Winsor,
re: Alakazam and Mr. Mime

I LOVE BOTH THESE CARDS!

I didn't understand your strategy or comparison
between the two.  The only way Alakazam can beat Mr.
Mime is if Alakazam confuses Mr. Mime then on the next
turn uses Confuse Ray again. And since Mr. Mime has a
weakness, it's 60 damage. Not 40.

Who would I choose between the two?  Mr. Mime.  He's a
bigger threat against the big boys and he also is ONE
card.  Alakazam NEEDS to evolve.

Mr. Mime can do more damage than Alakazam in one
single attack.

Let's say, Mr. Mime goes up against Charizard who has
60 points of damage. Mr. Mime attacks with Meditate
and Charizard is fried.

The same situation with Alakazam?  He'd have to wait 2
turns to KO Charizard.

You stated: "Alakazam has a 3 retreat cost agaist Mr.
Mime's 1, but i don't think that matters much." But it
does. A 3 retreat cost vs. 1!!! If Alakazam is out
there suffering damage, unless you're swaping it all
to your bench, Alakazam's a goner if it doesn't have
energy cards.  3 turns later it can retreat (2 if you
slap a Dbl Colorless). Mr. Mime, on the other hand, is
out of there in a hurry.

What's great about Alakazam would be his Power from
the bench.  That's all I ever use Alakazam for.  To
swap damage. In dire consequences, I'd use Alakazam as
an active Pokemon but unless Alakazam has the upper
hand, I'd suffer the retreat costs in order to bring
up a better, hard hitting Pokemon and let Alakazam sit
on the bench using its power.

Going head to head, sure, Alakazam has an advantage
given a good coin flip.  But up against Blastoise or
Charizard... who would you like leading the battle?

PokemonMechanic@yahoo.com
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