Whoa... I never made a deck from a limited card pool before. I always have wanted to booster draft, but never something like this. This should be fun. From the looks of it, you almost have a complete set. I think that I'll build a no thinking deck, because those I think are the best to teach with at the beggining. Let's go for a fighting/electric deck. Those colors are usually fast and don't require a lot of thinking. If you play with fighting, grab as many Hitmonchan as possible. They are my favorite pokemon right now, and they don't take that much thought. 70 HP, 2 good attacks. I think he goes in. We need power house cards for the late game. Electric has Zapdos and Raichu. Let's look at these. I think Zapdos stinks personally. It takes 4 energy for any attack. I personally like Raichu because, in bes hand scenario, you can go Pikachu, gnaw, then Thunder Jolt, then evolve and do Agility, which is an awsome attack(no damage or effects...JOY!),then thunder. Zapdos just sits there for 3 turns, then thunder. Plus Raichu has a low retreat cost, which gives it versitality, so it goes in. Since we are playing electric, Electabuzz also goes in. The problem we have here is getting the cards we want often, and with only 1 or 2 cards of it, you might not see it often. I am going to put in Machops so that we get a decent pokemon out, and Farfetch'd, a great pokemon for the early game. With not having all the cards we want, card drawing will be needed. I am going to throw in all 3 bills and the professor oak. Now, with a little help from lady luck, let's see what I can get put together... 1 Electabuzz (get more if possible) 2 Hitmonchan (a great investment) 4 Pikachu 1 Raichu 4 Machop 2 Machoke (I really don't like them. They are only going in to pull out the next guy) 1 Machamp (Big hitter to help) 2 Digletts 3 Magnamite 1 Magneton 2 Far Fetch'd 2 Dratini 1 Dragonair 3 Bills 1 Professor Oak 3 Gusts of Winds (Great card to help get the goal cards) 14 Fighting Energy 13 Electric Energy This is the best I can do. To make this deck better, get more Dratini and Dragonair, because they can cover up Hitmonchan's weakness, and Dragonair is good. I would get more Hitmonchan and Electabuzz, taking out the Magnamite and Magnaton first. You can change this deck however you want. I think I could have done better, but I don't know. Write and tell me if I did good. We can call it the "Electro Fighters" deck, or whatever you want. I'm really not that good with names. Good Luck! >Please HELP.I collect the POKEMON TRADING CARD GAME >but every time I play I ALWAYS lose.PLEASE HELP me construct a deck. >These are the cards I have: >1 ivysaur venusaur charizard wartortle blastoise pidgeotto raichu >nidoking ninetails poliwag poliwhirl poliwrath kadabra machamp magnaton >haunter electrode chansey Jynx magmar electabuzz gyarados porygon >zapdos dragonair > >2 bulbasaur squirtle caterpie medapod weedle kukuna beedrill clefairy >diglett dugtrio farfetch'd seel dewgong drowzee hitmonchan starmie >magikarp mewtwo > >3 pidgey nidoran nidorino growlithe arcanine abra voltorb dratini > >4 pikachu sandshrew ghastly staryu > >5 charmander rattata doduo onix > >6 raticate machop magnemite koffing tangela > >7 ponyta > >8 vulpix > >26 fire >14 water >14 electric >20 fighting >13 plant >18 psychic > >1 comp.search \pkmn breeder trader\ Clefairy >doll\spr.engy.rmvl\dev.spray\itm finder\impstr >prof\prof.oak\revive\pkmn flute\pkmn center\full heal\pwr plus\enrgy >retrival > >2 scoop up\lass\defender\matinance\enrgy removal\ >3 pokedex\bill >4 potion\super potion\ >7 gust of wind >9 switch > >Thank You for your time. Please help if you can > >Articuno144888@yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com