> Lass
>
> The best way to find a use for a seemingly useless
> card is to actually use it in a deck, and that is
> exactly what I did.  I put a single Lass card in my
> Haymaker just to see if I could find an actual
> reason
> to use it in competitive play.  And you know what, I
> believe I have done just that...
>
> If you aren't familiar with the card itself, it is a
> rare trainer card that reads, "You and your
> opponenet
> show each other your hands, then shuffle all the
> Trainer cards from your hands into your decks."
>
> At first I started to brainstorm as I put the card
> in
> a deck protector sleeve and stuck it in my deck.
> The
> first thing that came to mind was the fact that you
> can (temporarily) get rid of the Trainers your
> opponent is holding for a certain situation to
> occur.
> This strategy would involve running a deck with a
> low
> amount of trainers and I already had my deck made
> complete with 20+ Trainers.  Then I focused on the
> part where it says to shuffle all the Trainer cards
> from your hands into your decks...hmmmm
>
> I had a problem with Alakazam/Damage Swap decks
> lately
> and I always seemed to eventually lose in the same
> way....getting decked (running out of cards).  I
> went
> out and played every damage swap deck I could and
> the
> results were amazing...I won almost every game I
> played that day using Lass.  How you might ask?
> Well
> when you're up against a damage swap or any stall
> deck
> that tries to make you run out of cards, just hold
> your Trainers in your hand unless you absolutely
> have
> to use them.  Bill, Professor Oak, PlusPower, and
> sometimes Energy Removal and Super Energy Removal
> all
> piled up in my hand while I waited.  I went from an
> all-out attack strategy with my Haymaker to a
> defend/retreat strategy to stay alive while I held
> onto Trainers.  When my deck was getting too thin
> for
> comfort I would use Lass which would add 10+ cards
> to
> my deck and usually 3-4 cards to my opponents deck.
> That was almost always enough to secure the win, not
> to mention your opponent's face when he realizes you
> whipped his ass with a Lass...
>
> So next time you see a card that you think was a
> complete waste of paper, use it in a deck.
>
> Jonathan Coronel
> (¯`·.f4¡®¤€h¡£Ð.·´¯)
> red13__@yahoo.com

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