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>From: "Jared Spriggs" <spriggs@execpc.com>
>
>Subject: Prop 15-3C: A Third way
>Date: Sat, 19 Jan 1980 05:09:05 -0600
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>Proposition 15-3C:  A Third Way
>
>If the intent of WOTC's proposition 15-3C is to reduce the overwhelming
>dominance of Wiggly and Haymaker decks, I think that there may be a better
>way to do it.  I call this Proposition 15+.  I believe that the effect of
>this permutation would be to increase the viability of evolution-based
>decks, which is the goal.  Here it is:
>
>"Your deck may always include up to 15 trainers.  If you have more than 15
>pokemon in your deck, you may add one additional trainer card for each
>additional pokemon over 15.  For the purpose of this rule, all stage-2
>evolution cards (such as Blastoise or Beedrill) count double (as two
>pokemon rather than one)."
>
>In the past a typical Wiggly deck might have been:
>
>4 Jigglypuff
>4 Wigglytuff
>3 Scyther
>3 Hitmonchan
>3 Electabuzz
>
>4 CPU search
>4 Bill
>4 GOW
>4 Pluspower
>4 Prof Oak
>2 Scoop up
>2 NGR
>
>4 DCE
>9 fighting energy
>6 lightning energy
>
>Under this new rule this deck would have to be modified to something like:
>
>4 Jigglypuff
>4 Wigglytuff
>4 Scyther
>4 Hitmonchan
>4 Electabuzz
>
>4 CPU search
>4 Bill
>2 GOW
>2 Pluspower
>4 Prof Oak
>2 Scoop up
>2 NGR
>
>4 DCE
>9 fighting energy
>7 lightning energy
>
>This is still not a bad deck (some would say it is improved), but the new
>rule would take a little of the hyper-trainer edge off.  Contrast this with
>a typical "Turbo" deck (call this one Misty's Wiggly Snuff):
>
>4 Squirtle
>2 Wartortle
>3 Blastoise
>4 Misty's Poliwag
>2 Misty's Poliwirl
>3 Misty's Poliwrath
>
>3 Pokemon Breeder
>3 Pokemon Trader
>4 Misty's Tears
>3 CPU search
>3 Bill
>2 SER
>2 Energy flow
>2 Pokemon Center
>2 NGR
>
>18 water energy
>
>This deck (which I have not playtested) has a six-trainer advantage over
>the hypothetical Wiggly deck, which allows room for the critical Traders
>and Breeders.  There are other Turbo decks that would work equally well
>(Koga's Beedrill, Sabrina's Alakazam, Giovanni's Machamp and Brock's Golem
>come to mind - the latter three requiring Resistance Gym, Pewter City Gym
>or other stadium cards for maximum punch).  It seems reasonable to suppose
>that this rule would allow evolution decks to compete on much more even
>terms with the dominant Wiggly/Haymaker types.  Note that I do NOT advocate
>limiting cards to three copies.  Many of us have made large numbers of
>painful trades in order to acquire a fourth copy of key cards!
>
>Call me Sprigdog if you post this!
>My real name is Jared Spriggs
>spriggs@execpc.com