Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Lampent -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Lampent Phantom Forces Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Lampent from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card set.  Lampent is a stage 1, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to darkness type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Lampent does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Cursed Drop, this move requires one psychic energy card and allows you to put 3 damage counters on your opponent's Pokemon any way that you would like.  Lampent's second move is called Night March, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one psychic, and does 20 damage times the number of Pokemon in your discard pile that have the Night March attack.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Lampent is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Litwick into play (I reviewed Litwick from this set yesterday) and then evolve Litwick into Lampent.  Lampent does have a stage 2 evolution in Chandelure that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed that card yet, the strategy below will act like Lampent is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read yesterday's review of Litwick, you'll know that I thought that card was a below average Basic Pokemon card, even though it could do up to 20 damage per turn, it was just too limited for my liking since it had a lower HP, and only one move that hinged off of a coin flip.  So knowing this about Litwick and looking at this Lampent card, the only way I would want to use this Pokemon in a deck would be if I'm building a spread damage type deck, then I would include a 1-1 line of Litwick and Lampent, get one energy card on Lampent once I evolve Litwick and spread damage around with Cursed Drop, the downfall however to doing this is you're going to have to add another energy card to Lampent to retreat it.  I would not consider putting three energy cards on Lampent without using Chadelure for two reasons, the first being Lampent has way too low of an HP to put three energy cards on and the second being to do any damage with Night March, some of your own Pokemon are going to have to be knocked out to even do 20 damage and I don't want this card in the active Pokemon spot late in games, I just don't trust it that much.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a below average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set.  I would only recommend using this card and Pokemon line in a spread damage type deck, other than that, it is a very poor card with two weaker moves, and a very low HP.  Individually I gave both Litwick and Lampent 2 out of 5 ratings, and that is what I feel both cards should received combined, stay away from this line if you can.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Lampent from the Phantom Forces set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Lampent's stage 2 evolution in Chandelure 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 --
True or False?  This is the first English X and Y series set to include a Lampent 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:

Unknown said...

False
riyad I
http://m.youtube.com/channel/UC_1K1pTKOkmbQP9BkthY2wg

Unknown said...

False
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC6lR6uPU_Y47MruhxnzlG7w

Unknown said...

False
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6h_nxa2nd5BAg3Cfdh_yuQ

Cabal said...

True. Phantom Forces was the first English X and Y series set to include a Lampent card.

cabalw

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

Sérgio said...

Hey.

That's false. The first XY set to feature Lampent was Noble Victories.

username Sérgio Martins

link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9LgTJDyU2fitpMzhdrP7aA

Unknown said...

True

brezaboy

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

Unknown said...

False
Lucas Hensley
Http://www.YouTube.com/user/luckaius

Unknown said...

Http://www.YouTube.com/user/luckaius91

Unknown said...

That's false. The first X and Y set was noble victories.

Youtube: ljrockinglife

Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aexnqFDYWxo3A3cX6RXIw

A.J. said...

False; This is NOT the first English X and Y set to include a Lampent card.

YouTube user:
AJrockz78

Unknown said...

False

Louie Thomas

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3hEI9TaRQtRgQsM86kQ3Aw

Unknown said...

True

TCG Flame

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

sai said...

True, Phantom Forces is the first set in the X and Y series to have a Lampent card.

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/sanjnasai2010

Unknown said...

False. The first set Lampent was in the X&Y Noble Victories set. It was psychic, had 80 hp, and two attacks.

mjc

I don't have a youtube acount.

Unknown said...

false

Advin Hamzic

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC40BG863GyhbMnlk-OPZq4A

Unknown said...

True

Aura Guardian

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfl8AL_EnvmMN1piS7X-X3w

Unknown said...

False

Rolands Anspoks

http://m.youtube.com/channel/UCqxF4QV3ISg1pcMs_8OBN_w

Unknown said...

False.

Tyler Kelly

No channel yet

Unknown said...

Hey PTP. What kind of camera do you use for your videos. The clarity is awesome.

PrimetimePokemon said...

Congrats to sai for winning, Noble Victories is a Black and White series set. Tyler, I use a Canon Powershot SX20 IS.

Unknown said...

What? Lampent is an amazing card. It plays a major role in one of the best decks introduced in this set, night march. This is my first time going through your blog, but i can already tell you're not that good.

Unknown said...

True
Crosswise
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCzgn13mhDWVZT3C4ecRsqJg

Unknown said...

False!

Jamesontse

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