>This deck consists of psychic and water. My goals are
to use Mr. Mime
>to as a
>staller untill i build up my stronger pokemon. In
this deck I attempt
>to get
>Blastoise, Alakazam and Gengar. This is my deck,
please give me a
>rating of 1
>to 10 and some pointers.
>
>23 pokemon
>PSYCHIC POKEMON
>1 MEWTWO
>1 MR. MIME
>1 GENGAR
>1 HAUNTER
>1 GHASTLY
>1 ALAKAZAM
>1 KADABRA
>1 ABRA
>WATER POKEMON
>1 POLIWRATH
>1 POLIWHIRL
>1 POLIWAG
>1 GYARADOS
>1 MAGIKARP
>1 BLASTOISE
>1WARTORTLE
>1 SQUIRTLE
>1 SEADRA
>1 HORSEA
>1 GOLDUCK
>1 PSYDUCK
>1 ARTICUNO
>1 EXEGGUTOR (READ BELOW)
>1 EXEGGCUTE (PSYCHIC ATTACKS>PSYCHIC ENERGY)
>ENERGIES
>12 PSYCIC
>13 WATER
>TRAINERS
>4 BILL
>1 SCOOP UP
>3 POKEDEX
>2 GUST OF WIND
>2 SUPER POTION

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SPIKE: Have we ever gotten a deck with all singles
before?

VULPIX: Vulpix vulpix! [Well, there was the one "I try
to get chan and buzz to win" guy, but that wasn't
quite as bad, because he didn't have all these
evolutions.]

SPIKE: I love how, once he gets Blastoise
out--assuming all three members of the family aren't
in his prizes--he can use them to charge up his other
water Pokemon. You've heard of "Turbo Blastoise"?
Well, this is "Blastoise pumped full of enough
tranquilizers to stun an elephant."

VULPIX: Vulpix! Vulpix! [And once he gets Alakazam
out, he can use it to swap damage around! Assuming he
doesn't get beaten by a good deck on the first turn,
of course.]

SPIKE: That's the risk you take when you play with a
deck that's been specially designed to show off all of
your pretty foils.

VULPIX: Vulpix! Vulpix vulpix! [Ooh, this is one of
those guys who asks us to rate his deck on a scale of
1 to 10. What should we tell him?]

SPIKE: I really hate that. Perhaps this is a good time
to tell everybody how I feel about ratings: "GOD I
HATE RATINGS!!!" Thank you. But really, I don't feel
that trying to come up with some stupid number should
be the focus of a deck mechanic's job. If you gave me
a choice between using ratings and beating myself
about the head with a cactus, I'd be picking spines
out of my temples before you could say "8.5 out of
10." So to all the people who ask me for ratings:
Don't hold your breath. Anyway, Vulpix, you can do the
rating if you like.

VULPIX: Vulpix... [Well, we gave that three-color
all-singles deck a -9, so this one should probably get
a -8.]

SPIKE: Fair enough.



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