Carvanha -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Carvanha from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Carvanha is a Basic, Water type Pokemon card with a HP of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to Grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Carvanha does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  Its only move is called Bite, for one Water Energy card, this move does 10 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Carvanha is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Sharpedo, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own, this card is too limited to use, especially since it has a below average HP as well.  If you can put this card into the Active Pokemon spot for one turn before evolving it, it would be fine then, but if you can't evolve it, doing 10 damage a turn late in games won't do much good, plus a card with 50 HP late in games will quickly get knocked out.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Sharpedo, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  Like I mentioned above, because this card has a below average HP, and can only do a maximum of 10 damage per turn, it just isn't good enough to warrant use.  The one positive on this card is that it can attack for only one Energy card.  But again, without using Sharpedo in your deck, I would pass on using this card.

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Carvanha -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Carvanha from the Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Set.  Carvanha is a Basic, Darkness type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to Fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Psychic type Pokemon, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Carvanha does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Gnaw Through, for one Colorless Energy card this move allows you to discard all Pokemon Tool cards from your opponent's Active Pokemon.  Carvanha's second move is called Bite, for two Energy cards, one each of Darkness and Colorless, this move does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Carvanha is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Sharpedo, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own, unless you're sure your opponent is going to be using a lot of Tool cards on their Active Pokemon, I would probably pass on using this card.  Carvanha does have an above average HP, a low retreat cost, and Bite does do average damage, but for a starter type Pokemon like this card should be, you want to be able to attack and do damage for only one Energy card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Sharpedo, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  Like I mentioned above, this card does have some positive things going for it, it has two moves, a low retreat cost, and a solid HP, but unless you specifically need something to discard Tool cards, look elsewhere for a Basic, Darkness type Pokemon to use in a deck.

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Carvanha -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Carvanha from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  Carvanha is a basic, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Carvanha does not have an Ability, and it only has one move.  The only move this card has is called Bite and it does 20 damage for two energy cards, one each of colorless and water.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Carvanha is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Sharpedo, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So on its own, Carvanha would be very decent, possibly a little below average.  I say this because if you try and start the game using Carvanha you'll have to wait two turns before you can attack and use Bite, and if you get Carvanha into the active Pokemon spot later in the game, 20 damage isn't much to do every turn.  So I wouldn't use this card in a deck on its own, but if you need to find one more water Pokemon to fit into your water type deck this card wouldn't be that bad of choice.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a slightly below average basic Pokemon card.  I do like that this card has a solid hp, low retreat cost, and one move that does average damage, but because this card does only have one move and the move requires two energy cards I am giving this card a 2 instead of a 3 out of 5 rating.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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