Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Galvantula -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Galvantula Phantom Forces Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Galvantula from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Galvantula is a stage 1, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Galvantula does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Cobweb Trip, for one lightning energy card this move allows you to move your opponent's active Pokemon to their bench and move one of their benched Pokemon into that spot, plus it confuses the newly active Pokemon.  Galvantula's second move is called Electroweb, this move requires three energy cards to use, two colorless and one lightning, and does 60 damage, plus your opponent can't retreat their active Pokemon during their next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Galvantula is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Joltik into play (I reviewed Joltik from this set yesterday) and then evolve Joltik into Galvantula.  If you read yesterday's review of Joltik, you'll know that I thought that card was very poor, the main cause of this was because the card only had 30 HP, which made it pretty much unable to use in the active Pokemon spot because it would get knocked out right away.  So knowing this about Joltik and looking at this Galvantula card, if you want to use this Pokemon family in a deck, definitely don't use more than a 1-1 line because both Pokemon have extremely low HP.  I would recommend setting up this line on the bench and getting 3 energy cards onto Galvantula before putting it into the active Pokemon spot.  I would then use Cobweb Trip the first turn, moving one of your opponent's weaker Pokemon into the active Pokemon spot, then the next turn using Electroweb to hopefully knock that Pokemon out, I would continue with that strategy for as long as possible.  This Galvantula card may work well in a spread damage type deck as well because if the benched Pokemon have damage on them already, it will be that much easier to knock them out with Electroweb.

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.  Besides having a lower HP, I like everything else on this card.  It has a low retreat cost, and two moves that work very well together.  If you are patient when playing the TCG, and can use Cobweb Trip one turn and Electroweb the next, this Galvantula card can be very good to you.  Overall, I would give Joltik and Galvantula from the Phantom Forces set a 2 out of 5 rating, individually I gave Joltik a 1 and Galvantula a 3.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Galvantula from the Phantom Forces set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of the first of two Helioptile cards, which are from this same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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What is the lowest rarity of any Galvantula card, and which set(s) has this card?
Please respond by including the correct answer and a link to your YouTube channel.

19 comments:

Unknown said...

An uncommon Galvantula and it is in Emerging Powers

DizzyPunchGaming

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuMwREkGC_mBlx73JbrFu9g

Unknown said...

AND PLASMA STORM

Unknown said...

(Just Combine the two comments) :P

Anonymous said...

uncommon, emerging powers/plasma storm

thomas wharf

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2U_wBmdodcFzFuJitlYanA

Unknown said...
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Unknown said...

The lowest rarity Galvantula card is Uncommon from Emerging Powers and Plasma Storm

brezaboy

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

Unknown said...

Uncommon, Emerging Powers, and Plasma Storm

blackworld7

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

Unknown said...
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Unknown said...

uncommon, emerging powers and plasma storm

Tauhid Ibrahim

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

Cabal said...

The lowest rarity of any Galvantula card is Uncommon found in Emerging Powers and Plasma Storm sets.

cabalw

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

masajus said...

Uncommon card in Emerging Powers and Plasma Storm sets

Masajus

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCru0OtZTY_GR0RuftDJ05Nw

Unknown said...

2 Galvantulas are uncommons. Emerging Powers and Plasma Storm. The other Galvantulas are in Black and White, Dark Explorers and Phantom Forces which all three of them are rares, so the Emerging Powers and Plasma Storm ones are the lowest rarity.

Jamie Lee

http://m.youtube.com/channel/UCAVM7lurZXFxYUkRB0cfUxw

Unknown said...

2 Galvantulas are uncommons. Emerging Powers and Plasma Storm. The other Galvantulas are in Black and White, Dark Explorers and Phantom Forces which all three of them are rares, so the Emerging Powers and Plasma Storm ones are the lowest rarity.

TCG Flame

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

Dancvg said...

2 uncommon Galvantulas in the Emerging Powers and Plasma Storm sets
Daniel Chen
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLL8CERppiRcdWh7xNLnm4Q

Cocaína said...

Uncommon, from Emerging Powers and Plasma Storm sets.

Iranus

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ICNiI3Ulnf6JFnXJKlIqw

Unknown said...

The lowest rarity is uncommon, and Galvantula appears as an uncommon in Emerging Powers and in Plasma Storm

5 creative kids

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEGQvDTYIdxMEWpBXYi4xw

Unknown said...

Uncommon in Plasma Storm and Emerging Powers
Crosswise
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCzgn13mhDWVZT3C4ecRsqJg

Unknown said...

rarity: uncommon


sets: emerging powers and plasma storm

haokuang

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

Unknown said...

the lowest rarity is uncommon in emerging powers and plasma storm.


pokemon73

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