Deino -- Steam Siege Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Deino from the Steam Siege set.  Deino is a basic, dragon type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fairy type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Deino does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Roar, for one colorless energy card this move makes your opponent switch their active Pokemon with one of their benched Pokemon.  Deino's second move is called Headbutt Bounce and for two energy cards, one each of psychic and darkness, this move does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Deino is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Zweilous, and a Stage 2 evolution in Hydreigon, which I'll be reviewing the next couple of days, you'll more than likely want to use some of those Pokemon with this card, however, since I have not reviewed any of those cards yet, I will just act like Deino does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  On its own, I wouldn't recommend using this card in a deck.  I say this because even though this card has two moves and a solid HP, this card requires two distinct energy types to attack and without a reason to switch your opponent's active Pokemon often, Roar has no use.  Potentially, this card could be used in a spread attack type deck, where you could first use Roar to have your opponent put a new Pokemon into their active Pokemon spot, do some damage to that Pokemon, then use Roar again, then after you've done this several turns, move a Pokemon into your active Pokemon spot that can do 20 or more damage to each of your opponent's benched Pokemon or a card that can do major damage to one of your opponent's benched Pokemon, that way giving you a good chance at knocking out a Pokemon each turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the Steam Siege Pokemon card set.  In the right deck, this card is definitely useful and it could be a good start to this entire line, but on its own, I wouldn't recommend using this card in a deck, it is slow to do damage, and its first move requires less energy than its retreat cost.

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Deino -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Deino from the Phantom Forces set. Deino is a basic, dragon type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to fairy type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Deino does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Gnaw Off, this move requires two energy cards to use, one each of darkness and psychic, and does 20 damage, plus if you get a heads when you flip a coin, it does 10 more damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Deino is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Zweilous and a stage 2 evolution in Hydreigon, which I'll be reviewing the next two days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, I would not recommend using this card in a deck since it has a lower HP, and requires two energy cards to attack, and two different energy cards at that.  So unless you're specifically building a darkness and psychic type deck, I would leave this card alone at all costs.  If you do choose to use this card in a deck, use only one on its own, and try and get it into the active Pokemon spot early in the game.  Because you are flipping the coin when using Gnaw Off, you could use Trick Coin with this card and have two chances to flip a heads so it would do 30 damage a turn instead of 20, and if you could do 30 damage a turn, you could knock out some Basic Pokemon in only two turns.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set.  The one move that Deino does have is average, but this card has too low of an HP for me to want to use, and the only move it does have requires two energy cards instead of one, so it is on the slower side.  So like I said in the previous section, unless you're building the specific dual type deck this card requires or you plan on using Zweilous and Hydreigon, do not use this card in a deck.

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Deino #76/116 -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Deino from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second Deino card I've reviewed from this set.  This Deino card is a basic, darkness type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Deino does not have an Ability and this Deino card only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Slam, it requires two colorless energy cards and it does 20 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Deino is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Zweilous and a stage 2 evolution in Hydreigon, which I'll be reviewing the next two days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, I would not recommend using this Deino card in a deck.  If you read the first review I did of Deino from this set, you'll know I wasn't very high on that Deino card, well this card is even worse in my opinion, so if you have to use a Deino card, look for one in a different set because both in this set are terrible.  If for some strange reason you have this Deino card in your deck, your only option will be to use Slam every turn and hope for some heads.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a way below average basic Pokemon card. The only thing I like at all about this card besides the average hp, is that it only requires colorless energy cards so this card can be used in any deck, but this card is so bad in my opinion you'll never want to use it in any deck.  Not only is its retreat cost too high, you have to use two energy cards to attack, so its slow, and you may never even do damage with this card since it requires coin flips.  So stay away from this card at all costs.

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Deino #75/116 -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Deino from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Deino cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Deino is a basic, darkness type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Deino does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Push Down, this move requires two energy cards, one each of colorless and darkness, and does 20 damage, plus your opponent must switch their active Pokemon with one of their benched Pokemon.  Deino's second move is called Bite, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one darkness, and does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Deino is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Zweilous and a stage 2 evolution in Hydreigon, which I'll be reviewing the next two days after tomorrow's review of the second Deino card from this set, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions and also not have any prior knowledge of the other Deino card.  So on its own, I would not recommend using this Deino card in a deck.  In my opinion the card is too slow and has too high of a retreat cost to worthy use.  The only caveat to this would be if I was building a spread damage type deck, then I would consider putting one of these into the deck and using Push Down as a way to spread damage around.  So again I would not use this card in a deck, but if you choose to use it in any old darkness type deck, you'll just want to use the move that can give you the most damage every turn (or in the case of Push Down, can save you from major damage the next turn from your opponent).

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average basic Pokemon card.  There really isn't anything I like about this card except for its average hp, everything else isn't very good, it is too slow, has too high of a retreat cost, and does below average damage with both of its moves.  The only reason I'm giving this card a 2 instead of a 1 is that Push Down is a useful spread damage type move.  So if you're building a darkness type deck, I would definitely look elsewhere for a basic Pokemon.

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