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==Strategy==
==Strategy==
[[File:RoseanneResearchSecretWonders125.jpg|thumb|left|{{TCG|Roseanne's Research}}]]
As mentioned above, Scizor/Cherrim employs an extremely simplistic strategy.  The deck attempts to get many {{TCG ID|Stormfront|Scizor|25}} and {{TCG ID|Stormfront|Cherrim|14}} as quickly as possible, with {{e|Grass}}{{e|Grass}} and potentially {{TCG|Expert Belt}} attached to the former.  Scizor/Cherrim suffers from a major restriction on its ability to set up quickly, though, because the deck should not use {{TCG|Poké-Power}}s.  Scizor's ''Pound Down'' attack does only 40 damage instead of 70 if the player has any Pokémon with Poké-Powers in play.  This means the deck cannot abuse {{TCG ID|Legends Awakened|Uxie|43}}'s ''Set Up'', {{TCG ID|HeartGold & SoulSilver|Sunflora|31}}'s ''Sunshine Grace'', or any other Poké-Powers that could be very beneficial to the deck if included.  {{TCG ID|Legends Awakened|Unown R|77}} is an exception, since its ''Retire'' Poké-Power allows the player to draw a card and discard Unown R, meaning it will not affect Scizor's damage output.
As mentioned above, Scizor/Cherrim employs an extremely simplistic strategy.  The deck attempts to get many {{TCG ID|Stormfront|Scizor|25}} and {{TCG ID|Stormfront|Cherrim|14}} as quickly as possible, with {{e|Grass}}{{e|Grass}} and potentially {{TCG|Expert Belt}} attached to the former.  Scizor/Cherrim suffers from a major restriction on its ability to set up quickly, though, because the deck should not use {{TCG|Poké-Power}}s.  Scizor's ''Pound Down'' attack does only 40 damage instead of 70 if the player has any Pokémon with Poké-Powers in play.  This means the deck cannot abuse {{TCG ID|Legends Awakened|Uxie|43}}'s ''Set Up'', {{TCG ID|HeartGold & SoulSilver|Sunflora|31}}'s ''Sunshine Grace'', or any other Poké-Powers that could be very beneficial to the deck if included.  {{TCG ID|Legends Awakened|Unown R|77}} is an exception, since its ''Retire'' Poké-Power allows the player to draw a card and discard Unown R, meaning it will not affect Scizor's damage output.


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==Key Cards==
==Key Cards==
<!--* '''{{TCG ID|Stormfront|Scizor|25}}''' - Scizor is the deck's main attacker.  For {{e|Grass}}{{e|Grass}}, Scizor's ''Pound Down'' attack does 70 damage if the player has no Pokémon with {{TCG|Poké-Power}}s in play.  Factoring in the effects of Cherrim's ''Sunny Day'' Poké-Body and {{TCG|Expert Belt}}, ''Pound Down'' can hit for significant damage.  Scizor's ''Accelerate'' attack, which costs {{e}}{{e}}, does a mediocre 30 damage.  However, it is useful in that, if it knocks out the Defending Pokémon, it prevents all damage done to Scizor during the opponent's next turn.  Not to be overlooked is Scizor's ''Honeycomb Defender'' Poké-Body, which effectively increases Scizor's HP by decreasing damage done to it by 40 when Scizor has six or more damage counters on it.  Combined with Scizor's 100 HP, which is considered good for a Stage 1 evolved Pokémon, and Expert Belt, which increases Scizor's HP to 120, ''Honeycomb Defender'' can make it difficult to knock Scizor out in two hits.
[[File:BrokenTimeSpacePlatinum104.jpg|thumb|left|{{TCG|Broken Time-Space}}]]
* '''{{TCG ID|Stormfront|Scizor|25}}''' - Scizor is the deck's main attacker.  For {{e|Grass}}{{e|Grass}}, Scizor's ''Pound Down'' attack does 70 damage if the player has no Pokémon with {{TCG|Poké-Power}}s in play.  Factoring in the effects of Cherrim's ''Sunny Day'' Poké-Body and {{TCG|Expert Belt}}, ''Pound Down'' can hit for significant damage.  Scizor's ''Accelerate'' attack, which costs {{e}}{{e}}, does a mediocre 30 damage.  However, it is useful in that, if it knocks out the Defending Pokémon, it prevents all damage done to Scizor during the opponent's next turn.  Not to be overlooked is Scizor's ''Honeycomb Defender'' Poké-Body, which effectively increases Scizor's HP by decreasing damage done to it by 40 when Scizor has six or more damage counters on it.  Combined with Scizor's 100 HP, which is considered good for a Stage 1 evolved Pokémon, and Expert Belt, which increases Scizor's HP to 120, ''Honeycomb Defender'' can make it difficult to knock Scizor out in two hits.
