Let’s take a good look at...
CHANSEY

Chansey
120 HP
Basic Pokemon
Type: Colorless
Weakness: Fighting
Resistance: Psychic
Retreat: C
Scrunch-CC: Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Chansey during
your
opponent’s next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)
Double Edge- CCCC: 80 damage. Chansey does 80 damage to itself.

Okay, let’s go step by step. First of all, 120 HP is unvelieveably rare and
good. (I mean
really, I can only think of Charizard and Giovanni’s Nidoking.) And to add to
that, IT’S
A BASIC POKEMON!!! Colorless is a sad type, because no one has a weakness
against
it. Fighting weakness makes a lot of pokemon enemies. (Hitmonchan!) A psychic
resistance is nice, but that’s not really the point of Chansey. Scrunch is
good, and Double
Edge is useful. Usually, this pink cloud is used to stall. Scrunch makes it
hard even to
touch it, and 120 can hold up for a looooooong time. And to add to that,
retreating
Chansey will cost you only 1 energy. (Something which isn’t true about
Charizard and
Giovanni’s Nidoking.) If you wanna go with Double Edge, it’s really good
because most
pokemon can’t stand 80 HP, and you can end a battle fast with it. And with a
defender,
Double Edge really pulls through, because you’ll still have 60 HP left, and
your
opponent’s Hitmonchan will be a goner. (Ha!) And of course, using this in a
Damage
Swap deck will give you lots of time and space for damage counters. To put it
simply,
Chansey is good. And it’s not like it’s a secret. Chansey is a popular
pokemon in decks,
and it’s not hard to see why.

Combos:
Chansey + Alakazam = Keep your active pokemon damage free!
Chansey + Scoop Up = Say goodbye to up to 110 damage!
Chansey + Alakazam + Scoop Up = Double or triple the damage counter room!
Chansey + Scoop Up + Nighttime Garbage Collection or Recycle = Pick up
Chansey up
to 12 (or more) times!
Chansey + Any kind of deck requiring lots of evolution = Relax and enjoy your
free time!
Chansey + Defender = Prevent 40 damage!

Bad Combos:
Chansey + Your opponent’s Hitmonchan or any other Fighting pokemon = You
better
have lots of Scoop Ups!
Chansey + Evil Muk = Prepare for discarding!

Grade: A

-Chris L.

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