First of all, I love the Pojo, this site is great!  But, I have been 
checking out (another site) ... (sorry) and I saw an article about the Gym 
series cards.  And let me tell you something, pokemon will soon be turning 
into a Magic type TCG like everything else.  It is already happining.  
Aerodactyl and Muk...the first pokes whose powers effect BOTH players.  But 
that's not the worst part, because in the Gym's, Stadium cards are coming 
out.  They are like trainers that stay in play until the game ends unless 
another Stadium card is played.  Hmm, sounds a bit like an enchantment, huh? 
  And then there are Gym leader trainers that effect only that gym leaders' 
pokemon.  Some are a combination of both!  Now were getting into new 
strategy's with Lass, and when to play which stadium trainer to counter 
their's, and when to play which trainers to help which Gym leaders' pokemon, 
and it's driving me crazy!  I hope that the Gym series's don't come out for 
a loooong time, since I'll probably be selling my pokemon cards about that 
time.  And you should see the new pokemon in the Gyms too!  Koga's Arbok has 
a move to poison itself, then it's next move increases in power if Arbok is 
poisoned.  And Snorlax puts itself to sleep after doing one move, then the 
opponent takes damage from hurting a Sleeping Snorlax.  I believe that the 
Gym cards won't be used much in pokemon for a few reasons.
  1. None of the pokemon in the Gyms can have a deck based on them like ones 
in the basic series(Blastoises rain dance, Alakazams damage swap, Venusaur 
and Charizards fire spin, etc...)
  2. There will be so many new cards and combos and strategies that people 
will revert back to the basic sets for simplicity and fun.
  3. The new rules and powers will confuse the majority of pokemon players 
(12 and under) and the cartoon like pictures will not amuse the only people 
old enough to understand the game.
  4. There will be soooo many cards that even Judges and Expert players will 
have so many differences in the rulings that rules will conflict so there 
will have to be many different types of tournaments and banned cards (like 
in Magic) and it will all eventually go straight to hell.
  5. So many people will begin to realize this and quit playing and since 
people will be afraid to start playing (too many rules to learn) Wotc will 
end up going bankrupt or something. (they deserve it)


Well, I know this is a long letter, but this is my opinion and if you want 
to argue or agree, email me at rain_maker101@hotmail.com.  My name is David, 
I'm very opinionated, and my fingers are bleeding.
~David


______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com