>Spike, thank you for reading this mail, you don't
need to post it,
>though I would appreciate it.  I have been playing
for a while and have
>made a decent deck.  I modified it when fossil came
out and haven't
>tested it much.
>Here is my Deck Idea: Green Thumb
>Energy: 24
>20 grass energy
>4 Dble. Colorless energy
>
>Pokemon: 21
>4 Nidoran Female
>3 Nidoqueen
>4 Meowth
>3 Persian
>3 Grimer
>2 Muk
>2 Scyther
>
>Trainers: 15
>4 Computer search
>3 Pokemon Breeder
>4 Bills
>2 Oaks
>2 plus Power
>
 >The basic strategy of the deck is to get otu a
persian, Nikoqueen, or
>scyther quickly.  The get out Muk to control Damage
Swap,  Gengar
>Decks, Blastoise, and Areodactyle decks.  Though it
is a grass deck it
>also functions as a haymaker.

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I like this deck. Properly constructed evolutions!
Good Pokemon families! Sufficient energy! Four Bills
and two Oaks! Who'da thunk it? The very interesting
thing about this deck (and the reason it jumped to the
top of my list) is the use of Breeders. Up until now,
when I thought of Breeders, I thought of two basic
uses for them: (1) in a Turbo Blastoise deck or (2) in
a normal deck with Stage 2 evolutions, just to provide
another option for getting the big guys. But this deck
uses them as a rather clever means of getting around
Nidorina, which I think we all agree is the black
sheep of the Nidoqueen family. I'm actually
embarrassed that this (and other such uses) didn't
occur to me earlier. I wish you'd told me a bit about
how this deck plays--does the Breeder thing actually
work in practice? I'm going to assume that it does,
and just jump right in.

1) Your Pokemon all look very good. In fact, I can't
think of anything to object to on principle. You've
constructed your evolutions well, and you've shown
strategy--splitting your weakness between fire and
psychic, and putting Persian in there for psy
resistance. If my math is accurate, you've got 13
basics, which should be enough for anybody, and you've
got some of the better basics in the game--Scyther,
Nidoran F, and Grimer. An interesting thought would be
Pinsir, but I'm not confident enough in that regard to
recommend him. Also, you don't have any staller
types--Lickitung, Kanga, etc. Perhaps you feel you
don't need them; I'm going to assume that this is the
case. Lastly, I personally would have chosen Nidoking
rather than Nidoqueen. Still, I can't find anything
wrong with Nidoqueen, so I'm going to leave her in
there. Maybe you just like playing with that card. Who
am I to judge?

2) Holy Trainers, Batman! 4 Bills, 2 Oaks, and 4
COMPUTER SEARCH?! I must be in heaven! As much as it
pains me, I'd advise taking out some of those Computer
Search, and maybe 1 Bill, in order to get some Energy
Removal in there. And...what's the deal with those
PlusPower? I suppose they could help Nidoqueen get a
quick kill on a 60 or 70 HP Pokemon. People, please
explain the strategy behind all of your trainers
(unless, like ER, Bill or CPU Search, their purpose is
so obvious an idiot could figure it out.) I can help
you a lot better in this regard if you do this. Back
to Trainers...you do need Energy Removal. I cannot
emphasise how important this is. Energy Removals,
along with Oaks, are the two cards most likely to
spark an upset victory. With the aid of Energy
Removal, my Magmar and Ninetales once took down a
Blastoise and a Gyarados. It's true. The guy was
playing a two-color deck and didn't have any more
water energy. The moral of this story? PLAY ENERGY
REMOVAL!!

3) Energy. Talk about a good deck for DCE! All but one
of your Pokemon families can use it effectively. With
DCE, Scyther and Persian do 30 in 2 and Nidoqueen does
50 in 3. Right on! In fact, I could not find a single
thing to complain about the energy distribution here!
20 colored energy should be more than enough for this
deck.

Here's my revised list of your trainers:

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2 CPU Search
3 Bill
2 Oak
3 Energy Removal
2 PlusPower
3 Pokemon Breeder

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And that is all! I found nothing that really needed
changing with either the Pokemon or the energy! I
thank you. You've given me a last breath of fresh air
before I descend into the horrible dungeon of rainbow
decks, Basic Gastly and Devolution Spray.

(This deck gets the official "I DID NOT HAVE TO ADD
ANY OAKS OR BILLS TO THIS DECK" award.)