Ho-Oh GX -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Ho-Oh GX from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Set.  Ho-Oh GX is a Basic, Fire type Pokemon card, with a HP of 190.  This card has a x2 weakness to Lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Fighting type Pokemon, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Ho-Oh GX does not have an Ability but it does have three total moves with one GX move.  The first move on this card is called Sacred Fire, for three Energy cards, one Fire and two Colorless, this move does 50 damage to one of your opponent's Pokemon.  Phoenix Burn is the name of the second move on this card, for four Energy cards, three Fire and one Colorless, this move does 180 damage, however Ho-Oh can't use this move two turns in a row.  The GX move on this card is called Eternal Flame GX, for three Energy cards, one Fire and two Colorless, this move allows you to move a combination of 3 Fire type GX or EX Pokemon from your discard pile onto your Bench.

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 Ho-Oh card, so you do not need to first play Ho-Oh and then evolve it into Ho-Oh 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.  So knowing how a GX card works, the only reason to really use this card in a deck is for its GX move, you can attach one Double Colorless Energy and one Fire Energy to this card and retrieve up to 3 GX and EX cards from your discard pile and put them directly onto your Bench.  Although this is a great move in theory, there are some problems, first, if you have a full Bench, or at least not 3 open spots, the move's effectiveness is reduced, second, you need to have Fire type GX or EX cards in your deck to use this move, and third, if you have that many GX or EX cards in your discard pile, you're probably either about to lose the game, or you've already used a GX move and can't use this move.  Other than that, there are plenty of cards out there that can do 50 damage for two Energy cards, let alone three Energy cards, and although Phoenix Burn can knock out many Pokemon in one move, not using it twice in a row is a bummer!  So although I am a huge fan of Ho-Oh and would like to use this card in a deck, I don't think it is that good.

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 Burning Shadows set.  Despite having three moves, I can't highly recommend this card, unless you have a Fire type deck, full of GX and EX cards, there is really no reason to use Ho-Oh GX, Trainer cards can retrieve cards from your discard pile, and many Pokemon can do more damage.  So again, I would recommend passing on this card.

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

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