I see lots of people saying Charizard sucks! Well Charizard isn't that bad. I'll type down everything why Charizards bad and I'll have a solution. Don't bash me for this. O.K.??

First, Charizard's stats.

Name:         Charizard
Type:         Stage 2 -- from Charmeleon
Card #:       card 4 of 102
Rarity:       Rare - Holo
Color:        Fire
HP:           120 HP
Weakness:     W
Resistance:   F -30
Retreat:      3
Species:      Flame
Level:        76
Pokemon #:    6
Pokemon Power:        Energy Burn
              As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you
              may turn all Energy attached to Charizard into R for the rest
              of the turn.  This power can't be used if Charizard is Asleep,
              Confused, or Paralyzed..
Attack:       [RRRR]  Fire Spin  (100)
              Discard 2 Energy cards to use this attack.
 

==GOOD==

* 100 damage
* Colorless attacks (due to Energy Burn)
* 120 HP
* Fighting resistance

==BAD==

Problem: Water weakness
Solution: Most water pokemon have high attack costs (Articuno, Blastoise, etc.) to knock out Charizard, so ER or SER them!!

Problem: Discard energies
Solution: Use energy retrieval or NGR

Problem: Discards energy to kill weak pokemon.
Solution: Switch!!

Problem: SER and ER
Solution: lass or RSA

Problem: Too long to charge up!!
Solution: Chansey, potion, super potion, lass, and RSA

Problem: Stage 2
Solution: Breeder!!

Problem: Areodactyl!!
Solution: Scyther

I can't think of any more things why Charizard's bad, so se ya!!

Philip Shu
kshu@monmouth.com