Saturday, November 29, 2014

Talonflame -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Talonflame Phantom Forces Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Talonflame from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Talonflame is a stage 2, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Talonflame does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Acrobatics, this move requires one fire energy card and does 30 damage plus 30 more damage for each heads you get when flipping two coins.  Talonflame's second move is called Jet Shoot, this move requires three energy cards, two fire and one colorless, and does 120 damage, however if your opponent attacks Talonflame during their next turn, damage done to Talonflame is increased by 40.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Talonflame is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Fletchling into play and then evolve it into Fletchinder before you can evolve Fletchinder into Talonflame, both of those Pokemon are from this set, however I have only reviewed Fletchinder so far because Fletchling is a colorless type Pokemon and will be reviewed in a few weeks.  I thought Fletchinder was a slightly below average Stage 1 Pokemon card because it only had 80 HP, but other than that it was a good card.  So knowing this about Fletchinder, I could potentially see using Fletchinder in the active Pokemon for a turn or two, then evolving it in the active Pokemon spot to get more HP and to be able to do more damage, or just keeping the entire line on the bench until Talonflame has three energy cards on it.  Either way, I preferably would use Acrobatics most turns attaching Trick Coin as a tool card to Talonflame, that way you have a better chance at doing 90 damage a turn for only one energy card.  But I would make sure to have three energy cards on Talonflame in the case where you need to knock out a Pokemon in one turn, I would then use Jet Shoot and do 120 damage a turn.  I could definitely see myself using this card and this line in a deck and would include a 2-2-2 or 1-1-1 line in at least a dual type fire deck.

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 from the Phantom Forces set.  I like that this card has a very low retreat cost and two moves, both moves able to do above average damage.  I would give this card an even better rating if it had a higher HP, but when the HP is a little lower for a Stage 2 card and Jet Shoot can increase damage by 40, you'll definitely have to use some Potion cards to keep this card alive.  But overall, I would definitely recommend using this line in a deck, even if Fletchling is average when I review it, you should definitely consider using this line in a deck.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Talonflame from the Phantom Forces set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Litleo, 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 --
At what level does Fletchinder evolve into Talonflame?
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.

16 comments:

Dancvg said...

Fletchinder evolves into Talonflame starting at Level 35.
Daniel Chen
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLL8CERppiRcdWh7xNLnm4Q

sambhav said...

At level 35 fletchinder involves into talonflame

Sambhav Garg

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BDMaFihQLgbHa5coBLXcg

Unknown said...

Lvl 35
Crosswise
https://m.youtube.com/#/channel/UCzgn13mhDWVZT3C4ecRsqJg

Unknown said...

Fletchinder evolves into Talonflame at level 35

brezaboy

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH9PLftx6uOhaO-ifNtPbmA

MercilessGohan said...

Level 35

YouTube name: Niruth Kashyap

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWBgLwMzImHCHJpGxyhFYKQ

Unknown said...

it evolves at lvl 35

Jackie rissmiller

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFpBUrliveiXMVvI3IGeR3g

Unknown said...

35

Tauhid Ibrahim

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56-sBTBERdLsYeO-BzrpoQ

Unknown said...

lvl 35

TCG Flame

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS8yZqqC5f1ZgQE-rr0bkQ

Unknown said...

lVl 35

haokuang

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaGx6krVtqq1cFcycDedmNg

Unknown said...

Level 35



pokemon73


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJHApdgzZhWK5YrkhPQQUA

Unknown said...

level 35

Lily Gvozden

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQz4X98KGTd6K7GKyvhtIA

Unknown said...

fletchinder evolves into talonflame at lvl 35




poke chief


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnaHIh1bjWVuuCdQjx5l_jQ

Unknown said...

Fletchinder evolves into Talonflame at Level 25!!

Unknown said...

35

ichigo lover

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yq7f9P8Ufkpf5UC1-42uw

PrimetimePokemon said...

Congrats to Lily Gvozden for winning!

Anonymous said...

I have the same card