Minccino 87/124 -- Fates Collide Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Minccino from the Fates Collide Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of the two Minccino cards that I've reviewed from this set.  Minccino is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Minccino does not have an Ability and this card only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Tail Smack, for one colorless energy card this move does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Minccino is a Basic evolution form with a Stage 1 evolution in Cinccino, you'll more than likely want to use Minccino with Cinccino, however because there are two Minccino cards in this set, I will compare both later on in this review, then there are two Cinccino cards from this set that I'll compare and contrast.  But, since I haven't reviewed any of the Cinccino cards yet, I'll just consider both Minccino cards without Cinccino.  So on its own, this Minccino card could be used as a starter type Pokemon since it can attack for only one energy card and do above average damage, add in the fact this card can be used in any type deck out there and this card is definitely better than yesterday's Minccino card.  Whereas yesterday's card had a higher HP, it couldn't do any damage when attacking and if your opponent wasn't using a Tool card, the move could do nothing at all.  But, because this card only has 50 HP, I would be somewhat leery to use this card just because later in the game it would be an easy one hit knockout.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Cinccino, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card.  Compared with yesterday's Minccino card, this card is much better, and if this card had a higher HP, I would highly recommend using this card in a deck, but with only a 50 HP, this card is usable, just one I wouldn't recommend that highly for a deck.

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Minccino 86/124 -- Fates Collide Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Minccino from the Fates Collide Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two Minccino cards that I'll be reviewing from this set.  Minccino is a basic, colorless 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.  Minccino does not have an Ability and this card only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Cleaning Up, for one colorless energy card this move allows you to discard a Pokemon Tool card attached to one of your opponent's Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Minccino is a Basic evolution form with a Stage 1 evolution in Cinccino, you'll more than likely want to use Minccino with Cinccino, however because there are two Minccino cards in this set, I will review the second one tomorrow then state which one I would recommend in play, then there are two Cinccino cards from this set that I'll compare and contrast.  But, since I haven't reviewed any of those other cards yet, in this review I'll just act like I'm only considering this specific Minccino card and will try and use it on its own.  On its own, I cannot recommend using this card in a deck, mainly because it can't do any damage when attacking and if you don't plan on evolving this card, it is beyond useful if you can't discard a Tool card from one of your opponent's Pokemon.  The only scenario it would even make sense to use this card would be if you specifically knew your opponent was going to use a Tool card in their deck, but even then, I would rather just knock the Pokemon out that has that Tool card instead of just discarding the Tool card.  So again, unless you specifically need to discard a Tool card, do not use this card in a deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Cinccino, this is a very poor Basic Pokemon card from the Fates Collide set.  The main knock on this card is that it can't do any damage when attacking, but even if you can discard a Tool card from your opponent's Pokemon, it may be a one time use with the move.  So without Cinccino, do not use this card in a deck.

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Minccino -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Minccino from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  Minccino is a basic, colorless 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.  Minccino does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  Its first move is called Pound and for one colorless energy card this move does 10 damage.  Minccino's second move is called Reckless Charge and for two colorless energy cards this move does 30 damage, however this move also does 10 damage to Minccino.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Mincinno is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Cinccino, I would recommend keeping Minccino on your bench and evolving it into Cinccino(there is not a Cinccino card in this set, but there are 3 in the Black and White sets previously, and I've reviewed them on my blog already) before moving it into the active Pokemon spot.  If you have to put Minccino into the active Pokemon spot, it actually isn't a bad starter Pokemon.  You can use Pound right away for only one energy card and then if you attach another energy card to it the next turn you can use Reckless Charge and do 30 damage per turn.  I would recommend using Reckless Charge over Pound, but make sure to not use it too much especially if you don't plan on evolving Mincinno into Cinccino quite soon, otherwise you may end up knocking Minccino out since it only has 60 hp.  I wouldn't use Minccino on its own in a deck unless I was desperate to fill an empty spot in a deck, since this card is a colorless type card it can fit into any deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a pretty solid basic Pokemon card.  I like that it has average hp, a low retreat cost, and two decent moves, plus it is colorless so you can put it into any deck.  There isn't anything really special about this card so there are much better alternatives, but you can't go too wrong by using this card in a deck.

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