Monday, December 22, 2014

Crobat -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Crobat Phantom Forces Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Crobat from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Crobat is a stage 2, psychic 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 free retreat cost.  Crobat's Ability is called Surprise Bite and allows you to put three damage counters on one of your opponent's Pokemon when evolving Golbat into Crobat.  Besides the Ability, Crobat has one move called Skill Dive, this move requires one colorless energy card and does 30 damage to one of your opponent's Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Crobat is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Zubat into play and then evolve it into Golbat before you can evolve Golbat into Crobat, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I like both of them combined very well, both have lower HP, but both work perfectly for a spread damage type deck, Zubat can do 10 damage to one of your opponent's Pokemon and Golbat can do 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokemon plus it has a free retreat cost.  So knowing this about those two Pokemon and looking at this Crobat card, this card fits in perfectly with what the first two cards in this line could do.  I would definitely include this Pokemon family in any spread damage type deck, and would do the bulk of my damage with Golbat, then finish off the Pokemon with Crobat.  All three cards are quick to attack so they won't require much energy cards at all, and both Golbat and Crobat can be moved in and out of the active Pokemon spot for free.  So you can't go wrong with this Pokemon line, I would use a 3-2-2 line of this family in a deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an awesome Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set and one I highly recommend using.  There is nothing at all I dislike about this card, it has a solid HP, free retreat cost, great Ability, and great move.  The only thing it doesn't have is the Ability to do massive damage in one turn, but if you include this card in a spread damage type deck like I've recommended, 30 damage is more than enough to knock out Pokemon.  So altogether, with Zubat, Golbat, and Crobat from this set, they are a 5 out of 5 rating, use this line if you're building a spread damage type deck.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Crobat from the Phantom Forces set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Gengar EX, 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 was the first English set to include a Crobat 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.

18 comments:

Unknown said...

Fossil
Skett
youtube.com/user/makuskaktus

Unknown said...

The first English set which included a Crobat card was Neo Revelation set

brezaboy

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

Unknown said...
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Cabal said...

The first English set that include a Crobat card was Neo Revelation set

cabalw

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLY5kCyPH6tBOPfSjiVgsg

Unknown said...

I posted a comment previously and I said it was fossil. Checked again, Fossil only had Golbat. Think the real set is Neo Revelation

Jamie Lee

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAVM7lurZXFxYUkRB0cfUxw

Unknown said...

Neo revelation

Josh Tilton

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDhr0c68NGacU-7c7zNrBtg

Unknown said...

First set to include a Crobat card was the Neo Revelation set.

Jingo 98

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7yVZhJiSjDxbfAxmuuLo8w

Unknown said...

Neo Revelation

TCG Flame

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

Unknown said...

Neo Revelation

Geddy Lee

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCCuHZq2fLvi4vPtNjaJEL4A

Unknown said...

Neo Revelation

blackworld7

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-al6EaGFi37MicER_y4u-w

Unknown said...

the set was neo revelation :)
yonatano94 is the name :)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg15Df6RDA88ANJpDpU2AWQ

RighteousForest said...

Crobat debuted as a card in the Neo Revelation set!

Righteous Forest

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRbPhocrhJWIyFuDxo3fAlQ

Unknown said...

Crobat was in the Neo Revelation expansion and was card 4 out of 64. It was a grass type, had 90 HP, two attacks (Triggered Poison and Cross Attack), a weakness to Psychic, resistance to Fighting (-30), and a free retreat cost.

mjc

i don't have a youtube account

Unknown said...

The first english set to include Crobat was Neo Discovery

https://www.youtube.com/user/luckaius91

Unknown said...

Neo discovery :D

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWRBrimnyaQMDAl3bkwW0Kw

MercilessGohan said...

Neo Revelation set

YouTube name: Niruth Kashyap

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

MercilessGohan said...

Neo Revelation set

YouTube name: Niruth Kashyap

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

PrimetimePokemon said...

Congrats to RighteousForest for winning!