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 >
 > I am a college student working  in an elmentary school where the
 > kids have taught me to play Pokemon.  My deck does great against
 > them but they are third, fourth and fifth graders.   I have never been
 > in a tournament therefore I am a novice.  Will this deck work in a
 > tournament or will I be eaten alive?
 >
 > Sea Animals
 >
 > Energies			Pokemon		Trainer
 > 17 water			4 seel		4 Gusts of Wind
 > 4   colorless		3 dewgong	4 Potions
 > 				2 staryu		4 Poke Balls
 > 							4 Energy Removals
 > 				4 Eevee		2 Super Energy Removals
 > 				1 Vaporeon
 >
 > 				4 Dratini
 > 				2 Dragonair
 >
 >
 
> Hey, I know how you feel.  I kinda feel bad when I beat a little kid.  As
 > for the deck, you need more energy.  Most decks run 25-28 energy.  Some 
runa
 > tad more or less, but there is always a reason for it.  I would switch 
out
 > the Pokeballs for actual Pokemon Traders, and I would take out the Staru.
 > Probably put in Farfetch'd instead.  Major problem is that you are
 > completely open to electric decks.  If you want to, add some fighting
 > pokemon.  They take out electric in a snap.  The deck would hold up 
decently
 > in a tourny, once some tweaking is done to it.  By the way, do you ever 
get
 > a chance to teach the kids how to play, have a strategy class, or call 
for
 > recess just because you want to play?  I think that would be cool.
 >


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Yes, I have taught the kids how to play the card game.  Once I got
a hold of a rule book I had to go back and unlearn a lot of the stuff
they taught me.  I had to show them the correct way also.  I work in
a latchkey program.  I setup a tournament (un-sanctioned) for the
morning group and for the afternoon group.  It was pretty exciting.  I
even had a lot of girls enter the tournament.  If I were to tell you the
details, it would be boring for you.  The cards are very hard to come
by in this area so most of the decks were the Starter Decks vs.
Starter Decks.   Yes, I plan on showing them some strategy come
this fall.  I'm hoping the kids have gotton more cards over the
summer so I they can use the strategy.