Dear PoJo,
  Love the site!  This article is for everyone out there wondering
"What is a Haymaker?" or "What is a Anti-Speed deck?"  I wish that
there would have been something like this when I started surfing the
site, I was lost until I pieced together what was what.

  There are 6 main deck classes(atleast that I know of) and they are
Speed, Stall, Anti-Speed, Anti-Stall, Beatdown, and Miscellaneous. 
Let's look at a brief overview of each deck class

Speed- Probably the most effcient deck class, Speed decks are simple to
build, easy to maintain, and usually pack a massive punch.  Two of the
most widely played deck types, Haymaker and Rain Dance, are speed
decks.  Haymaker is the King of all the speed decks, dealing huge
amounts of damage with Hitmonchan or Electrabuzz for little energy. 
While the Rain Dance Deck is a moderate speed deck, which pummels the
opponent into the ground with Blastoise. Average Construction Cost:
Varies

Stall- Slow and steady wins the race, espically with a stall deck. 
These big boys usually revolve around Chansey, and if you have a big
wallet, Alakazam.  They use Damage Swap and Poke Centers to keep alive,
while using Imp Oaks to run you out of cards.  In the long run, these
guys are devilishly effective...buy also are pretty expensive to build.
Average Consruction Cost(Alakazam Staller): $180-$210

Anti-Speed- These decks, really aren't very wide spread, and are mainly
designed to combat individual decks.  Many Electric/Grass decks were
designed to defeat Rain Dance Decks, and Psi/Fighting to nail
Haymakers. There is a deck type that makes it's home here, the Damage
Swap deck. Average Construction Cost: Varies

Anti-Stall Decks- These very similar to their anti-speed cousins are
usually designed to beat individual decks.  They are usually similar to
Haymakers, except that they actually work a little faster, using
PlusPowers for a bigger boost.

Beatdown- These decks are my personal favorites, probably because most
of our speed friends come back to play.  Haymakers and Rain Dance decks
are beatdown decks, because they completely pummel the opponent into
the ground and have massive ammounts of overkill.  Also in this group
are the mono-electric Zapdos decks(Probably only a few exist, but they
are beatdown decks) and the Charizard deck(More than the Zapdos deck,
but still not many are around anymore.)

Miscellaneous- This is where, most of those "Woke up at 2:30 AM and
built this deck" come from.  Also some of the weirdest and coolest
decks are here two.  My new fav deck...well second only to my Rain
Dance deck...is a mono-electric deck called Power Surge.  Power Surge
uses the Jungle Pikachu and Electrode to not only rack up damage on the
active, but to destroy the opponents bench too.  I love their look when
I GOW and bring out an abra, finish it off, and kill something that
only had 10 HP left on it on the bench.

  So many deck classes, so little time...well I'm pretty much out of
time.  To just add to the confusion, there are many themes to the
various classes, PokePower ones(Damage Swap, Rain Dance, and Energy
Trans) and trainer themes(Energy Denial)...so, you got a handle on
what's going on with all of the classes?

Any question can be sent to pokefreakazoid@yahoo.com.

-CJ, CEO of Failed Decks Inc.
pokefreakazoid@yahoo.com
Designer of Ignition, Jap-O-Blaster, Heat Lighting, Lava Flow, Color
Blender, Haymaker-A, Pestilence, and Petal Dance
Current Decks: Tidal Surge Turbo v1.2; 37-5, Power Surge-Gamma; 16-4,
Ignition II: The Uncommon Edge; 0-0 


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