Showing posts with label Charizard EX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charizard EX. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Charizard EX -- Flashfire Pokemon Card Review

Charizard EX Flashfire Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Charizard EX from the Flashfire Pokemon card set.  This is the second Charizard EX card I have reviewed from this set and this EX card is only available in regular EX form, not in Full Art form.  Charizard EX is a basic, EX, fire type Pokemon card with an hp of 180. It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Charizard does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Wing Attack, this move requires three colorless energy cards and does 60 damage.  Charizard EX's second move is called Combustion Blast, this move requires four energy cards, two each of fire and colorless, and does 150 damage, however, Charizard cannot use this move two turns in a row.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Charizard EX is a basic Pokemon card you won't need to use any other cards with this card.  But remember, because this card is an EX card, if this card is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  So knowing this and looking at the two moves on Charizard and seeing that they require at least three energy cards to use, I would limit myself to using only one of these cards in a deck.  I would try and set up Charizard EX on the bench, get at least three energy cards on it, then move it to the active Pokemon spot.  I would use Combustion Blast every turn I could to do the most damage, however if you can knock out the defending Pokemon by doing 60 damage or less make sure to use Wing Attack so you can save Combustion Blast for the next Pokemon you'll face.  Comparing the two Charizard EX cards from this set, I like yesterday's card a little better because it can do 120 damage every turn, but both Charizard EX cards are good and both could be used in a deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average EX Pokemon card from the Flashfire set.  I like that this card has two moves that do major damage.  As soon as you get time to get this card set up and then into the active Pokemon position, this card won't disappoint, which is why I'm giving it an above average rating.  However, Wing Attack is a pretty average move and since you can only use Combustion Blast every other turn this card isn't as powerful as the other Charizard EX card in this set.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Charizard EX from the Flashfire set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Mega Charizard EX version Y card, which is from this same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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Monday, June 9, 2014

Charizard EX Full Art -- Flashfire Pokemon Card Review

Charizard EX Full Art Flashfire Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Charizard EX and Charizard EX Full Art from the Flashfire Pokemon Card Set.  There are two Charizard EX cards in this set, but only this card is available in both EX and EX Full Art versions.  Charizard EX is a basic, EX, fire type Pokemon card with an hp of 180. It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Charizard does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Stoke, this move requires one colorless energy card and allows you to flip a coin, if you get a heads you can search your deck for three energy cards and attach them to Charizard.  Charizard's second move is called Fire Blast this move requires four energy cards, three colorless and one fire, and does 120 damage.  After using this move you must discard an energy card attached to Charizard.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Charizard EX is a basic Pokemon card you won't need to use any other cards with this card.  But remember, because this card is an EX card, if this card is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  So knowing this, and seeing that Charizard really only has one move that can do damage and that move requires four energy cards you'll want to limit the number of these cards you use.  Ideally, you would get this card into the active Pokemon spot very early in the game, use Stoke the first couple of turns hoping to get a heads and then getting up to 6 energy cards on Charizard very quickly.  Then you would use Fire Blast every turn knocking out most basic Pokemon in 1 turn and all Pokemon in 2 turns.  I would probably put 2 of these cards in a fire type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a very good EX Pokemon card from the Flashfire set.  Besides looking really cool in Full Art form, I like how Fire Blast can do 120 damage every turn and once you get the necessary energy cards on Charizard you can more than likely use that move every turn.  This card is pretty slow if you aren't able to get a heads when using Stoke but once this card is set up, it will be very dominant for you.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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