Drilbur -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Drilbur from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  Drilbur is a basic, fighting type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Drilbur does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Fury Swipes, for one colorless energy card this move does 10 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip three coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Drilbur is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Excadrill, which there are two of in this set but are metal type Pokemon so I'll be reviewing them in a week or so, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own, this card could definitely be used as a starter type Pokemon in a deck since it only requires one energy card to attack and can do up to 30 damage.  However, I would be very cautious about using this card in a deck without Excadrill because the only move this card has is a coin flip based move meaning the move may end up doing zero damage every single turn, plus the retreat cost on the card is higher than its attack cost.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Excadrill, this is a below average Basic Pokemon.  This card does have a solid HP, can attack quickly, and if you attach a Trick Coin trainer card to this card you'll have a good shot of at least doing 10 damage a turn, but unless you want to use a Switch trainer card to retreat Drilbur, you'll have to attach an additional energy card to it to retreat it.

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Medicham 81/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Medicham from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two Medicham cards I've reviewed on my blog.  Medicham is a stage 1, fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Medicham card does not have an Ability but it does have an Ancient Trait called Barrage that says Medicham may attack twice if the first attack knocks out the defending Pokemon.  Besides the Ancient Trait, Medicham has two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Calm Mind, for one colorless energy card this move heals 30 damage from itself.  Medicham's second move is called Yoga Kick, for two fighting energy cards this move does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Medicham is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Meditite into play (I reviewed Meditite from this set two days ago) and then evolve Meditite into Medicham, there are actually two Medicham cards from this set, and I'll be comparing both of them at the end of this section.  If you read my review of Meditite, you'll know that I thought that card was an average Basic Pokemon card, other than having a little lower HP than I'd like, I thought the card was very solid, it could do 20 damage per turn for only one energy card.  So knowing this about Meditite and looking at this specific Medicham card, I would not recommend using this card in a deck, the main reason I say this is because you can do twice as much damage for only two energy cards if you use the other Medicham card from this set.  So unless you really like the Barrage Ancient Trait, I would not use this card in a deck.  This card isn't poor by any means, but it just isn't as good as the other Medicham card from this set.

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.  Like I said above, I like the other Medicham card from this set much better, but this card is still pretty good overall.  It has an average HP, low retreat cost, and two moves that both are at least average.  But overall, only being able to do 30 damage a turn does make this card somewhat limited and later in games 30 damage just won't cut it.  So if you pair this Medicham card with Meditite from this set, I would give them a 3 out of 5 rating, definitely use the other Medicham from this set.

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Nidoqueen 69/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Nidoqueen from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second consecutive Nidoqueen card that I've reviewed from this set. Nidoqueen is a stage 2, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Nidoqueen has an Ancient Trait called Barrage that says that Nidoqueen may attack twice if its first attack knocks out the defending Pokemon.  Besides the Ancient Trait, Nidoqueen has two moves.  The first move it has is called Poison Jab, this move requires one psychic energy card and does 30 damage, plus the defending Pokemon is poisoned.  Nidoqueen's second move is called Dynamite Punch, this move requires three energy cards to use, two psychic and one colorless, and does 70 damage, however Nidoqueen does do 20 damage to itself.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Nidoqueen is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Nidoran into play and then evolve it into Nidorina before you can evolve Nidorina into Nidoqueen, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last few days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought Nidoran was a very solid Basic Pokemon card, one that could be used as a starter Pokemon in a deck since it has two moves and can attack quickly, and Nidorina was an average Stage 1 card, having two moves, neither overpowering but both decent.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at this Nidoqueen card, this card is similar to yesterday's Nidoqueen card in that it can do some major damage, but it just isn't that great of a card and not a card you're going to want to build a deck around.  Nidoran is still the best card in this line, at its stage, so I could see using a 2-1-1 line in a poison deck.  You could use one Nidoran as a starter and set up the other one on the bench.  You could then use Nidoqueen's Poison Jab the first time, if 70 damage won't knock the defending Pokemon out, just to avoid doing 20 damage to Nidoqueen, then when you can knock the defending Pokemon out with 70 damage use Dynamite Punch, this card really is even more powerful than just doing 70 damage a turn since you can attack twice if you knock out the defending Pokemon so you may be able to knock out two Pokemon in a row if you are facing two Basic Pokemon with lower HP.  You'll definitely want to use some Potion cards in your deck if you plan on heavily using this Nidoqueen card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  Like I said above, this card is good but not great for a Stage 2 evolution.  I am a big fan of its Ancient Trait but not a fan of this card doing damage to itself when only doling out 70 damage on the defending Pokemon.  Both Nidoqueen cards are pretty similar from this set, if you are intrigued by this card's Ancient Trait, I would recommend using this card, if you want a bit of a safer card, use yesterday's Nidoqueen.  Altogether, no matter the Nidoqueen card you choose to use, I would give the entire family a 3 out of 5 rating.

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Nidoqueen 68/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Nidoqueen from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Nidoqueen cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Nidoqueen is a stage 2, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Nidoqueen does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Double Kick, for two energy cards, one colorless and one psychic, this move does 40 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.  Nidoqueen's second move is called Poison Fang, this move requires three energy cards to use, one psychic and two colorless, and does 60 damage, this move also poisons the defending Pokemon and makes them put on two damage counters instead of one between turns.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Nidoqueen is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Nidoran into play and then evolve it into Nidorina before you can evolve Nidorina into Nidoqueen, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought Nidoran was a very solid Basic Pokemon card, one that could be used as a starter Pokemon in a deck since it has two moves and can attack quickly, and Nidorina was an average Stage 1 card, having two moves, neither overpowering but both decent.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at this Nidoqueen card, this card doesn't live up to expectations for me for being a Stage 2 Pokemon.  It has a decent HP, high retreat cost, and two moves, one pretty poor, the other average.  If I were to use this entire line in a deck, I would only use a 2-1-1 line, I would try and set up one of the Nidoran on the bench to evolve it into Nidoqueen and get three energy cards on it so when Nidoqueen is moved to the active Pokemon spot you could immediately use Poison Fang.  I am not a huge fan of Double Kick since it is a coin flip based move.  If you do include this Nidoqueen in your deck, make sure to include it with other Pokemon that inflict special conditions to annoy your opponent's that much more.  So when in the active Pokemon spot I would use Poison Fang every turn even though it does less potential damage, if you really want a better chance at doing 80 damage a turn with Double Kick, you can always attach a Trick Coin trainer card to Nidoqueen.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average to slightly below average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  Like I said above, this card definitely isn't a must use in a deck, it isn't a bad card overall, it just isn't anything spectacular.  I probably wouldn't use this line in a deck unless I was specifically building a poison heavy deck.  Overall, I would give this entire family a 3 out of 5 rating, I gave Nidoran a 4, and Nidorina and Nidoqueen 3 ratings each.

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