Slowking from Neo Genesis released to the west in December of 2000. In Japan, this card was not much of an issue. However, Wizards of the Coast failed to translate one key point on the card: that its Pokémon-Power only worked if it was in the Active Spot. Due to this translation error, the card became much stronger than it was originally intended to. While Vileplume from the HGSS era guaranteed Trainer-lock, it affected both sides of the field. Slowking only affects your opponent. While many players have tried to come up with the most effective way to utilize Slowking in Partner Battles, I may have found the strongest one.

Let me preface this by saying that Psychic is already an incredibly powerful type. With access to a variety of exclusive Trainer cards such as Mysterious Treasure and Fog Crystal, Psychic type decks are typically consistent. Their main strength however is that they have some incredibly powerful Pokémon that I’ll go over now. Then, I’ll discuss the central gameplan of the deck before I go over why it is so strong and make a suggestion on how to reign back Slowking’s power. Additionally, at the end of this article will be my complete decklist. But be warned: many people will no longer want to play with you if you start playing this deck.