>Ive been working on a deck that has one of my favorite pokemon:
>Dragonite.
>When i made this deck i just put the dragon family in and added some
>good
>supporting Haymaker pokemon and trainers.I didnt put my usual 2or 3
>ditto in
>this deck because they are DCE hogs and i need those for the Dragons
>and
>scyther. Ill put the strategy after the deck. Tell me what you think.
>
>Pokemon: 19
>4 Dratini (TR)
>3 Dragonair(Base)
>2 Dragonite(Fossil)
>4 Scyther
>3 Electabuzz(Base)
>3 Magmar(Fossil)
>Energy:19
>7 Electric energy
>8 Fire Energy
>4 DCE
>Trainers:22
>4 Bill
>3 Oak
>3 Comp. Search
>4 Plus Power
>4 ER
>2 Energy Retrieval
>2 Gust of Wind
>
>Strategy:
>This deck can be 3 things:
>#1 Cleaner: Smokescreen, thundershock, and scyther to stall while
>loading up
>benched Dragonair/Dragonite then retreat/Step in and hopefully
>annihilate all
>of your opponents pokemon.
>#2 Energy Denial: Hyper Beam and ER will usually leave your opponents
>pokemon
>helpless to fight back. You can combine this with cleaner and Evovle to
>Dragonite after all opposition has had their energy removed.
>#3 Haymaker: Sometimes I just win after a few thunderpunches or smogs.
>
>I tried to make room for Lass, Scoop Up, and/or Item Finder, but I
>didn't
>know what to take out. Maybe you could help me on that.Hope you like my
>deck.
>I know it's not the greatest deck in the world, but I really like
>playing it.
>>Dragonite is so kewl(along with Vulpix). Thanks.

***

1) Well, you certainly have managed to cram a lot of Pokemon in here. They're all good, so I'll leave them in, but keep in mind that we can afford to drop a couple if we need space. Also, I am still testing the Base Dratini vs. TR Dratini thing. I am still not sure which will be most solid in most situations--the issue is quick (if low) damage vs. the possibility of paralyzation. If anybody out there has experience with this, I'd appreciate input.

2) Trainers are nice and slick, just what I like to see in a deck. No space wasted, and every trainer is good here. I would, however, add Item Finder, and to make the space I would drop the two 4's--Bill and PlusPower--to 3 each. Everything else looks very nice. If you have energy problems (which I don't think this deck should) more Retrieval, probably dropping a Scyther or something, would help you. Scoop Up might be nice, but isn't really needed, and Lass probably wouldn't help very much in this deck.

3) The energy might seem terribly low, but many of your Pokemon can use DCE and and those that can't are very energy-efficient. I would change the energy balance to 6 electric, 9 fire. 6 electric is a very good number with 3 Buzzes in the deck, and this will help you get 2 energy of color on Magmar.

No deck listing--none needed. The changes were very simple. Nice deck--dragon decks are always fun. Good luck.


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