by tyler grund
Title: Chansey is better than charizard, hes cuter:)
4-20-99

I have wrote this article to clearify, in my view, the dispute over 
the age old question..is chansey or is charizard a better pokemon?  
which one would YOU pick to be on your side? 

FIRST OF ALL...chansey is a basic!!!  basics ALWAYS RULE OVER 
EVOLUTION CARDS>....they're faster, more efficient, and more likely to 
come out.

>From what i have seen so far in the dispute about the 
charizard/chansey, who is better contest, the side that roots for the 
charizard seems to be blindfolded.  The excuses that they use to 
defend the big red dinasaur can be used even MORE effectively in the 
defense of the large white poof, ball, thingy.  

Listen, super energy removal is VERY powerfull, and EVEN MORE 
powerfull against pokemon needing a LOT of energy.  Now, i agree, both 
 chansey AND charizard require a GOOD amount of energy to use their 
attacks, but chansey has the upper hand.  HE doesnt have to sack any 
energy.  In order for charizard to win the battle the player MUST HAvE 
A GOD-LIKE HAND.  if you dont have a.)energy removal AND!! b.) double 
colorless, YOU LOSE.  once chansey is fully pumped he can do 160 
damage in two turns and Charizard, (w/o concidering dbl colorless 
potions and such), can do only 200 in 3 TURNS on average.  SO, this 
means, chansey is much faster.  charizard, after doing his attack can 
NOT recover until 2 turns burn by.  this alows for the chansey to 
retreat/heal/remove energy/scrunch/or simply attack w/o being bothered 
by the charizards firey attack.  I understand if the charizard has 
gotten him down to 20 already, doing 80 damage to a charizard and 
sacking the chansey makes the chansey look lame, but concider the idea 
of energy removals...  if you PREVENT the charizard from attacking, 
then thats it, you win.  you  make a trade for a charizard for your 
chansey...and think about the old Magic idea...if you loss less cards 
to the graveyard than your opponent, you've done a good job....    you 
lose max of 5 cards, while your opponent loses between 6 to 7 that 
includes a stage 1 and a basic  pokemon.

If that whole mess of explaination doesnt convince you, concider this. 
 charizard costs $28 bucks and chansey about 10...so if a chansey 
kills a charizard, you just made your opponent lose a card nearly 3 
times as expensive as your fluffy, white, poofball.

thank you for your time
TYLER. GRUND
P.S. this ranting and raving does NOT mean i dont like charizard...hes 
a lot beefer than a magicarp!:P