Monday, December 15, 2014

Joltik -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Joltik Phantom Forces Pokemon Card
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!

Free Pokemon TCG Online Code Cards:
Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
What was the name of the most recent English theme deck to feature a Joltik 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:

masajus said...

Bolt Twister Theme deck

masajus

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

MercilessGohan said...
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Unknown said...

The most recent English theme deck to feature a Joltik card is Bolt Twister

brezaboy

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

Cabal said...

The name of the most recent English theme deck to feature a Joltik card is Bolt Twister Theme Deck.

cabalw

http://www.youtube.com/user/cabalw

Unknown said...

Joltik was featured in the Bolt Twister theme deck which was the most recent English theme deck he was in

5 creative kids

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

Unknown said...

Well, Night March is a real attack. Use Battle Compressor to get additional Pokemon into the discard pile (like Joltik, Pumpkaboo, and Lampent) Also use Professor Juniper or Ultra Ball, or Computer Search to put Night March Pokemon from your hand into the discard pile. You can run up to 12 of these Pokemon. Use Mew's Versatile ability to keep Joltik on the bench, add one Psychic energy to Mew, and use Dimension Valley to hit for BIG damage (20x 8 Night March Pokemon = 160 + Muscle Band = 180 - enough to One Hit KO many EX Pokemon)

Unknown said...

Bolt Twister Theme Deck

Tauhid Ibrahim

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

MercilessGohan said...

Bolt twister theme deck from the X and Y Phantom Forces set

YouTube name: Niruth Kashyap

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

Unknown said...

The Bolt Twister theme deck from X&Y Phantom Forces. It has four of them.

mjc

i don't have a youtube account

Cocaína said...

Bolt Twister Theme deck

Iranus

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

satoshixD said...

The deck is called "Bolt Twister"
"Night march" great fun deck!

Francisco/Satoshixd
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcTtOYN1xEfFJDm9tUgpyvw

Unknown said...

Bolt Twister Theme Deck

TCG Flame

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

Unknown said...

Bolt Twister Theme deck

blackworld7

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

Unknown said...

Bolt Twister Theme Deck

Yami Yugi

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmcQAeB7ZR4wGJ-b9B2IOJA

Unknown said...

Bolt Twister Theme Deck

Anonymous said...

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

PrimetimePokemon said...

Congrats to satoshixD for winning!

Anonymous said...

1 out of 5? This is the best Joltik ever printed (okay, that's not saying much), and it's better than any Garvantula every printed (also not saying much).

Seriously though, with Battle Compressor and other cards with Night March (Lampet, Pumpkaboo) this is a good card. For a Double Colorless it can do over hundred damage and with enough set-up you can OHKO an EX. Not to mention it hits the dreaded Yveltal for Weakness.

You won't always attack with it in a Night March deck, but it is still much better than what a Joltik needs to be.