Conkeldurr -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Conkeldurr from the X and Y Pokemon Card Set.  Conkeldurr is a stage 2, fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Conkeldurr does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Wake-Up Slap, this move requires one fighting energy card and does 30 damage plus if your opponent's active Pokemon is affected by a special condition, this move removes that condition from it and does 90 damage to it instead.  Conkeldurr's second move is called Dynamic Punch, this move requires three energy cards, two fighting and one colorless, and does 60 damage plus 40 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin, plus if you get a heads the defending Pokemon is confused.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Conkeldurr is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Timburr into play and then evolve it into Gurdurr before you can evolve Gurdurr into Conkeldurr, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  Both of these cards are pretty good which means that even if this Conkeldurr card is just average I probably would still recommend using this Pokemon family in a deck.  So this Conkeldurr card is definitely better than average so I would recommend using a 3-2-2 line of this Pokemon family from the X and Y set in a fighting type deck.  This family shouldn't be your main Pokemon family, but more like a second tier family.  I would try and get one Timburr into the active Pokemon spot early and evolve it from there and then set one Timburr on the bench.  Whenever you have Conkeldurr in the active Pokemon spot you will definitely want to use Dynamic Punch when you can, I would only use Wake-Up Slap when I have less than three energy cards on Conkeldurr.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average card overall in the X and Y Pokemon card set.  I like both of Conkeldurr's moves, both do above average damage and more for the number of energy cards they require to attack.  So pair this above average card with two solid Basic and Stage 1 Pokemon and I would definitely recommend using this line in your deck.  Overall, I would give the line of Timburr, Gurdurr, and Conkeldurr a 4 out of 5 rating.  Individually, Timburr and Conkeldurr were 4s and Gurdurr was a 3.

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Conkeldurr -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Conkeldurr from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  Conkeldurr is a stage 2, fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Conkeldurr does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move it has is called Facade, this move requires three colorless energy cards and does 60 damage plus 60 more damage if Conkeldurr is poisoned or burned when using this move.  Conkeldurr's second move is called Drain Punch, this move requires four energy cards, two each of fighting and colorless, and does 80 damage plus heals 20 damage from itself.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Conkeldurr is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Timburr into play and then evolve it into Gurdurr before you can evolve Gurdurr into Conkeldurr, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  Both of these Pokemon are a little below average and both Pokemon are quite slow in attacking so if at all possible I would evolve this line on the bench so you can get four energy cards on Conkeldurr without it having to take any damage, that way you can move it into the active Pokemon spot and use Drain Punch right away and hopefully last quite a few turns by healing 20 damage from Conkeldurr every turn and doing 80 damage to the defending Pokemon.  The only time it makes sense to use Facade is if you only have three energy cards on Conkeldurr or if it is burned or poisoned.  After reviewing all three Pokemon in this line, I would not base a deck around this line, all the Pokemon are too slow and none of them are very good.  I can't even suggest using this line as a role player in your deck because it will require too many spots in your deck to include this whole line.  If you do choose to use this line, a 3-2-1 line of Timburr, Gurdurr, and Conkeldurr would be best.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average stage 2 Pokemon card.  It has a good hp and it does have two moves, but there really isn't anything on this card that makes it better than most stage 2 cards.  This card has a high retreat cost, and both of its moves require a good amount of energy cards.  So like I mentioned earlier, I would not use this Pokemon family in a deck, I would only give this whole family a 2 out of 5 rating, there are definitely better cards out there to use in your fighting type deck.

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