Pignite -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Pignite from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Pignite 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 two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Pignite does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  Its first move is called Rollout which requires two energy cards, one each of fire and colorless, and does 20 damage.  Pignite's second move is called Firebreathing and for three energy cards, two colorless and one fire, this move does 40 damage plus 20 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Pignite has a stage 2 evolution in Emboar, if you have Pignite on your bench, I would keep it there until you evolve it into Emboar.  However, in yesterday's review I thought that Tepig would be an excellent starter Pokemon to start a game with.  So if you were able to get Tepig into the active Pokemon spot right away in the game, and you get a Pignite into your hand, I would definitely evolve Tepig into Pignite when possible, because for two energy cards Pignite can still attack, and by adding one more on Pignite it can do at least 20 more damage than Tepig can, and it has a higher hp by 30.  So if you have Pignite in the active Pokemon spot, you'll definitely want to use Firebreathing every turn if you have enough energy cards for the attack.  Also, you'll need some luck so you can get a heads and do 60 damage instead of 40.  If you only want to use Tepig and Pignite in your deck, I think Tepig is better as a basic Pokemon than Pignite is as a stage 1 Pokemon, so I would recommend using a 1-1 or 2-1 line of Tepig and Pignite in a fire type deck.  Those numbers may change after I review Emboar tomorrow.  You'll have to wait and see what I think about that card.

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.  As good as this Pokemon line started off, with Tepig from yesterday, this line took a major drop in quality after reviewing this card.  Even though it does have a good hp, and two moves, neither move is very good, so if you do have Pignite in the active Pokemon spot, you'll want to evolve it into Emboar as soon as possible so you can do more than 40 damage per turn.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Pignite #18/114 -- Black and White Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Pignite from the Black and White Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two consecutive Pignite card reviews I'll be doing from the Black and White set.  Pignite is a stage 1, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Pignite doesn't have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Rollout and for two colorless energy cards it does 20 damage.  Pignite's second move is called Flamethrower and for three energy cards, two fire and one colorless, this move does 70 damage, however you have to discard an energy card attached to Pignite after the move.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since this is a stage 1 Pokemon card that has a stage 2 evolution in Emboar, I would recommend keeping Pignite on the bench and evolving it into Emboar before putting it into play, I would do this because Emboar can do much more damage than Pignite and it has a higher hp.  There are two Emboar cards from the Black and White set and I've reviewed both of those cards on my blog previously.  If you have to put Pignite into play, I would recommend getting at least 2 energy cards on Pignite before putting it into play so you can start attacking right away.  I would always try and have three energy cards on Pignite so it could use Flamethrower every turn, but if you don't have three energy cards on Pignite or you can knock out the defending Pokemon by doing only 20 damage, I would suggest using Rollout over Flamethrower.  But like I said, I would not use this card if I didn't have to, but if you want to use Pignite in your deck I highly recommend using Emboar as well and I would use a 4-3-2 or 3-2-1 line of Tepig, Pignite, and Emboar in a fire type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this Pignite card is definitely better than yesterday's card.  It has the same hp, weakness, and retreat cost, but this card has two moves that can do some damage, and this card does the most damage out of the two cards.  So if you think you'll be using Pignite in the active Pokemon spot I would recommend using this card over the other one in your deck.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Pignite #17/114 -- Black and White Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Pignite from the Black and White Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Pignite card reviews I'll be doing from the Black and White set.  Pignite is a stage 1, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Pignite doesn't have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Flame Charge and for one colorless energy card this move allows you to search your deck for a fire energy card and attach it to Pignite.  Pignite's second move is called Heat Crash and for three energy cards, two fire and one colorless, this move does 50 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since this is a stage 1 Pokemon card that has a stage 2 evolution in Emboar, I would recommend keeping Pignite on the bench and evolving it into Emboar before putting it into play, I would do this because Emboar can do much more damage than Pignite and it has a higher hp.  There are two Emboar cards from the Black and White set and I've reviewed both of those cards on my blog previously.  If you have to put Pignite into play, you can actually start attacking pretty quickly with Pignite because you can put Pignite into the active Pokemon spot with only one energy card then when it is your turn again you can use Flame Charge, attach an energy card to Pignite with that move and attach another energy card to Pignite from your hand, that way, in two turns you can get three energy cards on Pignite which will enable you to use Heat Crash every turn until you can evolve Pignite into Emboar.  But like I said, I would not use this card if I didn't have to, but if you want to use Pignite in your deck I highly recommend using Emboar as well and I would use a 4-3-2 or 3-2-1 line of Tepig, Pignite, and Emboar in a fire type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  Even though this card has a very good hp, I wouldn't recommend using this card at all.  It has an extremely high retreat cost for a stage 1 Pokemon card, it only has one move that can do any damage, and the only move that can do damage does below average damage for the amount of energy cards it requires to attack.  You'll have to wait and read tomorrow's card review to see if the other Pignite card from this set is any better.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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