Hi, I'm Oak's Aide.  This is my first time submitting anything to pojo, so I
hope that people don't skip this article because they've never heard of me. 
Anyway, what I want to say is that many pokemon have better attacks for the
same cost than others, or the same attack for different costs.  Wigglytuff,
Hitmonchan, and Electabuzz are prime examples.  Now, I'm not bashing them,
I'm just using them because many people know their attacks.  Lets start with
Hitmonchan's Jab. 

Jab[F]                 20

Now, Base Machop can do the same amount for the same energy as Jab, but
several cards, like Seel, Seaking, and Goldeen can only do 10 for that
amount. Most can do 20, but it's unfair for some to do 10, while others hit
for 20.  Next is Wigglytuff.  I'm not going into Do The Wave, because several
people have done that already.   Instead, I'm going to look at Lullaby.

Lullaby[C]         The defending pokemon is now asleep.

Now let's look at some other sleep inducing attacks:

Sleeping Gas[P]  Flip a coin.  If heads, the defending pokemon is now asleep.

Hypnosis[P]        The defending pokemon is now asleep.

Spore[GG]          The defending pokemon is now asleep.

As you can see, all of them are more costly than Lullaby.  Next is
Electabuzz's Thunderpunch.  Here is is:

Thunderpunch[EC] 30+  Flip a coin.  If heads, the defending pokemon takes 30
damage + 10 more damage, if tails, the defending pokemon takes 30 damage, and
Electabuzz does 10 damage to himself.

Several other pokemon have attacks for one colored and one colorless, but the
only one that measures up to Thunderpunch is Seaking's Waterfall.  Sure, it
can't do 10 extra damage, but it can't hurt itself, either.  Next closest is
Nidoking's Thrash. (btw, Nidoking's Toxic would be broken if you could get it
out before Hitmonchan killed Nidoran.)  It does the same thing as
Thunderpunch, but it costs [GCC].  But Blaine's Growlithe's Fire Tackle is
like a Thunderpunch stuck on tails, and Base Growlithe's Flare only does
20.(Both these attacks cost [FC].)

Well, that concludes my "bashing"(heavy sarcasm, in case the quotation marks
didn't tip you off) of Hitmonchan, Electabuzz, and Wigglytuff.  See ya later!



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