HAH! You expected me to show you what pokemon to use for
an all-powerful deck?!
That'd be what a few new people would expect...
No, I'm here to help some people clear up what they need in
their deck. For instance, "Bob's deck is having trouble fighting
haymaker. Bob's deck is too slow, and his staller pokemon to get to
Charizard are TOO weak. Bob needs to look at my article to see which
staller pokemon to use, or which fast pokemon to use in order to fight
haymaker. Most people know this stuff, but this isn't for those
"Pokemon Experts," such as the deck mechanics, this is an
article of reference, as most of my articles are anyway, so I don't want hate
mail telling me that everyone knows this stuff, okay?
Heres a brief description of the catogorized pokemon.
'Fast' Pokemon ( Mostly Basic )
Hitmonchan
Scyther
Promo Mewtwo
Jynx
Either Magmar
Lapras
Hitmonlee (somewhat)
Those pokemon are mainly supposed to "support" your
theme, since you want to be original and not have a haymaker, right?
Now, if your deck revolves around a HUGE hitter, that'll wipe
out EVERYTHING, or near it, you should just want stalling pokemon + Lasses.
Heh. Theres 2 types of stallers actually, the staller that you only want
to stall for a few turns ( if your deck revolved around Arcanine for instance,
you would pump another while your original Arcanine kicked butt out there )
or those stallers that will get you just about 5 beefed pokemon on your bench.
Staller Pokemon ( Usually are colorless to fit into any
deck )
Kangaskhan [ My preferred ]
Chansey [ Another favorite, I like him for Double-Edge ]
Lickitung [ Are you poor? ]
Snorlax [ I don't like him, but what else would he be good for?
]
Now, unless you have a Hay, this should be only half of your
deck, and the final pokemon should be an evolution, unless you want a
haymaker. Here are some nice choices for every color, as a big hitter in
your deck...but its all personal preference. I'm going to list MY
favorites, which aren't necessarily the best ones.
Arcanine
Ninetales
Flareon
Base Magmar
Moltres
Exeggutor
Venusaur
Nidoking
Beedrill
Nidoqueen
Blastoise
Articuno
Dewgong
Machamp
Rhydon
Hitmonlee
Jynx
Kadabra
Gengar
Raichu (either)
Zapdos
Electrode
Chansey
Dragonair
Kangaskhan
As you can see, there are a great many choices, and if you'll
also notice, Kangaskhan is a staller AND a big hitter. All around
excellent pokemon. These are just lists of nice pokemon choices, and if
you mixed these pokeon, say 1 family from the 'strong' pokemon, 2 from the
'fast' pokemon, and 1 from the 'staller' pokemon, and you didn't use ANY
singles, all 2-4 amounts of the cards, that wouldn't be too bad of a lineup to
kill. But using this outline, you can't build a theme too well off of
it, so break the rules if you want a 'theme' deck. Just another note on
how to build some nice 'non-haymaker' decks, that have a nice, solid, pokemon
lineup. Remember, trainers don't make a deck, a haymaker, because the
success of Haymaker comes from its exceptional trainer choices. I think
all decks should have the trainers of Haymaker, without + powers, unless
needed. I've already posted my articles about the trainers I think are
standard... ( March TCG Strategies )
So my Typical deck would be...
Pokemon
3 BBP1
3 BBP2
2 Staller Pokemon
3-4 Basic Evolution
2-3 Stage 1
2 Stage 2
Note - the evolution lines will either be, 4-3, or 3-2-2
Trainers
2-4 Bill
3-4 Oak
2 Item Finder
2 Computer Search
3-4 Plus Power
4 Energy Removal OR 2-3 SER
2 Lass
3 Gust of Wind
1 Mr. Fuji/Gambler
Energy
18 Energy
4 DCE
This is my 'deck outline.' Everything is slimmed though.
This deck outline fits the description, to almost be any of the popular
archetypes, with maybe a little pokemon tweaking, but barely any.
Thanks for your time.
Sleepy Dragon