Doublade -- BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Doublade from the BREAKpoint Pokemon Card set.  Doublade is a stage 1, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to darkness type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Doublade does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Stab Deeply.  This move requires two energy cards to use, one each of colorless and psychic, and puts 3 damage counters on your opponent's active Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Doublade is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Honedge into play (I reviewed Honedge from this set yesterday) and then evolve Honedge into Doublade.  Doublade does have a Stage 2 evolution in Aegislash, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed that card yet, the strategy below will act like Doublade is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read my review of Honedge, you'll know that I thought that card was a slightly below average card overall, having a solid HP, and one quick attacking move that could do 10 damage a turn, however its retreat cost was higher than its attack cost, and the card overall was limited in what it could do.  So knowing this about Honedge and looking at this Doublade card, this card is very similar to Honedge in that it just has one, quick attacking move, that put damage counters on the defending Pokemon, however with this card, it has a lower HP, and the same retreat cost.  So I would have to pass on using either of these two Pokemon in a deck without considering Aegislash.  If you do decide to play this line, don't use more than a 1-1 of this Pokemon family and get these cards into the active Pokemon spot early and use Stab Deeply every turn.

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 BREAKpoint set.  This card does have a solid move, but overall its HP is below average, it has a little higher retreat cost, and it is just limited in what it can do.  I can't give this line so far, higher than a 2 out of 5 rating, the same rating both Honedge and Doublade received individually.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Doublade -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Doublade from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card set.  Doublade is a stage 1, metal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Doublade does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called False Swipe, for two colorless energy cards this move if you get a heads when flipping a coin, allows you to put damage counters on the defending Pokemon until its remaining HP is 10.  Doublade's second move is called Slash and for three energy cards, two metal and one colorless, this move does 60 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Doublade is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Honedge into play (I reviewed Honedge from this set yesterday) and then evolve Honedge into Doublade.  Doublade does have a stage 2 evolution in Aegislash that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed that card yet, the strategy below will act like Doublade is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read yesterday's review of Honedge, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card.  The main reason being the only move it had could only confuse the defending Pokemon, not for sure do damage every turn, plus the fact that the retreat cost on Honedge was more than its attack cost.  So knowing this about Honedge and looking at this Doublade card, you could easily set this line up on the bench, get two energy cards on Doublade, wait until the defending Pokemon has an extremely high HP, like 200+, then move Doublade into the active Pokemon spot and use False Swipe, doing 190+ damage for only two energy cards.  The only thing you have to be weary of when using this card is that it has a pretty low HP and could easily be knocked out in one turn.  I would make sure to use Switch trainer cards to retreat this card so you could use False Swipe on multiple Pokemon.  I wouldn't use more than a 1-1 line of these two Pokemon in a deck.

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 Primal Clash set.  This card's HP is lower than I'd like, but it does have two moves that both are average to well above average, as long as Doublade isn't knocked out in one turn, this card is phenomenal and can do major damage for only two energy cards.  Combined with Honedge from this set, I would give these two Pokemon a 3 out of 5 rating, they could definitely be used in a deck together without Aegislash.

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Doublade -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Doublade from the X and Y Pokemon card set.  Doublade is a stage 1, metal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Doublade does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Dual Blades, this move requires two energy cards, one each of metal and colorless, and does 30 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Doublade is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Honedge into play (I reviewed Honedge from this set yesterday) and then evolve Honedge into Doublade.  Doublade does have a stage 2 evolution in Aegislash that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed either of the Aegislash cards from this set yet I will right this strategy section as if Double is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Honedge was an average Pokemon card but was extremely limited thus not meriting use on its own.  Because of this and the fact that Doublade has a low hp and only one move, I would not use the first two Pokemon in this family of Pokemon without using Aegislash.  If you choose to use the first two Pokemon in this line, definitely don't use more than a 2-1 line of Honedge and Doublade and use whichever move you can from the card you have in play.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a pretty miserable stage 1 Pokemon card from the X and Y set.  Not only is this card extremely limited by only having one move and no Ability, but the only move it does have may end up doing no damage at all since the move depends on coin flips.  If you get lucky and do 60 damage that is above average, but with a Pokemon that only has 80 hp, I wouldn't risk using the card in your deck to possibly do above average on one turn.  So overall, I would give the line of Honedge and Doublade from this set a 1 out of 5 rating, Honedge was a 2 and Doublade a 1.  I would just recommend staying away from this line, especially without Aegislash.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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