Okay,  In responding to the note from Psycho, I think differentabout Venusaur 
and Blastoise.
Like you said, they both have 100 HP,  Have a Pokémon Power, no resistence, 
and 1 attack.. One advantage is of Venusaur is that he has less retreat cost 
then Blastoise.
However, I don't think that can be a real determining factor on judging who's 
better. 

Let's start out with the Pokémon BEFORE Venusaur and Blastoise. They are 
similar with retreat cost and both have a weakness. Squirtle has two attacks, 
while Bulbasaur only has one. Bulbasaur's Leech Seed takes 2 grass energies, 
and does 20 damage, while he gets to remove a damage counter from himself. 
That won't really come in handy that much, only having 40 HP. Squirtle's 
Bubble can paralyze an opponent to either stall time to find a Wartortle just 
be used for damage....which can be especially deadly if your opponent has 
rotten luck. also, another good time staller is the Withdraw which may 
prevent all damge while you try and get a Wartortle.

Now, Wartortle and Ivysaur. Ivysaur has 60 HP, Wartortle has 70 (that could 
make the difference). Ivysaur's attacks include Vine Whip, which requires 1 
grass energy and 2 colorless and takes away 30 HP. Compare that to 
Wartortle's which is 1 Water and 2 colorless 40 HP. Same cost of energy, but 
Wartortle's Bite does more damage. Ivysaur's Poison Powder. That only takes 
away 20 HP but can poison an opponent. This takes 3 Grass Energy, though. 
Plus, if a Pokémon retreats, which it should have no trouble doing as long as 
it has the correct cost, so that may not be that deadly . Withdraw is a good 
time staller, costing the same as Squirtle. So you can stall time if you need 
a card.

Now, as for Venusaur and Blastoise. Blastoise can start his attack for only 3 
energies. If you can't find a fourth energy, then you don't have to sweat 
with Blastoise. And if you're moaning about Blastoise needing 1 more energy 
to do 60 HP like Venusaur (big whoop), then you should take knowledge of 
Blastoise's Pokémon Power will let you place down as many Water Energies to 
Water Pokémon as you much as you want during your turn. People are 
complaining about how you can only attach it to water Pokémon. Big deal! Who 
else would you attach it to (maybe colorless, but still)? With Venusaur's 
power, you can only move grass energy to other Pokémon. Big deal! Bottom line 
is with the powers: Venusaur, you don't get extra energy, you just move them 
around. It's not really much of an advantage if you ask me. Blastoise can get 
rid of all those spare Water Energy cards of your hands....then you could use 
something like a Prof. Oak, and get MORE energies! How cool is that?

And the final thing to Venusaur's disadvantage and Blastoise's advantage. 
What's Venusaur's weakness, and what Blastoise is best against? FIRE! Fire is 
the most popular type! Especially since the famous Charizard (not a big 
deal...) is in the Fire group!  Face it, Fire is the most popular type and 
Venusaur is weak against fire, henceforth being wiped out. Blastoise can kill 
ANY fire Pokémon with ONE hit, and doesn't even have to discard energy! 
Venusaur can't stand up to many Fire Pokémon! Blastoise's weakness however, 
is electric. And electric Pokémon, how many people do you know that use 
electric Pokémon? Compare that to fire Pokémon! That's basically the last 
piece of evidence that just proves Blastoise is the superior over Venusaur!
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