> Okay, lots of people have written in about how great Exeggutor is. I beg to
> differ. I personally would rather put in other duos (like Colorless duos)  in
> my grass and psychic decks then Exeggcute and Exeggutor. 
>  
> First off, Exeggutor can go into Psychic decks but Exeggcute definatly can't.
> Let's face it, He'll be defensless when an Exeggcute! Sure he can use
> Hypnosis but you still flip after the end of your turn to see if he wakes up!
> So basically, you won't have anything to do with him until he evolves. So
> you're better off using it only for grass decks.
>  
> Okay, so he has that teleport thing....big deal! I think I'd rather use
> Dodrio's Pokémon Power anytime. Plus, if he's so "great" then why would you
> need to retreat him anyway? Max barrage is okay, but it's easy to get way too
> over cocky with this. If this were a guarentee for all the damage, that would
> be different. People are saying that he can beat up a bunch of Pokémon like
> Blastoise, Gyarados, Charizard, Chansey, etc. Well I've got news for you
> people, it takes six, yes, SIX energies to do that if you're extremely lucky!
> Sure the average would be 60, and that's good...but for six energies? People
> figure that's the lowest you can go, but it isn't! What if lady luck's not on
> your side and you only do 20, or no damage? Or what if you're against a fire
> or another strong Pokémon, and Exeggutor dies? Not only would your opponent
> pick up another prize card, but you would lose all those enrgies you wasted
> on one Pokémon! I fought a match where my opponent attached nine enegies to
> Exeggutor, and in total, he only did 40 HP damage to me. I ended up beating
> him with a Pikachu and he lost nine of his energies...half of the energies in
> his deck! Of course he was hopping mad, so that just goes to show not to put
> too much trust into Exeggutor. Also, most the time, I end up beating an
> Exeggcute before they get an Exeggutor card, especially when used in a
> Psychic deck.
>  
> To round everything up, Exeggutor isn't really that bad...it's just a lot of
> times he relies on luck. Plus, people overuse energy on him so I warn
> people...don't overdo it! I think anything past five is kind of stupid. This
> is probably a lot like Charizard, Chansey, Farfetche'd, Zapdos, and Mr. Mime,
> at first everyone thinks they're the greatest for a while...then everyone
> seems to forget about them.
>  
> I know people are gonna' argue...so here's my E-mail address:
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