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 ==Strategy==
-[[Image:FlygonRisingRivals5.jpg|thumb|left|{{TCG ID|Rising Rivals|Flygon|5}}, the deck's main attacker]]
+[[Image:022235 P FURAIGON.jpg|thumb|left|{{TCG ID|Rising Rivals|Flygon|5}}, the deck's main attacker]]
 Mother Flygon is widely regarded as the best {{tt|setup deck|a deck that requires considerable setup to be successful}} in the current format.  Because of its abnormally large support engine in the form of a 3-3 {{TCG ID|Great Encounters|Claydol|15}} line, as opposed to the typical 2-2, and its ability to utilize four {{TCG|Call Energy}}, Mother Flygon can set up considerably faster than most Stage-2-reliant decks in the format.  Speed is necessary to compete with fast decks suxh as SP variants.
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 ==Cards==
 ===Key Cards===
-*{{TCG ID|Great Encounters|Beedrill|13}} - This Beedrill, from the {{TCG|Great Encounters}} set, is the main attacker for the deck.  With its ''Band Attack'' attack, Beedrill can hit for up to 120 damage for only {{e|Grass}}, depending on the number of Beedrill in play.  It has a second attack, ''Twineedle'', as well.  For {{e|Colorless}}{{e|Colorless}}{{e|Colorless}}, ''Twineedle'' is rather useless.  It will hit for only 50 damage on average, which is usually less than ''Band Attack''.  Beedrill also has one other significant asset, that being its free retreat cost.  With ''Band Attack'''s damage dependant on how many Beedrill are in play,  KOs on Beedrill should be avoided at all costs, generally, and Beedrill's free retreat makes it possible to switch out a heavily damaged Beedrill for a fresh one.
+[[Image:022155 P NIDOKUIN.jpg|thumb|left|{{TCG ID|Rising Rivals|Nidoqueen|30}}, the deck's chief support Pokémon]]
-*{{TCG ID|Rising Rivals|Beedrill|15}} - This Beedrill, although less crucial to the deck, is still very important to the deck's setup.  Although its attack, ''Needle Shock'', isn't bad as a stalling mechanism late in the game, the true reason to play this card lies in its {{TCG|Poké-POWER}}, ''Flutter Wings''.  ''Flutter Wings'' allows the player using it to search their deck for a {{e|Grass}} Pokémon and add it to their hand once during their turn.  It's comparable to a free {{TCG|Bebe's Search}} each turn, which makes this deck's setup lightning fast.
+*{{TCG ID|Rising Rivals|Flygon|5}} is the decks' main attacker and, as such, arguably its most critical component.  Flygon's main attack, ''Power Swing'' does 60 damage to the Defending Pokémon, plus an additional 10 damage for each evolved Pokémon on the Mother Flygon player's bench.  With an {{TCG|Expert Belt}} attached, ''Power Swing'' can hit for a massive 130 damage for only {{e}}{{e}}{{e}}, enough to knock out most Pokémon in the metagame in one shot.  While ''Power Swing'' is a great brute force attack, Flygon's second attack, ''Sand Wall'', can be very effective in certain situations.  ''Sand Wall'' does 40 damage for {{e}}{{e}}, which would be unremarkable if not for its effect.  If the opponent has a {{TCG|Stadium card}} in play, ''Sand Wall'' prevents all effects of attacks done to Flygon during the opponent's next turn and discards that Stadium.  This is a great stall tactic, and can also provide decent power with Expert Belt attached.  It also takes only one {{TCG|Double Colorless Energy}} to use, which means it can often be used immediately.  Flygon's last important feature is its ''Rainbow Float'' {{TCG|Poké-BODY}}, which gives every Pokémon the Mother Flygon player controls free retreat, as long as Flygon has an {{TCG|Energy card|Energy}} attached to it of the same type as that Pokémon.  {{TCG ID|Rising Rivals|Nidoqueen|30}} has a massive retreat of {{e}}{{e}}{{e}}, and {{TCG ID|Great Encounters|Claydol|15}} has a retreat cost of {{e}}{{e}}, so in the event that either of those Pokémon are active, either to stall or attack, ''Rainbow Float'' ensures that they can get out of the active spot easily with no wasted energy attachment.  ''Power Swing'', ''Sand Wall'', and ''Rainbow Float'' combine to make Flygon a well-rounded attacker.
-*{{TCG ID|Great Encounters|Claydol|15}} - Although some decks can function without this staple card, Speedrill is not one of those decks.  With this strategy being so reliant on speed, extra drawing support is extremely important, and Claydol provides that.
+*{{TCG ID|Rising Rivals|Nidoqueen|30}} - The main reason Nidoqueen is used is for its ''Maternal Comfort'' {{TCG|Poké-BODY}}.  ''Maternal Comfort'' removes one damage counter from each of the Mother Flygon player's Pokémon between turns.  Although it is a simple effect, it is extremely helpful in that it helps prevent Flygon and Claydol from being knocked out.  Flygon is already able to tank fairly well, since it has a decent 120 HP, so a damage removal effect makes it even more difficult for the opponent to knock out.  Since Flygon requires three energies to use its main attack, and often has {{TCG|Expert Belt}} attached, it is very beneficial to keep each Flygon in play for as long as possible.  Additionally, with so many decks in the 2009-2010 metagame able to damage drawing support cards such as {{TCG ID|Great Encounters|Claydol|15}}, Nidoqueen is a critical part in maintaining the ability to draw cards.  Although it is primarily used for its Poké-BODY, Nidoqueen can also function as a solid attacker in a pinch.  With Expert Belt attached, it can do 60 damage for only {{e|Psychic}}, '''continue here'''
+*{{TCG ID|Great Encounters|Claydol|15}} - Although some decks can function without this staple card, Flygon, being a tremendous setup deck, is not one.  With Flygon's strategy being so reliant on speed, extra drawing support is extremely important, and Claydol provides that.
 ===Other Pokémon===