Sunday, October 6, 2013

Dragonair -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Dragonair Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dragonair from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Dragonair is a stage 1, dragon type Pokemon card, with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to dragon type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Dragonair does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Wrap, for one lightning energy card this move does 20 damage plus if you get a heads when you flip a coin, it paralyzes the defending Pokemon.  Dragonair's second move is called Tail Smack, this move requires two colorless energy cards and one grass, and does 50 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Dragonair is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Dratini into play (I reviewed Dratini from this set yesterday) and then evolve Dratini into Dragonair.  Dragonair does have a stage 2 evolution in Dragonite that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed that card yet, the strategy below will act like Dragonair is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Dratini was a very average basic Pokemon that could be used on its own in a deck but I wouldn't mind if I didn't use it at all.  So after knowing that, and looking at this card, I would probably not use either in a deck without using Dragonite.  The reason I say this is because Dragonair's hp is way too low for a stage 1 Pokemon and its main move, Tail Smack does below average damage.  If you really want to use Dratini and Dragonair in a deck, I wouldn't use more than 1 of each in a dual type, grass and lighting deck.  I would get these Pokemon into the active Pokemon spot as soon as possible since both have low hp, and I would try and use Wrap to make the opponent unable to attack most turns.  If I didn't have Dragonite in the deck I was using, I don't think I'd attach three energy cards to Dragonair, I would just use Wrap several turns and then discard one energy card to retreat it.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a below average stage 1 Pokemon card. Even though this card has a low retreat cost and two moves, I'm giving this card a below average rating because of its extremely low hp and the fact that Tail Smack does below average damage.  So if you're looking for a dragon type line of Pokemon to use, I would look elsewhere, unless Dragonite is really dominant when I review it tomorrow I would stay away from this line completely.  So far, I would give this line from the Plasma Freeze set a 2 out of 5 rating, Dratini was average, and this card was below average.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Dragonair from the Plasma Freeze set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Dragonair's stage 2 evolution in Dragonite which is 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 rarity was the first Dragonair card to be in an English set, and what set was this card from?
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.

31 comments:

anirudh said...

its rarity was rare holo from ex delta species

Anonymous said...

it rarity was rare and from ex dragons

Unknown said...

Rare
Base Set

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

Unknown said...

Rare
Base set

ebbsson

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

Unknown said...

Rare
Base Set

keanyeechoo

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

Unknown said...

It was rare and it was from the Base set.

Hristo Mihailov

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGvUGpqrF56MJjl2QjlDHNg

raza1495 said...

Rare from the Base Set

raza1495

http://www.youtube.com/user/raza1495

Unknown said...

rare
base set
th games
url: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGcLisVbQuQgHrXPCHLpaXQ

Unknown said...

rare, from base set

MaffsRS

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

Unknown said...

Rare form base set

jaycee said...

rare from the base set

jaycee

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheJcgreed07

Unknown said...

Rare set

MglDudePokemon said...

Rare from Ex Delta Species

Sincerely MglPokemon

Jacob Lin said...

rare.(thats the one with the star right)
base set
raytonlin1


http://www.youtube.com/user/raytonlin1

Anonymous said...

rare in the base set (1)

CptNonsense
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6o_pORvLc2_Vk3H2ZK_3tg

Gareth said...

Rare, base set.

LeGareth

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd8PItaIF5EQFWe03vcK6bg

TheWILLofD said...

Rare, Base Set

Username: TheWILLofD

Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPgjwm-2mdwXflfUjAnnaGA

Anonymous said...

Rare, Base Set

DetroitP1aya

http://www.youtube.com/user/DetroitP1aya

Unknown said...

Rare, base set

Justin McClarran

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpqMAp2tZkhFdgFPo-QQF5w

Unknown said...

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Lucas Bueno said...

base set 2, it's rare
youtube nick:Lucas Bueno

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbgsoujjzTbw8vqHrkYZW2w

Thesupreme said...

It was a rare card in the base set.

Unknown said...

Rare
Base Set

BombPho
http://www.youtube.com/user/darksaw5

CrastickGaming said...
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EliteofFalcon said...

Rare

From Base Set

www.youtube.com/user/oathization

Unknown said...

Rare & its from the base set
Joseph Garcia
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UClQOM5nuW5LjzeXDVVIrLNw

Unknown said...

Rare; Base Set

Fauzul Chowdhury

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr0EfmT5qdMc0ZESs3DHeFQ

JKM422 said...

Rare from the Base Set

JKM422

http://www.youtube.com/user/JKM422

Unknown said...

Rare from base set

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

Unknown said...

Rare from base set

ForgottenDeath5

http://www.youtube.com/user/ForgottenDeath5

PrimetimePokemon said...

Congrats to Nick Hale for winning!