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mysterioustrainer

Member # 1049

posted September 14, 2002 07:50 PM

Tomarrow (Sunday 9/15) is league for me and knowing my store, if by any chance they got hold of their expedition cards by now, they'll put them out tomarrow during league. So, I want to build a deck that can easily be rebuilt using similar cards from the new collection. This is what I call a "transition" deck, it's meant for league difficulty decks and it can easily switch out cards as soon as I get them into my hands.

So how do this? Basically using existing collection of cards I have and then studying the new collection's spoiler. I plan what kind of deck I would like to have. For Expedition, I designed the two decks out of the great, the mighty,

Dunsparce!!!

Just kidding, Charizard.

Deck One Title: Charizard to Charizard (Phase One)
Class: Modified
Pokémon: 19
4 Charmander (Legendary)
3 Charmeleon (Legendary)
3 Charizard (Legendary)
4 Entei (Neo Revelation)
3 Cleffa (Neo Genesis)
2 Tyrouge (Neo Discovery)
Trainers: 21
4 Professor Elm (Neo Genesis)
4 Bill (Neo Genesis)
3 Pokémon Trader (Legendary)
3 Energy Retrival (Legendary)
4 Gold Berry (Neo Genesis)
3 Double Gust (Neo Genesis)
Energy: 20
20 Fire Energy

Fair deck alone wouldn't you say? It's able to knock over a 7-eleven but not a Wal-mart. Now, this deck is easily switchable once I start getting cards from Expedition. Here are the changes assuming if I had any expedition cards avalable:

Deck Two Title: Charizard to Charizard (Phase Two)
Take Deck One and make the following changes:
Remove:
4 Charmander (Legendary)
3 Charmeleon (Legendary)
3 Charizard (Legendary)
2 Tyrouge (Neo Discovery)
3 Pokémon Trader (Legendary)
3 Energy Retrival (Legendary)
3 Double Gust (Neo Genesis)

Add:
4 Charmander (Expedition 98/165)
3 Charmeleon (Expedition)
3 Charizard (Expedition 6/165:40/165)
2 Magby (Expedition)
3 Professor Elm's Training Method (Expedition)
3 Energy Restore (Expedition)
3 Pokémon Reversal (Expedtion)

Get the idea, I basically replace the cards with similar cards that do the same objective (only better). Now I don't know what you think about Energy Restore or Pokémon Reversal but I think they do great.

So, quick recap. Basically I first build the first deck and tweak it when I get the cards I really want. In this case, Charizard (Legendary) to Charizard (Expedition) This is what I call "transition". What's your thoughts about the decks and my strategy called "transition"?

Following Wizpog Guidelines, here are the cards that I mentioned that have not been offically released yet.

Charmander 50HP Fire[R]
Basic Pokémon
ID: A-10-#
[C] Gnaw: Damage: 10
[R][C] Searing Flame: Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now burned. Damage: 10
Weak: [W]
Resist: none
Retreat: 1
Common 98/165

Charmeleon 80HP Fire[R]
Stage 1: Evolves from Charmander
ID: A-11-#
[C][C] Double Scratch: Flip 2 coins. This attack doe 20 damage times the number of heads. Damage: 20X
[R][C][C] Flamethrower: Discard 1 [R] Energy card attached to Charmeleon. Damage: 50
Weak: [W]
Resist: none
Retreat: 1
Uncommon 73/165

Charizard 120HP Fire[R]
ID: B-72
Stage 2: Evolves from Charmeleon
Poké-POWER Burning Energy: Once during your turn (before you attack), you may turn all basic Energy attached to all of your Pokemon into [R] Energy for the rest of the turn. This power can't be used if Charizard is affected by a Special Condition.
[R][R][R][R] Scorching Whirlwind: Flip 2 coins. If 1 of them is tails, discards 2 Energy cards attached to Charizard. If both of them are tails, discard all Energy cards attached to Charizard. Damage: 120
Weak: [W]
Resist: none
Retreat: 3
Holo 6/165 Rare 40/165

Magby 30HP Fire[R]
Baby Pokémon: Evolves into Magmar
ID: B-75
If your active Pokémon is a Baby Pokémon and your opponent announces an attack, your opponent flips a coin ((before doing anything else). If tails, your opponent's turn ends.
[R] Energy Catch Flip a coin. If heads, put a basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your hand.
Weak: none
Resist: none
Retreat: 1
Holo 17/165 Rare 52/165

Trainer : Supporter
Professor Elm's Training Method
ID: B-60-#
You can play only one Supporter card each turn. When you play this card, put it next to your Active Pokémon. When your turn ends, discard this card.
Search your deck for an Evolution card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Uncommon 148/165

Trainer
Energy Restore
ID: B-51-#
Flip 3 coins. For each heads, put a Basic Energy card from your discard pile into your hand. If you don't have that many basic Energy cards in your discard pile, put all of them into your hand.
Uncommon 141/165

Trainer
Pokémon Reversal
ID: B-55-#
Choose one of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. Flip a coin. If heads, switch that Pokémon with the Defending Pokémon.
Uncommon 146/165

Well you should have all you need to review if you like.

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From: Wherever the adventure takes me! | Registered: Feb 2001 | IP: Logged

mkymws
Member
Member # 2337

posted September 14, 2002 09:18 PM

charizard is cool.
this is for modified no?
i could suggest some cards to try.
pokemon breeder is legal again.
scoop would be good to offset that huge retreat cost.
recycle energy is great with charizard.
here is a deck i would take to league sometimes before they all closed.
there are a few things i would change if i were
to take it out today but there may be some ideas you could put to use.
3 charmander
3 charizard
4 electabuzz
4 scyther
4 recycle e.
4 dbl clrls e.
2 leaf e.
8 lightning e.
4 pro oak
4 cmp srch
2 itm fndr
2 grbg run
3 pkmn brdr
2 no rem gym
3 gust o win
2 scoop
4 bill
2 rsa
mucho suerte [Devilish]

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From: orange islands | Registered: Mar 2001 | IP: Logged

Drakeo

Member # 25453

posted September 15, 2002 10:04 AM

This deck is cool but it's missing 2 things.
1. Some kind of support pokemon to fight other than charizard
2. MORE switching power. You're meat if you have bad luck with flips.
Nice with the spanish [Razz]

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