First of all, I am acknowledging that I make MANY mistakes. I assure you,
they are not on purpose.
If you are Tim Svenson, read this. If you are not, skip this paragraph. Ok,
Tim. You saw through Agent 777, yes. But if it weren't for this e-mail, many
persons would believe Agent 777 was actually out there somewhere. You wouldn't
have even known 777 was a fake unless I had tipped you off like I did, saying I
had sent something to Pojo for you. Maybe 777 was a cheap thing to do. I don't
think so. Anyway, in other matters... Let's drop the Iggly & Muk stuff
right here and now. It's a pointless debate that goes back and forth, back and
forth. I'm glad 777 gave you some amusement. I also hope my future articles give
you some joy too, because frankly, you seem to be reeaallyy grumpy.
To everyone else:
Now, let's have a good time, as this will be my last article... for 2001!
I'll start back in January.
This is a Christmas special, presented by me. We have with us
Delibird.
Delibird (D): Hi!
Nite Owl (NO): Delibird has many presents for us, including deck ideas,
card look-ats for Christmas-y cards, card combos, PTCG Christmas carols, and
more! Delibird, start us off with our first present!
D: Let's see... where is it... Ah, here we go! 
NO: Let's see what it is...
A card look-at! For Delibird itself!
NO: Well, really good, or really bad. It could do 40 or 60 for 2, or it
could remove 30 or up to 110 damage counters. I think it would be better if it's
attack had read:
"Flip 3 coins. If exactly 1 is heads, this attack does 40 damage. If
exactly 2 are heads, remove 3 damage counters from the Defending Pokemon. If the
pokemon has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them. If all 3 are
heads, the Defending Pokemon is knocked out. If all 3 are tails, remove all
damage counters from the Defending Pokemon."
Unfortunately, that's not the way it is. I hate to say it, Deli, but you
stink.
D: My card stinks.
NO: Good point. Your card stinks, but you're cool. I'd like to rate the
card, 1-10, 1 being worst, 10 being best. It is... 3.5. 60 for 2 is nearly the greatest attack ever... but how
often is that going to happen? Next present, Delibird.
D: You got it!
NO: A carol... The first day at the Wizards tournament!
(Sung to the tune of 'The 12 days of
Christmas")
The first day at the Wizards tornament
My opponent played a R's Zaaaaap.
I played to counter that big evil bird
A G's Nidoran
Against his Rocket's Zapdooooos.
He burst out laughing
And did a victory dance
Cause I had G's Nidoran
Against his Rocket's Zapdooooos.
I won the flip,
I used Pokemon trader
Drew G's Nidorino
Used Giovanni
Now G's Nidorino vs. R's Zaaaaaaaap.
He drew his card
Aaaaatached lightniiiiiiiiiing
Plasma'd me for
A good 20
Then smiled and smirked
For his "great" Rocket's Zapdooooooooos.
I knew I didn't have much turns left
So I swallowed hard,
Drew Viridian Gym
Plaaaaaayed Coollooooorleeeeeeeesss!
Rended for 40
(Cause I had damaged Zap
AsG's Nidoran)
)Now 40 on Rocket's Zapdoooooos.
He drew his card
Switched Rocket's Zapdos
Sent out an Onix
Evolved to Steelix
Plaaaaaayed Coollooooorleeeeeeeesss!
Played gold berry
Tackled me for
Another 20
Between turns Removed 40 from Zaaaaaaap.
I drew a G's Nidorino, yes
Evolved to it right then
Removed 20 damage
Used a good Potion
Attached one Grassy
Guuuusted Murkroooooooow!
Intimidated it
Ha ha ha!
To Steelix
And Rocket's Zaaapdooooos.
On his turn he retreated Murkrow
But the damage had been done
So he played a Steel
Flipped a tails
For his Tail crush
Did 30
Staaaaaarted cuursiiiiiiiiiing!
Now near the end
Of this game
He got real mad
Cause failed was his R's Zaaaaaaaap.
It came to my turn, I was really glad
I played a potion,
Played a Gusty,
Brought out the Murky
Played a Pluspower
Attacked a Tumbling
Flipped a bad tails
Kaaaaaay Oooooooeeeed Murkrow!
Now that it was
His next turn
Probably his last
He sent out his Rocket's Zaaaaapdooooooooos.
