Hey everyone! I'm Erik. I am posting the top ten cards from Gym Heroes (Gym
1).   The descriptions are long.

10) Blaine's Charmander
Blaine's charmander works really well in energy removal decks.  Kindle does
ten damage an you discard one energy (not fire energy, any energy) attached
to it to make your opponent discard one energy of your choice from the
defending Pokemon.  This attack can keep your opponent's pokemon out of
energy.  It's really good because you get to discard any energy off of
charmander and you pick what kind of energy your opponent discards.

9) Brock
Who doesn't love Brock? He's a softy when it comes to his Pokemon and now he
can help you take care of your Pokemon.  Brock removes a damage counter from
each of your Pokemon that is damaged.  If you've had to retreat a lot, or
your opponent's attacking your bench Brock can help keep every Pokemon you
own healthy.  Potion is a fine card but it can only remove two damage
counters, while brock can remove up to 6 counter.  Brock also works well in a
deck where your attacks also hurt your bench.

8)Erika's Dratini
This little dragon is a lot tougher than you think.  It's power Strange
Barrier says that Erika's Dratini only takes 10 damage a turn no matter how
big the attack! Although this Dratini doesn't do lots of damage itself, you
can use potions to keep dratini nibbling away on your opponents. Definetly
the best Dratini so far!

7)Erika's Maids
In a deck with lot's of Erika Pokemon this trainer card is much better than
Pokemon TraderSince you put any two cards form your hand into your deck to
get two of eirka's pokemon, this trainer makes all Pokemon easy to find.  Are
you missing that basic and it's stage 2 form? No Problem! With her loyal
maids erika's pokemon will be ready to jump into action any time!

6) Erika's Vileplume
This Pokemon has it all! Pollen Defense is a great Pokemon power because
every time your opponent's pokemon damages Erika's Vileplume that attacking
Pokemon has a 50% chance of becoming confused.  This Vileplume's mega Drain
attack dow good damage and removes damage counters from Eirka's Vileplume. 
When you combine Pollen Defense, 80 HP, and Mega drain, you get a very
powerful Pokemon that's really hard to knock out.

5) Lt. Surge's Raichu
This little electric mouse is all grown up and ready to knock out pokemon it
faces.  Mega Punch does 30 damage for only 2 electric energy.  but Raichu's
big attack does a lot more! Lt. Surge's Raichu does 100 damage with it's
thunderbolt attack.  That's enough to knock out Snorlax in just one hit (and
you can do 200 damage to a Pokemon that is weak to lightning) Thunderbolt
does remove all energy from Raichu so you'll need a switch ready to build it
up on your bench. Raindance will suffer under Lt. Surge's Raichu!

4) Misty
Ash's friend and water expert is here to help you! Misty does twice the
damage of PlusPower which makes her twice as surprising to your opponent. 
You can use Misty to knock out an active pokemon that you opponent thinks is
safe that turn.  Misty can get you lots of KOs before your opponent can
retreat his or her Pokemon to the safetly of the bench.

3) No Removal Gym
This stadium card is great for decks like Wiggly decks and Mulligan mewtwo
decks which need energy.  There's nothing more frusterating than watching
your energy go away.  But as long as this gym is in play no one will even
think about playing any ER or SER, so it's a lot safer to use pokemon with
cool attacks that need lots of energy.

2) Misty's Wrath
WoW! When Misty gets mad, your opponents better watch out.  Bill is an
awesome trainer card and Misty's Wrath go bill a few more.  Bill allows to
draw two cards, while Misty's Wrath lets you draw seven and keep two of them.
 That means you get to pick the two best cards...not just the top two cards
of your deck.  That's ome serious card-drawing. A must in lots of decks!

1) Rocket's Hitmonchan
Rocket's Hitmonchan packs a whole lot of punch for a bisic Pokemon. 
Crosscounter doesn't do any damage on it's own but for just one fighting
energy it will make hard-hitting pokemon pause in their tracks.  Crosscounter
has a 50% chance of doing double any damage that an attack does to this
hitmo' right back at the attacking Pokemon.  With 60 HP and crosscounter,
hitmonchan comes out swinging! But wait! There's more! Magnum punch does a
massive 50 damage for only three energy!

Thanks
Erik
Esmitty81@aol.com
(only questions, comments, or concerns) (no hatemail or viruses please)