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Hey man, i have this big tournament coming up saturday
at my local mall and i need you expert advice on how i
can make it even better. i can get any of the cards i
need, so don't hesitate on suggesting new cards.

here it is:

Trainers

pokéball x1
maintenance x2
gust of wind x2
imposter oak x1
switch x2
potion x2
revive x1
pokédex x1
energy retrieval x1
pokémon center x1

Pokémon

jynx x2
vulpix x2
arcanine x1
ninetales x1
magmar x2
drowzee x2
charmander x4
kadabra x1
charmeleon x2
growlithe x2
abra x2

energy

fire x 14
psychic x12

oh, i know i used singles but i can't figure out what
to remove to add to those. please respond by saturday.
thanks for any help!

~jay

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3-Charmander--------50 HP and can the family can run off of colorless!
2-Charmeleon--------Whoa!  Even better!

3-Vulpix------------Confusion, 50 HP?!  YES!
2-Ninetales---------In my opinion, the best fire card yet.

3-Abra--------------Not to shabby.
2-Kadabra-----------50 damage?!  Good bye anything weak to Psy!

3-Scyther-----------Colorless attack, resist to Fight, NO RETREAT!  I'd buy 
that for a dollar!

3-Magmar------------Sweet basic.  Doubles as a lesser Charmander.

2-Comp Search-------Grab whatever you desire...well, almost.
2-Itemfinder--------I discovered the use of this Trainer this weekend.  
EVERYONE WAS PLAYING IT!  It makes your Trainers even more usefull!
2-E. Retrieval------Grab that energy!
3-Poke Trader-------Grab that stage 1!
3-Oak---------------DUH!
3-Gust of Wind------Great for defense/offense.  Gust=Goal Card!

3 Double Colorless---many have colorless attacks and can be used for 
retreating and giving up to Search or Finder

9-Psy Energy
12-Fire Energy


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   First of all, 2/1 on the families is a no-no.  Break it down to a few 
families.  Abra/Kadabra should go 4/3, 3/3, 4/2.  Same goes for 
Charmeleon/Charmander, and Vulpix/Ninetales.  You need to go for speed, 
(most tourneys I've been in have decks that win by speed) so drop the 
Growlithe/Arcanine family, the Jynx, the Drowzee and most likely the Magmar, 
maybe not.  I'd throw in stallers that uses colorless i.e. Scyther, or 
Farfetch'd.  I'd focus on a few Trainers and develop a strategy with them.  
I have made a new deck list for you (you caught me at a good time) at the 
bottom.