Dear Pojo,
  Your sight rules!  My piece is on the 10 Ten Pokemon List recently
seen in the Auguest issue of Inquest Gamer.  I don't know if this fits
under deck building tips or single card evals...well here's my review.

10. Dugtrio
  How can they think that this guy even deserves to be though of as one
of the top 10 Pokemon in the TCG? Slash is a good attack and Earthquake
is powerful...but dealing 10 damage to everyone on your bench could be
disastrous upon repeated use.  Lastly with the floatila of new grass
cards in jungle, and mono-grass emerging as a strong deck type, this
guy is up the river without a paddle.  My position: Inquest was dead
wrong, my opinion Mid-teens, perhaps 15th.

9. Dewgong
  This guy warrents his spot here at 9th.  His attacks are good, 2 Blue
and 1 Colorless for 50, and 2 Blue and 2 Colorless for 30 with a chance
to paralyze.  Only drawback, a measly 80 HP.  My rating: Inquest was
dead on with this on.
 
8. Charizard
  This guy really doesn't deserve his fate.  He is big and strong and
hungry.  Charizard with all his good points, HP, Attack, and Poke Power
just goes through too much energy.  My rating: Inquest overrated him,
he should have barely broken the top ten.

7. Gyarados
  This was another Pokemon that got shafted.  Gyarados is a powerhouse
and has no major drawbacks, except Magikarp.  Still, just bench
Magikarp and don't send him out till you have a Gyarados on him.  The
advantages outweight the disadvantage.  My rating: Inquest ya blew it
again, he should have been much high than 7th.

6. Venusaur
  Venusaur is perfect for the 6th slot.  Big and strong, but not the
best.  Fire is a common color and eats this guy and his family chain
for breakfast.  Still Energy Trans and Solarbeam make an awesome combo.
My Rating: Good rebound after the Gyarados debockle.  Venusaur is
potent buy still weak.

5. Jynx
  Alright, now we see a distinctive move in Inquests ratings.  At first
it looks like they were high and drunk when they did the bottom
five...now they just look like they were drunk.  Don't get me wrong,
Jynx is great.  Still, Doubleslap is weak and it takes time to build up
to meditate.  My rating: Jynx barely deserves to be this high.  I say
switch its ranking with Venusaurs.

4. Chansey
  A CHANSEY??????? Come on! You know what? They need to invert the
bottom five and top five and do a little cut and pasting.  Alright,
enough with the jokes.  Chansey is a staller but other than that is
useless.  Inquest has a nasty habit of overatting stuff. My rating:
Inquest overrates again.  Chansey should be 7th.

3. Electrabuzz
  Hard to argue this but I'll try none the less.  As part of the
haymaker is quite a monster, but if facing another haymaker, he'll get
beat to a pulp be Hitmonchans. My rating: Needs to be moved down one,
but I pretty much agree with Inquest.

2. Hitmonchan
  The Haymaker!  The ultimate beatdown deck!  Still, Haymakers are
beaten to a pulp by pyschics, and Special Punch takes tiem to build up
to. My rating: He belongs down in the midsection, but he is still quite
strong.

And the Number One Pokemon according to Inquest is...

1. Alakazam
  ALAKAZAM?????? Don't get me wrong, with Mr. Mime the new Damage Swap
decks are hard to beat.  He is a core of a deck type so he deserves to
be high, but still he's not the best. My rating: Barely overrated
again,  2nd or 3rd for Alakazam.

Alright, so, by my books who is the best? The one who didn't even make
it....Blastoise!  He is the heart of two deck types, Raindance and
Turbo Blastoise. Damage can be eliminated by potions, scoop ups, and
pokemon centers.  While the rule of one energy per turn can't ever be
broken unless by Rain Dance.  With the ability to play multiple
energies the powerup time of any pokemon can be cut down ot one or two
turns.  That is why I think Blastoise should have been best.

My top ten list(I KNOW some people are gonna hate this)
10. Charizard
9. Dewgong
8. Chansey
7. Poliwrath
6. Jynx
5. Venusaur
4. Hitmonchan
3. Gyarados
2. E;ectrabuzz
1. Blastoise
(Send all flames to pokefreakazoid@yahoo.com, or if you'd like to flame
me directly, I'm EnsignCJ on AOL)
-CJ
pokefreakazoid@yahoo.com
Current Decks: Tidal Surge Turbo v1.1; 36-5, Power Surge; 10-3
Pokemon Play Day Record: 37-5


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