I used the last few turns of the game to:
Devolution Beam
That guy's Steelix
Gust it out
Attack a Tumbling
Smashed it to pieces
His tried to have a last stand
With Electroburn
Diiiiiiid Seventyyyyyyyyyyyy
I flip a tails
(for my Tumbling attack)
Did 40
Which did kill hiis Rocket's Zaaapdoooooooooos!*
*This won the game
NO: Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
D: Yep.
NO: Is our next present ready?
D: Got it right here!
Nite Owl opens the gift. Out pops...
NO: A card combo! Porygon2, something else, and Recycle energy!
NO: Here's what you do: For example, say you have Raichu (Neo 3)
out.
NO: It may be hard, but you attach 3 Recycles to Raichu.
+
x3
Now, use 3 Porygon2s' Energy Converters...
... to convert the Recycle into Lightning! Now, you can
do 80 with lightning strike, and gain all that energy back! Cool! I think that's
the way it works... either that, or you don't have to discard ANY cards, because
Recycle only COUNTS as a Lightning, but it ISN'T really a Lightning. In that
case, you don't even have to use Recycle Energy! You could just use some
non-Lightning energy. Cool (again)! Would Pojo or readers please let me know
which way it is? Either way, it's great. It also works for:
Genesis Lugia
Magcargo (That card is the best card ever made, or at
least close to it)
...and other things too. Delibird, our next present, if
you will.
D: Sure.
NO: This time we have a... card look-at! Pssst,
Delibird. Didn't I say we had Christmas-y card look-ats?
D: Yes.
NO: Aren't you the only Christmas-y card?
D: Apparently not.
NO: Well, let's see who it's for... Oh, duh! Stantler!
(So what if he's not exactly a reindeer?)
NO: Well, Genesis is definitely not the superior one. Or is it? I
personally like Revelation better. Oh, by the way. Wooper, you're fired.
Wooper (W): What?!? You can't leave me hangin' like this, bro! I was
there for you!
NO: I've found someone better. He can Amnesia-esque for one energy of ANY
type, not just water.
W: So what? I was here first! C'mon, bro!
NO: He also has 10 extra HP.
W: 10 HP don't matter none...
NO: Actually, in this case, it does. He can't be Intimidated, and he can
survive more attacks.
Stantler (S): Ha ha! Wooper got fired, Wooper got fired!
W: I'll be back, yo! When I'm a Quagsire, I'll be back!!!
S: Enough about him, let's talk about me!
NO: I won't go into great details over Genesis Stantler, because I like
Revelation the best. Well, basically, Stantler is a souped-up Wooper. Its
Terrorize is better than Amnesia, as it is for ANY energy. Overhead Toss is also
a great attack; it is more reliable, for one, and it helps prepare those
benchies like:
Dodrio
G’s
Machop
Revelation
Snubull
Genesis
Granbull
Genesis
Onix
Genesis
Sudowoodo
Donphan
Fossil
Kingler
D: I do indeed.
NO: Another Carol! "We 3 cards"!
(Sung to the tune of "We Three Kings")
We three cards
Do not play pranks.
Holding tools
We rise through the ranks.
Iiiigglyyyybuuuuuuff,
Blastoise, Wigglytuff,
Gaining on Champion.
Oh oh! The champion
At the top
Of the Wizards
Tourney Charts.
Suppoesedly undefeatable
Soon we will see 'bout that!
We three cards
Have finally arrived.
The others
So far we've survived.
Iiiiiiiigglyyybuuuuuufff,
Blastoise, Wigglytuff,
Facing the Champion.
Oh oh! The champion
We're fighting.
To win all
And everything.
Throwing him off his throne
Becoming the New Champion.
We three cards
Have beaten him.
Yes, I talk
Of the Champion.
Iiiiiiiigglyyybuuuuuufff,
Blastoise, Wigglytuff,
We've beat the Champion.
Oh oh! Now we are
The new Champions.
With New strats
For men and women.
Now we reign in a new era
Of no archetypes.
(The Cards were: Muk, Raichu, and Super Energy Removal)
NO: I like it. Present, please.
D: Comin' right up!
NO: Aah, finally; a deck idea.
Here's an idea for a deck that draws its power from its opponent. Neo
Discovery Butterfree would be good for it. Psychic-ers and Psywave-ers would
support this theme too. Pichu is a must-have; it does damage for your opponent's
own powers. Maybe a Discovery Forretress could see some use in here. Trainers...
I can't really think of any Trainers for this deck, but I'm sure you can. And
that's the idea. I hope there's more presents left?
D: Sure are. Here's one.
NO: Another Card look-at. This time for... Misdreavus?
