Firewall v2.0 (1.0, 1.5, and now 2.0) (Fire deck)
by Paul Reinhardt
Books A Million
Pensacola, Fla
Friday July 7
20+ ppl

    I haven't posted the older versions of this deck, but yesterday was so
good I decided too. Books A Million and Toys-R-Us are the only Pokemon League
stores in the whole city of Pensacola. Everyone goes to Books-A-Million in
hopes of them SOMEDAY lowering prices, but no such luck so far. Oh right, my
deck. Yes, 20 or more ppl there at once. Also, 5-7 yr olds stroll around all
day here. Big kids collect Magic cards, as I do, but Pokemon is so simple
compared to Magic. Anyway, here's my deck.

Firewall v2.0

(25) Energy:
20 Fire Energy
3 DCE
2 Full Heal Energy

(21) Pokemon:
2 Ninetales
3 Vulpix
2 Dark Flareon
3 jungle Eevee
4 fossil Magmar
2 TR Porygon
3 TR Charmander
2 Charmeleon

(14) Trainers:
2 Pokemon Trader
2 Super Potion
2 NGR
3 Potion
2 GOW
3 Bill

    This deck came a long way. Charizard isn't necessary and Ninetales can
Lure a weak pokemon anyway. v1.0 had 4 Eevee 2 Dark Flareon and 1 Flareon.
Ninetails soon took energy more than Flareon, if i got it. So out it and 1
Eevee go and 2 TR Porygon which let me kill water decks. Then v1.5 switched
some trainers, and this new one his deck has different Trainers and switched
2 old Magmar's for 2 new ones. Playtesting told me that Lure doesn't take the
place of GOW. My deck is the only mono Fire deck without Charizard here. So
here are the macthups:

Battle 1
Me vs Timmy with poor ($$ wise) Haymaker
    I got 1 Magmar, 1 Eevee, and (a surprise actually) a Charmander. He had
Electabuzz and a Machop (cheap Chan). He got the flip. He attached a Fighting
energy to Machop and used Defender on Electabuzz. My turn. Draw a TR Porygon
(this early??) but use DCE on Eevee and pass. His turn. Plays a Mankey and
attaches a lightning energy on Electabuzz and shocks me. Tails. My turn. I
play TR Porygon. I attached a Fire energy on Magmar and Smoke him. His turn.
He draws a Fighting energy (he drops it twice) and i ask him (politely) if he
needs a drink. He refuses. All well, $2 saved. He uses Mankey and looks at
what I'll draw. Shock. Heads. Darn. Tails. Yes. I draw Potion and use it and
Bill to get 2 Fire energies. Whoa this is getting long. Anyway he tshocks a
while because i get out Charmeleon on my bench (energyless, but who cares?)
Magmar kills everyone (my coin flips tails 3/4 times) including 2 other
Machop. Sorry pojo if this got long. He seemed nervous. The speed he ran to
the bathroom (or its general direction inside Hobby Lobby) is why.

Between matches
    This kid keeps following me thinking he'll get a booster out of me. I
tell him that we'll battle. Loser gets the winner a booster. He agrees. The
Gym Leader seems busy trading cards not in his decks. I want his Electabuzz,
so I give him 2 Chan for 2 Electabuzz base. I dont need chan and he does. The
kid caught up with me.

Battle 2
Me vs annoying kid (with Raindance)
    This kid is very cocky. He seems to have 2 Blastoise and 2 Dark Blastoise
with 4 PokeBreeder. TR Vileplume can kill that but i have 0 currently so...
We battle. He puts out 2 Squirtle. I get 1 TR Porygon (thank goodness) and 1
Magmar. He laughs so much he falls out of his chair. He says "I'm GONNA
WIN!!!!!!!!" I get the flip. I draw a Bill and use it to get 1 Fire energy
and a DCE. I use fire energy on Magmar and smoke him. His turn. He tries a
PokeBreeder but then realizes he can't. He Bubble's me. Tails. Yes Nothing. I
draw. Basically i smog him the whole way, even his Dark Blastoise. Ok Ok, TR
Porygon killed the other Squirtle for my 4th no basic win in a row.

Between Matches
"Booster"
    The kid is so humiliated he gets me 2 boosters ($3.50 each). I get Dark
Weezing (my 3rd) and a SER (1 TR and 1 base 2 booster). The only other good
cards are a Challenge! and a Bill. I get a Potion Energy which i trade for a
Wartortle (bad condition) to go in my speed (Water/Fighting) deck. I switch
out a Challenge! for a Bill in this deck.

    Well thats it. I'll give u v2.5 later. I might catch up to AOL one day
(lol). I had to go to compete in a Magic tourney online.
Props: My Boosters
Prop: Respect because the little kid boasted for me so taht everyone knew i
beat him. He must be hard to beat or somethin
Slop: Gym Leader wanted a tradeback, but i got out 2 fast for him
Slop: this took 1.5 hours to right

Cards that don't go in Fire decks

Kangaskhan: This can go, but usually there isn't room. Bill is good enough.

Switch: See above. This is good if u use Arcanine, not Ninetails with Full
Heal Energy.

Snorlax: Uh, isn't fire grass' enemy anyway?? 90HP is good but if Kangaskhan
doesn't go then Snorlax can't.

Lickitung: Puh-leeze. Magmar and TR Porygon are your stallers. TR Porygon can
confuse AND DO DAMAGE!!!!!!!!!! Defender might be needed though.

Sometimes PlusPower: Usually u can KO anyone in 1 or 2 hits easily. But in
some Fire decks u need a little help.

PokeFlute: Do i need a reason??

Stuff that are musts in Fire Decks
NGR: How do you get energies and back? TR Porygon might be here, too. This
works with Oak.

Oak: Bad hands are always, although Gambler might be better.

Gambler: Either get lots of cards (heads) or stop from decking (tails).

Magmar: Smokescreen on turn 1 is unbeatable. Smog helps.

TR Porygon: If you have any Mono deck, this is needed.

Flareon/Arcanine/Ninetails: One of these is needed. Arcanine has 100HP and s
uncommon, but can't attack for 1 or 2 energies.

See ya. Send suggestions to Paulwayner@aol.com Yes, Gambler/Oak is needed,
but i can't fit it yet. v2.5 will get this fixed.