Hi, Pojo! It's Anonymous Fire again. Today I'm doing a strategy on one of my all-time favorite Poke'mon Cards, Charizard. There are many people that think Charizard is bad, but they're wrong. Charizard is a very good card if used correctly.

 

Popular reasons why Charizard stinks with solutions:

1. To knock out a wimp, you have to discard 2 Energy cards.

Solution: Use Recycle Energy cards when Neo comes out in English, or better yet, just use Venusaur's Poke'mon Power, Energy Trans, if you wanna prevent this.

2. Charizard forces you to have 30-40 Energy cards in your deck and it takes up too much space.

Solution: Don't use Charizard until the late game, and just to prevent your opponent from using a Gust of Wind, use Dark Vileplume's Hay Fever Power. Don't bother with the 30-40 Energy cards, you don't need them. I'd just put 28 at most.

3. Charizard's retreat cost is too high.

Solution: Use 2 Dodrio to shorten that to 1 instead of 3, or 3 to make the retreat cost free. I know this is kinda situational, but have a few Switches for backup so you don't discard.

4. If you decide to be chancy and use Charizard in another color deck besides Fire, you could be in great danger against a deck with Muks.

Solution: Just don't use Charizard in a deck type other than Fire!! Or if you really want to, then have a Dark Machamp handy.

Combos:

1. Charizard + Dark Machamp:(in case you run into a Muk)
Either retreat Charizard or use a Switch and make Dark Machamp your Active Poke'mon. Use Dark Machamp's Fling attack(if your opponent has a Benched Poke'mon) to get rid of that Muk.

2. Charizard + Venusaur:

This combo can be used with Venusaur's Energy Trans and Charizard's Energy Burn to ensure that Charizard can constantly attack.

3. Charizard + Dark Vileplume + Aerodactyl:

Give your opponent a run for his/her money with this combo! Since Aerodactyl prevents all Poke'mon from evolving and Dark Vileplume makes it so your opponent can't play Trainer cards, this combo is awesome against Rain Dance decks. All you have to do is Fire Spin attack them until they beg for mercy!

Rating:7(It's pure beef! Overall, this card has combo written all over it and doesn't stink at all!)