Kyurem EX -- Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Kyurem EX and Kyurem EX Full Art from the Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Set.  Kyurem EX is a basic, EX, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 180. It has a x2 weakness to metal type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  This card does not have an Ancient Trait or an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Glaciate and for three energy cards, two water and one colorless, this move does 30 damage to each of your opponent's Pokemon.  Kyurem's second move is called Icecalibur and for four energy cards, three water and one colorless, this move does 130 damage, however you must discard an energy attached to Kyurem after attacking, but it also prevents your opponent's active Pokemon from attacking during their next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Kyurem 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.  So knowing this about Kyurem EX, this card would work in a heavy water type deck or a spread damage type deck.  It is imperative that you set this card up on the bench since it is so slow on the attack, but once you get three energy cards on it you can move it to the active Pokemon spot and use either Glaciate every turn if you're using it in a spread damage type deck, or make sure you have an abundance of energy cards on it and use Icecalibur most turns to hopefully knock the defending Pokemon out in one turn, for sure two, and prevent them from ever attacking.  Because this card is slower on the attack, I wouldn't recommend more than one of these in a deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a very powerful Pokemon EX from the Ancient Origins set and one I would recommend using in a water type deck.  The only downfall of this card is that its quickest move requires three energy cards to use, other than that, it has an above average HP and two great moves, allowing it to be used for its power alone in a water type deck, or to be put in a spread damage type deck and able to knock out several Pokemon at once.

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Kyurem EX -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Kyurem EX from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Kyurem is a basic, EX, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 180. It has a x2 weakness to metal type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Kyurem EX does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Outrage, this move requires two colorless energy cards and does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Kyurem.  Kyurem's second move is called Giga Frost, this move requires four energy cards, two each of colorless and water, and does 150 damage, however after using this move, you must discard two water energy cards from Kyurem.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Kyurem 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.  So knowing this, you definitely won't want to use too many of this EX card in a deck.  This card is probably one of the poorer EX cards out there, but if do include this card in your deck I would keep it on the bench, put at least four energy cards on it, then late in the game when you need a one hit KO, move it into the active Pokemon spot and use Giga Frost.  Another strategy you could take with this card is to use this in a deck where one of your Pokemon does damage to your benched Pokemon, that way you could already get damage on Kyurem, up to 170 damage, and then do 200 damage in one turn with Outrage and knockout every Pokemon that could possibly be in the active Pokemon spot in one turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a very average EX Pokemon card.  So compared to the first two EX Pokemon cards in this set, this one is much worse, but I still think it is average overall.  I definitely couldn't see myself building a deck around this card just because it can't do that much damage very quickly, and the only way it can do a lot of damage is too have consequences (either discarding energy or having damage on Kyurem) so it definitely isn't a card to build a deck around.  This is just a supporting type card in your deck, and one that doesn't have to be in every water type deck out there.

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