Dodrio -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dodrio from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  Dodrio is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90. It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Dodrio's Ability is called Retreat Aid and says that as long as Dodrio is on the bench, your active Pokemon has a two colorless energy card less retreat cost.  Besides the Ability, Dodrio just has one move called Fury Attack that does 40 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip 3 coins, all for three colorless energy cards.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Dodrio is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Doduo into play (I reviewed Doduo from this set the past two days) and then evolve Doduo into Dodrio.  If you read my reviews of the two Doduo cards in this set, I thought both cards were a little below average, both were very similar overall, the only difference between the two was the first move on each card, both required coin flips but yesterday's card had a better chance at hitting and doing at least 10 damage a turn, whereas the first Doduo card I reviewed had about a 1 in 4 chance of hitting.  So knowing this about the two Doduo cards in this set and looking at this Dodrio card, the main reason you'd want to use this card in a deck is to put it on the bench and give almost all of your Pokemon a free retreat cost, or at least a significantly less retreat cost.  I would definitely try and work in a 1-1 line of Doduo and Dodrio into almost any type deck out there for this specific purpose.  If you do need to put Dodrio into the active Pokemon spot, try attaching a Trick Coin trainer to this card so that you have a better chance of flipping more heads when you use Fury Attack, and you can also use a Double Colorless energy to make this card quicker on the attack.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a very solid Stage 1 Pokemon card from the BREAKthrough set.  I think this card's Ability alone makes this card very usable in the TCG today, and like I said above, this card should definitely be considered for almost all decks out there.  So you definitely can't go wrong by using a 1-1 line of Doduo and Dodrio in your deck, together I would rate the two Pokemon a 3 out of 5.

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Dodrio -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dodrio from the Pokemon XY Card Set.  Dodrio is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy retreat cost.  Dodrio does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Rage, this move requires one colorless energy card and does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Dodrio.  Dodrio's second move is called Endeavor, this move requires three colorless energy cards, and does 50 damage, plus 20 more damage for each heads you get when you flip two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Dodrio is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Doduo into play (I reviewed Doduo from this set yesterday) and then evolve Doduo into Dodrio.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Doduo was a pretty poor basic Pokemon card so because of this, if you decide to use Dodrio in your deck, I would make sure to set up Doduo and evolve it into Dodrio on the bench and because Doduo is so bad, I would only use a 1-1 line of this Pokemon family in any type deck.  When using this card, you'll definitely want to have three energy cards on it so you can do Endeavor every turn until Dodrio has a significant amount of damage on it then you can use Rage instead.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average stage 1 Pokemon card from the X and Y set.  Besides being able to be used in any type deck out there, this card has two good moves and a low retreat cost, so it is a pretty good card.  However, if you look at this card with its basic evolution in Doduo, it would be hard for me to give this Pokemon family more than a 3 out of 5 rating.  I would definitely recommend looking elsewhere for a good Doduo card to use.

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Dodrio -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dodrio from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  Dodrio is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Dodrio does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move this card has is called Raging Pecks, this move requires one colorless energy card and does 30 damage times the number of heads it gets when you flip three coins, however after using this move Dodrio becomes confused.  Dodrio's second move is called Drill Peck, this move does 60 damage for three colorless energy cards.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Dodrio is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Doduo into play (I reviewed Doduo from this set yesterday) and then evolve Doduo into Dodrio.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Doduo was a below average Pokemon card that even though it could do a fairly high amount of damage, potentially, I wouldn't use in a deck on its own.  Because of this, I would try and evolve Doduo into Dodrio on the bench, and if you have some trainers in your hand that heal confusion, I would move Dodrio into the active Pokemon spot as early as possible in the game, attach one energy card to it and use Raging Pecks trying to knock out as many weak basic Pokemon as possible.  If you can't get Dodrio into the active Pokemon spot early in the game, I would keep it on the bench, put three energy cards on it and use Drill Peck most turns.  I personally, wouldn't use this card in a deck, but if you choose to I would recommend using a 2-2 or 2-1 line of Doduo and Dodrio in any type deck.

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.  I do like that this card can work in any deck and that it has two moves and that Raging Pecks requires only 1 energy card, but overall Raging Pecks would be better if it didn't depend on coin flips and it didn't confuse Dodrio.  Drill Peck is average at best.  So overall, I would rate this line a 2 out of 5, and would not recommend using either Doduo or Dodrio from this set in a deck.

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