Some cards are dang overlooked, and are really good.

        Let's take my favorite card, Dark Arbok. Yep, D-A-R-K (space) A-R-B-O-K. It

is expensive. Enter Meganium! 2 Grass for 10 damage to all of your

opponent's Pokemon + Poison! I love it! 1 Grass for 10 to one of your

opponent's Pokemon (your choice) and no Power for that Pokemon. This turns

off Charizard-Blastoise-Energy Flow decks, and Rain Dance, and hurts Damage

Swap even more, and downs Meganium-Venusaur decks. Now add 1 Darkness. 20 to

all opponent's Pokemon for GGD and instant Poison. Ouch! But wait! What

about Igglybuff? If it is Active thanks to GOW and Gaze didn't work (it is

unrelible), Then with a heads, Dark Arbok KO's it. This card is very good

with Meganium, Darkness Energy, and Gust of Wind.

        Now let's take Exeggutor. This dude kills with Meganium and Venusaur and

(optional) Giovanni's Nidoking for Energy Transfer from when it is almost

Knocked Out. 2 Energies (Grass) become 4, Energy Transfer brings some more!

Double the 2 just arrived, and you have 8 for to jive! 8 flips is possible

160 damage! In the GameBoy TCG, I played against an Exeggutor-Venusaur deck.

The Exeggutor got 16 Energies! After it took out my Charizard, Venusaur

transferred almost all of them to other Pokemon! Needless to say, I lost. I

play an Exeggutor-Meganium-Venusaur-G's Nidoking-Shuckle deck now.

        I want to look at Tyranitar. He's overlooked by a lot of people because of

Larvitar. Well people play Neo Discovery Butterfree even though Caterpie is

exactly the same as Erika's Bellsprout with Careless Tackle. Larvitar and

Pupitar are the first Rock Pokemon to resist to Electric Pokemon in TCG!

Hooray! Sorry, Rocket's Zappy. Play Elekid, Energy Removal and Larvitar and

you have fallen to Basic Pokemon! With Pupitar, you don't need Energy

Removal! Tyranitar is spendy, but good. Trample can murder, you know!

        Well now we look at Dunsparce and Abra. I like free retreat and Paralysis.

Oh yeah!

With a deck I call "Demon", Dunsparce helped tons along with Steel Magnemite

(yes, Discovery Magnemite) and Espeon Rare. I want Espeon Holo-free Retreat!

Dunsparce can hit and run well with a heads, or against Babies even with

tails! Abra, too :)

        So now, Piloswine, my 2nd favorite. This card shuts down Snorlax,

Tyranitar, any Golem, Steelix, and Onix. In Rain Dance or Charblast decks,

this card 'da dude! So long, Steelix, Slowking, Dark Vileplume! Now add Dark

Muk and/or Rocket's Training Gym.

Charblast Deck List

4 Charmander (TR)

3 Charmeleon (Base 2)

2 Charizard (Base 2)

4 Squirtle (TR)

3 Wartortle (Base 2)

2 Blastoise (Base 2)

3 Wooper (Genesis)

3 Rocket's Training Gym (Gym Heroes)

2 Energy Flow (Gym Heroes)

1 Professor Elm (Genesis)

2 Goop Gas Attack (TR)

1 Lass (Base 2)

2 Recycle Energy

2 Metal Energy

25 Water Energy

It is low on Trainers, I know, but hey, I love Mulligans! (sarcasm there!)

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