Helioptile -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Helioptile from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Helioptile is a Basic, Lightning type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to Fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Metal type Pokemon, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Helioptile does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move on this card is called Thunder Shock, for one Lightning Energy card this move does 10 damage, plus, if you get a heads when flipping a coin, the defending Pokemon is Paralyzed.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Helioptile is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Heliolisk, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own, this card could be used as a starter type Pokemon in a Lightning type deck since it can attack for only one Energy card and it can prevent your opponent from attacking, therefore giving you more time to set up your Benched Pokemon.  Unfortunately this card is very limited, so it won't work well later in games.  Because of this fact, I could see maybe using 1 or 2 of these cards in a deck on their own without Heliolisk.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Heliolisk, this is an average Basic Pokemon card overall.  Other than being limited by having just one move, this card is very average overall, with a solid HP, low retreat cost, and a quick move that also inflicts a Special Condition.  Although this card won't change any games, it is a decent one to consider when deck building.

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Helioptile #29/119 -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Helioptile from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second consecutive Helioptile card I have reviewed.  Helioptile is a Basic, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Helioptile does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Quick Attack, for one colorless energy card this move does 10 damage, plus if you get a heads when you flip a coin, it does 10 more damage.  Helioptile's second move is called Static Shock, this move does 30 damage for three energy cards, two colorless and one lightning.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Helioptile is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Heliolisk, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution, however I will compare the two Helioptile cards in this set later in the post.  So, on its own this card could be used as a starter type Pokemon, since it can do up to 20 damage for only one energy card.  So really, either Helioptile card could be used in a deck without Heliolisk.  I myself would go with the one from yesterday because it can do up to 50 damage per turn, it is just a little slower but it does have more energy.  If you choose to use this card in a deck, don't use more than 1 or 2, get it into the active Pokemon spot right away, and use Quick Attack every turn.  I would attach the Trick Coin tool card to this card thus giving you a better shot at getting a heads when using the move.  That way, you only have to put one energy card on Helioptile and then can set up the Pokemon on your bench.  I wouldn't use Static Shock on this card unless I was planning on evolving Helioptile into Heliolisk, it requires too many energy cards and does too little damage plus a Pokemon with only 50 HP shouldn't need 3 energy cards to attack.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average to slightly below average Basic Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set.  Both cards Helioptile cards from this set are average cards, but the one from yesterday is definitely better.  If this card had a little better HP, they would be quite even, but because it only has 50, I would recommend yesterday's card more.  I do like that this card can attack for only one energy card, which is an advantage over the slower, more powerful Helioptile card from yesterday.  So if you are building a lightning type deck, either Helioptile card would work.

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Helioptile #28/119 -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Helioptile from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Helioptile cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Helioptile is a Basic, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Helioptile does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Tail Rap, this move requires two energy cards, one each of lightning and colorless, and does 10 damage, plus 20 more damage for each heads you get when you flip two coins, so this move can potentially do 50 damage a turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Helioptile is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Heliolisk, which I'll be reviewing in two days, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, and haven't reviewed the second Helioptile card from this set, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution and I know nothing about the second Helioptile card.  So, on its own I could definitely see using one of these cards in a deck, I would try and get this card into the active Pokemon spot to start the game, attach a Trick Coin tool to it, get two energy cards on Helioptile and use Tail Rap every turn.  With Trick Coin, you have two chances of getting heads twice and being able to do 50 damage a turn for only two energy cards, even if you hit heads 50 percent of the time, 30 damage on a Basic Pokemon card like this is a good amount of damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average Basic Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set.  This card has an average HP, low retreat cost, and one move, albeit a little slower move, but one with some luck can do a good amount of damage.  So if you're building a lightning type deck and are looking for a starter type Pokemon, I would definitely encourage you to take a look at this card, it comes with some risk, but it should reward you greatly if you choose to use this card.

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Helioptile -- Flashfire Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Helioptile from the Flashfire Pokemon Card Set.  Helioptile is a basic, lightning type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Helioptile does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Pound, this move does 10 damage for one lightning energy card.  Helioptile's second move is called Destructive Beam, this move requires two energy cards, one each of colorless and lightning and allows you to discard an energy card from your opponent's active Pokemon if you get a heads when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Helioptile is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Heliolisk, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own I wouldn't recommend using this card in a deck unless you really really needed one more lightning type Pokemon to put in your deck.  I say this because even though Helioptile does have two moves, neither are that great.  So if you do decide to use this card in your deck, I would try to get it out early in the game since the most damage it can do is 10, then use Pound most turns, unless the opposing Pokemon requires a lot of energy cards to attack, then you can take a chance and use Destructive Beam, hopefully flipping a heads and delaying their ability to attack.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the Flashfire set.  This card does have some positives for being a below average card, it has an average hp, a low retreat cost and two good moves.  However, neither move on this card is very good, and the card is very limited if you do not plan on using it without Heliolisk.  So overall, I can not recommend using this card in a deck, but if it comes to a worst case scenario, this card wouldn't be that bad.

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