>From: <aperry@hotmail.com>

>To: ThePoJo@thepojo.com
>Subject: Tired of inaccurate Jungle info - by Moogle1
>
>Okay, clearing up a bit of the "Jungle" buzz...
>
>    The "Jungle" expansion is, by all means, an expansion. It has none
>of the cards that appeared in the Premiere set. That means no energy.
>There's only one Trainer in the set: the common Poke Ball. There are
>several Stage 1 or Stage 2 Pokemon (Dodrio, Rapidash) that have no
>basics in this set: you have to have them from the Premiere set. It is,
>by all means, an expansion of the Premiere set.
>
>    The most disappointing part of Jungle, in my opinion, was the lack
>of variety. There are 32 rares: 16 non-holos, and 16 holos that are
>exactly the same as the non-holos. If you're playing Water or Fire, you
>got screwed with this expansion. There are 2 Fire Pokemon and 3 Water
>Pokemon, and none of them are that great. Most of the good cards in the
>set are Grass, although Mr. Mime will pop up in most Psychic decks soon,
>and Fighting got a few good cards, too. The real winners were Grass and
>Colorless.
>
>    About the Preconstructs: There are 2. One is Water Blast, a
>Water/Fighting deck, and the other is Power Reserve, a Grass/Psychic
>deck. There's only one rare in each (but both are Jungle cards), and
>most of the cards are not even from Jungle. Get boosters instead, or a
>Premiere preconstruct. Even by their own merits, these decks stink.
>
>    So, how will this affect you? Depends what you play. The mono-grass
>jumped from "fun to play" to "pretty vicious." Colorless themed decks
>got a great boost with the Eevee set, Clefable, and Wigglytuff. Rain
>Dance lovers (that's me!), you just got a kick to the rear. Fire decks
>should be happy about Rapidash, but that's it for them. The fighter will
>love the new Rhydon, Primeape, and Marowak. Psychics will try to get
>their four Mr.Mimes, but then they'll stop collecting. Electric fans
>will love the new Pikachu, like the new Electrode, but ultimately wind
>up disappointed with us water folks.
>
>    Oh, well. Hope that cleared up a little bit of mis-info for
>everyone.