>I have a bird deck that I just made. I put in some cards that I just
>got in
>a booster too. Could u please help me fix it a bit?
>
>22 Pokemon
>
>4 x Spearow
>4 x Fearow
>
>4 x Pidgey
>4 x Pidgeotto
>2 x Pidgeot
>
>4 x Far(t)fetch'd
>
>22 Trainers
>
>2 x Lass
>4 x Pokedex
>4 x Defender
>2 x Full heal
>2 x Oak
>4 x Bill
>2 x Swtch
>
>18 Energy
>
>5 x Psi energy
>3 x Fighting energy
>3 x Water energy
>7 x Electric energy
***
It's interesting to see decks that are based on some sort of theme other than
just color or strategy. In this case, we have a bird deck, composed of (what
else?) bird Pokemon. Not an unworkable idea. Let's see where it takes us.
1) Your Pokemon are not bad in and of themselves. Fearow and Farfetch'd are
fine. Pidgeot is workable. But what is going to cause you problems is a huge
Lightning weakness. Electabuzz is very popular right now, and he could probably
fry your deck to a crisp all by himself. We could try to assuage this by putting
in birds without weakness (i.e., one of the three Legendary Birds) but I think
it's probably better to take a tiny departure from the bird theme and insert
Lightning's worst enemy: Fighting. Four Hitmonchans would pretty much hose your
weakness. If you can't get Hitmo, Machop will do just as well. And since the
rest of your deck is colorless, we can integrate fighting with no problems. We
can drop Pidgeot--it's good, but not great, unless you've got other reasons for
wanting it. A 4-3 Fearow, 4 Hitmonchan/Machop, and 4 Farfetch'd should do very
nicely.
2) Okay, I'll tell you what you want to pull out of your trainers: Pokedex,
Defender, Full Heal, and Switch. Switch might have been okay, but we can find
better uses for the space. Lass can stay, as the effectiveness of that card in
certain situations is becoming apparent to many people. Now then... you want 2-3
Computer Search, 4 Energy Removals...and I'd say here, 3 GOW and 3 PlusPower
will also be very nice. Item Finder looks like a good candidate for any space we
have left over.
3) This deck wants to be running 4 DCE. Trust me on this one. And before, your
deck was colorless, so the rainbow of energy didn't matter...but now, all non-DCE
energy should be fighting. Well... if you can get Rocket in Finland, some Potion
Energies might be in order. I'll recommend them; if you don't have Rocket, just
use more Fighting Energies instead.
***
15 Pokemon:
4 Spearow
3 Fearow
4 Farfetch'd
4 Hitmonchan
21 Trainers:
4 Bill
2 Oak
3 Computer Search
4 Energy Removal
3 GOW
3 PlusPower
2 Item Finder
24 Energy:
16 Fighting Energy
4 Potion Energy
4 DCE
***
Your deck is looking pretty good after the tune-up. I realize I crammed a lot of
rares in, and I hope this doesn't pose a problem for you. I hope I've managed to
sufficiently stick to the bird theme while making the deck into a force to be
reckoned with. Good luck!
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