>    Energy:
>24 Fighting
>2 D. Colorless
>
>    Trainers:
>1 Potion
>1 Bill
>1 Pokedex
>1 C. Search
>   
>    Pokemon:
>2 Geodude
>2 Graveler
>2 Golem
>1 Mankey (for Peek)
>1 Primeape
>1 Machop
>3 Jigglypuff
>1 Wigglytuff
>2 Spearow
>1 Fearow
>1 Eevee
>1 Tauros
>1 Hitmonlee
>1 Snorlax
>1 Meowth
>1 Persian
>1 Kangaskhan
>1 Cubone
>1 Marowak
>1 Rhyhorn
>1 Rhydon
>1 Ditto
>1 Farfetch'd
>
>    Strategy:
>                Its hard to explain but say like I get 1 jigglypuff
>some
>other guys
>                and a hitmonlee, I'll use jigglypuff as a shield why I
>get
>enough energy
>            to use hitmonlee.  I'll then let jigglypuff die then
>Hitmonlee
>comes out
>            and does major damage.  By the time hitmonlee gets ready to
>die
>I'll
>            already have a Snorlax energized and ready to fight.  Then
>use
>that
>            method over and over.  This deck did very well for me.

VULPIX: Hmm. Your strategy was hard to explain? Well, it seems you did an okay job of it. The strategy is a sound one, actually. Considering you've got 3 Jigglypuff, it might actually have a chance of going off. Of course, that's a little bit like saying Pat Buchanan has a shot at the presidency.

Your deck plummets from there. The brief glimmer of hope reflected in your Wigglytuff and Fearow evolution families is snuffed out by the rest of your deck. Not only do you run Golem-- the family that was saved by Victreebel from the title of "Worst Evolution Family Ever"-- but you do so in a ratio that would make the hardest heart cringe. And the rest of your cards would seem to support my working hypothesis that you're one of those little kids who only buys boosters and refuses to trade with anybody else.

Did I mention your trainers? They show all the good sense and intelligence of a man parachuting into an alligator farm. Your card drawing power consists of a Bill. Your searching consists of a Computer Search-- good card, but using only one is an insult. And then you've got a Potion, which is nice except that your chances of getting it when you need it are approximately 1:47 (that's 0.0212766 for the decimally minded among us.) But don't worry-- you'll be able to use your Pokedex to see what cards you would have drawn if it took the good player sitting across from you more than a turn to hand your ass to you on a plate.

And you claim this deck did well for you. I'm not sure what to say to this, except that I'm sorry and I hope that future advances in medical science make it possible for you to come out of that little plastic bubble you live in.

Spike? Take it away...

SPIKE: Um, thank you, Vulpix. Man, just like the other deck, you're gonna have to pretty much start over. Do what I tell anybody to do: pick a couple core families, back them up with appropriate basics, and put in the trainers to help them work right. Especially that last part. There's reams of information on good trainers scattered liberally around the PoJo in general and my garage in particular. Read it. Learn. Then you will be a Pokemon Master. Well, maybe not, but you'll at least be on the way.



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