Misdreavus lets out a purely devious cackle.
NO: I don't see how you're Christmas-y.
M: Everyone has to be asleep for Santa to come, don't they? I can take care
of that!
Misdreavus lets out another insane cackle.
NO: Scary. Anyway, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Good: Can knock out anything, regardless of HP or resistance; no
weakness; Fighting resistance; it stalls while it tries to attack; only have to
ATTACK with Night eyes, not have defender asleep from Night Eyes (What I'm
talking about is Sleep! and Rocket Drowzee)
Bad: 50 HP, weak and Intimidate-able; no way for an opponent to be asleep
on your turn without a successful coin flip by somebody; 1 retreat is ok, but it
would be better to be none
Ugly: This thing is really startin' to freak me out
M: Mwha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaa!!!!
This thing gets a... 9.0 The
ability to take out anything is very good, and Sleep! is a very good combo with
this thing. At this rate we're not going to have many presents
left!
D: We still have a few more.
NO: And it is... Another deck idea already?
D: Presents don't have day-timers.
NO: True. Ayway, this deck idea is for a gambling deck. It revolves on
Heads-real-good-Tails-real-bad principles.
Staples for this deck are Delibird, Holo Ho-oh (think I had enough H's and
O's in there? try saying "Holo Ho-oh snacking on a Ho-Ho, laughing Ho Ho Ho at
Christmas" 7 times fast), Blaine's Gamble, Gambler, and other Flip-ees. This
deck is mainly for fun, as it's to unreliable to win tournaments. But hey, I
guess it could happen. Oh, how exciting it is when this coin
flip decides the game, and your heart is pounding as it flies up in the air
and lands a... Anyway, its quite fun to play with, actually. Another
present.
D: Ooh, this feel's like a good one!
NO: And another Card look-at. For Ho-oh? How did this get in here?
D: I'm assuming you summoned it with all that Ho-oh talk.
NO: But it's not Christmas-y!
Ho-oh (H): Yes I am. I am very similar to Ho Ho, a Christmas
snack, and I'm similar to Ho Ho Ho, a Christmas phrase. So, I am
Christmas-y.
NO: I guess... Let's go.
NO: Horrible. A flip for all attacks that do damage, 5 energy for the exact
same thing you can do with 4 with--
H: My Jethro-look-alike brother!
NO: ...yeah. 2 retreat cost, weak to water. The best thing about this card
is its artwork. I rate it at a--
H: Give me a Special rating!
NO: Will you shut up and let me do my thing if I do?
H: Yeah!
NO: ... no, you've been so bad, I ought to spank you like a
bad, bad donkey, okay?!? <<end Muppet Shrimp mode>>
No rating for you!!! <<end Soup Nazi mode>> Ok, I'll give you a
special rating. Ho-oh gets a:
Two Point Five
NO: See? It's like your flames, Ho-oh. Now leave. Was that all our
presents, Delibird?
D: I think so... Oh, here's our last one.
NO: One last carol. "We wish you a Merry Christmas".
(Sung to the tune of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas")
Delibird, Misdreavus, Ho-oh, Porygon2, Raichu, and Nite Owl (E):
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you merry Christmas,
And good playing next year!
NO: Abstain from archetypes
And you will do fine.
We wish you merry Christmas,
And good playing next year!
D: Use cards like Jumpluff
And Blaine's Arcanine
We wish you merry Christmas,
And good playing next year!
(A kid in a Hitmontop costume joins the crew)
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you merry Christmas,
And good playing next year!
M: If at first you do lose,
Then try again.
We wish you merry Christmas,
And good playing next year!
H: Eventually,
You'll one day win.
We wish you merry Christmas,
And good playing next year!
(For the final Chorus, a boy in a Pinsir costume joins too)
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you merry Christmas,
And good plaaaaaayiiiiiiiiiiiing next yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaar!
Merry Christmas everybody! C'ya' next year!
Fly Right,
Nite Owl You can e-mail me (no hate mail,
nasty stuff, viruses, advertisements, etc.) at: rrwriter@hotmail.com. I:
don't like
criticism.
accept praise.
do deck fixes.
let you in on some of my
strategies.
accept the notification of
errors I've made.
revise errors you've notified me
of.
keep your name anonymous if
I mention you in a latter report.
reply as soon as I read your
e-mail.
take into concept ideas for
articles that you give me.
anonymously mention you if I
come up the with an idea because of an e-mail you sent me.
need money.