Ninetales -- Evolutions Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Ninetales from the XY Evolutions Pokemon Card Set.  Ninetales is a Stage 1, fire type Pokemon card, with a HP of 100. It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Ninetales does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is Lure, for one fire energy card this move allows you to switch your opponent's active Pokemon with one of their benched Pokemon, and this new active Pokemon is unable to retreat during your opponent's next turn.  Ninetales' second move is called Fire Blast and for three energy cards, two fire and one colorless, does 120 damage, after using this move you must discard a fire energy attached to Ninetales.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Ninetales is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Vulpix into play (I reviewed Vulpix from this set yesterday) and then evolve Vulpix into Ninetales.  Ninetales does have a BREAK evolution which I'll be reviewing tomorrow that you could use with this line.  If you read yesterday's review of Vulpix, you'll know that I thought it was an average to slightly below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  It had a solid HP, low retreat cost, and a good move, but the card only had one move and it required two energy cards instead of one to attack.  So, knowing this about Vulpix and looking at this Ninetales card, this Pokemon family could be used in 1 of 2 ways.  The first way to use this card is to use it in a spread attack type deck, where you first spread damage around, then move Ninetales to the active Pokemon spot and use Lure to get the Pokemon you want into the active Pokemon spot and the next turn knock that Pokemon out.  The second way to use this card is a straight up attacker, attaching a Burning Energy card to this card means that it can do 120 damage every single turn without having to attach more than three energy cards to this card ever, by doing this, Ninetales can be one of the main attackers in your deck.  Without considering Ninetales BREAK, I could see using a 2-2 line of this Pokemon family.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the XY Evolutions set.  The only downfall with this card is that it does take 3 energy cards to do damage to the defending Pokemon, and without a Burning Energy it needs a new energy card attached to it each turn.  But overall, I would highly recommend using this card in a fire type deck, together with Vulpix from this set, I would give the two cards a 4 out of 5 rating.

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Ninetales -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Ninetales from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  Ninetales is a stage 1, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Ninetales' Ability is called Barrier Shrine and says that neither player can play any Stadium cards from their hand.  Besides the Ability, Ninetales just has one move called Flickering Flames, this move requires three energy cards to use, two fire and one colorless, and does 70 damage plus puts the defending Pokemon to sleep.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Ninetales is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Vulpix into play (I reviewed Vulpix from this set yesterday) and then evolve Vulpix into Ninetales.  If you read yesterday's review of Vulpix, you'll know that I thought that card was a slightly below average Basic Pokemon card that I still gave a 3 rating.  I had really nothing to complain about, but it was just limited in what it could do, having two moves, neither requiring more than an energy card to use but neither move doing more than 10 damage.  So knowing this about Vulpix and looking at this Ninetales card, I would recommend using a 1-1 line of these two cards if you're building a fire type deck.  You could either try and use Vulpix as a starter type Pokemon doing 10 damage a turn right away, or you could set up this entire line on the bench, utilizing Ninetales' Ability while on the bench, then once you get three energy cards on Ninetales using Flickering Flames every turn, which is a very good move.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  Even though I am giving this card an average rating, I am a big fan of Ninetales only move since it not only does above average damage but it also put the defending Pokemon to sleep.  You can't go wrong by using this move multiple times during the game.  So together with Vulpix from this set, I would give these two cards a combined rating of 3 out of 5, the same rating I gave both cards individually.

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Ninetales -- Legendary Treasures Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Ninetales from the Legendary Treasures Pokemon Card Set.  Ninetales is a stage 1, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Ninetales does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Color Coordination, this move requires three colorless energy cards and does 50 damage plus 40 more damage if you have any energy cards attached to Ninetales that are the same type as the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Ninetales is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Vulpix into play (I reviewed Vulpix from this set yesterday) and then evolve Vulpix into Ninetales.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Vulpix could be used on its own in a deck since it has one pretty good move and an average hp, but using that card with Ninetales is a much better option.  So if you choose to use Vulpix and Ninetales from the Legendary Treasures set in a deck together I would recommend using a 2-2 or 2-1 line in a dual type deck.  I would consider moving Vulpix into the active Pokemon spot immediately or evolving it into Ninetales and putting three energy cards on it, then when in the active Pokemon spot using Color Coordination every turn.  I would make sure to use Ninetales in at least a dual type deck because then it will give you a better chance of being able to do 90 damage per turn with Color Coordination.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average stage 1 Pokemon card from the Legendary Treasures set.  This card has an average hp, one move that is below average normally but can be way above average too, and a low retreat cost, so all in all an average card.  This card can work in any deck since it requires only colorless energy cards and I would consider using the line of Vulpix and Ninetales in a deck because both cards are average individually (3s) and as a whole they are average as well.

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Ninetales -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Ninetales from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  Ninetales is a stage 1, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Ninetales's Ability is called Bright Loo and it says when you move Ninetales from your hand to evolve one of your Pokemon you may switch the defending Pokemon with one of your opponent's benched Pokemon.  Besides the Ability, Ninetales has one move called Hexed Flame which takes one fire energy card and does 20 damage plus 50 more damage for each special condition the defending Pokemon has.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Ninetales is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you can't play it right away, instead you'll have to use Vulpix first.  I would put Vulpix into the active Pokemon spot when it has one fire energy card on it and you have Ninetales in your hand, I would burn the defending Pokemon using Vulpix's move, if you're using the Vulpix card from this set, then the next turn I would evolve Vulpix into Ninetales and use Hexed Flame to do 70 damage for one energy card.  I would include this Pokemon line in a fire type deck that has a lot of Pokemon that inflict special conditions, and would only use a 1-1 line of Vulpix and Ninetales in that deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  Even though Ninetales has the Ability to do a ton of damage with Hexed Flame and do that amount of damage for a small amount of energy, I'm still giving this card a below average rating because the move set on this card just doesn't make sense, why would you want to use Ninetales's Ability when if you move one of your opponent's benched Pokemon to the active Pokemon spot, more than likely you'll lose any effect of a special condition, and thus Ninetales can only do 20 damage.  So overall, I would recommend finding another fire type Pokemon card to use in your deck.

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