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Alt. Format Base Set Deck (Charizard / Venusaur)

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thedemonbarber

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Pokemon: 18
  • 4 Bulbasaur
  • 1 Ivysaur
  • 4 Venusaur
  • 4 Charmander
  • 1 Charmeleon
  • 4 Charizard
Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums: 35
  • 4 Pokémon Breeder
  • 4 Professor Oak
  • 4 Bill
  • 4 Computer Search
  • 2 Item Finder
  • 2 Gust of Wind
  • 2 Defender
  • 2 Goop Gas Attack
  • 4 Super Potion
  • 2 Energy Removal
Energy: 12
  • 12 Grass Energy

Strategy:

So, I just started playing a year a two ago, so I never played base set, but upon looking at the three kanto starter cards I had an idea. If I am understanding these cards correctly, I can us venusaur on the bench like an aromatisse to heal with max potion as well as stockpile energy. Given all of this, I can use charizard's ability to change the grass into fire when attached to him. Is that the way it works? Am I missing something? If it is the case, thoughts on how to modify it to make it better, assuming its' only playing against base set decks?
 
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If I remember correctly Poke-Powers can only be used when the pokemon is active. Poke-Bodies are what can be used whenever the pokemon is in play. So you would not be able to do that (unless you have Venusaur in, used his poke-power then switched for Charizard and used his).
 
That's not printed on the card. I don't know if that was a rule in the rule book that the Pokemon had to be Active to use it's Power or something, but I've never heard that before.

As for the deck, it sounds fairly slow compared to the meta back then. There was a lot of Haymaker decks, which was the "Big Basics" of the day, and Wigglytuff's Do the Wave was a deck as well. Every deck runs Energy Removal, and I think that card would give you a lot of trouble. That's about the full extent of my knowledge of the Base Set format.
 
Mora said:
That's not printed on the card. I don't know if that was a rule in the rule book that the Pokemon had to be Active to use it's Power or something, but I've never heard that before.
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Yeah, I am wrong. It has been so long since I have played with those cards I kind of forgot the difference between the 2. Oops. Poke-Power you have to use, Poke-Body is something that is always in effect. Has nothing to do with active vs benched.

So in the end the strat seems to work fine.
 
Base set Charizard is a very much overlooked card in the format because of its expensive attack and difficulty setting up. I have never thought of combining it with Venusaur to keep energy steadily flowing. On paper it shouldn't be that bad of a deck. I suspect the low HP basics will not be consistent and you may consider adding Chanseys to your deck. Double colorless energies also work well with Charizard, and energy retrievals are a must.
 
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