Friday, January 19, 2018

Ralts -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Ralts Burning Shadows Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Ralts from the Burning Shadows set.  Ralts is a Basic, Fairy type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to Metal type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Darkness type Pokemon, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  This card does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move on this card is called Draining Kiss, for one Fairy Energy card, this move does 10 damage, plus it heals 10 damage from Ralts.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Ralts is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Kirlia, and a Stage 2 evolution in Gardevoir, which I'll be reviewing the next couple of days, you'll more than likely want to use some of those Pokemon with this card, however, since I have not reviewed any of those cards yet, I will just act like Ralts does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  On its own, if you're playing in the 2018 Standard Format, I would much rather use Ralts from the BREAKthrough set, that card has the same HP and retreat cost, but has two moves instead of one, plus, you can attack for any type of Energy, not just a Fairy type Energy.  But if you are building something like a Gardevoir GX deck, this isn't a terrible card to use to start the line, since it can attack for one Energy, plus it makes its HP a bit higher since Draining Kiss also heals damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the Burning Shadows set.  Like I mentioned above, this card could certainly be used in a deck that includes Gardevoir GX but I prefer the Ralts from the BREAKthrough set.  This card does have the advantage of healing damage, so if you are putting this card into the Active Pokemon spot to start the game, it may last a bit longer there, giving you more time to get Kirlia or Gardevoir GX into the Active Pokemon spot.

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

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What is the name of the first English set to include Ralts, and in this set, what type is Ralts?
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2 comments:

Juan L. Dela Cruz said...

EX Ruby and Sapphire


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7LUxk0jbij2HbRyBt45Scg

Unknown said...

ralts first appears in EX Ruby and Sapphire, where it is a psychic type basic pokemon.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_EVEgbC_Iap7zurrjQWgew