----Original Message Follows---- Greetings, My mother, after having heard the suggestions you made on my deck, had me send her deck in. It is an interesting deck as it contains no rares, yet she manages to beat me very often. She has decided adamantly against adding a Charizard, but may add a Venasaur. Any help you could offer or suggestions you could make would be greatly appreciated. Energy: 13 Green 12 Red 2 Double Colorless Pokemon: 4 Bulbasaur 2 Ivysaur 4 Charmander 2 Charmeleon 3 Growlithe 2 Arcanine 3 Nidoran (male) 2 Nidorino 2 Rattata 1 Raticate TrainerS: 4 Bill 2 Potion 1 Gust of Wind 1 Professor Oak Thank you again for the help. _________________________________________________________ Ahhh. It's not that often that you can make a deck with no rares. It can be done, but it's hard. I would make one, but I'm addicted to Hitmonchan and Wigglytuff right now. I definately would add the Venusaur, but I wouldn't add the Charizard. He is definately overrated. At the last tourny I went to, all Charizard got to eat was a few Dratini, then he couldn't attack anymore. He was all out of energy. I would take out the Rattata family. Maybe some Oaks and Gust, but it's not that bad of a deck. I congratulate your mom for not only making a good deck, but actually playing the game. It's not that often that you get a parent to play a CCG. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com