Okay, C-Man here with one of my articles. Today I'm looking into why some decks work and some don't

1.Energy
I'm still seeing this, decks with NO energy. How on gods green earth are you supposed to play with no enegies? An exception is stall decks with no enegy. I'm also seeing if a deck has energy, it doesn't have enough. I played this kid once. He had 12 or so energies. His hand was a few pokemon and a bunch of trainers. I could tell because he never played any energy. After I brutally slaughtered him he checked his prizes. Sure enough about half of his energy. The rest was all practically at the bottom of the deck. He then said,"No wonder I didn't get energy." Well no sh--. You only have 12 or so energies. I know some decks only have a few, but that's because they revolve around pokemon who don't need alot of energies (hitmonchan) or have pokemon with attacks to get energy (MP Mewtwo).
(Note: this kid had charizards and such.)


2. Stratedgys:
Some decks don't work because they don't have a stratedgy. Here are some decks with stratedgys:
Haymaker: Hit hard and fast.
Turbo Raindance: Get Blastoise out second turn
Heavy Duty Raindance: Stall and they get really beefy guys.(note: This Raindance is different because it has cards like Chansey to stall with till you can get Poliwrath, Gyarados, and Blastoise. It doesn't foucuse on the early game. It sometimes does though.)
Turbo Wiggly: Get Wiggly out turn two and do the wave
Stall Decks: Get Alakazams, Chanseys, PokeCenters, and Potions, mix'em together and you have a stall deck. (note:some have more stratedgy, but I have seen some like this)
Venucenter: When your pokes are damages swap energies with Venusaur to non damaged pokemon and poke center then move energies back.
See, if your deck doesn't have a stratedgy it will fall apart. If you have a Psychic deck and you put in some water guys there is no point. Or if you have a deck with your favorite pokemon and the wrong energy I will fall apart. Even if it means creating your own deck or using someone else's ideas and mold them into something new. Just use stratedgy.

3. Pokemon:
You knew we would be getting to this. I have seen alot of decks using the wrong types of pokemon. You also want to pick the types carefully. If you use a Haymaker, use the right types. Don't put in Blastoises in a Haymaker. It won't work. You also got to know what not to choose. Base Ghastly? Burn it. Well that's not alot on the pokemon part, but I trust most of you actually know what you're doing

4. Point System:
Yes, the point system actually has an effect on a deck. Players trying to decide on which one of two pokemon to use in their decks they will use the point system. According to one article I read Cloyster did better than Alakazam! Whoa, I think I'm goin' to have a heart attack. People, please the point system doesn't work. It always fails and it can even be embarrasing.

Well, that's all for now
C-Man
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