Here are three water pokemon from the base set. Poliwag Poliwhirl and
Poliwrath!

First, Poliwag:

40 HP
Weakness Grass
Retreat cost - 1

1W Water gun
  Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each W energy attached to poliwag,
but not used to pay for this attack's energy cost. Extra energy after the
second Doesn't Count.

This is not a good attack. Poliwag can do 10 damage for 1 water. Staryu can
do twenty.  Poliwag can do 20 damage for 2 Water, or 30 Damage for 3 Water.
30 Damage For Three water? Awful! I'd giwe this guy about a 2. (Out of ten.)

Poliwhirl:

60 HP
Weakness - Grass
Retreat - 1

Amnesia
WW  Amnesia
  Choose one of the Defending Pokemon's attacks. That pokemon can't use that
attack During your opponent's next turn.

WWC Doubleslap
  Flip two coins. This attack Does thirty Damage times the number of heads.

Amnesia might be helpful if the other guy has only one attack and you don't
have enough enetrgy to doubleslap. Doubleslap is a Pretty good attack. On
average it does 30 Damage, and if you get two heads, it will knock out any
fire pokemon. Overall, i'd give this guy a six, because he evolves from the
weak poliwag.

Poliwrath:

90 HP
Weakness - Grass
Retreat Cost - 3

WWC Water Gun
  Does 30 Damage plus 10 more for each Water energy attached to Poliwrath
but not used to pat for this attack's energy cost. Extra Energy after the
second doesn't count.

WWCC Whirlpool
  40
  If the Defending Pokemon Has any energy cards attached to it choose one of
them and Discard it.

Wow! Whirlpool is better Than Golduck's and Dragonair's Hyper beam, Whitch
only does 20 Damage. There's very little reason to use Water gun, unless you
don't have enough energy to do Whirlpool. (Why would you want to just do 40
damage when you could do 40 Damage and destroy some energy?) He can quickly
Destroy Fragile psychics, and he can also whip fire pokemon, who have a
weakness to water and reqire a constant supply of energy to attack.  He can
disrupt Energy Trans decks by getting all of the energy out of the system
(Though he is weak to grass.) He also has 90 HP, so he'll Last a while. I'd
give him a nine, and choose him over Blastoise any day.

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