>Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 20:23:00 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Ash Katchum <ppikachu2@yahoo.com>
>Subject: (Article)  Charizard does NOT suck!!
>To: ThePoJo@thepojo.com
>
>Name:  Ppikachu2
>Article Name:  Charizard does NOT suck
>
>After going through several websites and reading articles, many people
>are saying bad things about Charizard.  At first I agreed with them,
>thinking "Hey, Charizard does suck!" But then I started thinking, and I
>realized Charizard isn't a bad card.  I just believe many people hate
>the red lizard because they just couldn't handle the downside of
>Charizard.  But then Charizard was not meant to do Fire Spin after Fire
>Spin, so of course he'd be stuck doing nothing for a turn!!  Now
>another arguement is Charizard is Stage 2, taking a while to get out. 
>Hello?!  It takes 2 turns to bring this guy out!  How difficult is
>that?!  Geezums crow!  Another thing that bugs me is when people say
>SER.  Well, wouldn't SER (Super Energy Removal) effect almost EVERY
>Pokemon in this game?!  From Abra through Zapdos, they all hate
>SER...well...except Blastoise, but that's a different story =P  Now
>then, another reason people seem to dislike Charizard is because of his
>weakness to water.  Well every pokemon except for 4 that I know of have
>weaknesses!!!  Those are Gastly/Haunter, Dratini/Dragonair.  Well, I
>think I've gone over most of the major arguements against the guy. 
>Lemme think...Oh yeah!  If the Pojo will let me, I wanna clearify this
>Chansey vs. Charizard debate.  Now of course Chansey is basic which is
>good, And Charizard is Stage 2 but still it doesn't take very long to
>get Charizard evolved.  Now, both Pokemon cannot kill each other in one
>hit, it takes two hits each to kill off each other.  Now if I were
>doin' this, I would have 4 Fire energy and 1 DCE on Charizard, that's
>how I usually build him up on my bench, so he can fire spin twice in a
>row.  But lets just say theres only 4 Fire energy on Charizard and 4
>energy on Chansey.  It all depends on who goes first.  Of course
>Chansey would kill Charizard if it went first, but it would also kill
>itself which is bad.  If Charizard went first, it would kill off
>Chansey with only discarding 4 fire energies. Now a Simple Energy
>Retrieval can get half of it right back, by the way.  So basically,
>their both even!  Chansey can get out quicker which gives it a point. 
>But in order to kill Charizard, it knocks itself out!  Charizard may
>take a little longer to build up, but it can kill Chansey with almost
>no regret.  So the two cards are even and neither are better.  Well, I
>guess I've spammed you enough, later! 
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