Poliwag -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Poliwag from the Sun and Moon set.  Poliwag is a Basic, Water type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to Grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Poliwag does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Water Gun, for one Water Energy card this move does 10 damage.  Poliwag's second move is called Hydro Pump, for three Colorless Energy cards, this move does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy card attached to Poliwag.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Poliwag is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Poliwhirl, and two Stage 2 evolution forms in Poliwrath and Politoed, you'll more than likely want to use some of those Pokemon with this card, however, since I have not reviewed any of those cards yet (Politoed is not in the Sun and Moon set), I will just act like Poliwag does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  On its own, this card could certainly be used as a starter type Pokemon in a Water type deck, since it has a solid HP and a move that requires only one Water Energy card to use.  Even though Hydro Pump can do up to 60 damage a turn, I would not recommend using this move unless you plan on evolving Poliwag, because putting three Energy cards on a Pokemon with only 60 HP is pretty risky.  So overall, although this card could definitely be used in a deck on its own, I would probably look elsewhere.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average Basic Pokemon card overall.  Like I mentioned above, I like that this card has a solid HP, and two moves, one that is fast attacking and one that can do more damage but is slower to use.  If not using with Poliwhirl, I would rather use a card with a higher HP that doesn't evolve and that can do more than 10 damage for only one Energy card.

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Poliwag -- Evolutions Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Poliwag from the XY Evolutions set.  Poliwag is a basic, water type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Poliwag does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Water Gun that does 30 damage for two water energy cards.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Poliwag is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Poliwhirl, and a Stage 2 evolution in Poliwrath, which I'll be reviewing the next couple of days, you'll more than likely want to use some of those Pokemon with this card, however, since I have not reviewed any of those cards yet, I will just act like Poliwag does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  On its own, similar to the other Basic Pokemon I've reviewed from Evolutions recently, this card is just too slow on the attack to use as a starter type Pokemon, unless you don't care about not being able to attack the first turn or if you can get a Double Colorless energy card attached to Poliwag its first turn and somehow have both of the energy on that card count as water type.  Otherwise, this is a card that deserves to be set up on the bench and either moved to the active Pokemon spot for a turn or two a few turns into the game or just evolved into Poliwhirl on the bench.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a slightly below average Basic Pokemon card from the XY Evolutions set.  Like I stated above, other than not having a move that can be used with one energy card, this card is solid overall, with a good HP, low retreat cost, and an above average move.  So if building a water type deck, this card is fairly powerful, but there should be better options out there for you, especially if you don't plan on using this entire line.

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Poliwag -- Furious Fists Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Poliwag from the Furious Fists set.  Poliwag is a basic, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Poliwag does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Rain Splash, for one water energy card this move does 10 damage.  Poliwag's second move is called Spiral Current, this move requires three colorless energy cards and does 20 damage, plus it confuses the defending Pokemon and makes it unable to retreat during its next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Poliwag is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Poliwhirl and a two stage 2 evolutions in Poliwrath and Politoed, which I'll be reviewing the next three days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, I would recommend using this card in your deck for sure if you need one more Basic Pokemon card to use as a starter type card in your deck, or if you know for sure that you're going to evolve it eventually.  If you're going to use this card on its own, I would recommend putting it into the active Pokemon spot early in the game and using Rain Splash most turns while getting stronger Pokemon set up on your bench.  But, this card is really more useful with its evolutions so you could then put it into the active Pokemon spot early in the game and get three energy cards on it and use Spiral Current and then eventually evolve Poliwag.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, on its own, this is a slightly below average Basic Pokemon card from the Furious Fists set.  This card really is pretty average overall, but Spiral Current is not a good move at all damage wise for the amount of energy cards it requires, so that is why I'm giving this card a below average rating.  But this card will definitely fare better if you use it with an evolution that way you would have a reason to put three energy cards on Poliwag.  So if you're looking for an okay Basic Pokemon card for your deck, this card could be used, but I would probably look elsewhere first.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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