Of course, a lot of people use Archetypes. However, most of them don't know
how to use them, and most don't know what goes in what deck. Here, I'll
explain one of the most popular Archetypes today:

*.¸¸.·´¨`» [ Raindance ] «´¨`·.¸¸.*
If you still don't know how Raindance works, check out a Blastoise. Now read
the small fine print under "Pokemon Power" over and over, then it'll start
coming to you. Blastoise's Raidnance is great, 60 damage on turn 2, or bench
devastation from Articuno. While your opponent slowly builds up on that
energy-hungry Zapdos, feed all your energy to your crazed Articunos and such!
Here's what is usually included in a Raindance...

Blastoise: The deck is based on this main guy. Attach energy during your turn
as long as you want, until you run out.

Gyarados: 50 damage, and 40 damage with paralysis. It can't get any better.
Though, ti could get worse, you have to go through Magikarp before the
elusive Gyarados.

Lapras: Raindance's only defense against Mr. Mime. Lapras can also help you
out with stalling (Confuse).

Articuno: No weakness, Resistance to Fighting, and its attacks are just too
good. a Great starter, although not THAT great for starting (one by
one...until you can get 3 to finally attack) =).

That's the basic breakdown of the deck. Wartortles are obsolete, why not jsut
have Pokemon Breeder? Oaks and Bills are very important to the deck, as you
can always should need Water energy. In case you need to retreat, etc. Most
flaws I see people are doing are putting to many unecassary cards into this
deck. Cards like Vaporeon, Poliwrath (even though its good, takes up too much
card space), etc. aren't that great in decks like these. Those cards are
considered "Middle-class" to me. Dewgong however is great, a perfect
subtitute for Gyarados, until you can soak your wallet for some [Gyarados].

Next Time, I overlook the vengeance of Stall/Wall.

GrayFox
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