Showing posts with label Skorupi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skorupi. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Skorupi -- BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Review

Drapion BREAKpoint Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Skorupi from the BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Set.  Skorupi is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Skorupi does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The one move it has is called Pin Missile and for two energy cards, one each of psychic and colorless, this move does 10 damage times the number of heads you get when flipping four coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Skorupi is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Drapion, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own, I would not recommend using this card in a deck.  The main reason I say this is because Skorupi isn't quick on the attack, so you can't really use it as a starter type Pokemon, and if you do keep it on the bench and get two energy cards on it, when attacking, it could end up doing no damage at all.  Of course, if you use this card in your deck, I would highly recommend attaching a Trick Coin trainer to it, to give you a better shot at doing more damage with Pin Missile, but on its own, I would not use this card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Drapion, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card.  This card does have some positives about it, like its above average HP, and its move which can do up to 40 damage a turn.  But a slow attack, higher retreat cost, and a coin flip based move contribute to its below average rating.  So if you are not using Drapion in your deck, there is no reason to use this card.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Skorupi from the BREAKpoint set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Skorupi's stage 1 evolution Drapion, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

Free Pokemon TCG Online Code Cards:
Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
What is the highest rarity of any Skorupi card in the English TCG?
Please respond by including your YouTube username and link to your YouTube channel.  If the question is quite tough, the first correct comment will win, otherwise I'll use a random number generator to choose a winner.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Skorupi -- Furious Fists Pokemon Card Review

Skorupi Furious Fists Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Skorupi from the Furious Fists Pokemon Card Set.  Skorupi is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Skorupi does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move that this card has is called Poison Sting, for one colorless energy card this move allows you to poison the defending Pokemon if your get a heads when flipping a coin.  Skorupi's second move is called Pierce, this move requires three energy cards to use, two colorless and one psychic, and does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Skorupi is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Drapion, which I'll be reviewing in a couple of weeks since that it a darkness type Pokemon, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own I would not recommend using this card in a deck.  Sure it does have an above average HP and two moves, but neither move on this card is that great, and you can't just use this card for its Poison Sting move because you need to attach one more energy card to it before you can retreat it.  So I would not recommend using this card on its own, but if you choose to, I wouldn't use more than 1 in a deck, I would try and get it into the active Pokemon spot early and hope to get a heads when using Poison Sting.  I personally wouldn't put three energy cards on this card to use Pierce, but if you already have the defending Pokemon poisoned, you really have no other options.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, this is a well below average card and one that I strongly considered giving a 1 rating to.  The reason I didn't was because this card does have a high HP, and two moves.  Regardless of the rating, I still wouldn't recommend using this card in a deck because neither move this card has are very good, one depends on a coin flip, the other does well below average damage for the amount of energy cards it requires.  You're definitely better off looking elsewhere for a Basic psychic type Pokemon card for your deck.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Skorupi from the Furious Fists set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Gothita, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

Free Pokemon TCG Online Code Cards:
Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
At what level does Skorupi evolve into Drapion?
Please respond by including your YouTube username and link to your YouTube channel.  If the question is quite tough, the first correct comment will win, otherwise I'll use a random number generator to choose a winner.