Growlithe -- BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Growlithe from the BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Set.  Growlithe is a basic, fire type Pokemon card with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Growlithe does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  This move is called Bite, and for two colorless energy cards this move does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Growlithe is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Arcanine, 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, the only way I would consider using this card in a deck is if my deck had four Double Colorless energy cards in it, then you could attach one of those energy cards to Growlithe early in the game and do Bite every turn, then when retreating time came, just discard the one energy card and call it good.  It isn't worth it in my opinion to play Basic energy on this card because it makes the card slower and its retreat cost too high.  So like I said, if you have Double Colorless energy in your deck, consider using one of these in a deck, otherwise look for a better Basic Pokemon to use.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Arcanine, this is a slightly below average Basic Pokemon card from the BREAKpoint set.  I like that this card has a high HP, but I don't like the fact it is slow on the attack and has a high retreat cost.  The one move that Growlithe has is average but it is made a little better by the fact two colorless energy cards are required to use it.  But overall, there are definitely better cards out there to use in a deck.

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

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