtoo Psychic H 
4 Abra Psychic C 
3 Kadabra Psychic I U 
2 Alakazam Psychic II H 
  
4 Hitmonchan Fighting H 
4 Machop Fighting C 
1 Machoke Fighting I U 
  
4 Energy Removal Trainer R 
2 Bill Trainer C 
2 Gust of Wind Trainer C 
2 Switch Trainer C 
2 Pokémon Trader Trainer C 
1 Professor Oak Trainer U 
  
60 TOTAL CARDS 

This deck was awsome against most decks except aguy who killed me with two 
Charizards and a Zapidos. It's good against the Zap preconstrucked deck.
I played my tournament at Mark's Comics And Collectables










>From Sharif Ismail