Gabite -- BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gabite from the BREAKpoint Pokemon Card set.  Gabite is a stage 1, fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Gabite does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Sand Tomb.  For one fighting energy, this move does 20 damage, plus it makes your opponent's active Pokemon unable to retreat during their next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Gabite is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Gible into play (I reviewed Gible from this set yesterday) and then evolve Gible into Gabite.  Gabite does have a Stage 2 evolution in Garchomp, 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 Gabite is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read my review of Gible, you'll know that I thought it was a pretty poor Basic Pokemon card, despite having an average HP, low retreat cost, and a move that could attack for one energy card.  I thought it was very poor mainly because it had just the one move and the move couldn't do any damage and could easily be replaced by a Trainer or Supporter card.  So knowing this about Gible and looking at this Gabite card, I can not recommend using this line in a deck without Garchomp.  Just like Gible, this card is too weak, since it only has one move that does little damage.  Plus, this card has a low HP, which will make it get knocked out very easily late in games.  So there really is no strategy to talk about with the first two cards in this line outside of not using them in a 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 BREAKpoint set.  Other than having a quick attack and a low retreat cost, this card is pretty poor overall.  Gabite can do little damage every turn, only has one move, and has a very low HP.  So together with Gible from this set, I can't give this line higher than a 1 out of 5 rating.

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Gabite #89/124 -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gabite from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two consecutive Gabite cards from this set.  Gabite is a stage 1, dragon type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to dragon type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Gabite card does have an Ability, the Ability is called Dragon Call and says that once during your turn you may search your deck for a dragon type Pokemon and put it into your hand.  Besides the Ability, Gabite only has one move called Dragonslice which takes two energy cards, one each of water and fighting, and does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Gabite has a stage 2 evolution in Garchomp, I would suggest evolving Gible into Gabite and then Gabite into Garchomp if possible.  If you choose to use this Gabite card over the other Gabite card from this deck I would not move this card into the active Pokemon spot if possible.  I would keep it on the bench and use Dragon Call every chance I could. I would recommend using this Gabite card over the other Gabite card if your deck includes many other dragon type Pokemon, then you can use this card as a catalyst to get those other cards into play.  However, if you have to move Gabite into the active Pokemon spot, you have no choice but to use Dragonslice every turn until you can evolve Gabite into Garchomp.  If you are only going to use this card for its Ability, I would only use a 1-1 line of Gible and Gabite in a mostly dragon type deck, otherwise I wouldn't recommend using this card if you want to use only 1 or 2 dragon type Pokemon cards in your deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a very average stage 1 Pokemon card.  Even though I gave both Gabite cards from this deck the same rating, I prefer yesterday's card over this card.  At least yesterday's card could do well if moved into the active Pokemon spot, this card doesn't have much of a chance.  Other than only having one move, this card is the same as yesterday's card.

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Gabite #88/124 -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gabite from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Gabite cards from this set.  Gabite is a stage 1, dragon type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to dragon type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Gabite does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Tackle which requires one colorless energy card and does 20 damage.  Gabite's second move is called Shred and for two energy cards, one each of water and fighting, this move does 40 damage and this move's damage can't be affected by any effects on the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Gabite has a stage 2 evolution in Garchomp, I would suggest evolving Gible into Gabite and then Gabite into Garchomp if possible.  But if you moved Gible into the starting Pokemon start right away since one of the Gible cards from this set is a good starter Pokemon, or you have to move Gabite into the active Pokemon spot because it is your only option, as long as you have two energy cards on Gabite, I would definitely use Shred every turn.  In the mean time I would be actively pursuing the Garchomp card in my deck and trying to get it into my hand so I could evolve Gabite.  Just make sure if you do use this card, that you notice even though it is a dragon type card that it requires water and fighting energy cards, so you'll want to include this card in a water and fighting dual type deck, and I would recommend using Gabite without Garchomp if necessary, if you decide to do this, I would use a 2-1 line of Gible and Gabite in your deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a very average stage 1 Pokemon card.  Besides having a somewhat low hp, everything else on this card is average.  It has two decent moves, both do solid damage, and are very quick.  Besides the attacks, Gabite's retreat cost is minimal, the only thing this card is lacking is a good Ability.  I'll have to compare this card to tomorrow's Gabite card to see which one is better.

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