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Sunday, November 5, 2017

Wimpod -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Wimpod Burning Shadows Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Wimpod from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Set.  Wimpod is a Basic, Grass type Pokemon card with a HP of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Wimpod's Ability is called Wimp Out and says that during your first turn, Wimpod does not have a Retreat Cost.  Besides the Ability, Wimpod just has the one move called Gnaw, which does 30 damage for three Energy cards, one Grass and two Colorless.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Wimpod is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Golisopod GX, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own, there is absolutely no reason to use this card in a deck.  The only positive on this card is that it does have an above average HP, as a Basic Pokemon that has a Stage 1 evolution.  Ideally, you'd like to be able to use a Pokemon's Ability from the Bench, but Wimpod's Ability is only available for one turn, making it not good at all.  So, unless you want to wait to get three Energy cards on this Pokemon and then risk not having enough Energy to retreat, I would stay as far away from this Pokemon as possible.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 0 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Golisopod, this is a terrible Basic Pokemon card from the Burning Shadows set.  This card really has nothing going for it, its Ability is pretty much useless, it is extremely slow on the attack, under-powered, and has a high retreat cost.  The only reason this card should ever be used is to get to Golisopod GX.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Wimpod from the Burning Shadows set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Wimpod's Stage 1 evolution in Golisopod GX, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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At what level does Wimpod evolve into Golisopod?
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