Bellsprout -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Bellsprout from the Guardians Rising set.  This is the first card that I've reviewed from the Guardians Rising set.  Bellsprout is a Basic, Grass type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Bellsprout does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move on this card is called Vine Whip, for two Energy cards, one each of Grass and Colorless, this move does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Bellsprout is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Weepinbell, and a Stage 2 evolution in Victreebel, 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 Bellsprout does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  On its own, although this card can do a fair amount of damage with its only move, because the card just has one move, and it requires two Energy cards instead of one to use, I would recommend passing on using this card on its own.  If you want to use this card as a start to this entire Pokemon family, I would recommend using it.

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 Guardians Rising set.  Like I stated above, the main thing making this card slightly below average is its slow attack, other than that, this card has a solid HP, low retreat cost, and very good move.  So again, if you're looking for a starter type Pokemon to use in your deck, I would look elsewhere, but there are plenty of cards out there worse than this Bellsprout.

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Bellsprout -- Furious Fists Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Bellsprout from the Furious Fists set.  This is the first card in the Furious Fists set.  Bellsprout is a basic, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Bellsprout does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Vine Whip, this move requires one grass energy card and does 10 damage.  Bellsprout's second move is called Knock Off, this move requires two energy cards, one each of grass and colorless, and allows you to discard a random card from your opponent's hand.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Bellsprout is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Weepinbell and a stage 2 evolution in Victreebel, which I'll be reviewing the next two days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, I wouldn't use this card in a deck because it has a below average HP and can only do 10 damage maximum.  But if you decide to use this card in your deck, I would make sure to not use more than 1 and use this card as a starter type Pokemon because it is pretty weak, but be okay in the active Pokemon spot to start the game.  You would use Bellsprout's Vine Whip move most turns to do damage to the opposing Pokemon but if you want to give yourself time to set up your benched Pokemon, extra time that is, you could use Knock Off a bunch of turns and hope to either make your opponent discard an energy card or an evolution card that they needed, and if your opponent doesn't have any way of getting Pokemon from their discard pile back into their hand or deck, Bellsprout's Knock Off move could be very deadly to your opponent.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average Basic Pokemon card from the Furious Fists set.  I was going to give this card a 2 rating until I read about its Knock Off move and how effective this card could be in ruining your opponent's strategy, but I can't give this card any higher rating than that because the card can only do 10 damage total and 50 HP isn't that great for a Basic Pokemon.  So this card could definitely be used in a deck, but I would use it with caution because it is a weaker card overall.

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