Scolipede -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Scolipede from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Set.  Scolipede is a Stage 2, Psychic type Pokemon card, with a HP of 160.  It has a x2 weakness to Psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  This card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Poison Horn, for three Energy cards, two Psychic and one Colorless, this move does 80 damage, plus the defending Pokemon is Poisoned.  The second move on this card is called Steamroller, for four Energy cards, three Psychic and one Colorless, this move does 140 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Scolipede is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Venipede into play and then evolve it into Whirlipede before you can evolve Whirlipede into Scolipede, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last two days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that both cards below average.  I was somewhat a fan of the Venipede in this set, since it had two moves, and could do up to 60 damage per turn for one Energy card if the defending Pokemon was Poisoned, but together, it didn't make sense to use the first two Pokemon without using Scolipede.  With that being said, there is no reason to use this Pokemon line in a deck at all, mainly because Scolipede is a Stage 2 Pokemon, so it is slow to set up, plus, it requires at least three Energy cards to attack, and neither move on this card does that much damage.  Add in this card has a massive retreat cost, and there only card I would even consider playing in this line would be Venipede, and that is only if I could make sure the defending Pokemon was Poisoned before attacking with it.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a below average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Burning Shadows set.  Despite having a decent HP and two moves, this card is still below average overall.  Its two moves are too slow to set up, and its retreat cost is way too high! Overall, I would give this line a 1 out of 5 rating, there is no reason to ever use this line in a deck.

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Scolipede -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Scolipede from the X and Y Pokemon Card Set.  Scolipede is a stage 2, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 150.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Scolipede does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Random Peck, for one psychic energy card this move does 20 damage plus 20 more damage for each heads you get when you flip 2 coins.  Scolipede's second move is called Poison Ring, this move requires four energy cards, three colorless and one psychic, and does 70 damage.  This move also poisons the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Scolipede is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Venipede into play and then evolve it into Whirlipede before you can evolve Whirlipede into Scolipede, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  Neither of these Pokemon are very good with Venipede being a better basic Pokemon than Whirlipede a stage 1, so if you use this Pokemon family in your deck, make sure to evolve them on your bench.  Even if you can't evolve your Pokemon into Scolipede on your bench, as soon as you get Scolipede in your hand evolve Whirlipede so you can use Scolipede's Random Peck attack and then when Scolipede has four energy cards on it, use Poison Ring every turn.  I personally would not use this Pokemon or any Pokemon in this family from the X and Y set in a deck, even though Scolipede is average, it doesn't make up for the shortcomings of the first two Pokemon in this line.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average card overall in the X and Y Pokemon card set.  This card has a good hp and two solid moves, but the retreat cost on this card is high and it is high on both of the first Pokemon in this family.  So overall, I would give the entire line of Venipede, Whirlipede, and Scolipede from this set a 2 out of 5 rating, this family should not be used in decks.  Individually, Venipede was a 3, Whirlipede a 1, and Scolipede a 3.

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Scolipede -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Scolipede from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Scolipede is a stage 2, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 150.  Scolipede is the stage 2 evolution of Whirlipede, and before that Venipede, both of those Pokemon I have reviewed the past couple of days, and both of those Pokemon are in this set.  Scolipede has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  Scolipede's Ability is the same as its previous two evolutions, its Ability is called Poison Point and says that if Scolipede is your active Pokemon and is attacked, the attacking Pokemon is now poisoned.  Besides the Ability, Scolipede has one move called Venoshock which requires four energy cards, two each of colorless and psychic, and does 80 damage plus 40 more damage if the defending Pokemon is poisoned.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Scolipede is a stage 2 Pokemon, you'll have to first get Venipede and then Whirlipede into play.  If you read my previous two reviews, I like Venipede better than Whirlipede, so if you can start the game with Venipede I would, but if you don't, I would evolve this whole line of the bench.  Either way, you're going to want to get four energy cards on Scolipede and then use Venoshock every turn, if you evolve Venipede to Scolipede in the active Pokemon spot more than likely the defending Pokemon will be damaged already so Venoshock should do 120 damage per turn, but if not, it will do 80 damage the first turn and 120 damage the second turn.  I would only use a 2-1-1 line of Venipede, Whirlipede, and Scolipede in a psychic type deck.  I would only use this amount of cards because Scolipede is quite slow and will take up too many energy cards if you have too many of them in your deck, this way with only 4 Pokemon from this line in your deck, you'll have a better chance of being able to set up this line on your bench instead of having to put one of these Pokemon into the active Pokemon spot before it's ready.  If you choose to use more Pokemon cards from this line in your deck I would recommend putting a couple basic Pokemon cards in there that can do a fair amount of damage but only require one or two energy cards to attack and have a low retreat cost.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average stage 2 Pokemon card.  Even though this card is extremely slow to use and has a high retreat cost, I feel if you take the time to set this card up it can really be a determining factor in you winning the game.  120 damage per turn is quite a bit, especially when you can use the same move every turn without discarding energy cards.  So overall, this is a solid Pokemon line that I'll give a 3 out of 5 rating.

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