Charizard GX -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Charizard GX from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Set.  Charizard GX is a Stage 2, Fire type Pokemon card, with a HP of 250.  It has a x2 weakness to Water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Charizard GX does not have an Ability but it does have three total moves, two regular moves and one GX move.  The first move on this card is called Wing Attack, for three Colorless Energy cards, this move does 70 damage.  Crimson Storm is the second move on this card, for five Energy cards, three Fire and two Colorless, this move does 300 damage, however, you must discard 3 Fire Energy cards from Charizard after using this move.  The GX move on this card is called Raging Out GX, for three Energy cards, one Fire and two Colorless, this move allows you to discard the top 10 cards of your opponent's deck.

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 Charizard card, so if you have Charmeleon in play, you evolve that Pokemon directly into Charizard 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 Charizard GX is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Charmander into play and then evolve it into Charmeleon before you can evolve Charmeleon into Charizard 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 fairly average overall.  Charmander from this set had a slightly above average HP and two moves, one that did 10 damage and one that did 20, it could be used as a starter type Pokemon and it could attack for only one Energy card.  Charmeleon from this set, was also solid, it had an average HP and two moves, but really could not do above average damage until you had 3 Energy cards on it, so overall it was a little slower.  Knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at Charizard GX, if you're building a majority Fire type deck and are using 4 Burning Energy cards, this Charizard GX is pretty amazing, since you can do 300 damage a turn every single turn, if you have 3 Burning Energy cards attached to Charizard and two other type Energy cards.  Plus, you can also win the game by using this card's GX move, potentially making your opponent run out of cards in their deck.  So despite being extremely slow, not only attack wise, but the fact it is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, I would still recommend using this card in a deck, again, only if you're using Burning Energy, otherwise this card requires way too much Energy and way too long to set up.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  First off, let me say, Charizard is my favorite Pokemon, so I may be biased with this card.  But again, like I stressed above, if you're building a Fire type deck and have both Burning Energy and Double Colorless Energy in your deck, once you get Charizard GX set up, you can't be stopped!  300 damage per turn is amazing!  Overall, I would give this line a 3 out of 5 rating, if you don't mind spending a lot of resources in your deck on this line, it is a decent one to use in a deck.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Charizard GX from the Burning Shadows set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Ho-Oh GX, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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