>Hy Spike my name is Jared I built a mono fire deck. I played it in a
>tourney
>once and did ok in it. I was just wondering if you could look at it and
>tell
>me where it needs help and if some cards should be put in or take some
>out.
>
>
>    pokemon
>
>    4 chansey
>    3 fossil magmar
>    3 arcanine basic
>    4 growlithe basic
>    2 charmeleon basic
>    3 charmander team rocket
> 
>    Trainers
>
>    4 bill
>    3pokemon center
>    2 energy retrieval
>    3 proffesor oak
>    1 gambler
>    4 energy removel
>    3 computer search
>
>    Energy
>
>    2 double colorless energy
>    19 fire energy

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Every now and then I just have to fix a mono-fire deck. It feels so good... =)

1) Okay, your Poke are fairly standard. Two solid fire families, one run 4-3 and the other 3-2, with the basics to back them up. Actually, the basics are the one place where the deck sort of falters, having what seems to me like the wrong proportions. You should have 4 Magmars and 1 or 2 staller-types. Other than that, the only thing I want to quibble about is TR Charmander. I'd rather use the Basic version. Why? To put it simply, 40 HP scares me very much. Just like the difference between 60 and 70 HP, there's a difference between 40 and 50 HP that will come into play more often than you might think.

2) Okay. You have put Pokemon Center in the same deck with Charmeleon and Arcanine. That leaves me with the standard two questions:

1. What have you been smoking?

2. Where do I get some?

Seriously though, that's just very bad. More often than not this will be a dead card in your hand... much, much more often than not. I realize you might have been trying to combo it with Chansey, but if that's true you're playing the wrong color. Fire wants to attack, attack, attack... not stall. Also yank out Gambler. Again you're confusing themes. Drop a Bill to give yourself 5 working slots. Those slots go to 2 PlusPower, a third Energy Retrieval (which I have found is a must with 19 fire energy) and 2 GOW. Finally, take out a Computer Search for an Item Finder... this card WILL save your ass someday.

3) Your energy ratio is exactly the same as what I currently run in my deck, so I can tell you that it's probably going to be just fine.

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18 Pokemon:

2 Chansey
4 Growlithe
3 Arcanine
3 Charmander
2 Charmeleon
4 Magmar

21 Trainers:

3 Bill
3 Oak
2 Computer Search
4 Energy Removal
2 GOW
2 PlusPower
3 Energy Retrieval
2 Item Finder

21 Energy:

19 Fire Energy
2 DCE

***

If it were my deck, I'd probably have only 1 Chansey. Of course, if it were my deck I'd be running Kangaskhan instead of the big poofball, so that's probably beside the point. Nevertheless, this is a great deck... very much better now that we've eliminated some of the certifiably insane trainer choices. Have fun.


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