>Hey Spike, this is Aaron with a Charizard *GASP* deck, called
>Chitto. 
>(Say "Chitto" five times fast, and you won't get a nice word)  Im not
>that
>great with names, so I just put together Ditto and Charizard.  Anyway,
>I'm
>sick of playing my Aeromaker, and wanted something people would never
>even
>imagine playing, that way it doesn't become played much.  Sorry I
>didn't put
>you in Vulpix!  Here's the deck and strategy.
>Pokemon:13
>3 Rocket Charmander (He's better than the first in my opinion.)
>2 Base set Charizard (Whatever you do, don't take him out, he's in
>there for
>the *GASP* effect and I just like doing 100 Damage)
>4 Magmar (Fossil, and there isn't an explination needed)
>4 Ditto (I know I should put Electabuzz in here for fighting Water, but
>then
>2 different energies in an Energy Eating deck?  No...)
>Trainers:25
>4 Bill (Need to get energy on the Brute as soon as possible)
>3 Oak (Read Above, and also, just card drawing advantage)
>4 Energy Retrieval (Self Explanitory in a Charizard deck)
>2 NGR (Read above)
>4 Energy Removal (I would like to put in SER, but that's just more
>discarded
>energy)
>4 Pokemon Breeder (...)
>3 Computer Search
>3 GOW
>Energy:22
>4 Potion Energy (Ditto and Charizard)
>4 DCE (Ditto and Charizard)
>12 Fire Energy
>
>Strategy:
>Of course, play like a haymaker with Magmar and Ditto.  While fighting
>with
>them, I like to get about 6 Energy on a charizard (That way i can keep
>attacking)  It's not that complicated, but it works.  And I know you
>think Im
>nuts for playing with charizard.

***

Nuts for playing with Charizard? Not neccessarily, and not if you do it well. Let me show you how to do it better.

1) Actually, I think a 3-3-2 or 3-2-2 evolution of Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard would do nicely here. Charizard is one of those families where there's no real reason to skip the Stage 1--Charmeleon is a great Poke and there's no real speed advantage to Breeding on the second turn anyway since you won't be fully powered up by then. I also recommend Base Charmander over Rocket since Base does a better job of staying alive. There's an immense difference between 40 and 50 HP... 40 is just saying "Jab me, Jab me" while 50 gives the impression of relative beefiness. Lastly, Ditto vs Electabuzz. Electabuzz could probably live quite happily in this deck (keep in mind that 3-4 Buzz only need about 6 energy of color to live happily) but there's nothing wrong with Ditto. Well, there can be, but he's not as bad as I once thought.

2) We still want Breeder, but 2 of them will be fine. We also need Item Finders in here somehow. 6 ways to get energy back is a bit much even here, so drop 2 of them. Take your pick--Retrieval or NGR--and put 4 of them in. Since this deck will deplete itself quickly, I go with NGR, but you should try it both ways.

3) 22 energy seems a bit low, but 4 NGR will make up for it in a big ol' way. If it ain't broke.

***

3 Charmander
2 Charmeleon
2 Charizard
4 Magmar
4 Ditto

4 Bill
3 Oak
3 Computer Search
2 Item Finder
4 NGR
4 Energy Removal
3 GOW
2 Pokemon Breeder

12 Fire Energy
4 Potion Energy
4 DCE

***

We've been adding and subtracting carefully, so that should be 60 cards.

On a related note, I think you could use a name change. I happen to think Chiss would be a great name for a deck, even though it has nothing to do with this deck except for the CH sound. Just out of curiosity, does anybody know where the name Chiss comes from? And no, it's nothing obscene at all...


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