Joltik -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Joltik from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Joltik is a basic, lightning type Pokemon card with an hp of 30.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Joltik does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Gnaw, for one lightning energy card this move does 10 damage.  Joltik's second move is called Night March, and for two colorless energy cards this move does 20 damage times the number of Pokemon in your discard pile that have the move Night March on them.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Joltik is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Galvantula, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own I would avoid this card at all costs.  Plain and simple, this card isn't good because it has a terribly low HP and can easily be knocked out in one move by most Stage 1 and Stage 2 Pokemon.  It is nice that this card has two moves, but you're never going to be able to use Joltik long enough to have Night March do more than zero damage, and Gnaw is an average move dozens of Basic Pokemon cards have, doing 10 damage for one energy card.  So again, do not use this card in a deck, the only way I would ever use this card is if I was using Galvantula with it, then I would make sure and evolve Joltik into Galvantula on the bench.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Galvantula, this card is a very poor Basic Pokemon card.  There really isn't one thing on this card I like, it has a low HP, and two poor moves, but those moves won't matter much because as soon as you put Joltik in the active Pokemon spot it is going to be knocked out anyway.  So do not use this card in a deck if possible.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Joltik from the Phantom Forces set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Joltik's stage 1 evolution Galvantula, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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