Kyogre EX -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Kyogre EX and Kyogre EX Full Art from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  Kyogre EX is a basic, EX, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 180. It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  Kyogre does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Water Pulse, this move requires two energy cards to use, one each of water and colorless, and does 30 damage, plus it puts the defending Pokemon to sleep.  Kyogre's second move is called Giant Whirlpool, this move requires four energy cards to use, two each of water and colorless, and does 140 damage, however after using this move you must move two water energy cards attached to Kyogre back to your hand.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Kyogre EX is a basic Pokemon card you won't need to use any other cards with this card.  But remember, because this card is an EX card, if this card is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  However, Kyogre does have a primal reversion form you could use from this set and I will be reviewing that card tomorrow, so this strategy below will act like Kyogre EX does not have an evolution.  So knowing this, on its own, I would be apprehensive about using this card in a deck, don't get me wrong, this card is very powerful being able to do 140 damage a turn, but since you have to move two energy cards back to your hand every turn, if you want to use Giant Whirlpool most of the time with this card or if you want to retreat Kyogre, you're always going to have to be attaching energy cards to Kyogre and never attaching them to any of your other Pokemon, meaning if Kyogre gets knocked out or you have to retreat it, it will be a couple of turns before any of your other Pokemon are set up and ready to use.  So I cannot recommend using this card in a deck, but if you choose to use it, definitely do not use more than 1 of these in a deck, I would potentially put four energy cards on this card on the bench and move it to the active Pokemon spot when I need a one hit knock out to win the game, I would then move it to the active Pokemon spot and use Giant Whirlpool.  The other move that Kyogre EX has, Water Pulse, is a pretty solid move, but for an EX card it isn't that great.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this card is a little below average for an EX Pokemon card.  This card definitely has some positives about it, it has a high HP, and a very powerful move, but it also has a very high retreat cost, and since this card makes you move two energy cards back to your hand every time you use its most powerful move, Kyogre EX will be a huge energy hog in your deck.  So overall, I would not recommend using this card in a deck, there are much better water type Pokemon to use out there.

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Kyogre EX -- Dark Explorers Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Kyogre EX from the Dark Explorers set. This is the another EX card I'll be reviewing from the yet to be released set that is coming out May 9th, 2012. I will be continuing to review more Dark Explorers cards as scans are released.  Kyogre EX is a basic, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 170.  It has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  Kyogre surprisingly doesn't have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Smash Turn and for two energy cards, one each of water and colorless, it does 30 damage you this move allows you to switch Kyogre EX from your active Pokemon to your bench, and put one of your benched Pokemon into the active Pokemon spot.  Kyogre EX's other move is called Dual Splash which takes three energy cards, two water and one colorless, and does 50 damage to two of your opponent's Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, you'll have to know right off since this is an EX Pokemon card if this card gets knocked out your opponent will get to take two prize cards instead of one, with this in mind, if I were to put this Pokemon into the active Pokemon spot I would only use Dual Splash unless Kyogre needed to be retreated, and instead of wasting four energy cards to retreat Kyogre you can still do 30 damage and retreat Kyogre for free with Smash Turn.  I would definitely recommend you putting Kyogre EX in a spread damage type deck so that when you do put Kyogre EX into play, you can do 50 damage to two of your opponent's Pokemon and knock those two Pokemon out in two turns or less.  You should be able to use this technique of spreading damage around using Dual Splash for quite some time since Kyogre has 170 hp.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. For an EX card, especially compared to some EX cards from the Next Destinies set, this EX card is very average, it is surprising Kyogre doesn't have an Ability and I'm surprised Smash Turn is even on this card at all since it is pretty weak.  But overall, this card does pack a bunch being able to do 100 damage every turn with Dual Splash and this card can definitely help in any water type deck out there.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Kyogre EX from the Dark Explorers set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Entei EX from the same set.