Dragalge -- BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dragalge from the BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Set.  Dragalge is a stage 1, dragon type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110. It has a x2 weakness to fairy type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Dragalge does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Severe Poison, for one psychic type energy card this move poisons the defending Pokemon and allows you to put 4 damage counters on that Pokemon instead of 1 in between turns.  Dragalge's second move is called Dragon Pulse and for two energy cards, one each of water and psychic, this move does 60 damage, however you must discard the top card of your deck.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Dragalge is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Skrelp into play (I reviewed Skrelp previously) and then evolve Skrelp into Dragalge.  If you read my review of Skrelp, you'll know that I thought that card was a very poor Basic Pokemon card, it was a psychic type card and a card that had a low HP and only one move that was based on a coin flip and couldn't do any damage regardless if you had a heads or tails.  So knowing this about Skrelp and looking at this Dragalge card, the first thing you'll want to take into account is that this card's Dragon Pulse move requires two distinct energy types, so if you are building this dual type deck, this card is a good option for your deck, otherwise, I would just stick to Severe Poison.  You could use a 1-1 line of this Pokemon family to start the game out, using Severe Poison every turn while giving time to set up your benched Pokemon, or if using a dual type deck, do major damage every turn for two energy cards.  Even later in games, this card is good enough to hold up, so I would recommend at least considering this card when deck building.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a slightly above average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the BREAKpoint set.  The only downfall with this card is the fact its HP is a bit higher, but other than that, this card has an above average HP, and two very good moves.  Together with Skrelp from this set, I would give this line a 3 out of 5 rating and it is definitely a line that should be considered for a deck.

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Dragalge -- Flashfire Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dragalge from the Flashfire Pokemon Card Set.  Dragalge is a stage 1, dragon type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100.  It has a x2 weakness to fairy type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Dragalge's Ability is called Poison Barrier and says that if your opponent's active Pokemon is poisoned it can't retreat.  Besides the Ability, Dragalge just has the one move called Poison Breath, this move requires three energy cards, one each of psychic, water, and colorless, and does 60 damage, plus when you use this move, if you get a heads when you flip a coin, the defending Pokemon is paralyzed.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Dragalge is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Skrelp into play (I reviewed Skrelp from this set awhile ago since it is a psychic type Pokemon card) and then evolve Skrelp into Dragalge.  If you read my review on Skrelp from this set, you'll know that I thought that card was a pretty miserable Basic Pokemon card and one that should not be used in a deck on its own, so if you choose to use this Dragalge card in a deck, make sure to keep Skrelp on the bench and evolve it into Dragalge there.  If you really want to use this line in a deck, I would recommend using it in a dual type deck of water and psychic Pokemon and try and have quite a few Pokemon that can poison the defending Pokemon.  That way, if you get Dragalge onto your bench, you can utilize its Ability and make the active Pokemon unable to retreat, then if you use some spread damage in your deck, you can stack up the damage on all of your opponent's Pokemon, and your opponent really can't do anything about it if they can't retreat.  As far as actually using Dragalge in the active Pokemon spot, the only move it has is a decent one, but I would definitely have the three energy cards on Dragalge before putting it in the active Pokemon spot.  Because I would use this card for its Ability mainly, I wouldn't use more than a 1-1 line of Skrelp and Dragalge in a deck, but I would have to think long and hard if I'd even use them in a 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 from the Flashfire set.  I like that this card has an above average hp, and low retreat cost, it has a solid Ability that can really aid a deck that can poison Pokemon quite a bit, and then the one move Dragalge has is an average move that can poison the defending Pokemon if you get lucky when using the move.  Together with Skrelp from this set, I would give these two cards a 2 out of 5 rating, Skrelp was a 1 for me, and Dragalge was a 3, so if you can find a Skrelp card that isn't in the set, I would more highly recommend using this line in a deck.

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