Koffing -- Evolutions Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Koffing from the XY Evolutions Pokemon Card Set.  Koffing is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Koffing does not have an Ability and its only move is called Foul Gas.  This move, requires two psychic energy cards to use and does 10 damage, plus the move poisons the defending Pokemon if you get a heads when flipping a coin, or confuses it, if you get a tails.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Koffing is a Basic evolution Pokemon with a Stage 1 evolution in Weezing, it is always a good idea to use the full line together, however, there isn't a Weezing in this set, since there wasn't one in the Base Set, but it first appeared in the Fossil set.  Because of this, I will be reviewing Koffing on its own, but the newest set to feature Weezing would be Fates Collide.  So, on its own, I would not recommend using Koffing in any deck, regardless if it is a psychic type deck or not.  Because this card can only do a maximum of 10 damage per turn and it can't attack for one energy card, this card is slow overall, and weak as an attacker.  If you're looking for a similar card to this one to use in your deck, yesterday's card, Drowzee, can attack for only one energy card, plus you can use Confuse Ray on that card, which is nearly identical to Koffing's Foul Gas move.  So, the only way I could see using Koffing in a deck is if you are using it with Weezing, even then, your best bet would be to set up the line on the bench.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Weezing, this is a well below average Basic Pokemon card overall, and one I would not recommend using in a deck, especially on its own.  Although this card does have a solid HP, and an okay move, it is too slow and too weak to be any good in the TCG, and you should definitely look elsewhere for a Basic psychic type Pokemon to use in your deck.

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Koffing -- Fates Collide Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Koffing from the Fates Collide Pokemon Card Set.  Koffing is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Koffing does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Division, for one psychic energy card this move allows you to search your deck for up to 2 Koffing cards and put them onto your bench.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Koffing is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Weezing, 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 cannot recommend using this card, the main reason being that this card can't attack and the only thing it can do is get more Koffing into play, so you would either have to use Koffing from a different set (newest set other than Fates Collide is Plasma Storm) or use Koffing with multiple Weezing so that you could evolve multiple Koffing at once.  Since any other Koffing card is too old in standard format, your only choice is to not use this card at all or make sure to use multiple Weezing in your deck too.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Weezing, this card is extremely poor and has no use in the TCG.  Since this card can't attack and only can bring more Koffing into play, this card should not be used.  There is really no other reason to even consider this card, just don't play it.

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Koffing #57/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Koffing from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of the two Koffing card reviews I'll be doing from this set.  This Koffing is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Koffing does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move this card has is called Smokescreen, this move requires two energy cards, one each of colorless and psychic, and does 20 damage.  If your opponent tries to attack you after you've used Smokescreen, they have to flip a coin and if they get tails their attack does not do anything.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Koffing is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Weezing, 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 Koffing card just like yesterday's Koffing card would be a great starter Pokemon to have in your psychic type deck.  This Koffing card is a more defensive card and will allow you to keep Koffing in the active Pokemon spot quite awhile while you're setting up your bench, so I would get Koffing in the game immediately, use Smokescreen every turn when you can, and then retreat Koffing when it is close to being knocked out.  I would include 1, maybe 2 of these cards in a mostly psychic type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average basic Pokemon card.  After reviewing both Koffing cards from this set I have come to the conclusion that they are both solid, yet average basic Pokemon card.  Both of these cards could be used in a psychic type deck, it will just depend on what method you prefer, being able to attack quickly, or a slower, more defensive card that could last longer in the active Pokemon spot.  I like that this Koffing card has a lower retreat cost than yesterday's card and that its only move not only does 20 damage guaranteed but can prevent damage the next turn from your opponent's Pokemon.  So if you're looking for a Pokemon to use in your psychic type deck, you can't go wrong with a Koffing card from Plasma Storm.

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Koffing #56/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Koffing from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Koffing cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Koffing is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Koffing does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move this card has is called Tackle, this move requires one psychic energy card and does 10 damage.  Koffing's second move is called Double Spin, this move requires two colorless energy cards and does 20 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Koffing is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Weezing, 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 I have not reviewed the other Koffing card from this set, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So on its own, this Koffing card would be a solid starter Pokemon card to use in a psychic type deck, I would consider using 1 or 2 of these cards and trying to get them in the active Pokemon spot to start the game.  I like this card as a starter Pokemon because it has above average hp and it has two moves but at the same time can attack with only one energy card.  I would use Double Spin most of the time unless the defending Pokemon will be knocked out by 10 damage then use Tackle instead.  Also, if you're only using this Koffing card and not Weezing in your deck, this card would work well in almost all decks because Double Spin requires colorless energy cards.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average basic Pokemon card.  I am giving this card a 3 rating even though it is close to a 4 because of Koffing's retreat cost and that Double Spin may not do any damage at all.  But as far as basic Pokemon go that have evolution cards, this one is pretty good, and definitely could be used in a psychic type deck.

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