Latios EX -- Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Latios EX and Latios EX Full Art from the Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Set.  Latios EX is a basic, EX, dragon type Pokemon card with an hp of 170. It has a x2 weakness to fairy type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Latios EX does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Fast Raid, for one psychic energy card this move does 40 damage, plus if you go first you can use this attack right away.  Latios' second move is called Light Pulse, for four energy cards, two psychic and one each of water and colorless, this move does 110 damage, plus it prevents all effects of an attack except for damage from your opponent's moves during their next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Latios 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, Latios does have a mega evolution you could use from this set and I will be reviewing that card tomorrow, so this strategy below will act like Latios EX does not have an evolution.  So knowing this, on its own, unless you're keen on wanting a starter type Pokemon in your deck be an EX card, and therefor using Fast Raid against weaker Pokemon to start the game, I wouldn't recommend this card in a deck, just because it requires two distinct types of energy cards to attack and it is pretty slow on the attack if you want to do 110 damage a turn.  There really isn't anything bad about this card, it is just pretty average overall for an EX card.  If you do decide to use this card in a deck, don't use more than 1, and either start the game with it and use Fast Raid or set it up on the bench so that when in the active Pokemon spot you can use Light Pulse right away.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average EX Pokemon card from the Roaring Skies set.  I really have no complaints with this card, it just isn't extraordinary in any way.  It has a solid HP, lower retreat cost, and two good moves, one quick, the other slower that does a fair amount of damage.  So if in the case you're building a water and psychic type deck this card is definitely worth a look.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Latios EX from the Roaring Skies set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Latios's mega evolution in Mega Latios EX, which is from this same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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Latios EX Full Art -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Latios EX Full Art from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Latios is a basic, EX, dragon type Pokemon card with an hp of 170. It has a x2 weakness to dragon type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Latios EX does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move this card has is called Mach Flight, this move requires two energy cards, one each of colorless and psychic, and does 40 damage, plus it makes your opponent's active Pokemon unable to retreat during their next turn.   Latios's second move is called Luster Purge, this move requires three energy cards, one each of water, psychic, and colorless, and does 150 damage, however after using this move, you must discard all energy cards attached to Latios.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Latios 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.  Another thing to note with this card is that even though it is a dragon type card, the energy required to use this card are psychic and water types.  So with that in mind, you'll want to use this card in a dual type deck, I would include more than one of these in a deck, and I would keep it on the bench throughout the entire game, making sure to have three energy cards on it, so when you only need to knock out one of your opponent's Pokemon to win, you can move Latios into the active Pokemon spot and more than likely one hit KO them.  That is the strategy I would use with this card, to me, it isn't worth the risk of having your opponent take two prize cards to use this card for Mach Flight, since this move is a very average move.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average EX Pokemon card.  I usually never give below average ratings to EX Pokemon cards but this card is one of my exceptions.  I really don't like this card much at all.  First off, it requires two different energy types to attack, and secondly if you actually want to do major damage with this card, you're going to have to wait several turns in between attacks, and if you want to load up this card with energy to use Luster Purge consecutive turns, you'll have to think again, because that move makes you discard all energy cards attached to Latios, not just the three used for the move.  So this is one EX card I would not highly recommend using in a deck and the two Legendary Bird EX cards from this set are both pretty poor compared to most EX cards out there.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Latios EX Full Art from the Plasma Freeze set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Rattata which is from this same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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