one of the best ways to defeat your
opponent is to make some status changes...bad status changes.
ok, so you have a stinky little weedle and are about to get your
last pokemon in your deck stupefied by your opponent's charizard.
it has 20 hp left, but your weedle can only do 10 damage! but
wait... why don't you just poison the charizard? in my opinion,
status changes are your only hope of winning your way out of a
big mess and are very effective!
one of my favorite cards is a type
of gloom. it can do 30 damage, while, if the coin you flip is
heads, will either do poison, confusion, or paralysis! that's
more powerful than an articunos attack!
I recommend using a lickitung in
all of your decks because of its high hp and paralysis and
confusion attacks.
you've got to be able to plan
ahead on which status attacks to use by your opponents face
expressions, etc. picture this; you send out your lickitung for
your shellder and your opponent looks slightly phased, his
blastoise with 30 hp left-your turn still. you would want to
confuse blastoise, since your opponent will most likely retreat
and confusion can stop retreating with the back of a coin, then
you can finish off blastoise!
C ya!
unit ps. just back your opponent
into a corner and he'll be too phased to finish you off!