This is a fire/fighting deck that works pretty well...It's not wonderful,
due to my lack of good cards. This deck was made using the cards from a
Brushfire theme deck, a Blackout theme deck, and a few booster packs. I've
played against a few friends that have holofoils, really nice cards, etc.
(Chansey, Clefairy, BILLS) and won VERY easily. The only things that could
really beat the crap out of this deck would be a psychic/water deck.Please
send me any suggestions. I don't have alot of awesome cards, that's the
reason this deck isn't as fancy as some decks.

Fighting:

Onix x1                      Onix is a good staller while you build up your
fire pokemon.

Machop x2              Does 20 damage for one energy...Good to get off a
quick attack.
Machoke x2             Takes alot of energy, but Submission is
powerful...Good in 			conjunction with Gust of Wind to take out any pokemon
			they are trying to evolve. Almost exactly the same as 			Arcanine except
for Machoke's moves are weaker.

Hitmonchan x1           Nice Damage and health points for a basic...
Fighting energy x10

Fire:
Ponyta x1	Again, nice damage for a basic...Doesn't need much energy.

Charmeleon x2  Good damage, uses up energy quickly, though..Nice HP
Charmander x2   Not bad damage and HP for a basic..

Growlithe x2      Not very fancy, but this guy has won me quite a few
games.
Arcanine x1       Very powerful with high HPs...Use Take Down in
conjunction with 		Defender to take out almost anything.

Magmar x1	Really powerful, a basic that can do 50 damage. Kinda low HP.

Vulpix x2	Ok, yeah, yeah, he sucks. Ninetails is good, though.
Ninetales x1	This guy rocks..But takes too much energy. One of the only 	
pokemon that can do 80 damage with no damage to itself.

Fire Energy x17

Farfetch'd x2     Duh! Nice to weaken a pokemon up while building up
another 		pokemon such as Ninetails or Arcanine. 
Trainers:
Defender x2	Use this with Onix to stall, or with Arcanine to do 80 damage
with 		only 10 to Arcanine.
Potion x3	Also good with Onix to stall, and useful in any situation.
Energy Retrieval x2	Use these to get some instant fire energies for
Ninetales or 			Arcanine.
Gust of Wind x2		If they try to retreat a pokemon with very little health
left, 		switch that pokemon back for an easy kill. It's also funny to
switch 		an active pokemon with a pokemon with a high retreat cost that has
		no energy on it...Usually you can get a prize before they can retreat 	
that pokemon. 
Switch x1	Perfect for those pokemon with high retreat costs.
Pokedex x1	I know Tyler hates these, but they're good for getting some
energies 		or a pokemon faster than usual.
Energy Removal x1	If they're building up a pokemon, use this to give you an
			extra turn to weaken the current one up.
Prof. Oak x1      Can you say "Duh"?

The basic strategy with this deck is to stall with Onix, Hitmonchan, and
Farfetch'd while building up Vulpix and Growlithe to Ninetails and
Arcanine. If you don't seem to be getting many fire energies, stick with
Arcanine. However, if you have alot of fire energies, use Ninetails. It's
usually good to use Arcanine and Defenders(or Potions)
until you have about 6 fire energies on Ninetails. The
Charmander/Charmeleon are kind of backup if Ninetails dies or Arcanine
kills himself (like he usually ends up doing...He seems to fit in with most
electric pokemon). Magmar, Ponyta, Machop, or Onix is the pokemon you want
to have at the beginning. Onix can stall forever against decks with weak
pokemon, and Magmar can weaken up most strong pokemon such as Charizard or
Venusaur. If you're up against a water deck, you have to stall with your
fighting pokemon, then stick a Ninetails or Arcanine out there to
(hopefully) kill any water pokemon in one hit. Try to use Gust of Wind or
Ninetails' Leer to switch any pokemon they are trying to build up (Squirtle
and Poliwag are the main worries here). If you have the cards, you might
want to take out the energy removals and retrievals and stick in a few
Bills and more Prof. Oaks. Adding a few Clefairys or Chanseys would be a
good idea, also. A Machamp might do the deck some good, depending on how
you like to play your deck. Please send me suggestions at
mathwhiz@powernet.org  

W. Camp