Hey Pojo
    This is reguarding growlithe and Arcanine.  What i prefer to do is
put growlithe on my bench and powere him up until I am able to evolve
him into arcanine.  Once I am able to evolve him I usually use him as a
finnisher.  I keep him on my bench until I am down to 2 or 3 prize cards
and my oponent has about the same amount, because using Arcanine's
takedown u can take out almost any pokemon and seens he only does 30
damage to himself, it is usually pretty effective.