This is Gelati reporting. I have been using a making decks with and around
grass types ever since the almighty (LAAAA) Venusaur. Now i have so many decks
that revolve around this such overated type. Of all the types in the game I
think grass is the most underated type in the game. I mean, look at it. I will
look at each type and tell why they are played more.
Colorless - Well you see Chansey,
Wigglytuff, and now days Erika's Jigglypuff. They are some of the most played
cards in the game.
Psychic - Now psychic never used
to be played much but has always been played more than grass. In the old days
you saw Base Mewtwo, Mr. Mime, and Alakazam. Now days you see many more than
there ever used to be. They are not the most played type but they are up
there. You see now days Sabrina's Gengar (both of em'), Sabrina's Alakazam,
Movie Mewtwo, and Rocket's Mewtwo.
Electric - Electric...........
ahhhhhhhhh.... Now there's a type that is in the middle. Now back then
you saw Raichu, Zapdos, and the all mighty (in others words) Electabuzz. I
and many others still see electric types now days. You can see Dark
Raichu, Lt. Surge's Electabuzz, and the broken to death Rocket's
Zapdos.
Water - WOW!
Raindance. One of the origianal
(bla on spelling) archtypes. When I first saw this I was amazed by its
power. Back then there were Blastoise (the king of water), Gyarados, and
Vaporeon. Well now days the you hardly see raindances anymore. The only water
decks now days are decks based around the new Gyaradoss' (Misty's and
Giovonni's) and some around Misty's Seadra. Water is probably 2nd on
the least played type list.
Fighting - A long time ago
(actually about when base set came out) fighting was one of the most played
types ever. Hitmonchan was a threat to most pokemon. He could knock out
Wigglytuff easier than anyone. Besides him was the quick hitting Machop. Now
days the only fighting types around (but certainly not least played) are
Rocket's Hitmonchan. This guy made the base set Hitmonchan look little.
With crosscounter to take out quick hitters easy. Sometimes I see a base set Hitmonchan
here and there but pretty much they are becoming slowly extinct to decks
these days.
Fire - Back when the
base set came out, there was a card named Charizard. Many people played him
but soon found him to be no good and then he came back. Now days you see
many Charizard's. Blaine's
inparticular. Many fire types are played now days. Especially
Blaine's pokemon. With the addition of Cinnabar Island Gym to the trading
card game Blaine's fire types are becoming more widely spread.
You see Blaine's Moltres, Rocket's Moltres, Blaine's Charizard, and Blaine's
Magmar.
Now, all the types above are all played more than grass types now days. I
have always tried different things in pokemon.
Now this is probably my most different. Now days you see Giovanni's Nidoking +
Nidoqueen and the most played grass type today, Rocket's Scyther.
Rocket's Scyther took the place of the good ole' Jungle one because of its
stalling ability with Mirror Image.
I
chose a different grass route than most choose. Many choose to use grass
types like Jungle Scyther because of its versitility.
I sent myself on a mission to discover the power of grass types that are
overlooked by so many.
My mission
began when Base Set came out. Venusaur produced a trio of decks that I created
revolving around him. His pokemon power proved to many of my foes that he was
not to be underestimated.
I new that
pokemon cards had come from japanese versions of their cards. By the time Neo
came out I had 5 Grass ONLY decks working. I started looking into this new set
of pokemon and new types too. I was amazed at some of the grass types! But the
neo pokemon that caught my attention most was ..... Meganium! It's pokemon
power , Luxiourious Growth, Doubled all grass energy! This was my card from
square one. Once I met this card we were unseperable. I started to collect
them. I found enough ( 7 ! ) to make a handfull of decks. I took my 3 most
reliable and favorite grass pokemon, Meganium, Venusaur, and Exeggutor. I
threw them together and VIOLA! The Triple Threat! (a deck created by me on the
2nd day Meganium was availible to me) I consider myself the creator of the
deck because of the short amount of time (2 days) it took me to make it. It's
called The Energy Overload!
You combine Venusaur's and
Meganium's Pokemon Powers to double then move all energy to Exeggutor. Then
the fun (or evil) begins. I would be wrecking wiggly's, raindances, and many
others with up to 12 flips with and average of (50%) 120 Damage a turn! I
would be able to do this by the 6th od 7th turn.
Now I hope this
"talk" we've had has changed your thoughts about
"powerful" types. I still belive in grass pokemon. I have 9 decks of
grass types only and they are all my most played decks too.
REMINDER!!!!!!
NEVER......... EEEVER...... Underestimate a type again!
Gelati The Grass
Master.............out...............
P.S. All compliments are to be
sent to my email: collotts@snip.net or
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