Gloom -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gloom from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card set.  Gloom is a Stage 1, Grass type Pokemon card, with a HP of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Gloom does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Stinky Scent, for one Grass Energy card, this move Confuses the defending Pokemon.  Razor Leaf is the second move on this card, for two Energy cards, one each of Grass and Colorless, this move does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Gloom is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Oddish into play (I reviewed Oddish from this set yesterday) and then evolve Oddish into Gloom.  Oddish does have a Stage 2 evolution in Vileplume, 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 Gloom is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read my review of Oddish, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  The main negative on that card was its below average HP of only 50, besides that it was limited in what it could do, only having one move that Poisoned the defending Pokemon.  So knowing this about Oddish and taking a look at this Gloom card, because this card also has a low HP, like Oddish, I would pass on using these two cards together without using Vileplume.  Of course, with Confusion, even if the defending Pokemon is unable to do damage to Gloom, it still only does 30 damage to itself, the same amount of damage Razor Leaf does.  Sure, 30 damage is a fair amount of damage to do a turn or two into the game, but it won't cut it later in games.  Best case with the line so far is to evolve these Pokemon on the Bench to get to Vileplume.

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 Burning Shadows set.  Similarly to Oddish, this card has a low HP, and neither of the moves on this card does more than 30 damage.  So while this card can attack quickly and inflict a Special Condition, together with Oddish from this set, which I also gave a 2 out of 5 rating, I would give these two cards combined a 1 out of 5 rating.  Just a note on Gloom, I have lots of memories with Gloom from the Jungle set, I actually traded away the very first Charizard holo from Base Set that I had in my collection for an Alakazam holo from Base Set and a Gloom and Seaking from Jungle, quantity was more important than quality to me when I was younger!

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Gloom -- Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gloom from the Ancient Origins Pokemon Card set.  Gloom is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Gloom does not have an Ancient Trait or an Ability and it only has one move called Drool that does 30 damage for two energy cards, one each of colorless and grass.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Gloom is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Oddish into play (I reviewed Oddish from this set yesterday) and then evolve Oddish into Gloom.  Gloom does have two stage 2 evolution forms in Vileplume and Bellossom that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, the strategy below will act like Gloom is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read my review of Oddish, you'll know that I thought that card was a slightly below average Basic Pokemon card with the only negative on the card really being its lower HP, because the one move it did have required only one energy card to attack and could do up to 20 damage a turn.  So knowing this about Oddish and looking at this Gloom card, this Gloom card is pretty similar in that it has a lower HP, and only one move that does do a fair amount of damage for a reasonable amount of energy cards.  Because both Pokemon in this line so far have less than average HP, I can not recommend using these two cards in a deck, but if you plan to use Vileplume or Bellossom, these two cards should work just fine since they can do good for one turn in the active Pokemon spot.

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 Ancient Origins set.  Other than having a lower HP and only having one move, this card is a pretty decent Stage 1 Pokemon card overall being able to attack quickly and doing a fair amount of damage.  However, because both Oddish and Gloom have below average HP, together I am giving them a combined 2 out of 5 rating, the same rating I gave each card individually.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Gloom from the Ancient Origins set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of the first of the two Stage 2 evolution forms of Gloom, in Vileplume, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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Gloom -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gloom from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Gloom is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to water type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Gloom does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  Its first move is called Foul Odor and for two colorless energy cards this move confuses both Gloom and the defending Pokemon.  Gloom's second move is called Poison Powder which requires three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, and does 40 damage, plus it poisons the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Gloom has a stage 2 evolution in Vileplume, I would suggest evolving Oddish into Gloom and then Gloom into Vileplume if possible all on the bench.  But if you have to move Gloom into the active Pokemon spot before evolving it into Vileplume, or you moved Oddish into the active Pokemon spot and evolved it into Gloom, I would always use Poison Powder as long as you have three energy cards on Gloom.  Even though it can't do as much damage as most moves can for three energy cards, I would still use this move every turn because it actually does damage and does not inflict a special condition on Gloom, whereas Foul Odor does.  But make sure if you plan on using Gloom in your deck that you have plenty of ways to heal special conditions.  I would not use just Oddish and Gloom in a deck together without Vileplume.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a poor stage 1 Pokemon card.  It has a below average hp, two slow moves, and of these two slow moves, one doesn't do any damage at all but confuses Gloom, and the other move does hardly any damage for three energy cards.  I would not suggest using this card at all unless you are going to use Vileplume, but I would never recommend putting this card in the active Pokemon spot if you can avoid it.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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