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It's All 'Bout Evolution
Michael Furst
February 24, 2003

Note that my decks aren't the *greatest* but are pretty good and I won battles many times!  (My policy is: "It's All 'Bout Evolution!)

(o = common; ^ =uncommon; * =rare)

Deck 1:  Fight to the End! (Main Deck)

Goal is to quickly overcome the opponent with 40+ attack and 60+ HP
Weakness is mainly Grass and Psychic Pokémon

18 Energy Cards:

o 16 Fighting (15 reg, 1 neo; not as if it makes a difference...)
* 1 Recycle Colorless
^ Double Colorless

30 Pokémon:

^ 1 Brock's Geodude
^ 1 Brock's Graveler
^ 1 Brock's Lickitung (but Brock doesn't have Lickitung in the cartoon; Jessie does...)
o 1 Brock's Onix (100 HP!)
* 1 Brock's Rhydon (holo)
o 1 Brock's Rhyhorn
o 1 Cubone
* 1 Dragonair (had to trade my Arcanine for it but it is GOOD)
^ 1 Dratiti, of course!
o 1 Geodude
^ 1 Giovanni's Machoke
o 1 Gio's Machop
^ STILL 1 Graveler
* 1 Hitmonchan (holo)
* 1 Hitmonlee
o 1 Kabuto
* 1 Kabutops
* 1 Kangaskhan
^ 2! Machoke
o 2 Machop
o 1 Mankey
^ 1 Marowak
o 1 Onix (neo) (1st Edition)
^ 1 Primeape
^ 1 Rhydon (100 HP, baby!)
o 1 Rhyhorn
for the heck of it, I threw in: o 1 Sandshrew
* 1 Snorlax

11 Trainer Cards:

^ 1 Brock's Training Method
^ 1 Card-Flip Game
(Goldenrod Game Corner)
^ 1 Defender
o 1 Energy Removal
^ 1 Energy Retrieval
^ 1 Full Heal
o 2 Mysterious Fossil (10 HP?!)
^ 1 PlusPower
o 1 PokéBall
o 1 lousy Potion

Viola! Behold!

Deck 2: The Wrath of Grass! (Back-up Deck 1)

Goal is to "disable" (Paralysis, Poison, etc.) and to "screw up" their Pokémon and             
.....their attacks!
Weakness is mainly Psychic and Fire
Resistance is sometimes Fighting

Looks like it's déjä vu all over again!:

21 Energy Cards:

o 17 Grass
o 4 Psychic (why? you'll see)

26 Pokémon:

^ 1 Ariados
* 1 Beedrill
^ 1 Butterfree
o 1 Caterpie
* 1 Dark Weezing (R) (holo)
o 1 Erika's Exeggcute
^ 1 Erika's Exeggutor
o 1 Exeggcute
^ 1 Exeggutor
o 1 Gio's Nidoran F
o 1 Gio's Nidoran M
^ 1 Gio's Nidorina
^ 1 Gio's Nidorino
^ 1 Golbat
^ 2 Kakuna
o 1 Koffing
o 1 Metapod
* 1 Nidoking (holo)
o 1 Nidoran M
^ 1 Nidorino
* 1 Scyther (my favorite Pokémon!)
o 1 Spinarak
o 1 Weedle (I have 8!)
^ 1 Weezing
o 1 Zubut

13 Trainer Cards:

o 2 Bill
o 1 Gambler
o 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!!  Gust of Wind
o 2 Professor Oak
^ 1 Super Potion
o 1 Switch and that's a rap!

Deck 3: Shocking Psy (Back-up Deck 2)

Goal is to get the right things when I need it (Switch, [Super] Energy Removals and      .....Retrievals).
Weakness is for Psychic, other Psychic; for Electric, Fighting.

So... 20 Energy Cards:

o 8 Phychic
o 4 Water
o 8 Electric

23 Pokémon:

o 2 Abra
o 1 Gastly
* 1 Gengar (fossil)
o 1 Girafarig
^ 1 Haunter
^ 1 Jynx
^ 1 Kadabra
o 1 Sabrina's Abra
o 1 Sabrina's Gastly
^ 1 Sabrina's Haunter
^ 1 Slowbro
o 1 Slowpoke
o 1 Eevee
o 1 Chinchou
^ 1 Dark Jolteon (R)
^ 1 Electabuzz (neo)
* 1 Electrode
* 1 Elekid
^ 1 Lanturn
o 1 Magnemite
* 1 folded Magneton (holo)...
o 1 Voltorb

16? Trainer Cards:

^ 1 Defender
o 3 Energy Removal
^ 1 Energy Retrieval
* 1 Lass
o 1 Potion
* 1 Super Energy Removal
^ 1 Super Potion
o 7 Switch

Ha!

Final Deck: Rage of Burning Ambition! (Back-up Deck 3) (Colorless/Fire)

Goal is to make the opponent nervous by attacking little, but why need to, with very   
.....high HP? but then powering up to attack swiftly and fiercly!
Weakness is, well, Water and Fighting elements!

18 Trainer Cards:

o 18 Fire

33 Pokémon:

o 1 Blaine's Growlithe
o 1 Blaine's Ponyta
^ 1 Blaine's Rapidash
o 4 Charmander
^ 1 Charmeleon
o 2 Cyndaquil
* 1 Magby
^ 3 Magmar (1 1st Edition)
o 1 Ponyta
^ 2 Quilava
o 1 Dark Raticate (R)
^ 1 Dodrio
o 2 Doduo
^ 1 Erika's Dratini
^ 1 Fearow
^ 1 Gio's Meowth
o 1 Hoothoot
^ 1 Lickitung
o 1 Meowth
^ 1 Persian
o 1 Rattata
^ 1 Raticate
o 1 Spearow
o 1 Stantler (1st Edition)
^ 1 Tauros

9 Trainer Cards:

o 2 Bill
o 1 Energy Removal
o 1 Gust of Wind
^ 2 PlusPower
o 1 Potion
^ 1 Professor Oak
FINALLY ^ 1 Super Potion!

Done!  How did ya' think??

~Michael Furst~
MikeFurst1st@aol.com

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