Sunday, December 17, 2017

Scolipede -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Scolipede Burning Shadows Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Scolipede from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Set.  Scolipede is a Stage 2, Psychic type Pokemon card, with a HP of 160.  It has a x2 weakness to Psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  This card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Poison Horn, for three Energy cards, two Psychic and one Colorless, this move does 80 damage, plus the defending Pokemon is Poisoned.  The second move on this card is called Steamroller, for four Energy cards, three Psychic and one Colorless, this move does 140 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Scolipede is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Venipede into play and then evolve it into Whirlipede before you can evolve Whirlipede into Scolipede, 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 below average.  I was somewhat a fan of the Venipede in this set, since it had two moves, and could do up to 60 damage per turn for one Energy card if the defending Pokemon was Poisoned, but together, it didn't make sense to use the first two Pokemon without using Scolipede.  With that being said, there is no reason to use this Pokemon line in a deck at all, mainly because Scolipede is a Stage 2 Pokemon, so it is slow to set up, plus, it requires at least three Energy cards to attack, and neither move on this card does that much damage.  Add in this card has a massive retreat cost, and there only card I would even consider playing in this line would be Venipede, and that is only if I could make sure the defending Pokemon was Poisoned before attacking with it.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a below average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Burning Shadows set.  Despite having a decent HP and two moves, this card is still below average overall.  Its two moves are too slow to set up, and its retreat cost is way too high! Overall, I would give this line a 1 out of 5 rating, there is no reason to ever use this line in a deck.

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

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