Houndour -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Houndour from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Houndour is a basic, darkness type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Houndour does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Roar, for one colorless energy card this move allows you to make your opponent switch their active Pokemon with one of their benched Pokemon.  Houndour's second move is called Ambush, this move requires two energy cards, one each of darkness and colorless, and does 20 damage plus 10 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Houndour is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Houndoom, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So on its own, this card could work as a starter type Pokemon for your darkness type deck, but because it can't do any damage for one energy card I would refrain from using it unless you specifically are building a spread damage type deck.  If you're using this type of deck you could start the game with Houndour, put two energy cards on it, use Ambush one turn and use Roar the next.  If you are using this type of deck I would put up to 2 Houndour cards in your deck, if not, I would not use this card at all.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average basic Pokemon card.  This card is pretty average overall, hp, retreat cost, and two moves, but I am giving this card a below average rating because there really isn't anything special about this card unless you're using it in a spread damage type deck then I would consider giving it something like a 4 out of 5 rating.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Houndour from the Plasma Blast set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Houndour's stage 1 evolution in Houndoom, which is also from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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