> > From: > To: > Subject: farfetch'd and scyther > > Dear sir, > > I just wanted to tell you, in reply to your letter, that, yes, he did forget > to mention that farfetch'd has a resistance to to fighting but he also > neglected to say that scyther ALSO has a resistance to fighting. So the two > are nearly identical. farfetch'd has a weakness to electric, a rarely used > type. And scyther has a weakness to fire, which in my opinion is another > rarely used type. So the difference between the two comes down to retreat, hp > and one of their two moves. scyther wins in hp having twenty more. He also > wins in retreat. It all comes down to a move. if you have no grass and are > using him like a colorless, well then its all in what you want. higher > retreat and less hp, for a chance to do a little damage a little sooner, or a > higher hp and a lower retreat but you have no option to have the chance of > damage. but in a deck with grass, well after 3 (or two with double > colorless)turns farfetch'd does 30 damage with a chance of 60 if you got > heads that first turn. Or after 3 turns (or 2 with double colorless) a > GUARANTEED 60 damage. > > DannyBoy