Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Kingdra from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Set. Kingdra is a Stage 2, Water type Pokemon card, with a HP of 140. It has a x2 weakness to Grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost. This card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, both requiring just one Water Energy. The first move on this card is called Brine, and for the aforementioned one Water Energy card, does 90 damage to one of your opponent's Pokemon that has damage counters on it. Tornado Shot is the second move on this card, also requiring just one Water Energy card, this move also does 90 damage, however, you must discard a Water Energy card after using this move, but this move does 30 damage to one of your opponent's Benched Pokemon as well.
Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Kingdra is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Horsea into play and then evolve it into Seadra before you can evolve Seadra into Kingdra, 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 both cards were average to slightly below average. Both cards were limited in having just one move a piece, but I did like how both cards were able to do damage to any Pokemon in play of your opponent's and only required one Water Energy card to attack, the same required by this Kingdra card. The problem with using any Stage 2 cards in a deck is that they're slow to set up, you can speed up the process by using a Rare Candy Trainer therefore going directly to Kingdra from Horsea. I do like that Kingdra does well above average damage for only one Water Energy card. I think this card would work best in a deck that spreads damage around, that way you could always use Brine when attacking and be able to attack every Pokemon in play. Aqua Patch is a Trainer card you may find useful to use with this card since you're going to have to discard Energy if you use Tornado Shot. I could see putting 2 or 3 Water Energy cards on Kingdra, discarding them with Tornado Shot, then getting them back in one turn, attaching them to your Benched Water type Pokemon with Aqua Patch.
Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating. In my opinion this is an above average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Burning Shadows set. Like I mentioned above, other than just taking awhile to get set up, since it is a Stage 2 card, this card is very good overall, with two quick moves that both do at least 90 damage. Altogether I would give this line a 3 out of 5 rating, you can certainly start the game with Horsea in the Active Pokemon spot, attack different Benched Pokemon, and by the time you get to Kingdra be able to do 90 damage to many different Pokemon.
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So as far as strategy goes, since Kingdra is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Horsea into play and then evolve it into Seadra before you can evolve Seadra into Kingdra, 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 both cards were average to slightly below average. Both cards were limited in having just one move a piece, but I did like how both cards were able to do damage to any Pokemon in play of your opponent's and only required one Water Energy card to attack, the same required by this Kingdra card. The problem with using any Stage 2 cards in a deck is that they're slow to set up, you can speed up the process by using a Rare Candy Trainer therefore going directly to Kingdra from Horsea. I do like that Kingdra does well above average damage for only one Water Energy card. I think this card would work best in a deck that spreads damage around, that way you could always use Brine when attacking and be able to attack every Pokemon in play. Aqua Patch is a Trainer card you may find useful to use with this card since you're going to have to discard Energy if you use Tornado Shot. I could see putting 2 or 3 Water Energy cards on Kingdra, discarding them with Tornado Shot, then getting them back in one turn, attaching them to your Benched Water type Pokemon with Aqua Patch.
Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating. In my opinion this is an above average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Burning Shadows set. Like I mentioned above, other than just taking awhile to get set up, since it is a Stage 2 card, this card is very good overall, with two quick moves that both do at least 90 damage. Altogether I would give this line a 3 out of 5 rating, you can certainly start the game with Horsea in the Active Pokemon spot, attack different Benched Pokemon, and by the time you get to Kingdra be able to do 90 damage to many different Pokemon.
Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Kingdra from the Burning Shadows set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Magikarp, which is from this same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!
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Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
What is the name of the first English expansion to feature a Kingdra card?
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:
It was the Neo Genesis expansion.
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