If you're a serious trainer, then these cards are a must have. People think Machokes are better than Hitmonchan but i disagreed. Sure, Machokes can do more damage than Hitmonchan (merely 10 HP), but to me, Machokes are not "solid" pokemon.What i mean by not solid is that Machokes has moves that are weak OR can hurt itself. We all know that Karate Chop sucks because if you're hurt you won't really damage your opponents. That other move called Submission also suck because you'll damage yourself 20 HP and to me, THATS ALOT for a move that requires 4 energy cards. Bottom line, What you want is a well rounded pokemon that can deal a nice amount of damage and with enough HP to fight, with out sacraficing anything such as HITMONCHAN.