Thursday, January 10, 2013

Electivire -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Electivire Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Electivire from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Electivire  is a stage 1, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 120.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Electrode does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  Its first move is called Electriwave.  This move requires three energy cards, one lightning and two colorless, and does 30 damage to each of your opponent's benched Pokemon.  Electivire's second move is called Shock Wave which requires four energy cards, three colorless and one lightning, and does 80 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Electivire is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Electabuzz into play (I reviewed Electabuzz from this set yesterday) and then evolve Electabuzz into Electivire.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I would recommend evolving Electabuzz into Electivire on the bench, but no matter where you evolve it, you'll have to make sure you have plenty of energy cards on this line because at a minimum this line requires at least 2 energy cards.  I would recommend getting three energy cards on Electivire on your bench then moving it into the active Pokemon spot and using Electriwave every turn, I would make sure that I had other Pokemon in my deck that did spread damage so that no matter when I get Electivire into the active Pokemon spot Electriwave will be very dominant.  If you get Electivire into the active Pokemon spot early, you should be able to knock out some benched Pokemon by using Electivire twice, but if you don't, later on when you have another spread damage type Pokemon in your active Pokemon spot, either one that does damage to all your opponent's benched Pokemon or just one at a time, you should then be able to knock out even more Pokemon.  So strategy wise I would suggest using this card in a spread damage type deck, but if you don't want to use the spread damage strategy, you can always attach 4 energy cards to Electivire and do 80 damage a turn.  I would suggest using a 2-2 or 2-1 line of Electabuzz and Electivire in a lightning type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average stage 1 Pokemon card.  I like the fact that this card has an above average hp, and two very good moves.  The only thing I don't like about this card is that both of its moves require a fair amount of energy and if you're forced to move Electivire into the active Pokemon spot before it's ready, it takes a good amount of energy cards to retreat it.  But I definitely will use this card in a spread damage type deck, it has the potential to knock out many Pokemon at once with Electriwave.  So overall, I would give this Pokemon line a 3 out of 5 rating, a high 3 out of 5 rating.  This line is definitely worth using in lightning type decks.

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

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Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
How many Pokemon cards of Electivire are there in the Pokemon card sets released in the US, and what sets are these cards in?
Please respond by including your YouTube username and link to your YouTube channel.  If the question is quite tough, the first correct comment will win, otherwise I'll use a random number generator to choose a winner.

20 comments:

xandys said...

7 different cards

Diamond & Pearl
Secret Wonders
Triumphant
oundaries Crossed
Mysterious Treasures
2x Supreme Victors

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

Unknown said...

There are 7

Diamond and Pearl
Triumphant
Secret Wonders
Boundaries Crossed
Mysterious Treasure
2x Supreme Victors

www.youtube.com/Doovelle

Unknown said...

There are 7

Diamond and Pearl
Triumphant
Secret Wonders
Boundaries Crossed
Mysterious Treasure
2x Supreme Victors

http://www.youtube.com/user/ShiningCharizard1

Anonymous said...

There are 7 cards with Electivire, which are in these sets:

Diamond and Pearl
Triumphant
Secret Wonders
Boundaries Crossed
Mysterious Treasure
Supreme Victors(Contains 2 cards with Electivire)

Toh said...

There are 7

Diamond and Pearl
Triumphant
Secret Wonders
Boundaries Crossed
Mysterious Treasure
2x Supreme Victors


Username: maxtoh123

Unknown said...
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Unknown said...

7 Electivire Pokemon cards, in: Diamond and Pearl, Triumphant, Secret Wonders, Mysterious Treasure, Supreme Victors (2), Boundaries Crossed

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

Daniel Fermo de Oliveira said...

7 cards:

Diamond & Pearl
Triumphant
Secret Wonders
Boundaries Crossed
Mysterious Treasures
2x Supreme Victors

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

Mksouza said...

There are 7 different cards

Diamond and Pearl
Triumphant
Secret Wonders
Boundaries Crossed
Mysterious Treasure
2x Supreme Victors

Youtube: Mkisouza
https://www.youtube.com/user/Mkisouza?feature=mhee

ThunderWarriorZX said...

There are 7 different cards

Diamond and Pearl
Triumphant
Secret Wonders
Boundaries Crossed
Mysterious Treasure
2x Supreme Victors

Shadow7341
www.youtube.com/user/Shadow7341

Unknown said...

Electrivie is really hunky. the way he holds his elctric is inspireing. he really gets me going and when im going i cant stop. i love him as much as i love ham. ham is slimy and made of pork just like electrivive. one time ash ordered a ham sandwich but there are no pigs in pokemon. :) tht looks like a smiley face. ;) tht looks like a winky face. my uncle is named mike. he likes to run. he also likes pokemon. peace.

Unknown said...
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Unknown said...

7 cards

Electivire - Diamond & Pearl
Electivire LV. X - Mysterious Treasures
Electivire - Secret Wonders
Electivire FB - Supreme Victors
Electivire FB LV. X - Supreme Victors
Electivire - Triumphant
Electivire - Boundaries Crossed

Youtube: hfschippert

Nicolás said...

There are 7 kinds of Electivire:

Diamond and Pearl.
Triumphant.
Secret Wonders.
Mysterious Treasure.
2 in Supreme Victors.
Boundaries Crossed.

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

kingcube said...

Diamond and Pearl
Triumphant
Secret Wonders
Boundaries Crossed
Mysterious Treasure
2x Supreme Victors

multikillerface

Unknown said...

There are 7

triumphant
secret wonders
boundaries crossed
mysterious treasure
(2x) supreme victors
diamond and pearl

http://www.youtube.com/user/sythe721

Unknown said...

Diamond and Pearl
Triumphant
Secret Wonders
Boundaries Crossed
Mysterious Treasure
2x Supreme Victors

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3zSlb5DB5fQGDy8wnygklA?feature=mhee

Juhneeeee said...

There are 7 cards.
Diamond & Pearl
Triumphant
Secret Wonders
Boundaries Crossed
Mysterious Treasures
2x Supreme Victors

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

PlugMyDuck said...

Boundaries Crossed
Diamond and Pearl1
Triumphant
Secret Wonders
Mysterious Treasure
2x Supreme Victors

https://www.youtube.com/user/oolaibartek

PrimetimePokemon said...

Congrats to xandys for winning!