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Jungle is being released early!
What's the best way to please legions of eager Pokémon Trainers who can't wait to get their hands on more Pokémon Trading Card Game cards? Release new cards! Jungle, the first expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, includes 48 new cards with special holographic versions of the 16 rare cards. The set will be available in locations around the country by the end of this month. In fact, you may already be able to find it in a few stores right now!

Just some of the new Pokémon characters in Jungle include: Snorlax, Eevee, Meowth, Scyther and a new Pikachu! The new Pokémon will each have their own special battle ability to help players with their battle strategies, but it's up to the players to train their Pokémon to be the best!

Jungle was scheduled to be released in July, but because of the incredible popularity of the game, we sped up the printing process and were able to produce Jungle faster than we planned. The cards are available in the following formats: 11-card booster packs and two preconstructed theme decks - "Power Reserve" and "Water Blast." The preconstructed theme decks include 60 cards, 10 damage counters, a rulebook and a Pokémon game coin.

For a list of retailers near you who sell Wizards of the Coast products, go to http://locator.wizards.com/

Here are the Elite Eight:

1. Bulbasaur: 40 HP, Leech Seed: 20 damage, Bulbasaur regains 10 HP.

This Pokemon has a built-in Potion. If you use grass Pokemon, this is a

must-have.

2. Hitmonchan: 70 HP, Jab: 20 damage, Special Punch: 40 damage.

This is one of the best all-around Basic Pokemon. Watch out for Psychic.

3. Charmander: 50 HP, Scratch: 10 damage, Ember: 30 damage. Discard one

fire energy card from Charmander to use this attack.

Another good basic Pokemon. If you have Charmeleon and Charizard, you're

next to unbeatable.

4. Koffing: 50 HP, Foul Gas: 10 damage, flip a coin. If it is heads, the

other Pokemon is Poisoned. If tails, it's Confused.

You can't lose with this one!

5. Onix: 90 HP, Rock Throw: 10 damage, Harden: all damage done below 30

does not effect Onix.

Put him in to bide your time.

6. Jynx: 70 HP, Doubleslap: 10x damage. Flip two coins. It does 10 times

the number of heads. Meditate: 20 damage plus 10 for each damage counter

on defending Pokemon.

Wow!

7. Elecatabuzz: 70 HP, Thundershock: 10 damage. Flip a coin, and if it's

heads, the other Pokemon is Paralyzed. Thunderpunch: 30+ damage. Flip a

coin. If it's heads, this attack does ten more damage, if tails,

Electabuzz does ten damage to itself.

It doesn't evolve, but then again, it doesn't need to!

8. Poliwag: 40 HP, Water Gun: 10+ damage. This attack does ten plus ten

more damage for each water energy on Poliwag. This can not be more the

two water energy.

A good basic Pokemon, with high HP for a water Pokemon.

Here are the five most powerful cards in my point of view. These Pokemon

aren't on the Elite Eight because of how long it takes to be at full

strength. Most take four energy just to do an attack, others are 2nd

evolution level, which takes at least three turns to get.

1. Charizard. By far the most powerful, with Fire Spin that does 100

damage, it is almost unbeatable.

2. Zapdos. It has another 100 damage attack.

3. Ninetales. 80 damage with Fire Blast.

4. Magneton. Surprise! Its 80 damage Selfdestruct kills itself, too.

5. Arcanine. Two great attacks! Flamethrower does 50 damage, and Take

Down finishes the opponent off with 80 damage.

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