The newest type of deck spawned by the Jungle expansion is one of 
the hardest to beat strategies, the Mr Mime deck. These decks showed up at 
the Battles last week, and they will be around to stay, for now. I'm going 
to be discussing the many ways to get around this strategy, it's flaws and 
weaknesses. This strategy calls for a deck with 2 of the Mr Mimes, usually 2 
Alakazams, a couple of Chanseys, along with slew of Pokémon Centers, Scoop 
Ups, and Potions. With his Pokémon Power, Puzzling Wall (as I'm told, it 
basically states that any attack 30 and over do nothing to him, and this 
won't work if he's asleep, confused, or paralyzed), he can only be damaged 
or affected by attacks that do 10, 20, or no damage at all. And since he's 
weak to psychic, he can only be hurt by 2 psychic Pokémon, Drowzee and Abra. 
Since most heavy damage decks (mainly Raindance and Charizards) are useless, 
people will have to revert to an alternative, the ever anoying status deck. 
These mainly grass decks are very affective against the Mime. Poison can 
take him down easily. Say you poison him, during that players turn, the 
Mimes healed. Your turn, he takes 10, do a 20 damage attack, your turns 
over, 10 again and he's KOed! The easiest way to KO that Mime is with 
Nidking. Toxic deals 20, your turns over, 20 more = 40! All in one turn! But 
the hard part of this idea is the Nidoking's set is weak to Psychic, which 
will be hard to survive more than one hit from Mr Mime.
      The weaknesses and flaws in this deck are there, they are just hard to 
find. Let's look at the main card, Mr Mime. Psychic:

Pokemon No.: 122
Type: Psychic
Evolution: Basic
Name: Mr. Mime
Level: 28
HP: 40
Weakness: Psychic
Resistance: None
Retreat Cost: 1
Attacks:
Power: Puzzling Wall:
Any attacks 30 damage or greater done to this card are prevented.
Cannot be used if Mr. Mime is Asleep, Confused or Paralyzed.
[1P] Meditate (10+)
Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on defender.

Ok, the first flaw noticed by anyone is the low 40HP. Even though 10 and 20 
attacks do anything to him, he's almost KOed by any attack that touches him. 
If something happens where he can't be healed, he won't last very long. 
Another weakness is his attack. Don't get me wrong, he has a great attack! 
Meditate worked great with Jynx. Meditate is a powerful attack, but it does 
only 10 on a fresh Pokémon. Stay with me now 'cause I ain't done. If he's up 
against a non-bird colorless Pokémon that has no damage, or just 10, 20 or 
30 damage, he won't do a thing. Dragonair is especially affective in this 
since. Being resistant to Psychic, a 20 damage attack that removes energy, 
and has the ability to be in any deck will make Dragonair the Mime's worst 
nightmare. Many other cards are affective and self-explanetory. Gust of 
wind, ER, Super ER, Koffing, and many other status effect Pokémon. The Mr 
Mime transfer deck will be tough to fight, but with this knowledge you will 
be able to face it with confidence!

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                     Jeremy  Woods
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                   jsw321@hotmail.com
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