>Hi Spike
>My Deck is in serious need of help its called Dragon Rage.
>The idea is to get out blastiose and raindance all the water I have on
>to my
>Gyarados's and let them rip though the defending pokemon.
>It works well against most decks but in the face of my friends psychic
>deck
>the whole thing falls apart.
>This is my deck:
>
>Pokemon-21
>
>3xSqirtle
>2xWartortle
>3xBlastiose
>
>3xMagikarp
>3xGyarados
>
>3xLapras
>
>2xSeel
>2xDewgong
>
>Trainer-18
>
>3xPokemon Breeder
>3xBill
>3xComputer search
>3xPotion
>3xSwitch
>3xEnergy retrieval
>
>Water Energy-21
***
1) Gyarados, you say. The theme of this deck is Gyarados. So what, pray tell, is
Dewgong still doing in there? Yank him--I love him, but he's taking up space.
Actually, Gyarados himself takes up space--more space than is probably worth it
with Articuno available and everybody and their brother wielding Scyther. But
what the heck--it's a Gyarados deck, right? Yank Wartortle altogether, perhaps
keeping in one if Mew or Trainer destruction are favorite strategies in your
area, and up to 4 Squirtle.
You're having trouble with Psychic? That says Mr. Mime to me, because most other
psychic Pokemon should fall quickly to your powered-up evolutions. Even Alakazam
can be dealt with with a GOW, a timely Bubblebeam and a bit of luck. Anyway, for
Mime, what you want is Lapras. Which you've already got. Stick with him, and
because this isn't strictly a turbo Dance, I'm going to insert one Kangaskhan
purely to help you fight off psychic. This guy is a solid wall to most psy
Pokemon. Don't drop him unless you really need him, though.
2) Breeder and Search are good. Potion and Switch are... not. We've got 6 spaces
to work with right off the bat, and at least three of those should go to Oaks.
Actually, probably four. In the remaining spaces, we want a couple of PlusPower
(get Blastoise over the hump), GOW ('nuff said)and Item Finder (again, duh.)
3) Energy should be enough. You've got Retrieval, and you'll be able to draw
through your deck pretty quickly. I read somewhere that having four of a card
(i.e., Oak) in your deck gives you a 40% chance of seeing one in your starting
hand and almost a 100% chance of getting one in the first several turns
thereafter. So unless you hear people mention "shuffling" and wonder
what the heck they're talking about, energy shouldn't be a problem.
***
18 Pokemon:
4 Squirtle
3 Blastoise
4 Magikarp
3 Gyarados
3 Lapras
1 Kangaskhan
22 Trainers:
3 Bill
4 Oak
3 Computer Search
2 Item Finder
3 Energy Retrieval
2 GOW
2 PlusPower
3 Pokemon Breeder
20 Energy:
20 Water Energy
***
Okay, I miscounted a tad, which is why there's only 20 energy in the deck
instead of 21. I still think it should be fine, though. My FIRE deck, which has
1 less Oak and 1 less CPU Search, runs fine on 19 energy of color. Three
Retrieval should help ensure that you have few problems in this regard.
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