Peter’s Pokemon Flute

POKEMON FLUTE: “Choose 1 Basic Pokemon card from your 
opponent’s discard pile and put it into his or her Bench.”

Most comments I hear about this Trainer Card is; “You’ve got to be
kidding me.” or, upon deck analysis, “Take this card out of your deck.
It’s useless!” 

The only reason we see this card in a deck is because it’s that ‘left
over’ card a player has in his or her collection.  So to fill the 60
card required deck count, the only card left to add is that lonely
Trainer Card called, Pokemon Flute.  by Glenn Magas
PokemonMechanic@yahoo.com


The card sits in his or her hand during game play, never to be used, or
is one of the ‘discard’ cards to fulfill a Super Potion or Super Energy
Removal.  It has become a useless, ‘discard’ card without the power to
thwart an opponent and a card laughed upon by the great deck mechanics
of our time.

There is a hidden power in EVERY card.  Herein lies the power of the
Pokemon Flute.  Used alone, true, a powerless entity.  Used in
accordance with other cards and with thought out combinations, it
becomes a powerful offense and a deadly weapon!

An example:

Once upon a time… on the banks of a great ocean in the southwest of a
great land lay a small card shop called Little Shop.  The patrons of
Little Shop were honest folk who shopped contentedly and played Pokemon
TCG in the evening and in small gatherings on the weekends.  Then one
day, an extraordinary thing happened to disturb the peace.  Little Shop
had always had Pokemon, and a lot too.  But they had never been a
danger, for the Pokemon trainers had always solved the Pokemon problem
in the usual way.  With 20 or so Trainer cards and 25 to 30 energy
cards.  All at once, however, the Pokemon began to multiply with new
Pokemon called, Jungle and soon to be Fossil. And soon more to come.

A sea of Pokemon Trainers swarmed over Little Shop.  They played and
attacked with electricity, water, they gnawed, slashed, slapped and
hypnotized.  They called their decks, Haymakers and Raindancers and
they all knew that Trainers were key to becoming a Master at the
Pokemon CCG.

Just then, while the Trainers milled around, a Pokemon card fell to the
floor.  And to their surprise, a small little Kid bent over and picked
up the card and placed it into his deck. 

“I’ve beat Trainers who have a Charizard or Flareon,” the Kid
announced, “and tonight I’ll beat Trainers with any of their Pokemon.”

Ash, the best Trainer of Little Shop, stepped forward and accepted the
challenge.  And so the cards were shuffled and laid out upon a playing
field.  Spectators gathered from miles around to watch the battle.

Ash charged through with Machop’s, Hitmonchan’s and a Scyther, knocking
the Kid’s Pokemon off left to right.  But the Kid patiently built up
the bench and gained a reasonable amount of strength.  But strength
alone cannot win so Ash battled on and was confident as a Machamp
finally stepped forth to do battle.

The sun was still below the horizons, when the sound of a sweet musical
instrument wafted through the store.  The Kid laid out a Trainer Card
which brought snickers and laughter from the gathering.   Whispers and
grins passed from one to the other.

Ash grinned with confidence when the Kid announced, “I’m using Pokemon
Flute.”

Ash replied with a sarcastic, “Okaaay…”

“I choose Machop.” The Kid commanded.

So Ash brought forth Machop from his discard pile.  

Then the Kid announced, “I use Gust of Wind.”

Ash still didn’t know what was going on as he brought Machop up for
battle.  And before anyone could say, “Pika-Pika-Pikachu,” Machop was
knocked out with one single blow.

Ash followed his own game plan and tried his best to knock out the
Kid’s active but when the Kid announced again, “I’m using Pokemon
Flute.” Ash was no longer amused.  

“Gust of Wind!” 

And again, with one swift blow, Machop was knocked out.

Ash took a deep gulp as he played his turn.  He had two prizes left.
The Kid now only had one.  The battle quickly switched advantage.  

With a silent yet confident roar,  the Kid announced one final time,
“I’m using Pokemon Flute.”  

A gasp was heard from the crowd.  Some say thunder rolled over head. 
One felt the earth move. Ash, with shaking fingers, pushed Machop up to
the active spot.  

“Gust of Wind”.

There was no need to say anymore.  One prize left and Ash’s Pokemon was
on the ‘Machop-ing’ block.

Little Shop went into complete and dead silence.

The Kid smiled as he gathered his last prize and assembled his deck. 
The Little Shop was rendered speechless as the Kid slipped off his
stool and packed his backpack.

“Hey, kid.” Ash managed to say. “What’s your name?”

“My name?   My name is Peter.”  He said with a smile.  Then Peter
walked out into the dark night and disappeared under the glowing moon.

The End.

I hope this brings more light onto the power of the Pokemon Flute.  

Special thanks to the Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

by Glenn Magas
PokemonMechanic@yahoo.com


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