Monday, November 9, 2015

Persian -- Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Review

Persian Ancient Origins Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Persian from the Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Set.  Persian is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Persian card does not have an Ancient Trait or an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Fake Out, for one colorless energy card this move does 30 damage plus it paralyzes the defending Pokemon if you get a heads when flipping a coin.  Persian's second move is called Ambush, this move requires two colorless energy cards to use and does 40 damage plus 30 more damage if you get a heads when flipping a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Persian is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Meowth into play (I reviewed Meowth from this set yesterday) and then evolve Meowth into Persian.  If you read yesterday's review of Meowth, you'll know that I thought that card was an average Basic Pokemon card but one that would be well above average if used in a darkness type deck since it could do 30 damage or only one energy card, plus a solid HP and a low retreat cost.  So knowing this about Meowth and looking at this Persian card, this Pokemon line would be a solid addition to any type deck.  Both Meowth and Persian have the potential to do major damage for a small amount of energy cards.  So when building a deck, I could see using a 1-1 line of this Pokemon family and making sure to include a few Trick Coin trainer cards into your deck and then attaching one to this line to give you a better chance at flipping a heads when using either of Persian's moves.  The earlier you get Persian into the active Pokemon spot the better, especially if you're able to paralyze the defending Pokemon, it will give you more time to set up your benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a slightly above average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Ancient Origins set.  There is really nothing that I dislike about this card.  It is a colorless type card so it fits into any type deck, it has a solid HP, low retreat cost, and two very good moves that both require little energy to attack.  Together with Meowth from this set, I would give both cards a 4 out of 5 rating, this line is definitely worth consideration when building a deck.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Persian from the Ancient Origins set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Eevee, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
How many cards do I have left to review from the Ancient Origins set before I start on BREAKthrough?
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.

15 comments:

Unknown said...

You have nine cards left to review from the Ancient Origins expansion before you start on BREAKthrough. Those cards are: Eevee (63/98), Porygon (64/98), Porygon2 (65/98), Porygon-Z (66/98), Porygon-Z (67/98), Lugia EX (68/98), Primal Kyogre EX Full Art (96/98), Primal Groudon EX Full Art (97/98), and Mega Rayquaza EX Full Art (98/98).

Kai Tung Ng

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc_wX6pMW7wFZFmb9E3XmOw

Unknown said...

20 Cards Remaining

Giri Venkatesh


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Unknown said...
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Unknown said...

20

Zain misha

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCK8hJIdqb-C38qG0ejJ7cag

Cabal said...
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Cabal said...

You have 6 cards left to review from the Ancient Origins set before you start reviewing cards from the BREAKthrough set. The 6 cards are Eevee (63/98, Common), Porygon (64/98, Common), Porygon2 (Uncommon),2 version of Porygon Z (66/98, Rare and 67/98, Rare Holo) and Lugia EX (68/98, Rare Holo ex). Primal Kyogre EX (96/98, Rare Ultra), Primal Groudon EX (97/98, Rare Ultra) and Mega Rayquaza (98/98, Rare Ultra) are just shiny version reprint of their previous counterparts from Primal Clash and Roaring Skies set which you had already reviewed earlier, so i think you will not review this 3 cards again.

cabalw

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Unknown said...

9 left

TheIdleInsanity

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjqfE1lUyHpIqBjpLCWSD3A

Dancvg said...

9 cards remaining from Ancient Origins
-Eevee
-Porygon
-Porygon 2
-Porygon Z
-Porygon Z with Ancient Trait
-Lugia EX
You reviewed these cards before, but I guess you'll review them again because they have different Ancient Traits
-Shiny Primal Groudon EX
-Shiny Primal Kyogre EX
-Shiny Mega Rayquaza EX
Daniel Chen
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLL8CERppiRcdWh7xNLnm4Q

Unknown said...

9 cards left

NightNorbi

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdD-Vsd3y0k4V03cvRQBCSA

Unknown said...

9 cards left

VanessaBuda

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk2xD7O0tYOAV9dkhgjrflw

Unknown said...

9 cards remaining

kris_is_ me_

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

Unknown said...

9 cards

Blazeboy45
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbX7c1xOP9GM_D89MOI4f0w

Unknown said...

6 left

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePokemonFan143

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PrimetimePokemon said...

Congrats to Cabal for winning!