Hi Pojo

Hi Pojo! I am a little late getting my third "How to Beat the Archetypes" guide up, but here I am with this week's deck, the notorious Stall Deck! Please note that I don't mean to explain things you already know, but to explain to you things that you've never thought about in the archetypes. These notes will add to your knowledge, and hopefully improve your chances in working the Metagame. Now, on with the Stall Deck!

A basic Stall Deck consists of these 3 Pokemon: Chansey, Alakazam, and Mr.Mime. All others are simply added according to the Metagame, except that sometimes you may want to remove them because of the use of Hitmonchan in your area. Others you may want to add are the base Mewtwo (Barrier), Scyther (Fighting resistance), or even Lickitung (I won't get into him right now, I'd just go on and on and on... Read my single card tips article). The idea of Chansey is to move all the damage to him with Alakazam, then Scoop Up all 11 damage counters! Mr.Mime takes care of big hitters. Trainers are THE KEY to this deck. Use wisely. Hence the name "Stall," the purpose is to stall unil your opponent runs right through his draw pile. Other essential cards may include Imposter Proffesor Oak, Pokemon Center, or possibly Gambler. Other variations include Gengar, who weakens the opponent's main Pokemon, no matter where it is. He can be aided with many fighting-weak Pokemon, because he himself has the resistance. The Wildfire Deck is also a staller, but I will put that in another article, as I believe it is not a pure stall deck, but what I like to call an Agressive Stall, where it is a stall hybrid. Another is the No-Energy Stall Deck, also a stall hybrid, but not as much so.

And now, how to beat it. It's very simple, build a very fast deck that also put cards back in while taking cards out. Add small Pokemon for Mr.Mime, and put in AT LEAST ONE Lass. This will shuffle cards to their deck, but will also get rid of those pesky Scoops. Muk works well to, as he shuts down all vital Pokemon Powers.