Eelektrik -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Eelektrik from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card set.  Eelektrik is a Stage 1, Lightning type Pokemon card, with a HP of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to Fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Metal type Pokemon, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  This card does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move on this card is called Small Appetite, for two Energy cards, one each of Lightning and Colorless, this move does 50 damage, however, if your opponent's Active Pokemon has an HP of 100 or more, the move does nothing.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Eelektrik is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Tynamo into play (I reviewed Tynamo from this set yesterday) and then evolve Tynamo into Eelektrik.  Tynamo does have a Stage 2 evolution in Eelektross, 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 Eelektrik is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read my review of Tynamo, you'll know that I thought that card was well below average, mainly because of its low HP of 40, plus it only had one move, even though it could do up to 40 damage per turn, more than likely it would only do 10 damage per turn, so I wouldn't recommend using it on its own.  Knowing this about Tynamo and looking at this Eelektrik card, this card makes zero sense to use without using Eelektross in your deck, mainly because this card is useless if you're facing a powerful Pokemon, or really anything that is popular in today's Standard format.  So like Tynamo, if you want to use Eelektross in your deck, set this line up on your Bench.

Pokemon Card Rating:  
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is well below average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Burning Shadows set.  Like Tynamo from yesterday, this card has a low HP and is relatively limited when attacking, since this card only has one move and it can only do damage against Pokemon with 90 HP or less.  Combined with Tynamo from this set, these two cards get a 1 out of 5 rating from me, definitely look elsewhere for Pokemon to put in a Lightning type deck.

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Eelektrik 64/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Eelektrik from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card set.  This is the second consecutive Eelektrik card that I've reviewed from this set.  Eelektrik is a stage 1, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Eelektrik card does not have an Ability but it does have an Ancient Trait called Recovery that says when Eelektrik is healed, double the amount healed.  Besides the Ancient Trait, Eelektrik only has one move called Thrash, this move requires three energy cards to use, two colorless and one lightning, and does 50 damage plus 20 more damage if you get a heads when flipping a coin, if you get a tails the move still does 50 damage, but it then does 20 damage to Eelektrik.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Eelektrik is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Tynamo into play (I reviewed Tynamo from this set two days ago) and then evolve Tynamo into Eelektrik.  Eelektrik does have a stage 2 evolution in Eelektross that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just plan on acting like this Eelektrik card is the final evolution in this line, but I will compare the two Eelektrik cards at the end of this section.  So if you read my review of Tynamo, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card, it wasn't that bad overall, except for the fact that it had a below average HP of only 40, meaning it would get knocked out in one turn pretty much every turn late in games.  So knowing this about Tynamo and looking at this Eelektrik card, with this Eelektrik card as opposed to yesterday's, you'll want to set this entire line up on the bench, since the only move Eelektrik has requires three energy cards to use.  Once you do get three energy cards on it, you can move it to the active Pokemon spot any time, you'll want to make sure to have ways of healing Eelektrik since it may end up doing damage to itself, and you may want to attach a Trick Coin card to Eelektrik to give yourself a better chance of doing 70 damage a turn with Thrash.  Overall, I can't highly recommend using this Eelektrik card in a deck, the move it has is slow and may end up doing more harm than it should, so if you're looking to play a line of Tynamo and Eelektrik in your deck, I would recommend using yesterday's Eelektrik card, this card had two good moves that would make Eelektrik a solid add to a lightning type deck.

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 is just too slow in my opinion and doesn't have that great of a move for me to consider it an average card and when comparing the two Eelektrik cards from this set, I definitely prefer yesterday's card.  Combining this card with Tynamo from the set, would only get a 2 out of 5 rating from me, both are below average individually and together.

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Eelektrik 63/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Eelektrik from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card set.  This is the first of two Eelektrik cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Eelektrik is a stage 1, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Eelektrik does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Gnaw, for two colorless energy cards this move does 20 damage.  Eelektrik's second move is called Buzz Flip, this move requires three energy cards to use, two lightning and one colorless, and does 30 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip 4 coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Eelektrik is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Tynamo into play (I reviewed Tynamo from this set yesterday) and then evolve Tynamo into Eelektrik.  Eelektrik does have a stage 2 evolution in Eelektross that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed that card yet, and haven't even reviewed the second Eelektrik card from this set, I'll just plan on acting like this Eelektrik card is the final evolution in this line and that I have no knowledge of the other Eelektrik.  So if you read yesterday's review of Tynamo, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card, it wasn't that bad overall, except for the fact that it had a below average HP of only 40, meaning it would get knocked out in one turn pretty much every turn late in games.  So knowing this about Tynamo and looking at this Eelektrik card, these two Pokemon could definitely be used in a lightning type deck.  Both Pokemon have quick moves that do a good amount of damage, you would definitely be safe starting the game with Tynamo in the active Pokemon spot, and even attaching a Trick Coin trainer card to it, giving you a chance to do 20 damage per turn for only one energy card, you'll want to evolve Tynamo as soon as possible though and use Gnaw first with Eelektrik and then Buzz Flip any time you want to do major damage, having the Trick Coin card attached to Eelektrik will give you two opportunities to do up to 120 damage per turn.  I could definitely see myself using a 1-1 line of these two Pokemon 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 Primal Clash set.  There really isn't anything to complain about on this card, it is just average overall and would be a solid add to any lightning type deck out there.  Combined with Tynamo from this set, I would give the two cards a 3 out of 5 rating, and like I said, as long as you evolve Tynamo early in the game, this line could be used in a deck.

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Eelektrik -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Eelektrik  from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Eelektrik is a stage 1, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Eelektrik does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Thunder Wave, for one lightning energy card this move does 20 damage plus if you get a heads when you flip a coin it paralyzes the defending Pokemon.  Eelektrik's second move is called Headbutt, this move requires two colorless energy cards and does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Eelektrik is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Tynamo into play (I reviewed Tynamo from this set yesterday) and then evolve Tynamo into Eelektrik.  Eelektrik does have a stage 2 evolution in Eelektross 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 Eelektrik is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read yesterday's review of Tynamo, you'll know that I thought it was a below average basic Pokemon card because of its extremely low hp, other than the hp, the card was pretty decent overall.  So knowing this about Tynamo and looking at its stage 1 evolution in Eelektrik, I would probably not use these two cards in a deck together without using Eelektross.  I say this because even though both Eelektrik and Tynamo's moves do above average damage for the energy cards they require, they don't do enough damage for the moves to make up for the low hp on both cards.  If you decide to use this line in a deck, I wouldn't use more than 1 each of Tynamo and Eeletrik, I would try and set the line up on the bench, get two energy cards on Eelektrik and then use Headbutt most turns.  The earlier in the game you get this line into the active Pokemon spot the better.

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. Even though I don't recommend using Tynamo and Eelektrik together, I still think Eelektrik is an average Pokemon card, other than its below average hp, both moves on this card and quick and do above average damage.  However, combined, I would give the line of Tynamo and Eelektrik from the Plasma Blast Pokemon card set a 2 out of 5 rating, Tynamo was a 2, Eelektrik a 3.

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