Maractus -- Flashfire Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Maractus from the Flashfire Pokemon Card Set.  Maractus is a basic, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 90, it has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Maractus does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Exciting Shake, this move requires one grass energy card and allows you to flip 6 coins instead of 2 when using Prickly Needles during your next turn.  Maractus's second move is called Prickly Needles, this move requires two colorless energy cards and does 20 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip 2 coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Maractus is a basic Pokemon with no evolutions, you only have to use this Pokemon in your deck if you want to use this card.  With that being said, because this card really only has one move that can do any damage and that move is a move that relies on a coin flip, if I were to use this card in a deck, it would have to be a grass type deck and I would only use one of these cards in this deck.  I would move it into the active Pokemon spot early in a game, use Exciting Shake the first turn and Prickly Needles next possibly doing 120 damage a turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average Basic Pokemon card from the Flashfire set.  I would definitely use this card in a deck because it can quickly do 120 damage a turn.  However, this card may end up doing 0 damage every turn and therefore become useless in your deck.  So like I mentioned in the Strategy section of this review, if you want to use this card in a deck, make sure to not use more than 1.

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Maractus -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Maractus from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  Maractus is a basic, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 90. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to water type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Maractus does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves.  The first move it has is called Dazzle Dance, this move requires one grass energy card and does 10 damage plus this move confuses the defending Pokemon.  Maractus's second move is called Ambush, this move requires two energy cards, one each of colorless and grass, and does 20 damage, this move does 30 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Maractus is a basic Pokemon with no evolutions, you only have to use this Pokemon in your deck if you want to use this card.  In my opinion, this would be a perfect starter Pokemon card to include in a grass type deck.  It has two moves so you can attack right away plus it can do a good amount of damage with its second move.  I would include 2 to 4 Maractus in a grass type deck and put one into the active Pokemon spot as soon as possible in the game.  You can move this card into the active Pokemon spot immediately because it has a move that requires only one energy card and it has a high hp so it can withstand several attacks.  I would first use Dazzle Dance to confuse the defending Pokemon then the next turn use Ambush to try and do 50 damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an amazing basic Pokemon card from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card set.  If you're looking for a grass type starter Pokemon to use in your deck, look no further than this card!  This card has a high hp, low retreat cost, and two good moves.  You definitely can't go wrong by using this card in your grass type deck.

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Maractus -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Maractus from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  Maractus is a basic, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to water type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Maractus does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Stun Needle and for two energy cards, one each of grass and colorless, it does 20 damage, plus paralyzes the defending Pokemon if you get a heads when you flip a coin.  Maractus's second move is called Reinforced Needle and this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, and does 40 damage plus 40 more damage if a Pokemon tool card is attached to this Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, you always want to be able to do the most damage possible, so if you use this card you must have Pokemon Tools in your deck, so when you put Maractus into the active Pokemon spot, you can attach a Pokemon Tool card to this Pokemon and be able to do 80 damage every turn.  I would use Reinforced Needle every turn, no matter what, unless of course you don't have three energy cards attached to Maractus.  Since Maractus is a basic Pokemon, with no evolutions, I would only recommend putting one Maractus card in a grass type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  To me, this is a below average, basic Pokemon card, even though it does have a very good hp, it is too slow for my liking, and if you don't have a Pokemon Tool card attached to Maractus, this card is worthless.  If Stun Needle only required one energy card instead of two, I would consider giving this card an average rating, instead of the below average rating.

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Maractus #11/114 -- Black and White Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Maractus from the Black and White Pokemon Card Set.  This is actually the second Maractus card I've reviewed from this set, this card is an uncommon card, I've reviewed the rare Maractus card previously on my blog.  Maractus is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to water type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Maractus doesn't have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Mega Drain and for one grass energy card it does 20 damage and heals 20 damage from itself.  Maractus's second move is called Pin Missile and for three energy cards, two grass and one colorless, it does 20 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip 4 coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since this card requires mostly grass type energy I would include this card in a mostly grass type deck.  I would include 2 Maractus in that deck, one of each version from this set.  This card can do more damage but it isn't a for sure thing, while the rare Maractus card from this set can for sure do 50 damage every turn.  So, I would put this card on my bench at first and get three energy cards on it, then I would put it into the active Pokemon spot and use Pin Missile, like yesterday, I would use this move every turn unless I needed to knock out the defending Pokemon by doing 20 damage or less, then I would use Mega Drain instead of Pin Missile.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a below average, basic Pokemon card.  Even though it is a basic Pokemon, it isn't particularly fast, at least it doesn't do much damage for one energy card, and with a low hp for a Pokemon that requires three energy cards, by the time you can attach three energy cards to this card it may be too late, plus when you attach those energy cards to Maractus and use Pin Missile you might not be able to do any damage at all.

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