I have recieved some complaints that they don't know what I am talking about, because I write this stuff above the deck list. From now on, I will try my best to write them below the deck lists, so that you know what I am talking about. So, to the land down under then... >Here is my deck the ''Master Deck''. I call it the Master Deck because it >''masters'' every type! My school had a tourtnement for Pokemon cards. I >placed in 1st the first time and then 3rd the second time. > >Pokemon (17) > >3 Charmander >3 Charmeleon >2 Charizard >2 Bulbasaur >1 Ivysaur >1 Venusaur >2 Squirtle >1 Wartortle >1 Blastoise >1 Zapdos > > >Energies (38) > >10 Fire Energies >10 Grass Energies >9 Water Energies >9 Lightning Energies > > >Trainers (5) > >2 Energy Retrieval >1 Pokemon Center >1 Super Potion >1 Pokemon Trader Look at this next deck in line in out THRASHFEST '99. This "master deck" must master at being a piece of crap. Once again, many flaws of previous decks have appeared in this "winning" deck. If this deck won, I'd hate to see the stuff you actually beat. Once again, we have a deck that has 4 COLORS! When you play pokemon, you don't want to make a deck with all of the colors of the rainbow. You want to keep it down to around 2 colors. 1 and 3 color decks are ok, but 2 colors usually work better than most. In the game of colors, 2 is better than 4. Trust me. Let's take a look at the pokemon in this "master" deck. Ummm... Do you play the pokemon cartridge game? Venusaur, Blastoise, and Charizard? With Zapdos on the side? You filled your deck with bloated pokemon, and I am surprised that you actually got this deck to work. I'd think that this deck would have a bad track record, like a Pinto. What, you have a working pinto also? You are some real lucky guy, you know that? The families aren't even set so that it is easy to get them out. Only the Charmander family comes close, going 3-2-2. I have a good question for you. Do you really think it is smart putting in 9 energy for a card that will show 1/60th of the time. We are talking not seen in most games? And when you do pull of the act of good of top-decking Zapdos, do you actually pull the energy you need for him to attack? I didn't think so. Another question at the pokebeating. Exactly how many cards did your opponent draw off of mulligans. YOU HAVE 8 BASIC POKEMON! MOST GOOD DECKS HAVE MORE TRAINERS THAN THAT! Maybe you don't like starting a game with basic pokemon, but most people do. You need more basics to start your deck off. I am going to take a break in this beating to let you realize this deck isn't the worst in the world. I mean, it's not like the DCI helped him make this deck. He probably did it on his own. Back to the beatings... Another thing, 38 ENERGY! That's over half the deck! Even the DCI wouldn't play with this many energy. They'd probably play with more, but that's not the point. YOU NEED TO CUT DOWN ON THE ENERGY! When you finally figure out that having a variety in colors is bad, you can cut down on this part of the deck. Maybe put in more basics? How about good cards? That would help. Now we come to the trainers? Did you really get gypped in your boosters? Or was it a misprint that I only saw 5 trainers. Wait, that's not a misprint. There are really only 5 of them. You really cut the fat part out of this part of the deck. Ever thought of working at Jenny Craig's? I hear they need the help. Trainers are vital to a deck. You need more, and basically you need better trainers. Super Potion? Pokecenter without Alakazam? Did you think about these trainers, or did you just throw them in to fill the room? It's cards like Super Potion that line the bottom of the nieghbor's pool. He needed a new flooring for his pool, and we had a bunch of extra crap laying around. We had nothing better to do, so... (angels singing)Bob: There you go again, beating down the meak. You should help them instead of make fun of them. You could learn something from these decks. Chipmunk: You again? I thought you were just a one post guest. I didn't think you would come back. Bob: Just for thinking that, I'll make you lose your next 3 pokematches. Chipmunk: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Bob: That should teach you. You really could learn something from these decks that you consider crap. Chipmunk: What, not to play with crappy cards? To make my families formed better to get them out? To not play with 4 COLORS? Bob: Looks lke you learned from these decks. Your curse is lifted. Chipmunk: But I didn't learn that stuff from this crap. I KNEW THAT ALREADY! Well, hoody hoo for the curse being lifted. Hey, I just got some nifty foreign cards today. I was using the Inquest pamplet to help me figure out which cards did what. The problem was, some of the information was wrong, or omitted. Any reasons? Bob: The translator they got didn't know japanesse that well. Besides, that will leave room for excitement when they come out in english. Chipmunk: OHHHH! Blame it on the translator. Don't think that someone else did the problem. Bob: DON'T GET INSOLENT WITH ME! Notice how the attacks were named as powers in the pamplet. He translated it as powers, but didn't convert them to attacks after the translation. Chipmunk: Wasn't that someone else's job? Bob: THERE YOU GO AGAIN! I know what I am talking about. Chipmunk: Ok. You win. Man in shadows: Hehehehe. You got told off. Chipmunk: Who the hell are you? Tell me, or I'll sic Bob on you. Bob: I'M NOT YOUR LACKEY, BOY! Chipmunk: Oh yeah. Oops. My mistake. I have just one more question. The DCI have been really mesing things up for CCGs, not just Pokemon. Why is it that all the major events are run by idiots? Bob: What, you didn't know? There is an actual section on the application that figures out if you are an idiot. They only hire idiots, that way they don't actually pay them to hold the turneys. They just give them some tee-shirts and cards, and they are happy. Chipmunk: Why do they actually hire some smart people, though? Bob: The DCI do not like people that are smarter than them. And since some 4th graders have a higher IQ than a couple of members, they want to feel smart. That's why they hire the idiots. Chipmunk: Ohhhhh. So the turneys are made to be run by idiots? Bob: Would you rather them be run with people with no brains at all or by chimps? Chipmunk: I kinda feels like they are already. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com