Hey, Pojo! Please post this in the TCG strategies session.

     I'm here to talk about a deck that I've made. First, here's the
stats.

    3 Psyduck
    2 Golduck
    4 Poliwag
    3 Poliwhirl
    2 Poliwrath
    3 Gastly(fossil)
    2 Haunter(fossil)
    1 Gengar

    11 Psychic Energy
    14 Water Energy

    4 Energy Removal
    3 Pokemon Trader
    2 Pokemon Breeder
    2 Computer Search
    4 Gust Of Wind

     By now you should know what the main idea is: to send out an
energy-destroying
 Pokemon, use all the Pokemon Breeders and Traders, and Computer Search
to
 heat up your bench and active Pokemon, then use a Gust Of Wind to call
out a
 Pokemon with no energy(and a high retreat cost:Kangaskhan, Charizard
and Rhydon are good bets),and keep it that way with attacks such as
hyper beam
 and Whirlpool. If you put some Omanyte in the deck, make a great
strategy by
 using Omanyte's Clavorice(misspelled?)Pokemon Power to see the
opponent's
 hand, then using Psyduck's Headache attack, so the opponent can't use
any threat-
 ening trainers. Psyduck's evolved form, Golduck, is my personal fave
water Pokemon . for a Psychic Energy, you can do (Abra's) Psyshock, with
a chance of
 paralysis. Then for 2 Water Energies and a colorless Energy, you can do
Hyper
 Beam for 20, plus you can discard an Energy from the defending pokemon!
same thing for Poliwrath's Whirlpool , which does an additional 20
damage. Poliwhirl
 is an excellent staller, and can stop Pokemon like Charizard,Machamp,
and
 Dragonite dead in their tracks. and now with the NEW Gastly and Haunter
around,
 defeating these pokemon will become much harder(what, with the NEW
Gastly
 having a REAL attack((lick)),an everlasting "energy retreival"(energy
conversion),
 and no retriet cost, and the NEW Haunter, with an awsome Pokemon Power
 ((Transperancy:flip a coin. if heads, prevent anything done to
Haunter)).).
 Adding a Gengar into the deck gives you an everlating "Plus Power", and
with
 8 Gusts of Wind and Energy Removals, you'll be sure to get your way.

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