Hey All,

Ego here with a quick discussion on Trapper decks. First off, one complaint I've heard is that it takes away the roleplaying aspect of the game and is cheating. There you go, Trapper is like Jessie and James digging a hole, catching you in it and running away with your Pikachu. The roleplaying is part of the fun. (Which would be why I brought Twist, my eevee, for company.)

Now, for those of you who want something more substantial. Here goes: Trapper is just another archetype with strengths and weaknesses. (For those complaining that all archetype are bad... well, there are only so many ways to win. The way to get rid of them is to beat them.) We all know Trapper's strength: Getting rid of your cards. Now let's look at it's weaknesses.

 

1. Reliance on Trainers - So what shut's down trainers? Lass: A trainer herself.. not the _best_ choice. Dark Vileplume: A Stage 2, not so good against a combo that strikes first round. Fossil Psyduck!!!!! You bet.. for one psychic energy this little guy completely shuts down your opponents ability to play trainers. Buying you time for....

 

2. Worthless once the opponent is set up - That's right, if you can get past Trapper's initial onslaught to put out a full bench of loaded pokes.. there is nothing that they can do to hurt you.

 

3. Low energy - The Trapper decks I've seen had 10 energy in them. Ohhhh... That's why we evolve into : Fossil Golduck. Hyper Beam away that energy. They are pretty much sitting ducks.. so to speak ;-)

 

4. Recovery - Ok, so say they _do_ knock away your cards. What to do what to do? Pray for that oak? OR throw in a Dark Golduck. For one energy you suddenly have a hand with 3 cards.

 

So there you have it. Everyone goes into their panic over the new Archetype on the block. Please. Everything has it's weakness, isn't that what makes the game fun? Now get out there and play.

 

-Ego

 

Dissagree with me? Ok. Write me at wolander@chemonics.net maybe we can come up with the next bad boy on the block.