Luxray -- Flashfire Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Luxray from the Flashfire Pokemon Card Set.  Luxray is a stage 2, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Luxray does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Fang Snipe, for two energy cards, one each of colorless and lightning, this move does 40 damage, plus it makes your opponent reveal their hand, and discard a trainer card if they have one in their hand.  Luxray's second move is called Wild Charge, this move requires three energy cards, two lightning and one colorless, and does 120 damage, however after using this move, Luxray does 30 damage to itself.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Luxray is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Shinx into play and then evolve it into Luxio before you can evolve Luxio into Luxray, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  Both of those Pokemon cards are average cards in the TCG, so both could be used without Luxray, but it is always better to use an entire family when building a deck.  I would definitely consider using this Pokemon family deck in a lightning type deck, and could foresee using a 2-2-1 or 2-2-2 line of Shinx, Luxio, and Luxray.  Like I talked yesterday about Luxio, I would try and get Shinx into play to start the game so you can do 30 damage a turn early on, then evolve one into Luxio while in the active Pokemon spot and then into Luxray, that way you could use Wild Charge every turn.  The other set of Shinx and Luxio I would keep on the bench and then later in the game I would use Luxio's Electricounter move to do big time damagae, then if you put 2 Luxray cards into your deck, after Luxio gets close to getting knocked out, I would move Luxray into the active Pokemon spot and use Wild Charge as many times as possible.  One thing to note with this Luxray card is that it does a lot of damage to itself so you'll have to make sure to have plenty of Potion trainer cards in your deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Flashfire set.  This card is very solid overall but it just isn't anything spectacular.  I like that Luxray has a low retreat cost and two good moves, however even though Wild Charge can do 120 damage a turn, with only 140 hp on Luxray and Luxray doing 30 damage to itself each turn, Luxray won't be able to last as long as you'd think in the active Pokemon spot.  So overall, I do like this Pokemon family from the Flashfire set, I gave each Pokemon in the line a 3 out of 5 rating, and that is what I would give all three cards combined.  So if you're building a lightning type deck and need a solid, supporting type, Pokemon family, this family could work well for you.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Luxray from the Flashfire set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Magnezone EX Full Art, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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