Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Blastoise -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Blastoise Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Blastoise from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Blastoise is a stage 2, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  Blastoise is the stage 2 evolution of Wartortle, and before that Squirtle, both of those Pokemon I have reviewed the past couple of days, and both of those Pokemon are in this set.  Blastoise has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  Blastoise's Ability is called Deluge and it says that as often you like during your turn you may attach a water energy card from your hand to one of your Pokemon.  Besides the Ability, Blastoise just has one move called Hydro Pump which requires four colorless energy cards and does 60 damage plus 10 more damage for each water energy card attached to this Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Blastoise is a stage 2 Pokemon, you'll have to first get Squirtle and then Wartortle into play.  I would recommend evolving this line on the bench, Squirtle's Ability even encourages it to be kept on the bench.  Once you get Blastoise on your bench I would use its Ability as often as possible since it is very good, and when you get four water energy cards on Blastoise I would move it into the active Pokemon spot and use Hydro Pump every turn, doing 100 damage per turn if you have four water energy cards attached to it.  I would put this card in a deck with a lot of Pokemon that require a ton of energy cards and can do a ton of damage, then I would make sure to include many energy cards, more than normal, and trainers to evolve Pokemon quickly.  That way you'll always have a good amount of energy cards in your hand, and evolved Pokemon in play, so make sure to get Blastoise on your bench as soon as possible, and you can power up all your powerful Pokemon at once, in no time at all.  I would definitely recommend building a deck around Blastoise and would use a 3-2-1 or 3-2-2 line of Squirtle, Wartortle, and Blastoise in a mostly water type deck.  I would make the deck mostly water type because Blastoise's Ability makes water Pokemon and Pokemon that require water energy cards to attack so fast.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an awesome stage 2 Pokemon card that I would definitely build a deck around.  It has a good hp, an amazing Ability that can set up your deck extremely fast, and a great move that can do 100+ damage per turn with no problems.  The only bad thing about this card is that it has a high retreat cost, but hopefully once you get Blastoise into that active Pokemon spot you won't have to retreat it for quite awhile.  Overall, I don't think Squirtle and Wartortle are very good, so I would only give this line a 4 out of 5 rating, but it is definitely worth it to stick it out using Squirtle and Wartortle because when you get to Blastoise it will definitely be worth it.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Blastoise from the Boundaries Crossed set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Psyduck from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

Free Pokemon TCG Online Code Cards:
Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
Which Pokemon was my first ever Lv. 100 Pokemon in a Pokemon game?
Please respond by including your YouTube username so I can send you the code on there. Make sure that I can find your channel, I should be able to type in your username like www.youtube.com/user/your-channel-name.  I will use a random number generator to choose a winner, but if the question is quite hard, the first person to comment correctly will definitely win.

61 comments:

Unknown said...

Charizard
http://www.youtube.com/user/dunsparce5000

老圖蟲 said...

Charizard
http://www.youtube.com/user/samson7854

Unknown said...

Charizard

Daniel Fermo de Oliveira said...

Charizard

http://www.youtube.com/user/KungWei

Unknown said...

Charizard

http://www.youtube.com/neozh3

Unknown said...

Charizard
http://www.youtube.com/user/pokemonrules43

Unknown said...

Charizard
http://www.youtube.com/user/chocolatecheeseisyum

Unknown said...

Charizard

http://www.youtube.com/user/Lvl12Geodude

Anonymous said...

Charizard

http://www.youtube.com/user/seriesdetective

Fseries said...

Charizard
www.youtube.com/user/fernandoddk

Hrishikesh Pangarkar said...

charizard

www.youtube.com/user/emboar88

Unknown said...

I'll be different here and say Blastoise :D
(YouTube and Google+ Name is Tyler Hayward, not sure how the space is used in YouTube.)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/Tyler_Hayward

ethan2060 said...

Machamp

Unknown said...

Charizard

Yotube: Niran Mistry

http://www.youtube.com/user/niranmistry

Unknown said...

charizard

www.youtube.com/user/jellevdhave

Unknown said...

charizard

http://www.youtube.com/user/themysterymessenger

PrimetimePokemon said...

