Arcanine -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Arcanine from the Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Set.  Arcanine is a Stage 1, Fire type Pokemon card, with a HP of 130. It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Arcanine does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Searing Flame, for three Energy cards, two Colorless and one Fire, this move does 60 damage, plus it burns the defending Pokemon.  Arcanine's second move is called Firestorm and for four Energy cards, three Fire and one Colorless, this move does 190 damage, however, you must discard three Fire energy cards after using this move.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Arcanine is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Growlithe into play (I reviewed Growlithe from this set yesterday) and then evolve Growlithe into Arcanine.  If you read yesterday's review of Growlithe, you'll know that I thought it was a poor Basic Pokemon card overall, it did have a good HP and could do 60 damage a turn, but it was really slow on the attack and damaged itself when attacking.  So knowing this about Growlithe and looking at this Arcanine card, this is a line you'll only want to set up on the bench, never having it in the active Pokemon spot trying to attack.  If you're building a fire type deck and plan on including 4 Burning Energy cards, I would 100% use a 1-1 line of this family in the deck, you could attach 3 Burning Energy cards to Arcanine plus one other Energy card and do 190 damage every single turn without having to discard Energy cards.  So, if you're looking for some power, I would highly recommend using this card in a deck, just know you'll have to use Burning Energy and be prepared to wait a few turns to get this card set up.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average Stage 1 Pokemon card that can become unstoppable if used with Burning Energy.  Being able to do 190 damage a turn every single turn is amazing, and like I mentioned above, if you're building a fire type deck, I would try and incorporate this card into it.  Together with Growlithe, I would still give this line a 4 out of 5 rating, since there is no need to use Growlithe in the active Pokemon spot, and because this Arcanine requires so many Burning Energy cards to use, you'll only have to use a 1-1 line.

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Arcanine -- Evolutions Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Arcanine from the XY Evolutions Pokemon Card Set.  Arcanine is a Stage 1, fire type Pokemon card, with a HP of 130. It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Arcanine's Ability is called Burning Road and says that once per turn, if Arcanine was previously on the bench and was moved to the active Pokemon this turn, you may move any number of fire type energy cards attached to your other Pokemon to Arcanine.  Besides the Ability, Arcanine has one move called Scorching Breath, for four energy cards, three fire and one colorless, this move does 150 damage, however Arcanine can't attack during its next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Arcanine is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Growlith into play (I reviewed Growlithe from this set yesterday) and then evolve Growlithe into Arcanine.  Arcanine does have a BREAK card that is an XY Promo card that I will summarize down below.  If you read yesterday's review of Growlithe, you'll know that I thought it was an average Basic Pokemon card overall, it had an above average HP and two moves.  Both moves it had were solid, but Growlithe would be best used a few turns into the game since it really does its best damage for two energy cards because for one energy card, it only does 10 damage and retreats.  So knowing this about Growlithe and looking at this Arcanine card, if you're building a fire type deck, the way to play this line is to set it up on the bench.  You can just set up all of your other fire type Pokemon first, then when putting Arcanine into the active Pokemon spot utilize its Ability to get energy cards on it in that same turn it is put in the active Pokemon spot.  By utilizing its Ability, getting 4 energy cards on Arcanine should be fairy easy and you can then do 150 damage every two turns.  This is a very powerful move, but this Arcanine card is even better if you use it with the Arcanine BREAK card from the new BREAK Evolution Box, XY180 is the card number of the Arcanine you're looking for, that card has one move that does 80 damage for two energy cards and it allows you to move 2 energy cards from your discard pile to your benched Pokemon.  So you can utilize this Arcanine's Ability to get energy on it, and then use the BREAK's move to replace the energy you just took from your benched Pokemon.  This is definitely a line you want to use if you're building a fire type deck, this is a line that can do major damage, very quickly, and it also helps your benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a very solid Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Evolutions set, it has a well above average HP and a great Ability and move, but the downfall with this card is that it takes energy from your bench and it can only attack every two turns, so if you add in the Arcanine BREAK, this line is amazing overall, and gets a 5 out of 5 rating from me!

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Arcanine -- BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Arcanine from the BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Set.  Arcanine is a stage 1, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110. It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Arcanine does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Flop, for one colorless energy card this move does 30 damage.  Arcanine's second move is called Flamethrower and for three energy cards, two fire and one colorless, this move does 90 damage, however you must discard an energy attached to Arcanine after using this move.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Arcanine is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Growlithe into play (I reviewed Growlithe from this set yesterday) and then evolve Growlithe into Arcanine.  If you read yesterday's review of Growlithe, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card on its own, mainly because it required two energy cards to both attack and retreat, making it a little slow for a starter type Pokemon, but it did require only colorless energy to use which was an advantage plus it had a high HP.  So knowing this about Growlithe and looking at this Arcanine card, if you're building a fire type deck, this card should definitely be considered for it.  Of course you'll want to use Burning Energy in your deck so that you can attach one of those energy cards to Arcanine when attacking, that way you can use Flamethrower every single turn without having to attach an additional energy card to Arcanine each turn, since a Burning Energy cannot be discarded.  So, when building a fire type deck, I would use a 1-1 line of this Pokemon family and evolve Growlithe into Arcanine on the bench.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the BREAKpoint set.  There are really no downsides to this card, it has a high HP, average retreat cost, and two good moves, especially when a Burning Energy is attached to this card, it can do above average damage every single turn and you don't even need to discard an energy card.  So together with Growlithe from this set, I would give the two cards a 3 out of 5 rating, definitely consider this line when deck building.

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