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Hey Martin

it's me Scuba Steve w/ another (besides KingCenter) new MMF deck I think will work:

No Name Deck:

Pokemon (18)
4 Bulbasaur
1 Ivysaur
3 Venusaur
3 Cleffa
3 Ho-Oh (colorless version Neo 3)
2 Tyrogue
2 Wooper

Energy (14)
14 Grass Energy

Trainers (28)
4 Elm
4 Bill
4 Double Gust
4 Focus Band
3 Pokemon Breeder
3 Pokemon Center
3 Pokemon Trader
3 Pokemon Tower

The strategy is to stall with Cleffa, Tyrogue, or Wooper (splashed him in b/c of resist. and to take on fire poke) while I get a Venusaur and Ho-Oh out. Then Energy Trans all the energy to Ho-Oh, give him a Focus and Rainbow Burn for MAJOR damage. This way you also still have the Trans/Center combo and two major hitters (Venu and Ho-Oh). The trainers are kind of self-explanatory except for Pokemon Tower. I'm running kind of low on energy so I don't know if it really fits. After playtesting KingCenter Tower really hurts it, but I'm still not sure if it's really that helpful in this deck. Thanks for looking at it! Oh yea if you could come up with a name for it too, that would be cool. Thanks!


Welcome back to Martin's Mansion everyone. I took kind of a break from the garage, but now I am back and ready for duty. Today, we are fixing the Venusaur shown above, YoWzA!

Pokemon

"I don't get it." You say you energy transe alot of energy to Ho-oh to do "major damage"? I think you have read the card wrong. Last time I checked, it does 10 damage more for each TYPE of basic energy attached to Venusaur, not each basic energy.

Since the Ho-oh strategy doesn't work out, you will have no choice but to replace it with a better back up attacker. I would recommend something along the lines of Promo Scyther.

Also drop the Wooper, they have no place here. They do not begin to scratch the surface of solving the fire problem this deck has. You would be better off trying your luck with Pichu to fend off fire since most of the majorly played fire Pokemon have Powers.

Next, add 3 Ivysaur. Drop the Packmen breeder all together. In the MMF format getting both the stage 2, and the breeder in hand is quite a chore, and since Venusaur can't attack turn 2, it's a bummer.

Add a fourth Cleffa, you need to build.

You may also consider playing a Neo Pikachu. It helps against Kingdra, and is a game saver if a Pichu is in an odd mean look situation.


Trainers
Not too much work here, you have the right idea in mind with 4 Double gust, bill and elm. They are essential. The idea of using Pokemon Tower to counter Kingdra is good, I like it. Drop the number to 2. Often, they won't get defaulted as easy in this format.

Add 1 Time capsule, you must have recovery of some sort. Especially if a Kingdra gets alot of lucky heads and starts doing a removal onslaught.

Trade 2 Focus Bands for 2 Gold berry. MMF isn't based on 1 hit KO. Use Gold berry and PokeCenter on Venusaur. Save the Focus bands for the Pichu and Tyrogues.


Energy
Fourteeeeeeeeen is the loneliest number-well, the song goes something like that. It will do, it will do fine. Because of the fact there is almost no removing in MFF and you are able to play "different" energy amounts. If you feel tight on space, taking more energy out wouldn't be a bad idea because of your ability to rotate the needed energy around your Pokemon.

On Second thought, with so much evolution you might want to go with a fourth Trader. Yes, that will do nicely.

Mr. Venu: Fixed

Pokemon (21)
4 Bulbasaur
4 Ivysaur
3 Venusaur
4 Cleffa
2 Promo Scyther
2 Tyrogue
2 Pichu


Energy (13)
13 Grass Energy

Trainers (26)
4 Elm
4 Bill
4 Double Gust
2 Focus Band
2 Gold berry
3 Pokemon Center
4 Pokemon Trader
2 Pokemon Tower
1 Time Capsule

Good luck with this MMF deck.

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