No correct answers so far...

Unknown said...

ok what about venusaur

http://www.youtube.com/user/themysterymessenger

Unknown said...

Mewtwo

Youtube is Dissuto

Unknown said...

hmmm... dragonite?

www.youtube.com/user/jellevdhave

Jeremy said...

lol, I honestly have no idea what the answer is. I'm going to guess Kadabra because Psychic pokemon were broken back then and no one bothered to use a link cable to trade.

btw, I can't believe AP is going to break the rushing record, especially coming back from major surgery. Do you think he's going to win MVP?

Jeremy said...

whoops, and my youtube is http://www.youtube.com/user/jacklamb2

Unknown said...

Hmm... Could it be a Gyarados? (Tyler Hayward on Youtube and google+)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgZyhzVQU0PL4r4lisv7u5w?feature=mhee

Unknown said...

Gengar

Youtube: hfschippert

Unknown said...

raichu

youtube: thebloodmarine55

PrimetimePokemon said...

Still no correct answers...there are only so many options to choose from since I said it was a stage 2 starter Pokemon. @Jeremy I think he will win MVP if the Vikings make the playoffs, but I hope he breaks the rushing record for sure.

Hrishikesh Pangarkar said...

rayquaza

www.youtube.com/user/emboar88

Hrishikesh Pangarkar said...

typhlosion
www.youtube.com/user/emboar88

M.Issa said...

Charizard

www.youtube.com/user/9009i

M.Issa said...

Err scratch that didn't read that was wrong! >.>

I am going to try my luck at Venusaur

www.youtube.com/user/9009i

Unknown said...

Just a guess, but could it be Meganium?

http://www.youtube.com/user/Lvl12Geodude

Unknown said...

Feraligatr
http://www.youtube.com/user/dunsparce5000

Unknown said...

Blaziken
http://www.youtube.com/user/pokemonrules43

Unknown said...

Swampert
http://www.youtube.com/user/chocolatecheeseisyum

Anonymous said...

Raichu

http://www.youtube.com/user/seriesdetective

Anonymous said...

Swampert

http://www.youtube.com/user/seriesdetective

Anonymous said...

torterra

http://www.youtube.com/user/seriesdetective

Anonymous said...

Infernape

http://www.youtube.com/user/seriesdetective

Anonymous said...

Empoleon

http://www.youtube.com/user/seriesdetective

Anonymous said...

Serperior

http://www.youtube.com/user/seriesdetective

Anonymous said...

emboar

http://www.youtube.com/user/seriesdetective

Anonymous said...

Samurott

http://www.youtube.com/user/seriesdetective

Unknown said...

Sceptile

Youtube: hfschippert

Unknown said...

BTW, what Arthur Lee is doing must be cheating... right?

Anonymous said...

you gotta do what you gotta do

Hrishikesh Pangarkar said...

yup arthur lee is cheating

Unknown said...

jolteon

youtube.com/neozh3

PrimetimePokemon said...
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PrimetimePokemon said...

There is a correct answer out there, but each person can only guess once, so until someone new comes up with the correct answer there will be no winners.

Toh said...
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deicario said...

Blaziken.
Youtube User: Deicable.

Unknown said...

Emboar

http://www.youtube.com/user/Mr143568

Unknown said...

My last guess would have to be Sceptile.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Lvl12Geodude

Unknown said...

Who's that pokémon?? ;)

Unknown said...

Typhlosion
http://www.youtube.com/user/heroiclion

Toh said...

Venusaur

Username :maxtoh123

Unknown said...

blastoise

Unknown said...

Charizaaaaaaard :D

http://www.youtube.com/user/axmxeloaxm?feature=mhee

Toh said...

no correct answer yet?

hmmm

Rodrigo Orellana said...

I have a question. can Blastoise give itself energies by the ability of deluge?

Unknown said...

Feraligatr
Please email: trippbertsch@gmail.com