Welcome back to the Jungle everyone! I hope you enjoyed your last trek 
through this pokemon infested Jungle, this time we will be seeing more of 
the Common type of Jungle pokemon. So read on...

25-PARASECT; I really see no purpose to this card or to his first stage 
Paras. Both have Spore for 2 grass which puts the opponent to sleep. And 
Parasect has Slash for 3 colorless that does 30 damage. But why not use 
Jigglypuff? She has the same attacks as Parasect except the sleep attack 
only costs one and for only 1 more colorless she can do pound for 20.

26-PERSIAN; This card is alright, it's not the best but it's pretty good. 
Just like Electrode it can Tackle for 2 colorless which does 20 damage. But 
the second attack is very nice. You can do Pounce for 3 colorless it does 30 
damage plus Persian takes 10 less damage next turn, not bad, eh?

27-PRIMEAPE; Primeape is good but his weakling first stage makes it hard to 
get him out. His first attack lets you flip 2 coins it does 20 damage times 
the number of heads. His other attack is 2 FT one colorless energy and does 
50. It has a setback though, you have to flip a coin if tails primeape is 
confused.

28-RAPIDASH; One of the best Jungle cards out there! For only 2 Fire and 1 
colorless she can do Agility which if you flip a heads prevents all damage 
and effects to Rapidash! She also has an attack called Stomp for 2 colorless 
which does 20 damage and can do 30 if you flip a heads! And she retreats for 
free! DANG!

29-SEAKING; The only good side to this card is it's waterfall attack which 
does 30 for a water and colorless energy. Besides that, 70HP and an attack 
for one Water that does 10 is nothing to brag about.

30-TAUROS; A very nice basic. For 2 colorless it can do Stomp which is just 
like Rapidashs. Then for 1 colorless more it can do Rampage, it does 20 
damage plus 10 damage for each damage counter on Tauros, but you have to 
flip a coin on a tails Tauros is confused. I wouldn't use Rampage until 
Tauros was nearly KO'd but I like Stomp.

31-Weepinbell; Yet another great grass card. For only one grass you can do 
Poisonpowder which does 10 and can poison the opponent. That's not much but 
for just one more Grass you can do Razor Leaf which does 30. Kewl

32-BELLSPROUT; Just about as bad as Goldeen. A 40HP pokemon that only has a 
10 damage attack which costs one Grass. The only slight use I see to 
Bellsprout is to use it's other attack Call for Family which lets you search 
for another Bellsprout. So if you're in a tight situation you can get a 
Weepinbell out.

33-CUBONE; Pretty nice, although I don't like Rage or any attack like it. 
The only thing I like about those type of attacks is the ability to get a 
strong attack right before your pokemon faints. But a good thing about 
Cubone is his Snivel, it reduces the damage done to him next turn by 20.

34-EEVEE; I really like Eevee, like his older brothers he has quick attack. 
But it either does 10 damage or 30 damage depending on a coin flip. The 
thing I really like about him is Tail Wag if you flip a heads the defending 
pokemon can't attack! It's like a agility with no damage.

35-EXEGGCUTE; I think he's good for the early game. If the pokemon has only 
a 10 damage attack you can just save up for leach seed (it's just like 
Bulbasaurs). If it has a higher attack use Hypnosis which puts the opponent 
to sleep then use Leech Seed, cool huh?

36-GOLDEEN; This has to be the worst card in not only the Jungle expansion 
but the entire TCG set! It only has 40HP and can only do 10 damage (for 1 
water). What's the point????

37-JIGGLYPUFF; Another great basic. For 1 colorless it'll put the pokemon to 
sleep with Lullaby. Then save up for pound which costs 2 colorless and does 
20. Very nice.

38-MANKEY; A very interesting card, as you may know it's power lets you look 
at the following: The top card of yours or your opponents Draw Pile, one of 
yours or your opponents prize card, or a random card from your opponents 
hand. This is a great card to have on the bench, as you can check out the 
opponents hand and prizes telling you what's in store for the next couple of 
turns. Downside is Mankey only has 30HP.

39-MEOWTH; This card is alright, but I think it's attack costs too much. For 
2 colorless you can do Payday which does 10 damage and you flip a coin if 
heads draw a card. This can be useful in some situations but not many.

40-Nidoran (Female); This is yet another great card for Haymaker decks, for 
only 1 grass you can do fury swipes which lets you flip 3 coins it does 10 
times the number of heads. You can also (for another Grass energy) search 
your deck for a male or female nidoran.

41-ODDISH; I always liked pokemon with possible paralyzing attacks. 
Especially when they are cheap attacks. Oddish has exactly that for one 
Grass you do 10 and can paralyze the opponent.

42-PARAS; Just like jiggly except 1 extra energy which has to be grass to 
use lullaby.

43-PIKACHU; The new Pikachu is awesome. For two lightning energy you can use 
Spark which does 20 damage and 10 damage to one of your opponents benched 
pokemon. So while he's pumping up his Chansey you keep doing 10 to it until 
it can use Double-Edge only once.

44-RHYHORN; Oh yeah, Rhyhorn is awesome read, for 1 colorless he can prevent 
the defending pokemon from attacking if you flip a heads. Use that while 
you're saving up for Horn Attack which does 30 for only 1 FT and 2 Colorless 
energy. My only problem with him is his Weakness to Grass which we will see 
alot more of now.

45-SPEAROW; The only advantage to this pokemon is it's Resistance to 
Fighting. It has an attack for 1 colorless that does 10 and Mirror Move for 
3 colorless, but most of the time that Spearow would ever be out it will be 
against weaker pokemon so Mirror Move would be pretty much useless.

46-VENONAT; Another pokemon with a one grass possible paralyzing attack that 
does 10. Venonat also has Leech Life which does 10 and allows you to remove 
an amount of damage counters equal to the amount of damage done to the 
opponent.

47-POK'EBALL; The only trainer in the new expansion is sweet when teamed up 
with reliable finders. So if you flip a tails it won't be a big loss. But if 
you flip a heads it will be a huge gain.

Well that's it, I think I missed one pokemon and i don't have the time to 
find which so I'll be going now. Be looking for the Jungle top 10 and cya!

       -Jared Schroeder>) E-mail:beano37@hotmail.com


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