>>Hey,
>>
>>    My name is Anne. I have a deck I call 'Flaming Destiny'. There really
>>aren't alot of people at my school that play Pokemon cards, and teaching
>>people how to play and then battling them is pointless -- they just use
the
>>same strategy you do and there aren't as many different games. I am pretty
>>sure this deck is good, since I've never lost. From reading other
decklists
>>online, I got a pretty good idea about deck building. I've also played
>>Magic: The Gathering for like 6 years, and I have a pretty good idea about
>>balance.
>>
>>    The idea of Flaming destiny is to use trainers to help the offensive
>>Pokemon do as much damage as possible. Many times, to start, a basic with
>>high HP like Growlithe is my chosen active Pokemon. As opposed to putting
>>energy on it, I put all my energy on my benched Pokemon and try to evolve
>>them. This deck had alot more triner cards before Jungle when I added
>>Ponytas & Rapidash, then Flareon, Pokeball and Eevees. As I look at
>upcoming
>>expansions, I realize that I probably wont be able to add more. My plan is
>>to make an Evil Flaming Destiny deck with the evil cards arriving in the
>Gym
>>Leaders and  Team Rocket expansions. I think it will be fun to experiment
>>with it.
>>
>>    Anyway, I think Bill is a good card, because it is. One of my favorite
>>combos is to use Pokédex and then Bill. Or even Pokedex and discovering
>that
>>there are one or two Bills in the next 5 cards. That's fun when you can
get
>>all 5 of your cards in the next turn. Running out of cards doesent seem to
>>be a problem with this deck, because the game is usually played pretty
>fast.
>>The Full Heal is there for protection agenst decks like 'Zap' because
>having
>>a confused, paralyzed, poisoned, or sleeping Pokemon is just annoying, and
>>it can mean the difference between winner and loser. The Pokéball is just
>in
>>my point of view a good card. I only have one, otherwise there would be
>more
>>in this deck. Potion is also handy, although I'm considering swapping them
>
>>for a Super Potion and another Pokéball.
>>
>>    I'm very sorry that this is so long, I just want to explain why I
>needed
>>my deck looked over by someone who knows. If it's easier for you, there's
>>the complete decklist at http://www.angelfire.com/ab/Anne/destiny.html.
>>Also, if you're not *completely* flooded by decklists, check out my site
at
>>http://fly.to/Firepokemon . I'm sure you are, though. Its not one of those
>>blank pages with a picture of a Charmander on it, just to let you know.
>>
>>Energy:
>>
>>
>>   1x Double Colorless energy
>>   20x Fire Energy
>>
>>Fire Pokémon:
>>  Basic:
>>   4x Charmander
>>   3x Growlithe
>>   3x Magmar
>>   3x Vulpix
>>   3x Ponyta
>>   2x Eevee
>>  1st Stage Pokémon:
>>   3x Charmeleon
>>   1x Rapidash
>>   1x Arcanine
>>   1x Ninetales
>>   1x Flareon
>>  2nd Stage Pokémon
>>   1x Charizard
>>
>>Trainer Cards:
>>
>>   2x Potion
>>   2x Pokédex
>>   4x Bill
>>   1x Full Heal
>>   1x Pokéball
>>   3x Energy Retrieval
>>
>>Thanks:
>>
>>    4x Thanks for your time (jk)
>>
>>
>
>I like decks that have long reports on them , those are the ones that are
>usually the best decks. Okay, first off, you need more trainers, take out a
>charmander and charmeleon, and add 2 pokemon breeders. Now take out a
double
>colorless, you don't really need it, and add a computer search. I
personally
>wouldn't use charizard, but I don't wat to say to take it out because most
>people won't. Anyways, take out a vulpix and ponyta and add a pokemon
trader
>and a professor oak. Professor oak is probably the best trainer. I LOVE
that
>card, I use it in every deck. Now you might want to take out an energy
>retrieval and the full heal, if you want to use a card like full heal, use
>switch, it's much better, and add in 2 energy removal. Okay, so now take
out
>a growlithe and, um, I guess a magmar and add an energy removal and super
>energy removal. Okay, so until next time!
>
>Griffin Branham
>branfam@gte.net
>Until next time...
>