Hi guys. I`m here to do another Top 10. This is the TOP 10 POKEMON FROM BASE
TO GYM VILLIANS:

Pokemon
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10- Ditto. MP Mewtwo? MP Mewtwo. Fossil Magmar? Fossil Magmar. Electabuzz?
Electabuzz. Hitmonchan? Hitmonchan. And it works with Double Colorless. ;)

9- Erika`s Dratini. This card is very good. When Neo:Genesis comes out, it
will be THE BEST CARD IN THE GAME. Just check this combo out: Steel Energy
and Erika`s Dratini. Dratini`s Power makes all damage done to it reduce to
10. Steel Energy reduces by 10 every single attack that is made to you. That
means, it`s INVINCIBLE. Except for Energy Removal, but well. Tail Slap is
not that bad. And take into account that THIS CARD BEATS ALL OF THE CARDS
ABOVE EXCEPT FOR DARK VILEPLUME AND CHANSEY.

8- MP Mewtwo. Well, it just works fine. Imagine this opening hand:
Abra
Alakazam
Psychic
MP Mewtwo
Psychic
Computer Search
Oak
Put Mewtwo active and Abra on the bench. Play Computer Search and discard
two Psychics. Get a Breeder. Psychic for Mewtwo, then Energy Absorption. Get
those two Psychics from your discard. Next turn
Breeder, Alakazam, and Oak away. MP Mewtwo works just so fine.

7- Hitmonchan. The fact that it`s not around anymore doesn`t mean that it`s
bad. It does mean, though, that Scyhter, MP Mewtwo TR Zapdos tear up this
card. So simple, but so deadly. F for 20. FFC for 40. 70 HP. CC Retreat. P
weakness. And it`s a BASIC.

6- Chansey. The ultimate Staller, a basic pokemon with a CC tails-fails
attack that makes it invulnerable to damage attacks next turn. Has a Psychic
resistance. C retreat. It`s weakness is not really important since Fighting
is not running around anymore. And lastly, it`s got 120 HP!!!! SOMEONE STOP
IT!!

5- Dark Vileplume. "Oh, right, it might do 90 damage for GGG. But it would
confuse itself. It has just 70 HP, that`s stupid for a Stage 2. And it has a
Pokemon Power. Yeah, it just says "No more trainers can me played". *keeps
looking at the card, then jumps away* "WHAAAT??? NO MORE TRAINERS????"
*takes a few TR Oddishes and Dark Glooms and puts the cards into his deck*
"There you go!" *puts 4 Dark Vileplumes into the deck* All competitive decks
not under Prop 15/3 have more than 25 Trainers. Usually 35-40. This means,
Dark Vileplume can make MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR DECK USELESS. OK, it also
takes your Trainers out, but with many BBP like Electabuzz, Scyther and even
Wigglytuff in your deck, that`s not a problem. Tell you what: YOU COULD EVEN
PLAY WITH NO TRAINERS IN A DARK VILEPLUME DECK.

4- Rocket`s Zapdos. All I can say about this card is: WOW. L for 20 would
just be awesome alone. But this card adds it the chance of taking a Lighning
from the discard and attach it to itself!! A not so useful Fighting
resistance is also there. Add to the mix a suicide attack, a deadly card to
play Super Energy Removal with, a reason to play Super Potion, a C retreat
cost, 70 HP and a C retreat cost, and well, this card is just great.

3- Scyther. Fighting Resistance was the reason this card started to be
played. Now, with Fighting dissapearing, this card still is around. Why?
Apart from the few Hitmonchans and Rocket Hitmonchans that are still around,
we have found it`s true power. Free Retreat. 70 HP. G attack that will boost
Slash`s power. CCC great attack that does 30. And the few Brock`s Pokemon
that are around. No Pokemon has a resistance to Grass. Scyther is an all
around good card!

2- Wigglytuff. Three monthes ago this would be number 1. Narrow Gym made
this card fall. 50 damage is just not enough, you would need 2 PlusPowers to
knock down the BBP! But anyway, think of the possibilities of this card. 2nd
turn 60 damage is simply GREAT. And Jigly can take a few hits before
evolving. Again, Fighting is dissapearing, so it`s Weakness doesn`t matter.
And what about MP Mewtwo dealing just 10 damage?? What a CARD!!

1- Electabuzz. This card is simply broken. L for 10 and possible paralysis??
LC for 30 and flip, if heads +10, if tails 10 to yourself?? That is AWESOME.
Just think. Second turn 40 damage!! NO card can top that. I mean, yeah, you
play Squirtle, 2nd turn Breeder, drown Blastoise with W, and Pump for 60,
but that includes a Trainer, this does not. It`s not vulnearable to ER and
SER, because of it`s low Energy Costs. With Fighting dissapearing slowly,
his Weakness isn`t as important now. Its CC retreat is it`s only bad point,
but hey, no card is PERFECT!
Hope you liked my list. Flames, Praises, whatever? kbuster70@hotmail.com is
where you send them. Finally...
Props&Slops
Props to all of the cards in the list when you`re the one playing them!
Slops to all of the cards in the list when your opponent is playing them!
~Kbuster
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