Well, now that Gym Challenge is out and all the little details about text
have been cleared up, Brock's Ninetales seems significantly weakened. His
Pokemon Power Shapeshift says:
  
Once during your turn(before  your  attack), you may attach an Evolution card
from your hand to Brock's Ninetales.(This doesn't count as evolving Brock's
Ninetales.)Treat Brock's Ninetales as if it were that Pokemon instead.  It
can't evolve, devolve, or use the Pokemon Power of that Pokemon.  During your
turn, you may discard the Evolution card attached to Brock's Ninetales.  This
power can't be used if Brock's Ninetales is Asleep, Confused, orParalyzed. 
If Brock's Ninetales becomes Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed, discard all
Evolution cards attached to it.

No Pokemon Powers? Guess that Ninetales-Blastoise-Charizard combo doesn't
work, so Brock's Ninetales isn't worth playing, right?
  Wrong.
Picture this: First turn, you have a Brock's Vulpix as active. You play a
fire energy on it and do 20 damage. Second turn, you evolve to Brock's
Ninetales and use his power to place a Blaine's Evolution card on him. Then
you use a Blaine to attach 2 fire energies to the shapeshifted Blaine's
pokemon. (It doesn't matter which Blaine pokemon you use; I suggest
Charmeleon or Rapidash). Third turn, you play another Blaine and attach 2
more fire energies, then discard the Blaine's Pokemon and put on a Base
Ninetales. Guess what you have now? A Base Ninetales on the third turn with 5
fire energies! This combo also works while Brock's Ninetales is on the bench,
and that might be a good idea so that he doesn't get damaged. I suggest
throwing a couple Scythers in this deck to block for those first 3 turns and
then retreat for free. Also, a No Removal Gym would be good to put in, for
obvious reasons.
   I do realize that this would take a large amount of card drawing and some
luck as well, but it could work. Brock's Ninetales is still an option, though
he may seem worthless. Thanks for reading, and try this out!! It has
potential.

- Iorek Byrnison
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