User:Politoed666/Beat Up (TCG)

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Beat Up
Sneasel and Slowking
Types used Darkness Psychic Colorless
Major cards Sneasel, Slowking, Murkrow, and Cleffa
Era 2000-2001

Beat Up was a popular Pokémon Trading Card Game deck archetype based around Sneasel, Slowking, and Murkrow, all from the Neo Genesis expansion. It has frequently been cited as one of the most successful decks of all-time, winning an astounding amount of Pokémon Organized Play tournaments. Sneasel, Slowking, and Cleffa were all featured as part of two-time World Champion Jason Klaczynski's [httpyaddayadda Top 50 Pokémon Cards of All-Time] article, and he named Murkrow as one of the [httpyaddayadda 10 most fun]. With Beat Up winning constantly and few other decks competing with it, Wizards of the Coast did something unprecedented at the time. The company chose to ban Sneasel from use in competitive play. This effectively crippled the mainstream version of the deck, but variants utilizing only Slowking and Murkrow persisted.

Strategy

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Key cards

Typical decklist

The deck list appearing below is not official; it is meant to represent an average build of the archetype, not specifically constructed for any regional metagame. Being that this is merely an archetype, a player may wish to change any part of this deck when building their own version. This list is terrible.

Beat Up <span id="Beat Up">
No. Image Card name Type Rarity
4 Sneasel Darkness Rare Promotion
4 Cleffa Colorless Rare Promotion
3 Slowpoke Psychic Common Promotion
3 Slowking Psychic Rare Holo Promotion
4 Murkrow Darkness Rare Promotion
3 Bill T Common Promotion
3 Professor Oak T Uncommon Promotion
4 Computer Search T Rare Promotion
3 Item Finder T Rare Promotion
2 Switch T Common Promotion
4 Focus Band T Rare Promotion
2 Ecogym T Rare Promotion
4 Gust of Wind T Common Promotion
3 Energy Charge T Rare Promotion
2 Lass T Rare Promotion
4 Darkness Energy Darkness E Rare Promotion
5 Psychic Energy Psychic E Promotion
3 Full Heal Energy Colorless E Uncommon Promotion
 


Possible tech cards

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