Everybody has an opinion on the 3 "starting" pokemon.  Here's mine.

Basic

Bulbasaur 1st
2 Grass to do 20 and take 10 off of himself-little slow, but cannot lose
to a pokemon with a 10 attack

Charmander 3rd
1 Colorless to do 10-nice and fast for a 1st turn attack
1 Fire + 1 Colorless to do 30 and discard 1 Fire-nice if you need some
damage, but i prefer the first attack

Squirtle 2nd
1 Water to do 10 and flip for paralyze-very good deal for 1 energy
1 Water + 1 Colorless to flip to prevent 20 damage-what's the point of
this attack?  use bubble

Stage 1

Ivysaur 2nd
1 Grass + 2 Colorless does 30 damage-great because he can operate in 2
turns and do 30 damage
3 Grass does 20 and 100% poison-automatic poison + 20 damage?  Great

Charmeleon 3rd
3 Colorless does 30-pretty good
2 Fire + 1 Colorless does 50 damage and discards a Fire-same as
Charmander's Ember

Wartortle 1st
1 Water + 1 Colorless flips to prevent all damage-better than
Squirtle's, but I only use it when I'm energy short
1 Water + 2 Colorless does 40 damage-40 damage in 2 turns?

Stage 2

Venusaur 1st
Power-move Grass Energy to ANY Pokemon from ANY Pokemon-wow
4 Grass does 60-4 Grass energy in play it should read.  Excellent.

Charizard 3rd
Power-change all energy on Zard to fire-ok
4 Fire does 100 damage (!)... and discards 2!!!-Super Energy Removal

Blastoise 2nd
Power-play as many Water Energy to WATER Pokemon-only good in a
mono-water
3 Water for 40, 4 for 50, 5 for 60-can attack quickly, but costs more to
do the same damage as Venusaur

EvilJynx-TR aka Zach Busser
Email mbusser@fast.net
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