Noctowl -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Noctowl from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  Noctowl is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90. It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Noctowl does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called High Flight, for two colorless energy cards this move does 20 damage times the number of items cards in each person's hands.  Noctowl's second move is called Speed Dive and for three colorless energy cards this move does 70 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Noctowl is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Hoothoot into play (I reviewed Hoothoot from this set yesterday) and then evolve Hoothoot into Noctowl.  If you read yesterday's review of Hoothoot, you'll know I thought that card was extremely poor.  It had a decent HP and retreat cost, but it only had one move, that required two energy cards to use, and couldn't even do any damage, only prevented your opponent from using any Item cards during their next turn.  So knowing how poor Hoothoot is and looking at this Noctowl card, there isn't anything on this card that makes this line a must have for any reason and there is really no reason to use this line in a deck.  Unless you know you are going to be really heavy on Item cards in your deck, High Flight may end up doing no damage at all, and although Speed Dive does do above average damage, putting three energy cards on a card with only 90 HP isn't the smartest thing to do.  So as far as strategy goes, look elsewhere and do not use this card in a deck.

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 BREAKthrough set.  I like that this card has a solid HP and low retreat cost, two moves, and can be used in any type deck.  With all of that being said, I still wouldn't recommend using this card in a deck because it is slow on the attack and is limited in what it can do if you don't use Item cards in your deck.  Together with Hoothoot from this set, I cannot give this line higher than a 2 out of 5 rating.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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What is the highest rarity of any Noctowl card in the English TCG?
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Noctowl -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Noctowl from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Noctowl is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Noctowl does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Powerful Vision, for two colorless energy cards, this move does 10 times the number of cards in your opponent's hand.  Noctowl's second move is called Fly, this move requires three colorless energy cards and does 50 damage, however when using this move you must flip a coin, if you get tails the move does nothing, if you get heads, all effects of your opponent's attack during their turn are prevented.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Noctowl is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Hoothoot into play (I reviewed Hoothoot from this set yesterday) and then evolve Hoothoot into Noctowl.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Hoothoot was a very poor basic Pokemon card to use on its own, so if you want to use Noctowl in your deck, I would recommend evolving this line on your bench.  Because Noctowl is a little slower to attack, I would only consider using a 1-1 line of Hoothoot and Noctowl in any type deck and would try and utilize Noctowl's Powerful Vision most turns.  Not only does this do more damage the more cards your opponent has in their hand, but it also prevents your opponent from drawing more than one card per turn.  I would not use Fly just because for three energy cards you'd like to do damage to the opposing Pokemon for sure.  So I would probably not use this line in a deck, but it wouldn't be the worst thing if you used this line in yours.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a below average stage 1 Pokemon card.  Even though this card can be used in any deck since it is a colorless type Pokemon and the card has a low retreat cost, average hp, and two moves, I'm giving this card a below average rating because the two moves that this card does have are both average to below average, add that into Hoothoot being terrible and I would give this line of Hoothoot and Noctowl from the Plasma Freeze set a 2 out of 5 rating.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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In the G/S/C games, what color is the back of a Shiny Noctowl's head?
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