Friday, December 28, 2012

Samurott -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Samurott Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Samurott from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Samurott is a stage 2, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  Samurott is the stage 2 evolution of Dewott, and before that Oshawott, both of those Pokemon I have reviewed the past couple of days, and both of those Pokemon are in this set.  Samurott has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Samurott does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves.  Its first move is called Waterfall and for two energy cards, one each of water and colorless, this move does 50 damage.  Samurott's second move is called Destructive Whirlpool and for four energy cards, two each of water and colorless, this move does 80 damage and allows you to discard an energy card attached to the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Samurott is a stage 2 Pokemon, you'll have to first get Oshawott and then Dewott into play.  Both of the previous Pokemon in this line are pretty good, so you would definitely be okay evolving from Oshawott up to Samurott while in the active Pokemon spot.  I would actually recommend doing it that way.  I would recommend that because all three Pokemon in this line can do a good amount of damage with little energy, so you only need two energy cards maximum on any of the Pokemon to do at least 20 or 50 damage.  I would build a deck around another, more powerful Pokemon line, and use this line more as a speed line, and just attach two energy cards to Samurott and mainly use Waterfall.  However, if I had Samurott on the bench, I would definitely stock it up with four energy cards so when it was moved to the active Pokemon spot it could use Destructive Whirlpool right away.  So I would consider including this line in a water type deck, I would include a 3-2-1 line of Oshawott, Dewott, and Samurott.  This is one line where I would actually consider not using all the Pokemon in the line, just because they are all pretty decent, so if you don't have room for all three, you can just use Oshawott, or Oshawott and Dewott.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average stage 2 Pokemon card.  What I like about this card is that both of its moves are quite good.  One move is quick, yet does 50 damage, and the other move is a little slower, but does way more damage and is worth the wait.  I am going to give this whole line a 4 out of 5 rating, just because each card in this line is average to above average.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Samurott from the Boundaries Crossed set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Ducklett 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 --
What date is Samurott scheduled to make its first Anime appearance in the United States?
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.

18 comments:

Unknown said...

Not including its small role in the White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram movies its schedule to appear on January 5, 2013 in the road to humilau.
Youtube is icefirething

Unknown said...

Samurott first appeared on Pokemon the movie black victini and reshiram which was aired in december 2011. Im not sure what day but i think its the 2nd of Dec.
Trip Rivalry
http://www.youtube.com/user/triprivalry

Toh said...
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Toh said...

3rd December 2011 in US is the first appearance (minor)

Username :maxtoh123

Unknown said...

If you count the movies, Samurott appeared in Pokemon White: Victini and Zekrom (M14), December 3rd 2011.

However, in the actual anime TV-series, Samurott will first appear in episode 94; The Road to Humilau on January 5th 2013

Youtube: hfschippert

alex504405 said...

January 5th 2013
youtube Alex609414

tnajeffhardy said...

The anime scheduled to introduce samurott in the episode the road to humilau witch will be aired
in 5th of January.
Youtube name is hasnat121

Unknown said...

5th January 2011 Youtube Username: Yuriloid91

Daniel Fermo de Oliveira said...

Since you said anime and not movie, January 5th 2013

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

Anonymous said...
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Anonymous said...

January 13, 2013 for the 94th episode of the best wishes season.
Youtbe: newBRIGHT123

Unknown said...

jan 13. 2012 . 94th episode :).

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rBRHQLrN7Noqo4yg25J-g

Unknown said...

January 13th, the Samurott is Camerons. Episode: Road to humilau

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

PrimetimePokemon said...

Congrats to Trevor for winning the Quiz!

Unknown said...

http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/BW096:_The_Road_to_Humilau

Unknown said...

Answer is:

Anime: Set to appear in episode 94 "The Road to Humilau" of the BW Series, or episode 751 overall.
Set air date is January 5, 2013.

Movies: Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram/Zekrom. (Theaters)December 3rd and 4th 2011
(TV) February 11, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/jaciusceed

Unknown said...

samurott is scheduled to appear on january 5, 2013.
username: utsibabu

Unknown said...

I love samurott it was my pokemon BW starter