This is reflective of its lore, which describes Grimer as being born from sludge exposed to X-rays from the moon
In the spirit of my budget deckbuilding series, Low Market, I'm also going to cap myself at $100.00 this is notably higher than the average cost of a Low Market deck, but salt doesn't come cheap in this economy
So, let's look elsewhere on the card for easily identifyable flaws
Online card games do not face this problem, however
Weakness: Water (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Arcanine - Fire - HP130 Stage 1 - Evolves from Growlithe Ability: Burning Road Once during your turn (before your attack), when this Pokemon becomes your Active Pokemon from the Bench, you may move as many [R] Energy as you like from your Pokemon to this Pokemon
That's roughly a Pikachu card every 1.5 day on average