Why must we always pick on shapeless wads of pink stuff? You people out there may think that you're special, having a form, but I think Ditto has the potential to be just as good as anyone of you. Remember, Kirby's a pink blob that changes form. So all you guys that don't like shapeshifters, HAH!
        Enough of that. Why does everyone insult Ditto? Contrary to what you all say, Ditto is actually a very good card. Let's get to understanding him.
        Ditto is unreliable, I'll give you that much. But used wisely, he can be very powerful. Ditto's pokemon power allows his energy to count as any energy type. That's very good. Why? Because, using DCE, he can out speed your pokemon. This is very helpful, especially in the early game. The 50 HP is a hinderance, but considering the fact that he can transform, you can gust out a pokemon with high HP out and transform, it's not so bad. Plus, there are Scoop Ups and Super Potions.
                                                           
                                                        Popular Reasons Why Ditto is Bad
 
"All you need to do is 50 damage and retreat or use Gust of Wind."
        About the 50 HP/gust thing. That won't work. Why? Think guys. Would an intelligent person not think of that fact and plan a strategy to prevent that before putting Ditto in their deck? One word: Lockdown. SER alone prevents retreat, prevents potentially dangerous attacks. Plus, there aways are Super Potions and Scoop Ups. And if you're thinking of retreat, I'm supposing that you have pokemon that have 50- HP? So, what keeps those pokemon from being knocked out ahead of time?
 
"If you face a deck with sucky cards, Ditto becomes those sucky cards."      
        Solution: USE POKEMON OTHER THAN DITTO, GENIUSES!!! All you need is a few BBP's/strong evolutions and that deck's down. Please, GOOD reasons.
 
"Muk destroys Ditto."
        Psychic pokemon + Gust of Wind= KO'ed Muk.
 
"Goop Gas Attack destroys Ditto."
        Yeah, but for one turn. All you need to do is retreat/scoop up Ditto. 
 
"Ditto VS. Ditto."
        You're opponent's playing Ditto also. There's nothing adverse happening to either Ditto. What's so bad?
 
"Dark Gloom/TR Drowzee..."
        If you know your opponent's using a deck that revolves around status effects, then don't play Ditto. Is that so hard?
 
        I hope I have convinced you that Ditto isn't so bad. He really is a good card, and he's a pain to get rid of if you're against him. Whether Man, signing off.....
                                                            -The Whether Man                              
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