Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Metagross GX from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set. Metagross GX is a Stage 2, Metal type Pokemon card, with a HP of 250. It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Psychic type Pokemon, and a three Colorless Energy card retreat cost. Metagross GX has an Ability plus two moves. Its Ability is called Geotech System and says that once per turn, you may attach a Metal or Psychic type Energy card from your discard pile to your Active Pokemon. Besides the Ability, Metagross GX's first move is called Giga Hammer, for three Energy cards, two Metal and one Colorless, this move does 150 damage, however you can't use this move two turns in a row. The GX move on this card is called Algorithm GX, for one Colorless Energy card, this move allows you to search your deck for up to 5 cards and put them into your hand.
Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, first off, the way a Pokemon GX works is that it is used instead of a regular Metagross card, so if you have Metang in play, you evolve that Pokemon directly into Metagross GX. In play, only one GX move can be used during the entire game, and once a Pokemon GX is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one. Since Metagross GX is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Beldum into play and then evolve it into Metang before you can evolve Metang into Metagross GX, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them in the past. If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought both cards were below average overall. Both cards had solid HP and could do a fair amount of damage when attacking, but both cards had at least one move where you needed to discard an Energy after attacking, so unless you plan on having a Metagross GX on your Bench while you have Beldum or Metang in the Active Pokemon spot, neither of the first two Pokemon in this line are worth using in the Active Pokemon spot. The only reason you'd really want to use Metagross GX in a deck is if you're building a Metal, Psychic, or dual type deck, therefore you could utilize Metagross' Ability and attach Energy cards to your Active Pokemon from the discard pile. Although this is a decent Ability, it has its limitations, the first being you need Energy cards in your discard pile before you can retrieve them, the other disadvantage is that you can only attach the Energy cards to your Active Pokemon, not your Benched Pokemon. Although Giga Hammer does major damage, since you can use the move 2 turns in a row, you're out of luck with this card if you have already used its GX move or don't want to use it, especially since this card has a high retreat cost. Algorithm GX can certainly set up your deck quickly, but since Metagross GX is a Stage 2 card, it will take awhile before you can actually use the GX move. So again, unless you really can utilize this card's Ability, I would pass on using this entire line in a deck.
Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating. In my opinion this is a below average GX Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set. Although this card has a decent Ability, can do major damage with its normal move, and its GX move can certainly help a deck, I still think this card is below average overall, mainly because it is too limited in what it can do, and takes too long to set up. On the whole, this entire line gets a 2 out of 5 rating from me, the same rating each card in this line received individually.
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So as far as strategy goes, first off, the way a Pokemon GX works is that it is used instead of a regular Metagross card, so if you have Metang in play, you evolve that Pokemon directly into Metagross GX. In play, only one GX move can be used during the entire game, and once a Pokemon GX is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one. Since Metagross GX is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Beldum into play and then evolve it into Metang before you can evolve Metang into Metagross GX, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them in the past. If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought both cards were below average overall. Both cards had solid HP and could do a fair amount of damage when attacking, but both cards had at least one move where you needed to discard an Energy after attacking, so unless you plan on having a Metagross GX on your Bench while you have Beldum or Metang in the Active Pokemon spot, neither of the first two Pokemon in this line are worth using in the Active Pokemon spot. The only reason you'd really want to use Metagross GX in a deck is if you're building a Metal, Psychic, or dual type deck, therefore you could utilize Metagross' Ability and attach Energy cards to your Active Pokemon from the discard pile. Although this is a decent Ability, it has its limitations, the first being you need Energy cards in your discard pile before you can retrieve them, the other disadvantage is that you can only attach the Energy cards to your Active Pokemon, not your Benched Pokemon. Although Giga Hammer does major damage, since you can use the move 2 turns in a row, you're out of luck with this card if you have already used its GX move or don't want to use it, especially since this card has a high retreat cost. Algorithm GX can certainly set up your deck quickly, but since Metagross GX is a Stage 2 card, it will take awhile before you can actually use the GX move. So again, unless you really can utilize this card's Ability, I would pass on using this entire line in a deck.
Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating. In my opinion this is a below average GX Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set. Although this card has a decent Ability, can do major damage with its normal move, and its GX move can certainly help a deck, I still think this card is below average overall, mainly because it is too limited in what it can do, and takes too long to set up. On the whole, this entire line gets a 2 out of 5 rating from me, the same rating each card in this line received individually.
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Do you realise that you gave this card a two star rating yet it's used in an extremely competitive top tier deck???
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