20. Golduck
Comments: Golduck seems to be a very solid combo
of Water and Psychic Energy-using material. Psyshock is okay, and
Hyper Beam is wonderful. He's not exactly the greatest show on earth,
but he's good.
Rating: 5.9
I'm going to ignore the ratings
you have here, as they've already been commented on. Golduck is WAY
underrated, especially in a removal deck, though Psyshock is, well, ugly.
Hyper Beam is cool. The T.R. one is better though, methinks.
19. Beedrill
Comments: I love this Pokemon. One of
Venusaur's best friends. Poison Sting is a real bashing, and Twineedle
isn't half bad either. Free retreat and a resistance to fighting make
this Pokemon a real threat.
Rating: 6.1
One of Venusaur's best friends
is a Stage 2? Not gonna happen. It's hard enough getting 1 major evolution
line into play, never mind 2 different ones. It's sorta playable, but it's
gotten wrse with recent expansions.
18. Erika's Victreebel
Comments: He's beat Beedrill by 0.1 of a rating
on my 1-10 scale. That's how close it is/was. The built in Gust
Of Wind (the "d" is silent), and the Razor Leaf attack just makes
Erika's Victreebel an awesome Pokemon.
Rating: 6.11
This one, I have to agrre about.
Erika's Victreebell, like her Vileplume, is a very, very powerfull card, if
used correctly.
17. Poliwrath
Comments: Poliwrath isn't in the top 16 because
he's weak to Venusaur and his big buddies, Erika's Victreebel and Beedrill.
Water Gun is nothing special, but Whirlpool is wonderful, like a higher
damage version of Golduck's Hyper Beam. Good card.
Rating: 6.3
Poliwrath has't been played
since Jungle came out. He's too slow, and Poliwhirl get's killed off by a
single Slash from Scyther. Ouch. Whirlpool, though it does more damage
requires a WWCC cost. There are many better Water Pokemon Availible.
16. Lapras
Comments: The good old beatstick from Fossil.
80HP, Water Gun, and a confusion attack. That's pretty dang good for a
basic Pokemon!
Rating: 6.3
Lapas is average
at best now. Like most Water Pokemon, it's weak to Electabuzz and
friends, and like most Weak-to-lightning Pokemon, it dies in two turns from
Buzz. It also takes too long to get really charged, and Raindance is dead.
15. Haunter (Fossil)
Comments: Just a little bit better than Lapras
and Poliwrath, Haunter squeaks in a No. 15. The power is just sick,
and the attack, Nightmare, is solid too.
Rating: 6.3
Fossil Haunter is another solid
card, but it has 2 bad points. 1. Hideous H.P. 50 for a stage one. 2. Attack
does 10 damage for PC. It's also a Satge one that Evolves again, so Breder
is just better. The only card I can think off that doesn't use get replaced
by Breeder is Sabrina's Kadabra. =D
14. Gligar
Comments: The reason, the only reason, mind you,
that I prefer the Rocket Squirtle way over Gligar is because Gligar is weak
the Venusaur and his pals. Otherwise he's good.
Rating: 6.3
So, you prefer a card that's
weak to lightning and has less H.P. to a card that's Weak to Grass and has
more H.P. Giligar is average, there are much better cards that act as
splashes and don't get killed on turn 2/3 with Scyther. Oh, and Squirtle is
much worse.
13. Venusaur
Comments: A big fat Pokemon with a big fat
Pokemon power. Energy Trans is like an Energy Flow and then an
automatic Rain Dance with Grass Energy onto any Pokemon. Works
extremely well with Beedrill, Erika's Victreebel, and Pokemon Center.
Rating: 6.4
So, you can make a good deck
that uses 3 Stage 2's? If you can, I Worship you. Venusaur works well with
Pinsir, Scyther, Rocket's Scyther and Koffing with maybe Dodrio for Retreat
support. It is very powerful with Pokecenter,however.
12. Mr. Mime
Comments: Invisible Wall and Mr. Mime just
missed beating Sneasal to No. 11, as I rate them evenly. The only
problem is that Venusaur works with Nidoking, and Nidoking has an attack
called Toxic, that can knock out a Mr. Mime in one hit.
Rating: 6.5
Nidoking isn't now played thst
much now, bigger threats are Hitmonchan, Rocket's Zapdos, Jigglypuff,
Electabuzz and Goop Gas Attack. Oh yeah, and Magmar. That's a LOT of
threats.
11. Sneasal
Comments: I think that Wiggly is stupid, and yet
I love Sneasal. Beat Up to the maximum, or Fury Swipes if it's the
first turn. Good in so many ways. Oh, yeah, free retreat too.
Sneasel, not Rocket's
Squirtle, is (nearly) broken, IMHO, It only requires 3 heads to take down
Wiggly or any of the major BBP's with one hit, if you're using Darkness
Energy.
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