Magnemite -- Evolutions Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magnemite from the XY Evolutions Pokemon Card Set.  Magnemite is a basic, lightning type Pokemon card with a 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.  Magnemite does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Thunder Wave, for one lightning energy, this move paralyzes the defending Pokemon if you get a heads when flipping a coin.  Magnemite's second move is called Self-Destruct and for two energy cards, one each of lightning and colorless, this move does 50 damage, however it also does 50 damage to Magnemite.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Magnemite is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Magneton, 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 would not recommend using this card in a deck.  The main reason for this is its lower HP, the other than the low HP, Magnemite can't do much when attacking, for one energy card it has a 50% chance of paralyzing the defending Pokemon, and for two energy cards you could potentially do 50 damage, but you are pretty much guaranteed to knock out Magnemite in the process.  So, since this card can't attack unless it knocks out itself, I would either plan on using this card as a more defensive starter type Pokemon, potentially attaching a Trick Coin trainer to it, and paralyzing the defending Pokemon to start the game, or I would keep it on the bench and evolve it into Magneton.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Magneton, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card.  I was pondering giving this card a 1 out of 5 rating, but since it does have two moves and a low retreat cost, I am giving it a 2 rating.  But unless you don't want to do any damage with a Basic Pokemon and you don't mind knocking Magnemite out to do damage, I wouldn't recommend this card for any deck without using Magneton.

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Magnemite 52/162 -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magnemite from the BREAKthrough set.  This is the second of the two Magnemite cards from this set I've reviewed.  Magnemite 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.  This Magnemite card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Shock Generator, for one lightning type energy card this move paralyzes the defending Pokemon if you get a heads when flipping a coin.  Magnemite's second move is called Lightning Ball and for two colorless energy cards this move does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Magnemite is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Magneton, and a Stage 2 evolution in Magnezone, which I'll be reviewing the next couple of days, you'll more than likely want to use some of those Pokemon with this card, however, since I have not reviewed any of those cards yet, I will just act like Magnemite does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own, however I will be comparing both Magnemite cards from this set.  On its own, this card would be an okay starter type Pokemon in a lightning type deck since it has an average HP, and two moves.  You could move this card into the active Pokemon spot to start the game and prevent your opponent from attacking with Shock Generator and then the second turn use Lightning Ball.  Looking at both Magnemite cards from this set, both are pretty similar, since both have the Lightning Ball move and one other thing they can do, an Ability on yesterday's card and a move on this card.  If you plan on using Magnemite on its own, this is the card you want to use since it can attack for one energy card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a slightly below average to average Basic Pokemon card from the BREAKthrough set.  Of the two Magnemite cards from this set, I would give the nod to this card, even though neither card is that great.  So if you're building a lightning type deck, this card is worthy of a look.

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Magnemite 51/162 -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magnemite from the BREAKthrough set.  This is the first of two consecutive Magnemite cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Magnemite 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.  This Magnemite has an Ability called Sparkling Induction and says that as long as this Magnemite is your active Pokemon, it has one colorless energy card retreat cost for each Magnemite on your bench.  Besides the Ability, Magnemite just has one move called Lightning Ball that does 20 damage for two colorless energy cards.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Magnemite is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Magneton, and a Stage 2 evolution in Magnezone, which I'll be reviewing the next few days, you'll more than likely want to use some of those Pokemon with this card, however, since I have not reviewed any of those cards yet and I haven't reviewed the second Magnemite card yet, I will just act like Magnemite does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  On its own, I would not recommend using this card in a deck, the main reason being it requires two energy cards to attack as opposed to one.  This card sets up better to be used with its evolution forms because you can than more than likely utilize its Ability and retreat Magnemite for free.  If you plan on using this card on its own, you can fit it into any type deck since it only requires colorless energy cards to use, and you have to use Lightning Ball every turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a slightly below average Basic Pokemon card from the BREAKthrough set.  Like I said above, if this card could attack for one energy card, I would have gave it an average rating, but because this card is slow on the attack it is below average.  So if you're building a lightning type deck, this card should be considered but there really is no reason to want to use it in your deck without Magneton.

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Magnemite #43/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magnemite from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two consecutive reviews I'll be doing of Magnemite from this set.  Magnemite is a basic, lightning type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Magnemite does not have an Ability and this version of Magnemite only has one move.  Its only move is called Electro Ball, this move requires one electric energy card and does 10 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Magnemite is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Magneton and a stage 2 evolution in Magnezone, which I'll be reviewing the next few days, you'll more than likely want to use this card with those Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, Magnemite would make a very decent basic Pokemon card.  You would want to use this card in a lightning type deck and have this be one of your starter Pokemon, I would not include more than 1 of these in a deck.  This card in my opinion is a little better starter card than yesterday's Magnemite card because it can do damage for only one energy card whereas yesteray's card required two energy cards to actually do damage.  But since this card only has the one move and we're using it on its own, I would only use 1 of these in a deck so that if you get it in your hand late in the game hopefully you don't have to put it in play.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average basic Pokemon card.  This card is slightly better than yesterday's Magnemite card that is why I'm giving it a 3 instead of a 2 rating.  I like how this card is a bit quicker to do damage, but that is about it, other than the one move this card can't do anything else.  So far, I'm not very excited about either of the Magnemite cards from this set.

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Magnemite #42/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magnemite from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive reviews I'll be doing of Magnemite from this set.  Magnemite is a basic, lightning type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Magnemite does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move it has is called Metal Sound, this move requires one colorless energy card and confuses the defending Pokemon if you get a heads when you flip a coin.  Magnemite's second move is called Electro Ball, this move requires two energy cards, one each of colorless and lightning, and does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Magnemite is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Magneton, and a stage 2 evolution in Magnezone, which I'll be reviewing the next few days, you'll more than likely want to use this card with those Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet and I haven't even reviewed the second Magnemite card in this set, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, Magnemite would make a very decent basic Pokemon card.  You would want to use this card in a lightning type deck and have this be one of your starter Pokemon, I would not include more than 1 of these in a deck.  Depending on the amount of energy you have attached to Magnemite will determine which move you will use.  I would recommend using Electro Ball every turn except if you're facing a Pokemon with a high hp that will knock you out before you can knock it out, if this is the case you should try and confuse that Pokemon with Metal Sound so it may end up attacking itself instead of Magnemite.  Overall, this is a below average basic Pokemon card that I probably wouldn't use in a deck on its own, but if you choose to, definitely don't use more than 1.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a slightly below average basic Pokemon card.  Even though this card has an average hp, low retreat cost, and two moves, I'm giving this card a below average rating because neither of its moves are spectacular and Metal Sound may not do anything at all.  If Metal Sound did confuse the defending Pokemon every turn guaranteed this card would get a much higher rating.

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