Blaziken -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Blaziken from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  Blaziken is a stage 2, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Blaziken does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Spreading Flames, this move requires one fire energy card to use and it allows you to attach three fire energy cards from your discard pile to your Pokemon in any way that you like.  Blaziken's second move is called Heat Blow, for two energy cards, one each of fire and colorless, this move does 100 damage, however you must discard an energy card attached to Blaziken after using it.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Blaziken is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Torchic into play and then evolve it into Combusken before you can evolve Combusken into Blaziken, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed all three cards, since there are two Torchic cards, the past few days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that neither Torchic card was that great but I definitely preferred the first one over the second one, and Combusken I thought was just average, having two good moves, but a low HP.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this family and looking at Blaziken, this card fits very well with Combusken, since both cards are fast to attack and can do a fair amount of damage.  Since this card is quick on the attack, I would try and evolve Torchic all the way up Blaziken very early in the game, get two energy cards on it, then use Heat Blow every turn, more than likely being able to one hit knock out most Basic Pokemon with that move.  However, this card will also help you later in games since it can retrieve discarded energy, you can then either power up Blaziken very quickly or your benched Pokemon or a combination of the two.  So I would highly recommend putting a 1-1-1 line of this Pokemon family into a fire type deck, especially if you're looking for some quick power.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a slightly above average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  I really don't have any complaints about this card, it has a solid HP, low retreat cost, and two moves that work well together, one that does major damage but discards an energy, and the other a move that retrieves discarded energy.  So overall, I would give this entire line a 3 out of 5 rating, Torchic is definitely the down Pokemon in this line, but with each evolution the line improves, so don't be afraid to use this family of Pokemon from Primal Clash in your deck.

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Blaziken -- Furious Fists Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Blaziken from the Furious Fists Pokemon Card Set.  Blaziken is a stage 2, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Blaziken does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Clutch, for two colorless energy cards this move does 50 damage, plus it makes your opponent's active Pokemon unable to retreat during their next turn.  Blaziken's second move is called Burning Shot, this move requires four energy cards, two each of fire and colorless, and does 150 damage to one of your opponent's benched Pokemon, however you must discard 2 energy cards attached to Blaziken after using this move.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Blaziken is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Torchic into play and then evolve it into Combusken before you can evolve Combusken into Blaziken, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought both cards individually were average but because both were based on coin flips to do above average damage I recommended to either use Torchic on its own as a starter type Pokemon, or wait and use the entire family together, so from Torchic up to Blaziken.  So if you want to use this entire family in a deck, make sure it is a fire type deck and use a 2-1-1 line of Torchic, Combusken, and Blaziken.  Like I mentioned, Torchic will be a decent starter type Pokemon so that is why I would use 2 of them.  As far as Blaziken is concerned, I would either get Blaziken into the active Pokemon spot very early in the game and use Clutch many times or I would leave Blaziken on the bench and get at least 4 energy cards, possibly 6 total on it, then when it was put in the active Pokemon spot I would use Burning Shot two turns in a row and knock out two of my opponent's Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a very good Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Furious Fists set.  This card is nice in that it provides two different strategies you can implement with Blaziken making it a more exciting card in your deck.  Plus the low retreat cost is nice later in the game you can retreat it for a low cost instead of having it knocked out.  But even though Blaziken is an above average card to me, altogether, I can only give this Pokemon family a 3 out of 5 rating, I say this because the first two Pokemon in this line, which both received 3 ratings from me, are just too risky to use all of the time.  So if you're looking for a solid fire type Pokemon family, this one is definitely worth the consideration.

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Blaziken -- Dark Explorers Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Blaziken from the Dark Explorers Pokemon Card Set.  This is a stage 2, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Blaziken doesn't have an Ability, but it does have two moves, the first move is called Blaze Kick and for two energy cards, one each of fire and colorless, it does 40 damage plus if you get a heads when you flip a coin it does 30 more damage but if you get a tails, Blaziken does the original 40 damage plus burns the defending Pokemon.  Blaziken's second move is called Flamethrower and takes three energy cards, two fire and one colorless and does 130 damage, however when you use this move you must discard an energy card attached to Blaziken.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, I would recommend setting up Blaziken on the bench if possible, get three energy cards on it, then put it into the active Pokemon spot, I would use Flamethrower first, hopefully knocking out the defending Pokemon, then either use Flamethrower the next turn against the new Pokemon, if you have another energy card in your hand, or if the defending Pokemon has more than 130 hp on it, I would use Blaze Kick first and Flamethrower the turn after.  This card would be the main Pokemon in a mainly fire type deck, I would make sure to have plenty of fire energy cards in the deck so you can keep attaching energy cards to Blaziken turn after turn after using Flamethrower hopefully turn after turn and knocking out Pokemon turn after turn.  I would use a line of 4-3-2 with Torchic, Combusken, and Blaziken.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  The only knock I have on this card is that it has a somewhat low hp for a stage 2 card, but besides that, it has a decent retreat cost, and two great moves, and Flamethrower should be able to knock out most Pokemon in one move, all Pokemon in two moves, so as long as you can evolve Torchic up to Blaziken on your bench this card can be very dominant and a must have for any fire type deck out there.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Blaziken from the Dark Explorers set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Heatmor from the same set.