We all know, and have witnessed, the wonders on First Turn Attacks. Only a few GOOD Poke'mon have this ability, such as Hitmonchan, Rocket's Zapdos, Electabuzz, Rocket's Hitmonchan, and others, while still being able to do considerable damage. Some articles say that cards like these should be banned, but I disagree with them, for obvious reasons.
    Take Articuno, for example. It is used in every Raindance, but it can't attack until turn your THIRD unless it has Blastoise's assistance by using its Poke'mon Power, Raindance, as Articuno's attacks are extremely powerful, and Blizzard can be combined with Brock if it backfires. To top that off, No Weakness, Fighting Resistance and only two Colorless retreat just simply can't go down the drain.
     And this is one of the reason why people always use these cards: Electabuzz, Hitmonchan, Rocket's Zapdos, Lapras, Rocket's Hitmonchan, Ditto(depends on which Poke'mon it Transforms into), and even Scyther, though it's not in the first turn catergory, but we have to take into account that Swords Dance doubles damage, it doesn't deal it...
 
So, before you say that cards like these should be banned, remember WHY.
Wouldn't you like first turn attacks for great damage? That's a good deal!
 
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- UltraMaster64