Rayquaza -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Rayquaza from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Rayquaza is a Basic, Colorless type Pokemon card with a HP of 120.  Rayquaza has a x2 weakness to Lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Fighting type Pokemon, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Rayquaza does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Turbo Storm, for two Colorless Energy cards, this move does 30 damage, plus you're able to attach 2 Basic Energy cards from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokemon.  Dragon Claw is the other move on this card, for three Colorless Energy cards, this move does 80 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Rayquaza is a Basic Pokemon card with no evolution forms, you'll only have to use this card in a deck if you want to use Rayquaza.  So knowing this, this card may work well a little later in the game, all you need to do is attach 1 Double Colorless Energy card to this card, or two of any other type of Energy and you can do damage every single turn and set up your Benched Pokemon.  This card's Turbo Storm move can also help your deck if you use Pokemon that discard Energy cards when attacking.  Dragon Claw on this card does do above average damage as well, so you can use this card to both set up your Benched Pokemon and do major damage when attacking.  When you have the ability to retrieve Energy cards from your discard pile, that gives you the option of using less overall Energy cards in your deck and having more room for Trainer cards.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average Basic Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set.  It is always a plus using a card that is Colorless in type so it can be used in any type of deck, but this card is even better than that since it can do damage every turn and/or help set up your Benched Pokemon by retrieving Energy cards from your discard pile.  Surprisingly this card has a high HP but a low retreat cost, which makes this card easy to retreat from the Active Pokemon spot.

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Rayquaza Secret Rare -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Rayquaza from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  This is a secret rare card in the set, and the Rayquaza on the card is the shiny version.  This is the last card I'll be reviewing from the Dragons Exalted set, I've reviewed all the Pokemon cards from the set, so tomorrow I'll start reviewing Boundaries Crossed Pokemon cards.  Rayquaza is a basic, dragon type Pokemon card, with an hp of 120.  It has a x2 weakness to dragon type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Rayquaza does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves.  The first move it has is called Dragon Pulse and for one electric energy card this move does 40 damage, however after using this move you must discard the top two cards from your deck.  Rayquaza's second move is called Shred and for three energy cards, one each of fire, electric, and colorless, this move does 90 damage.  This move is not affected by anything.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since this is a basic Pokemon card with no evolutions, you only need to include this card in the deck if you want to use it.  Even though this card is a dragon type Pokemon card, it does require fire and electric energy cards, so if you have a deck with those cards, this card would fit in perfectly. I would not use more than 1 or 2 of these cards in a deck.  I would prefer to use Shred every turn, not only because it does way more damage but because you don't have to discard any of your cards after using the move.  This card would be an amazing starter Pokemon card, since it can do 40 damage for one energy card, so if you get this card into the active Pokemon spot very early in the game, this card can do a ton of damage just using Dragon Pulse, but just be careful so that later in the game you don't run out of cards in your deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a slightly above average basic Pokemon card from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon card set.  I like how this card has an above average hp, and two great moves plus this card looks really cool too!  Like I mentioned in the strategy section of this review, Rayquaza's two moves compliment each other very nicely and make this card an unbelievable starter Pokemon.  I highly recommend this card for any deck.

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