Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Talonflame from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set. Talonflame is a Stage 2, Colorless type Pokemon card, with a HP of 130. It has a x2 weakness to Lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Lightning type Pokemon, and a free retreat cost. This card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves. The first move on this card is called Flame Charge, for one Colorless Energy card, this move does 30 damage, plus it allows you to search your deck for a Fire type Energy card and attach it to Talonflame. Loop-the-Loop is Talonflame's second move, for two Colorless Energy cards, this move does 90 damage, however, you must move all Energy attached to Talonflame back into your hand.
Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Talonflame is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Fletchling into play and then evolve it into Fletchling before you can evolve Fletchinder into Talonflame, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last two days. If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought both cards were below average overall. Both Pokemon had below average HP and were under-powered, Fletchling required two Energy cards to do damage when attacking, and Fletchinder required a coin flip to do 40 damage per turn. So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at this Talonflame card, the only way I would consider using this line in a deck at all is if you have other Pokemon that either retreat for free or you have a Pokemon with an Ability that allows Pokemon to move in and out of the Active Pokemon spot. Ideally, you would set this entire line up on the Bench, if you're using two Basic Energy cards on Talonflame you would use Loop-the-Loop every two turns, retreating Talonflame after attacking each turn, otherwise, you could use one Colorless Energy card and do 90 damage every single turn with Loop-the-Loop without retreating, just re-using that same Special Energy card each turn.
Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. In my opinion this is an average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set. On its own, this is a very good card, but taking into account that this is a Stage 2 Pokemon card and slow to set up, this card is average at best. I like that it can do 90 damage a turn pretty quickly, but it does have a somewhat low HP for a Stage 2 Pokemon card. Overall, this line gets a 2 out of 5 rating from me, both Fletchling and Fletchinder from this set are poor, meaning either set this line up on the Bench or don't use it at all.
Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Talonflame from the Guardians Rising set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Stufful, which is from this same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!
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True or False? Every English set to include a Talonflame card has had Talonflame as a Colorless type Pokemon.
Please respond with the correct answer and a link to your YouTube channel. 24 hours from now I will be randomly selecting a correct response to my question and sending a private message to this person with a free code on YouTube.
So as far as strategy goes, since Talonflame is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Fletchling into play and then evolve it into Fletchling before you can evolve Fletchinder into Talonflame, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last two days. If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought both cards were below average overall. Both Pokemon had below average HP and were under-powered, Fletchling required two Energy cards to do damage when attacking, and Fletchinder required a coin flip to do 40 damage per turn. So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at this Talonflame card, the only way I would consider using this line in a deck at all is if you have other Pokemon that either retreat for free or you have a Pokemon with an Ability that allows Pokemon to move in and out of the Active Pokemon spot. Ideally, you would set this entire line up on the Bench, if you're using two Basic Energy cards on Talonflame you would use Loop-the-Loop every two turns, retreating Talonflame after attacking each turn, otherwise, you could use one Colorless Energy card and do 90 damage every single turn with Loop-the-Loop without retreating, just re-using that same Special Energy card each turn.
Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. In my opinion this is an average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set. On its own, this is a very good card, but taking into account that this is a Stage 2 Pokemon card and slow to set up, this card is average at best. I like that it can do 90 damage a turn pretty quickly, but it does have a somewhat low HP for a Stage 2 Pokemon card. Overall, this line gets a 2 out of 5 rating from me, both Fletchling and Fletchinder from this set are poor, meaning either set this line up on the Bench or don't use it at all.
Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Talonflame from the Guardians Rising set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Stufful, 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? Every English set to include a Talonflame card has had Talonflame as a Colorless type Pokemon.
Please respond with the correct answer and a link to your YouTube channel. 24 hours from now I will be randomly selecting a correct response to my question and sending a private message to this person with a free code on YouTube.
1 comment:
False, most of them have been fire type :)
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