Hey Pojomaniacs!  This is Dizasterous here to talk about a really 
overlooked card- Forretress. Lets take a look at the family:

Name: Pineco
Type: Basic Pokemon
Card #: 61/75
Rarity: Common
Color: Grass
HP: 40
Weakness: R
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2
Pokemon #: 204
Species: Bagworm
Level: 15
Attack: [G] Burst (40)
Flip a coin. If heads, Pineco does 40 damage to itself and 10 damage to 
each
Pokemon on each player's Bench. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for
Benched Pokemon.) Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing (not even
damage).

     Now Pineco, lets face it, sucks. Plain and simple. If it is your 
only basic at the start of a game, you are as good as dead!  If you have 
it at the end, against a Rocket's Zapdos with 30 damage on it, it still 
sucks because of the coin flip.  However, paired up with Computer 
Searches and Oaks, you will hopefully get Forretress out early in the 
game.  Lets look at Forretress now:

Name: Forretress
Type: Stage 1-Evolves From Pineco
Card #: 2/75
Rarity: Rare-Holo
Color: Steel
HP: 80
Weakness: R
Resistance: G -30
Retreat: 3
Pokemon #: 205
Species: Bagworm
Level: 40
Power: "Spikes"
During your opponent's turn, whenever 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokemon
becomes his or her Active Pokemon, Forretress does 10 damage to it. (Don't
apply Weakness and Resistance.) This power stops working if Forretress is
Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
Attack: [2S] Rapin Spin (30)
If your opponent has any Benched Pokemon, he or she chooses 1 of them and
switches it with their Active Pokemon; then, if you have any Benched
Pokemon, you switch 1 of them with your Active Pokemon. (Do the damage
before switching the Pokemon.)

     The strategy here is, well, of course, to use its Pokemon Power, 
Spikes, to get some free damage on the bench.  Used with some Gusts of 
Wind to make the unpowered Steelix active, just use Rapid spin to put it 
back on the bench.  I believe the the "Hit and Run" method is one of the 
most powerful in the game.
     Probably the worst threat to Forretress is Magby, who Forretress is 
weak to, stops its Pokemon Power, AND you have to flip to see if you can 
even attack it.

Thanks for reading!
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