Clauncher -- Steam Siege Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Clauncher from the Steam Siege Pokemon Card Set.  Clauncher is a basic, water type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Clauncher does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Double Pincers, for one water energy card this move does 10 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Clauncher is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Clawitzer, 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 should not be used.  The main reason I say this is because the only move it does have is based off of two coin flips, meaning, you may get this card into the active Pokemon spot and it is unable to do any damage at all.  Ideally, you could put this card into the active Pokemon spot, attach a Trick Coin trainer card to it, and use Double Pincers until you can evolve Clauncher, but on its own, I would not recommend using this card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Clawitzer, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card.  If you flip two heads when using Double Pincers, this card would work well as a starter type Pokemon, but without some luck, you may end up doing zero damage every turn and get nothing out of your active Pokemon.  So, if you are not using Clawitzer in your deck, I would much rather use a water type Pokemon that is guaranteed to do 10 damage a turn for one energy card instead of one that could do 20 damage, 10 damage, or 0 damage every turn.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Clauncher from the Steam Siege set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Clauncher's stage 1 evolution Clawitzer, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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At what level does Clauncher evolve into Clawitzer?
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Clauncher -- Furious Fists Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Clauncher from the Furious Fists Pokemon Card Set.  Clauncher is a basic, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Clauncher does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Bubble, for one water energy card this move paralyzes the defending Pokemon if you get a heads when you flip a coin.  Clauncher's second move is called Crabhammer, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one water, and does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Clauncher is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Clawitzer, 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 I would definitely recommend not using this card.  I say this because not only is Clauncher extremely slow to do damage, but if you try and attack for only one energy card it may not work because Bubble is a coin flip based move.  So I would make sure and avoid this card at all costs unless of course you're going to use this card with Clawitzer, but in that case I would make sure and keep this card on the bench.  If you use this card in your deck, I don't think I would put three energy cards on this card to do only 30 damage a turn, I would only use Bubble and save those other two energy cards for some of my other Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, this is a very below average Basic Pokemon card from the Furious Fists set.  I do like that this card has a low retreat cost, average HP, and two moves, but both of the moves this card has are extremely poor, thus making me give this card a very low rating, and telling everyone to avoid using this card in a deck on its own.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Clauncher from the Furious Fists set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Clauncher's stage 1 evolution Clawitzer, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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True or False?  This is the first Clauncher card to be in a normal English set.
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