Darkrai GX -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Darkrai GX from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Set.  Darkrai GX is a Basic, Darkness type Pokemon card, with a HP of 180.  This card has a x2 weakness to Fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Metal type Pokemon, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  This card's Ability is called Restoration and says that if this Pokemon is in your discard pile, you may move it to your Bench and attach one Darkness Energy card to it.  Besides the Ability, this card has two moves, one regular move and one GX attack.  The first move on this card is called Dark Cleave, for three Energy cards, two Darkness and one Colorless, this move does 130 damage.  The GX attack on this card is called Dead End GX, for three Energy cards, two Darkness and one Colorless, this move knocks out the defending Pokemon if it is affected by a Special Condition.

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 Darkrai card, so you do not need to first play Darkrai and then evolve it into Darkrai 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, this card works perfectly with the Darkrai I reviewed yesterday, you can have a Darkrai GX on your Bench, and use the regular Darkrai in the Active Pokemon spot, putting the defending Pokemon to sleep, then using Darkrai GX's Ability to get another Darkrai GX on your Bench and attaching an Energy to it, to quickly set it up, and hopefully use a Max Elixir to get three Energy cards on it in one turn, therefore being able to knock out any Pokemon only one turn after getting Darkrai GX on your Bench, as long as the defending Pokemon is Asleep.  Even if you can't use this card's GX move, even though it is a bit slow to set up, being able to do 130 damage per turn for three Energy cards isn't bad.  To get Darkrai GX into your discard pile, discard it with something like Ultra Ball or Professor Sycamore.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average Pokemon GX from the Burning Shadows set.  I really like this card paired with Darkrai from this set, and then utilizing its GX attack to knock out any Pokemon, no matter how high their HP is.  But, like I mentioned above, this card is a little slow on the set up, and its Ability won't work if you don't have a Darkrai in your discard pile.

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

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