Mr. Satan returns from his last report with another exciting story. Today, I'm
here to say something about the deck most of us know and love as Haymaker. It
started out with nothing but Electabuzz, Hitmonchan, Professor Oak, Bill,
Energy Removal, Super Energy Removal, Scoop Up, ItemFinder, and sometimes
Dragonair, Machop, Farfetch'd, etc. Then, Scyther came around with Jungle, as
did Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, and seldomly used cards like Tauros,
Kangaskhan, and Mr. Mime. While people no longer play the little annoying Mime
on a regular basis, Haymaker wasn't exactly weakened. Fossil gave it nothing
but the seldom-used Muk, Hitmonlee, and Aerodactyl. Some people thought
Chansey could stomp it, but it was later proven that Chansey would stomp a
Poke'mon and then get itself stomped.
Then comes Team Rocket.
We thought we had the answer with Dark Blastoise, man, were we wrong! Haymaker
stopped Dark Blastoise decks before they ever even started. And what did
Haymaker get from Team Rocket, hardly a thing!! Promos like Movie Mewtwo
even showed up in Hay before Sponge was made!
Now Gym: Heroes arrives.
Trapper is born, but turns out to be not as good as we thought. Haymaker on
the other hand, still got tougher. Rocket's Hitmonchan still appears in some
of them, but not as much as the old Hitmonchan still does. Rocket's Scyther
would even be put in some of them.
Lt. Surge's Electabuzz Lv. 29 even started to get
his fair share of Hay for awhile, till it proved too Energy-intensive. Yes,
Gym: Heroes had No Removal Gym, which weakened Haymaker a little, but didn't
stop it from winning.
Next up was Gym:
Challenge. Haymaker got absolutely nothing from Gym: Challenge. Nothing at
all. Chaos Gym looked like it's end, but it wasn't(sigh). Hay players got
their treat when Neo Genesis hit the scene, however. Gligar(on rare
occasions), Gold Berry, oh, the horror! Haymaker has gathered up its strength
to its highest point now. When Neo 2 arrives, I can tell that Haymaker won't
really gain much if anything. Neo 3 shouldn't be a threat, as for Neo 4, why
we don't know what it will hold for Haymaker.
Plus, Haymaker is
the deck of its creator. People can copy it, modify it, and it'll still be
unstoppable. That's why I'm saying, Haymaker will eventually take over the TCG
if people don't start coming up with their own ideas. Haymaker is broken!
Sponge is nice since it has a chance against Haymaker, but then what'll happen
after Haymaker is killed by Sponge? Then we'll have a Sponge problem. What can
beat Sponge? Some say Jungle Persian and Sabrina's Porygon could eliminate
Mewtwo, but then there's Electabuzz and Scyther. So, this is not exactly
logical. So, people should come up with their own ideas, not like every
archetype in the world. If this continues, I can tell you what Wizards will
do, they will ban the 1 card necessary for a viable archetype: Super Energy
Removal! Unless you don't want to be able to use your Super Energy Removal,
come up with another idea besides Haymaker that holds your advantage. Haymaker
is just too much for the TCG.