Okay.. I think someone is really smoking something here, and I don't
think it's me.

Let's compare, shall we?

Arcanine has 100 HP. Zapdos has 70. Arcanine needs to evolve; Zapdos
doesn't. Arcy needs 4 Energy. Zap needs 4. For weaker attacks, Zapdos
can hit for a solid 20 and power up faster then Arcy. About even, right?
Not quite. Here's the tiebreaker:

Zap can run on 6 Energy cause of Plasma.

Can Arcy do that? I think not. Arcy needs 8/10 plus supporting basics to
stall while you get Arcy. Zap can be comboed with SER, you can win the
game be playing it on Arcanine.

Arcanine is awesome, probably the 2nd best Stage 1 in the game. But
let's not compare 0wNagE with Broken, okay? ;.)

~St33liX1
keith.parkinson@verizon.net  (trying to change E-mail.. =\)