>hello spike i heard you get back to people very quickly so i decided to
>send
>this to you    
>
>    the strategy of my deck is to get out dark alakazam asap and use
>his
>attack(s)
>to ko your opponents pokemon and not get koed your self  and dark
>gyrados has
>a take yoou with me pokomon power everything else has obvios reasons
>well here it is
>
>
>
>>1cansey
>>3alakazam(1 base 2dark)
>>1kadabra
>>3abra(2rocket 1base)
>>1hitmonlee
>>2scyther
>>2dark gyrados
>>3mgicarp
>>2R machop
>>1hitmonchan
>>1kangaskhan
>>2challenge
>>2oak
>>4bill
>>2com.search
>>p.power
>>2breeder
>>3trader
>>1the boss's way
>>5fighting energy
>>7water energy
>>7psy energy
>>2dce
>thats it i would like it if u didnt use that many rares or rockets
>other wise
>make as many corrections as u like

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Hmm. You know, I don't even remember how this made it onto my "Post" stack. Perhaps I'm getting soft-hearted. As a matter of fact, a few months back this deck would have made a prime bash candidate. Oh well. Maybe I can help the guy out.

1) First of all, you've got to yank a color. You mention Dark Gyarados and Dark Alakazam in your strategy, but you don't tell me what the hell is up with fighting. So the Hitmos get yanked. Now, you've already got a 3-2 Dark Gyarados line. This is workable, and you tell me not to add too many rares, so I'll leave it. Try to use as many TR Magikarps as you can, though... all in all, they're better.

Now Dark Alakazam. If you want to concentrate on Dark Alakazam, I'd pull the Base one (good as it may be) to free up card space. That means you want Dark Kadabra, too. I'm not sure how many Kadabras I'd want here--you've got Breeder, but we don't want to let Abra sit around for too long while you try to find both a Breeder and an Alakazam. Another advantage of Dark Kadabra is that you can search for it via The Boss's Way, and also its funky attack and power. All in all, I'd say 2 Kadabras. 2 Scyther are good, I'd add a couple more if you can, as you need good starters. Kangaskhan and Chansey are a bit random, so try to settle on one or the other at some point...no real hurry, though.

2) Trainers are a bit random. I'd go with 3 Oaks; this is simply something that you want to increase your chances of drawing one when you need it. Given a choice between 2 Oaks, 4 Bills and 3 Oaks, 3 Bills, I will almost certainly go with 3 Oaks. CPU search is good. PlusPower is good, but you want at least 2 or 3. Trader gets yanked as it's highly redundant with Search and Boss's Way in this deck. Speaking of the Boss, this deck puts him to VERY good use, so have at least 2 of them in there. Item Finder and GOW will fill any space we have. Energy Retrieval might be nice too.

3) Your energy was looking sick when we started fixing this deck. I'd say you want at least 10 of each color, plus 2 or 3 DCE.

So let's add it up and see what we get:

***

18 Pokemon:

3 Abra (preferably Rocket)
2 Dark Kadabra
2 Dark Alakazam
3 Magikarp (preferably Rocket)
2 Dark Gyarados
4 Scyther
2 Kangaskhan (or Chansey)

20 Trainers:

3 Bill
3 Oak
2 Computer Search
1 Pokemon Breeder
2 The Boss's Way
2 Energy Retrieval
2 Gust of Wind
2 Item Finder
3 Energy Removal

22 Energy:

10 Water Energy
9 Psychic Energy
3 DCE

***

I got about halfway through listing the trainers when I suddenly realized there was no Energy Removal in this deck. Stupid me, huh? From there, it was a matter of going back through and cramming everything I wanted in. It was tough, but eventually I managed to shoehorn it all in. To make room for energy (which is still a bit low IMO) I dropped a Breeder and dropped ER to 3, something I almost never do. If energy still gives you problems, remember that Retrieval is usually much more effective than simply loading more energy in--i.e., dropping a Water Energy for another Retrieval might be something you want to think about.



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