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{@} → Mimed Games
Your opponent chooses an attack from 1 of their Pokémon in play. Use the chosen attack as this attack.
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In an attempt to confuse its enemy, it mimics the enemy’s movements. Then it wastes no time in making itself scarce!
burma
This is such a cute, goofy attack. And from a competitive POV there are 1000x ways it could go wrong for you if you play Mime Jr.
same problem if you match up against Raging Bolt ex!
For instance: if you play against Chien-Pao ex and they choose “Hail Blade” and then choose to not discard any energy cards
Guest
I don’t think you understand how the attack works. Can someone confirm?
Sam
You still have to pay all costs when you copy an attack. You literally copy it word for word.
Guest
Yes, I know that. But your opponent chooses the attack, not how it works, right?
Anonymous
Just to clarify, Sam, no, you don’t have to pay for the ENERGY COST of an attack when using Mimed Games (Compare Mew ex from 151 to Ditto from Pokémon GO), and no, burma, the Mime Jr. player is the one who has to discard Water Energy for Hail Blade to do damage. But that’s just as bad, because if you are actually use Mimed Games with sufficient Water Energy in play to do significant damage with Hail Blade, the Chien-Pao ex player will simply choose a different attack for you to copy. Your opponent will always choose the worst possible attack for the situation, be it an effect attack that does nothing useful (or simply nothing), the lowest possible damage attack possible, or an attack whose conditions are impossible to meet.
burma
Understood
thank you!!
surskitty
Can anyone think of common archetypes this WON’T go badly for you? Rotom V and Squawkabilly ex universally suck for this; Lumineon V and Mew ex are both pretty OK.
I don’t think Roaring Moon has useless options?
Gardevoir is definitely shit here, and your odds are bad with Charizard ….
brken11
Mew ex copies the opponent’s active Pokemon here, which would be your own Mime Jr. So the attack fails completely if it targets Mew.
Iron Thorns is probably the only deck you’ll have a guaranteed attack in. And poor Mime Jr. isn’t gonna last more than one turn.