Intimidation (TCG)

Intimidation is a 2008 World Championship Deck created and used by Tristan Robinson. It's sold with the 60 card deck and a booklet. The Limited Edition cards included are not tournament legal.

This deck was built with one objective - countering powerful cards. For example, Scizor has an attack that does 80 damage to an opponent that any special energy cards attached to it. Sableye can disable any opponent attack for one turn. Cessation Crystal disables all Poke-Powers and Poke-Bodies. Crystal Beach makes special, double-energy cards count as a single energy.

When building this deck, Tristan took note of heavily-played cards at the time. Many of these included special Energy cards and Pokemon with effective Poke-Powers. He chose his own Pokemon and Trainer cards that directly conflicted with these effects. It turned out to be a wise decision, as he went on to win the 2008 World Championship (Junior Division) in Orlando Florida.

Tristan's deck includes: *(4) Scizor (Majestic Dawn 29), *(4) Scyther (Majestic Dawn 46), *(4) Toxicroak (Majestic Dawn 31), *(4) Croagunk (Majestic Dawn 60), *(1) Electrode (Secret Wonders 26), *(1) Voltorb (Secret Wonders 117), *(1) Sableye (EX Crystal Guardians 10), *(4) Castaway (EX Crystal Guardians 72), *(4) Celio's Network (EX FireRed & LeafGreen 88), *(4) Cessation Crystal (EX Crystal Guardians 74), *(2) Copycat (Expedition 138), *(4) Crystal Beach (EX Crystal Guardians 75), *(4) Roseanne's Research (Secret Wonders 125), *(2) Scott (EX Emerald 84), *(4) Steven's Advice (EX Hidden Legends 92), *(1) Special Metal Energy, *(4) Multi Energy, *(1) Lightning Energy, *(3) Metal Energy, and *(4) Psychic Energy.