Hey Pojo and all readersm
    Usually I like to right tips to compliment and promote other Pokemon
Cards, but sometimes I like to make exceptions and write articles on Pokemon
that belong in the wastebasket.  Today, I will talk about Kabutops.  First
lets look at the stats.
(WARNING: If you don't want to be let down, do not read the following)

Stage 2 Pokemon (From Kabuto)     Kabutops        60 HP        Fighting
Pokemon
FF- Sharp Sickle (Damage 30)
FFFF- Absorb (Damage 40)- Remove a number of damage counters from Kabutops
equal to half the damage done to the Defending Pokemon (after applying
Weakness and Resistance)(Rounded up to the nearest 10).  If Kabutops has
fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.
Weakness: Leaf
Resistance: NONE
Retreat Cost: 1 Colorless

    First off, this Pokemon need a lot of development.  Stage 2's are the
most difficult Pokemon to make use of since it takes many trainer cards,
Evolution Cards, and the right Basic Pokemon to pull of the evolutions. 
Unfotunatly, in Kabutops Case, it is hard to get to Kabutops out because it
is hard to make effective use of his previous forms.  First, you will need a
Mysterious Fossil.  A 10 HP Trainer that counts as a Pokemon while In-Play. 
Luckily for Fossil, he is good since you don't get a prize for knocking this
fossil out.  Kabuto is the stage 1 evolution of the fossil which is probably
the 2nd worst Pokemon ever.  He is an evolution card and has the lowest HP of
any Pokemon that when it is knocked out, yields a prize.  Kabuto Armor can
cut damage in half but that isn't much of a benefit considering his low HP. 
ANd if things weren't bad enough, his only attack is Scratch which only does
10 damage. 
    Kabutops is ok with absorb, but he is a weak fighting Pokemon.  AGainst
Fighting Resistant Pokemon, Kabutops is an embarassment.  To make things,
worse he only has 60 HP and weakness to a common type, grass.  If you ask me,
Kabutops isn't worth the trouble and makes you go through a lot and you get
something horrible.  Like the Meinike sommercial says, I ill modify it for
Kabutops...
"You need alot, but uou won't get alot."

Thanks for listening!
SugarBoy
SugarBoy3M@aol.com
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