Friday, November 21, 2014

Venomoth -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Venomoth Phantom Forces Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Venomoth from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Venomoth is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Venomoth does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Dizzying Wind, this move requires one grass type energy card and the move makes your opponent flip a coin during their next turn if they play a trainer card, if they get a tails, the trainer card they used has no effect.  Venomoth's other move is called Noxious Scales, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, and does 50 damage, plus it confuses and poisons the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Venomoth is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Venonat into play (I reviewed Venonat from this set yesterday) and then evolve Venonat into Venomoth.  If you read yesterday's review of Venonat, you'll know that I thought that card was an average Basic Pokemon card, it had a solid HP and low retreat cost, plus one good move, it just took a little longer to execute than I would have liked.  So knowing this about Venonat and looking at Venomoth from this set, I could see using a 2-1 line of Venonat and Venomoth in a deck.  I would use Venonat as the starter type Pokemon, get two energy cards on it, use its only move for a couple of turns, then evolve Venonat into Venomoth.  If you use Venomoth at the beginning of the game, 50 damage should knock out many Pokemon in two turns, later in the game is when you will benefit by being able to both poison and confuse the defending Pokemon.  Even though this card only has 90 HP, because it has a low retreat cost, this card can still work fine later in games.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set.  There is nothing that really stands out to me with this card, everything is average, thus making me give it an average rating.  Venomoth's first move, Dizzying Wind, doesn't do much for me, but I would make sure to have three energy cards on Venomoth at all times.  So together with Venonat from this set, I would give the two cards a 3 out of 5 rating, both cards received 3 ratings individually and combined.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Venomoth from the Phantom Forces set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Yanma, which is 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 --
What was the first English set to include a Venomoth card, and what rarity(s) was this card?
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.

23 comments:

sambhav said...
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Unknown said...
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Unknown said...

Jungle
Rare/Holo Rare
Crosswise
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCzgn13mhDWVZT3C4ecRsqJg

sambhav said...

Venomoth was first introduced in the jungle set. Which was a rare holo card (*H)

Sambhav Garg

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

MercilessGohan said...

Venomoth was first introduced in the Jungle Set as rare and rare holo cards

YouTube name: Niruth Kashyap

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

Unknown said...

Venomoth was introduced in the Jungle Set as a rare and a rare holo card.

Youtube Name : Kashveen Pillai
Youtube Link : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1-7w1NvLxgNytiXhIydx7A

Unknown said...

jungle set, rare holo

pokemon73

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

Unknown said...

the jungle set

rarity: holo rare


haokuang

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

PrimeSyntHD said...

jungle set, holo rare

PrimeSyntHD

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChxvmcJvrKdaQxypVJaGb9A

Unknown said...

it was un Jungle set as a holo rare

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

Unknown said...

Jungle set, holo rarity

TCG Flame

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

Unknown said...

jungle set as rare holo

ichigo lover

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

Unknown said...

Jungle set, Rare Holo

https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePokemonFan143

Unknown said...

Jungle set with rare holo rarity

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK-MZzsOETlE3lyOI6wnOLQ

Unknown said...

it was un Jungle set as a holo rare

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6UBRi5mCvVys0OZLYnQIA

Unknown said...

Venomoth was first printed in the jungle set with a rare holo rarity


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ZmtYgjCJ54AV57FSnAaUA

Unknown said...

Jungle
Rare Holo

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqsc8PkFPC_Wdr4xYaA9n4g

Unknown said...

Jungle set, holo rarity

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfqbt38KU081sk1nGaed8fQ

Unknown said...

it was un Jungle set as a holo rare

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-CqCrz69TgYVBa1b9Usig

Unknown said...

The first English set to include a Venomoth card was Jungle and the card was Rare Holo

brezaboy

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

Unknown said...

Venomoth was first printed in the Jungle set and it was a rare holo

5 creative kids
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEGQvDTYIdxMEWpBXYi4xw

Dancvg said...

Venomoth was first printed in the Jungle set.It was a rare holofoil.
Daniel Chen
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLL8CERppiRcdWh7xNLnm4Q

PrimetimePokemon said...

Congrats to crosswise98 for winning.