Dear Pojo,

I have been thinking of entering a pokemon card tournament, but I wanted to see if you thought my deck was well built before a did. And finally my "Everyone Metronome" deck.

"Everyone Metronome"

19 Pokemon
4 TR(team ROcket)zubats-fighting resistance zero retreat
4 Electabuzz-fast attacks 70hp
3 clefairys-heavy hitter psyche resistance
3 fossil magmars-fast attacks poison 70hp
3 TR Golbats-resistance sneak attack 20damage to any pokemon in play
2 Clefables-Heavy hitter low energy 70hp

20 Trainers
2 prof. Oaks-quick drawer
2 pokemon traders-browes deck
4 energy search-I have VERY low energy in my deck
2 gust of winds-bench control
4 plus powers-that little extra
4 energy removal-opponent control
2 idem finders-late deck card

21 Energy
8 thunder
7 fire don't need to explain
6 grass


Objective: simple control the play area and to beat your opp! onent to a pulp.

P.S.  Please post this on your site...

John Beacleay

jbeacleay@hotmail.com

I must admit, I kinda like the theory behind this deck.  Clefairy/Clefable is a really good way to dish out some good attacks for a really low cost.  Electabuzz is a super solid Pokemon for it's cost.  Fossil magmar is another good solid attacker for a low energy cost.  Thus far, it seems we have a theme of low energy attacks.  Let's roll with this.

For the Pokemon, jack the Fairy/Fable up to 4/3.  This will insure you see it.  Let's drop the Golbat line - it's not really needed.  Adjust numbers a little bit, and you get the following ratios:

4 Clefairy
3 Clefable
4 Electabuzz
3 Fossil Magmar
--
14 Pokemon Total

Energywise, we have now dropped a color and are running real low and tight.  Let's look at the following ratio:

8 Fire Energy
7 Electric Energy
--
15 Energy Total

Yes, this is REAL low, but we will have no problem with it after trainers.

With trainers, Energy Search and Pokemon trader are the only two I disagree with.  Energy Retrieval and Night Garbage Run will work great in here, as will Bill.  Try these out:

4 Bill
3 Professor Oak
3 Item Finder
3 Computer Search
3 Gust of Wind
3 PlusPower
3 Night Garbage Run
2 Energy Retrieval
4 Energy Removal
3 Scoop Up
---

31 Trainers

Give this deck a try, and see how it works for you.

Scott