First stop is the market maturity on 4th print and next is the sub variants hey
Its easy to see that WotC wasnt sure what they wanted to do with mouse as a creature type yet, but what we can see is an early glimpse at what they did know: Mice would focus on combat
Throw in Time Attack and Score Attack and it's likely the largest game on the console
Between Doubling Season, Primal Vigor, Krark's Other Thumb and Goblin Bookie, the counters that come up should be crazy everywhere
Sure, the Double Lariat attack is rather expensive, costing two Psychic Energy and two Colorless, but when there's a need to remove a strong enemy, there's simply no better option than that
After all, it's hard to argue against the assortment of shiny Legendary Pokemon you'll find, including Lugia, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Deoxys, and Suicune just to name a few