Sceptile 9/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Sceptile from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second consecutive Sceptile card I have reviewed from this set.  This Sceptile is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  This is the first card I have reviewed from this set to have an Ancient Trait on it, this one is a Barrier and says that whenever your opponent uses a Trainer card, all effects of an attack on Sceptile are prevented.  Besides the Ancient Trait, Sceptile has two moves.  The first move that it has is called Leaf Blade, this move requires one grass energy card and does 30 damage plus 30 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.  Sceptile's second move is called Power Poison, this move requires three energy cards, two grass and one colorless, and does 120 damage, plus it poisons the defending Pokemon, however you do have to discard one energy card attached to this Pokemon when using this move.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Sceptile is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Treecko into play and then evolve it into Grovyle before you can evolve Grovyle into Sceptile, 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 Treecko was an average Basic Pokemon card with an average HP, low retreat cost, and a pretty good move, but it was just limited in what it could do, then when I reviewed Grovyle, I wasn't that impressed with it, the card did have two moves, but neither move was that great.  The Sceptile card that I reviewed yesterday was very good and I gave it a great rating, its Ability was awesome allowing you to attach a grass energy card to one of your Pokemon each turn and healing that Pokemon you attached it to, plus it could do above average damage for only three energy cards.  So knowing this about those three cards and looking at this Sceptile card, I like this Sceptile card better than yesterday's, but I would recommend combining both and building a deck around these two cards.  I would set up both Sceptile cards on the bench and then move this Sceptile card into the active Pokemon spot first.  Then I would use Power Poison every turn the defending Pokemon wouldn't be knocked out by 30 damage.  Since Power Poison discards an energy card each turn, I would then use the other Sceptile's Ability to move a grass energy card from my hand onto the active Sceptile.  Besides Power Poison, Leaf Blade is a pretty dominate move if you get a heads when you flip a coin, so it may be worth attaching Trick Coin to this card.  Plus I haven't even talked about the Barrier it has, meaning if your opponent uses a lot of Trainer cards in their deck, and you have this Sceptile card in the active Pokemon spot, they won't be able to attack for many turns.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a very powerful, Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  I sure hope all Ancient Trait cards are like this Sceptile card, because this one is very dominant.  It has a great HP, lower retreat cost, and two awesome moves, both doing above average damage.  So if you're thinking about building a grass type deck, I would highly recommend using this Pokemon family from the Primal Clash set, I would use a 4-2-2 line of this family with 1 each of the Sceptile cards I've reviewed the past two days.  Overall, I would give this entire line a 4 out of 5 rating.

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Sceptile 8/160 - Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Sceptile from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Sceptile cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Sceptile is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Sceptile's Ability is called Nurture and Heal and says that once per turn you may attach a grass energy card from your hand to one of your benched Pokemon, if you do this, heal 30 damage from that Pokemon.  Besides the Ability, Sceptile just has one move called Jungle Edge, this move requires three energy cards to use, two colorless and one grass, and does 70 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Sceptile is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Treecko into play and then evolve it into Grovyle before you can evolve Grovyle into Sceptile, 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 Treecko was an average Basic Pokemon card with an average HP, low retreat cost, and a pretty good move, but it was just limited in what it could do, then when I reviewed Grovyle, I wasn't that impressed with it, the card did have two moves, but neither move was that great.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line, and also knowing that there is another Sceptile card in this set.  So looking at this Sceptile card specifically, I would highly recommend using it in a grass type deck.  I would include a minimal amount of the first two Pokemon in this line, and include 2 maximum of this Sceptile card.  The main reason I would recommend using this Sceptile card is for its Ability, you could keep this card on the bench and not only be able to attach two energy cards per turn using its Ability, but any time you use it to attach a grass type energy card to your Pokemon it heals 30 damage.  So if I were building a deck with this card in it, I would make sure and have a lot of Pokemon that can retreat for free or use several Switch trainer cards.  With this Sceptile card in your deck, you could also use Pokemon that attack not only the opponent's Pokemon but yours as well.  Like I said, I would keep this card in the bench for most of the game, but if you do want to attack with this card, put three energy cards on it, and use Jungle Edge every turn, it does above average damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set and a card that should really be included in every grass type deck out there, not only to do some major damage each turn, but to set up your Pokemon faster and to heal them when they get damaged.  So you can't go wrong by using this card in your deck, however when taking a look at this entire line, I can only give it a 4 out of 5 rating since I gave Treecko a 3 and Grovyle a 2 rating.

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Sceptile -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Sceptile from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Sceptile is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to water type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Sceptile does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called X-Scissor, this move requires two energy cards, one each of grass and colorless, and does 30 damage plus 40 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.  Sceptile's second move is called Energy Bloom, this move requires three energy cards, two grass and one colorless, and does 80 damage plus it heals 20 damage from each of your own Pokemon that have energy cards attached to it.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Sceptile is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Treecko into play and then evolve it into Grovyle before you can evolve Grovyle into Sceptile, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  The first two Pokemon in this line from Plasma Freeze work quite well together and I would definitely recommend using them in a deck with or without Sceptile, these two Pokemon are good to start the game with, because they are quick and can do a fair amount of damage.  With that being said, I would definitely recommend using Sceptile in a deck with the two cards I mentioned earlier, I would continue the trend of getting this line into the active Pokemon spot as soon as possible and then using Energy Bloom as often as possible.  I would use a 4-3-2 line of Treecko, Grovyle, and Sceptile in a deck, I would try to get a Sceptile into the active Pokemon spot very early, since the entire line is quick, then later in the game when you have retreated several Pokemon that had damage on them, I would move the other Sceptile card into the active Pokemon spot and use Energy Bloom every turn this time healing those Pokemon you retreated.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average stage 2 Pokemon card from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon card set, and a card I would highly recommend using in any grass type deck out there.  I like how this card has a solid hp, low retreat cost, and two good moves.  I like that X-Scissor is quick and I especially like Energy Bloom's ability to not only do above average damage every turn but to heal your own Pokemon.  Overall, I would give this entire line a 5 out of 5 rating, this is definitely the best line of grass type Pokemon from the Plasma Freeze set, and if you have a grass type, mostly Plasma Freeze Pokemon card deck, you'll definitely want this line in that deck.

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