* '''{{TCG ID|Stormfront|Cherrim|14}}''' - Cherrim is the deck's main support Pokémon.  Its ''Sunny Day'' Poké-Body allows each of the player's {{TCG|Grass|Grass-type}} Pokémon's attacks to do 10 more damage.  ''Sunny Day'' Bodies can be stacked, meaning a ''Pound Down'' with four Cherrim in play can do 110 damage without Expert Belt.  Cherrim also makes a decent attacker in a pinch, with ''Salty-Sweet Pollen'' doing 20 damage, not factoring in ''Sunny Day'', for no energy cost.  ''Salty-Sweet Pollen'' also removes two damage counters from one of the Scizor/Cherrim player's Pokémon.
* '''{{TCG ID|Stormfront|Cherrim|14}}''' - Cherrim is the deck's main support Pokémon.  Its ''Sunny Day'' Poké-Body allows each of the player's {{TCG|Grass|Grass-type}} Pokémon's attacks to do 10 more damage.  ''Sunny Day'' Bodies can be stacked, meaning a ''Pound Down'' with four Cherrim in play can do 110 damage without Expert Belt.  Cherrim also makes a decent attacker in a pinch, with ''Salty-Sweet Pollen'' doing 20 damage, not factoring in ''Sunny Day'', for no energy cost.  ''Salty-Sweet Pollen'' also removes two damage counters from one of the Scizor/Cherrim player's Pokémon.
* '''{{TCG|Bebe's Search}}''' -  
* '''{{TCG|Bebe's Search}}''' - Bebe's Search is simply a card that allows Scizor/Cherrim to set up faster by allowing the player to search out any Pokémon out of the deck.
* '''{{TCG|Roseanne's Research}}''' -  
* '''{{TCG|Roseanne's Research}}''' - Since Scizor/Cherrim relies on {{TCG|Grass|Grass-type}} energies to attack, Roseanne's Research is a versatile card that can be used to either grab the necessary energies to attack or search out necessary Basic Pokémon from the deck.
* '''{{TCG|Broken Time-Space}}''' - -->
* '''{{TCG|Broken Time-Space}}''' - Scizor/Cherrim relies completely on Stage 1 evolution cards.  Broken Time-Space decreases the time needed for the deck to set up by allowing the player to evolve {{TCG ID|Stormfront|Scizor|25}} and {{TCG ID|Stormfront|Cherrim|14}} one turn faster than normal.


==Typical Decklist==
==Typical Decklist==
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==Variable Tech Cards==
==Possible Tech Cards==
These are cards that may or may not be in the deck build depending on the player's style:
[[File:ProfessorOakNewTheoryHeartGoldSoulSilver101.jpg|thumb|left|{{TCG|Professor Oak's New Theory}}]]
*{{TCG ID|Great Encounters|Unown G|57}} - Protects Pokémon from {{TCG ID|Stormfront|Gengar|18}}'s ''Shadow Room'' attack and {{TCG ID|Stormfront|Machamp|20}}'s ''Take Out'' attack.
*{{TCG ID|Great Encounters|Unown G|57}} - Unown G prevents Scizor/Cherrim's Pokémon from being affected by the attacks of certain main archetypes of the day, such as {{TCG ID|Stormfront|Gengar|18}}'s ''Shadow Room'' attack and {{TCG ID|Stormfront|Machamp|20}}'s ''Take Out'' attack, from the {{TCG|Mother Gengar}} and {{TCG|Machamp archetype|Machamp}} archetypes, respectively.
*{{TCG ID|Secret Wonders|Professor Oak's Visit|122}} - Allows extra drawing.
*{{TCG|Professor Oak's Visit}} or {{TCG|Professor Oak's New Theory}} - These cards simply allow for extra drawing and a potentially faster setup.  They are more luck-reliant than searching cards such as {{TCG|Bebe's Search}}, but can have a better payoff.
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