Diggersby -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Diggersby from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  Diggersby is a stage 1, fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Diggersby does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is Ear Dig, for one fighting energy card, this move allows you to discard an energy card from your opponent's deck for each heads you get when you flip a coin until you get a tails.  Diggersby's second move is called Hammer In, this move requires three colorless energy cards and does 70 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Diggersby is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Bunnelby into play (there are two Bunnelby cards in this set, both colorless type, and I have not reviewed them yet) and then evolve Bunnelby into Diggersby.  You'll have to read my reviews of Bunnelby in a few weeks to know what I think of each of them.  Just looking at Diggersby though, this card isn't too bad overall and could be used in a deck since its main move, Hammer In, does do above average damage and the card has a high HP.  However, this card does have a high retreat cost, the same as the amount of energy cards required to use Hammer In, so if you retreat it, it will take awhile to set it up again.  I am not the biggest fan of Ear Dig, possibly late in games it could be useful if your opponent is running low on cards in their deck, but other than that, I would not use it.  So I personally, probably would not use this card in a deck, it has too high of a retreat cost and is too slow on the attack for a Stage 1 Pokemon card, at least too slow to do any damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a below average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  This card definitely has some positives about it, like its high HP and its move, Hammer In, which does above average damage.  However, this card has a high retreat cost, and a poor first move that may end up doing absolutely nothing every turn.  So if you're building a fighting type deck, this card is usable, but it isn't recommended.

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Diggersby -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Diggersby from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Diggersby is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Diggersby does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Smithereen Smash, this move requires two colorless energy cards and does 30 damage, plus if you get a heads when you flip a coin, your opponent must discard an energy card attached to their active Pokemon.  Diggersby's second move is called Earthquake, for three colorless energy cards, this move does 80 damage, however it does do 10 damage to each of your own benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Diggersby is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Bunnelby into play (I reviewed Bunnelby from this set yesterday) and then evolve Bunnelby into Diggersby.  If you read yesterday's review of Bunnelby, you'll know that I thought that card was a below average Basic Pokemon card, mainly because it was limited in what it could do, with it only being able to do 10 damage per turn, or if you wanted to put three energy cards on it, it could do a very poor 30 damage.  So knowing this about Bunnelby and looking at this Diggersby card, this line of Pokemon wouldn't be a bad line to include into any type deck if you use a 1-1 line.  You could get Bunnelby into the active Pokemon spot to start the game, do 10 damage right away, then quickly evolve Bunnelby into Diggersby, using Smithereen Smash the first time, or any time 30 damage will knock out the defending Pokemon, and Earthquake after that.  If you do use Earthquake quite a bit, you'll want to make sure to figure out a way to quickly remove damage from your benched Pokemon, and I know some Pokemon cards in the Primal Clash set will do this for you.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set.  This card does have an above average HP, and two moves, but both are pretty average unless you can quickly remove damage from your benched Pokemon, if you can do this, I would give Diggersby a 4 rating.  However, together with Bunnelby from this set, I think both cards are average, and would definitely recommend considering these two cards when building a deck.

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Diggersby -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Diggersby from the Pokemon XY Card Set.  Diggersby is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy retreat cost.  Diggersby does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Pickup, for two colorless energy cards, this move allows you to move 2 item cards from your discard pile and put them back into your hand.  Diggersby's second move is called Dig, this move requires three colorless energy cards and does 50 damage, plus if you get a heads when you flip a coin, all effects of an attack from your opponent during their next turn are prevented.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Diggersby is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Bunnelby into play (I reviewed Bunnelby from this set yesterday) and then evolve Bunnelby into Diggersby.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Bunnelby was an average to slightly below average Pokemon card that could be used on its own because of the fact it could prevent your opponent from attacking.  This Diggersby card is pretty similar to Bunnelby because of its Dig move, it can just do more damage.  So if you decide to use Bunnelby in your deck, I would make a 1-1 line of Bunnelby and Diggersby.  You can still use the strategy of getting this line into the active Pokemon spot quickly and then making your opponent unable to attack with Dig.

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 from the X and Y set.  This card is getting a little lower rating from me because I gave Bunnelby a higher rating yesterday and didn't want both of the Pokemon in this line to have a higher rating than they should be.  Like I said in the strategy section of this post, if you use Bunnelby, I would highly recommend using Diggersby in your deck because it has a good hp, and Dig is a pretty decent move if you get a heads when you flip a coin.  Altogether, I would give this line a 2 out of 5 rating.

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