It's All
'Bout Evolution
Michael Furst
February 24, 2003
Note that my decks aren't
the *greatest* but are pretty good and I won battles many times! (My
policy is: "It's All 'Bout Evolution!)
(o = common; ^ =uncommon; * =rare)
Deck 1: Fight to the End! (Main Deck)
Goal is to quickly overcome the opponent with 40+ attack and 60+ HP
Weakness is mainly Grass and Psychic Pokémon
18 Energy Cards:
o 16 Fighting (15 reg, 1 neo; not as if it makes a difference...)
* 1 Recycle Colorless
^ Double Colorless
30 Pokémon:
^ 1 Brock's Geodude
^ 1 Brock's Graveler
^ 1 Brock's Lickitung (but Brock doesn't have Lickitung in the cartoon;
Jessie does...)
o 1 Brock's Onix (100 HP!)
* 1 Brock's Rhydon (holo)
o 1 Brock's Rhyhorn
o 1 Cubone
* 1 Dragonair (had to trade my Arcanine for it but it is GOOD)
^ 1 Dratiti, of course!
o 1 Geodude
^ 1 Giovanni's Machoke
o 1 Gio's Machop
^ STILL 1 Graveler
* 1 Hitmonchan (holo)
* 1 Hitmonlee
o 1 Kabuto
* 1 Kabutops
* 1 Kangaskhan
^ 2! Machoke
o 2 Machop
o 1 Mankey
^ 1 Marowak
o 1 Onix (neo) (1st Edition)
^ 1 Primeape
^ 1 Rhydon (100 HP, baby!)
o 1 Rhyhorn
for the heck of it, I threw in: o 1 Sandshrew
* 1 Snorlax
11 Trainer Cards:
^ 1 Brock's Training Method
^ 1 Card-Flip Game
(Goldenrod Game Corner)
^ 1 Defender
o 1 Energy Removal
^ 1 Energy Retrieval
^ 1 Full Heal
o 2 Mysterious Fossil (10 HP?!)
^ 1 PlusPower
o 1 PokéBall
o 1 lousy Potion
Viola! Behold!
Deck 2: The Wrath of Grass! (Back-up Deck 1)
Goal is to "disable" (Paralysis, Poison, etc.) and to "screw up" their
Pokémon and .....their
attacks!
Weakness is mainly Psychic and Fire
Resistance is sometimes Fighting
Looks like it's déjä vu all over again!:
21 Energy Cards:
o 17 Grass
o 4 Psychic (why? you'll see)
26 Pokémon:
^ 1 Ariados
* 1 Beedrill
^ 1 Butterfree
o 1 Caterpie
* 1 Dark Weezing (R) (holo)
o 1 Erika's Exeggcute
^ 1 Erika's Exeggutor
o 1 Exeggcute
^ 1 Exeggutor
o 1 Gio's Nidoran F
o 1 Gio's Nidoran M
^ 1 Gio's Nidorina
^ 1 Gio's Nidorino
^ 1 Golbat
^ 2 Kakuna
o 1 Koffing
o 1 Metapod
* 1 Nidoking (holo)
o 1 Nidoran M
^ 1 Nidorino
* 1 Scyther (my favorite Pokémon!)
o 1 Spinarak
o 1 Weedle (I have 8!)
^ 1 Weezing
o 1 Zubut
13 Trainer Cards:
o 2 Bill
o 1 Gambler
o 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!! Gust of Wind
o 2 Professor Oak
^ 1 Super Potion
o 1 Switch and that's a rap!
Deck
3:
Shocking
Psy
(Back-up
Deck
2)
Goal is to get the right things when I need it (Switch, [Super] Energy
Removals and .....Retrievals).
Weakness is for Psychic, other Psychic; for Electric, Fighting.
So... 20 Energy Cards:
o 8 Phychic
o 4 Water
o 8 Electric
23 Pokémon:
o 2 Abra
o 1 Gastly
* 1 Gengar (fossil)
o 1 Girafarig
^ 1 Haunter
^ 1 Jynx
^ 1 Kadabra
o 1 Sabrina's Abra
o 1 Sabrina's Gastly
^ 1 Sabrina's Haunter
^ 1 Slowbro
o 1 Slowpoke
o 1 Eevee
o 1 Chinchou
^ 1 Dark Jolteon (R)
^ 1 Electabuzz (neo)
* 1 Electrode
* 1 Elekid
^ 1 Lanturn
o 1 Magnemite
* 1 folded Magneton (holo)...
o 1 Voltorb
16? Trainer Cards:
^ 1 Defender
o 3 Energy Removal
^ 1 Energy Retrieval
* 1 Lass
o 1 Potion
* 1 Super Energy Removal
^ 1 Super Potion
o 7 Switch
Ha!
Final Deck: Rage of Burning Ambition! (Back-up Deck 3) (Colorless/Fire)
Goal is to make the opponent nervous by attacking little, but why need
to, with very .....high
HP? but then powering up to attack swiftly and fiercly!
Weakness is, well, Water and Fighting elements!
18 Trainer Cards:
o 18 Fire
33 Pokémon:
o 1 Blaine's Growlithe
o 1 Blaine's Ponyta
^ 1 Blaine's Rapidash
o 4 Charmander
^ 1 Charmeleon
o 2 Cyndaquil
* 1 Magby
^ 3 Magmar (1 1st Edition)
o 1 Ponyta
^ 2 Quilava
o 1 Dark Raticate (R)
^ 1 Dodrio
o 2 Doduo
^ 1 Erika's Dratini
^ 1 Fearow
^ 1 Gio's Meowth
o 1 Hoothoot
^ 1 Lickitung
o 1 Meowth
^ 1 Persian
o 1 Rattata
^ 1 Raticate
o 1 Spearow
o 1 Stantler (1st Edition)
^ 1 Tauros
9 Trainer Cards:
o 2 Bill
o 1 Energy Removal
o 1 Gust of Wind
^ 2 PlusPower
o 1 Potion
^ 1 Professor Oak
FINALLY ^ 1 Super Potion!