No explanation is given to as for why both strategies are any different from each other, and when Mako comes back in Battle City he's still using the same tactics, which Joey is apparently fine with despite being portrayed as hating whenever duelists hide behind advantages like this one
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The only downside to this particular deck is that its hard to upgrade it into a really competitive one as Amber/Sapphire is not a particularly strong ink combination right now
With 36 lands, you have a 90.6% chance to draw 2 (or more) lands in your first 9 cards
we can use an X Speed to switch one of them in, and Cyrus to force the opponent to switch in one of the Pokemon that Spiritomb attacked
Gengar VMAX Gengar VMAX (Fusion Strike) is an awesome addition to the already existing Single Strike Pokemon TCG deck because it adds the option of a two Prize Card attacker Pokemon