Snover -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Snover from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  Snover is a basic, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to metal type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. Snover does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  Snover's first move is called Powder Snow, for one water energy card this move puts the defending Pokemon to sleep.  Snover's second move is called Double Smash, for three energy cards, two colorless and one water, this move does 30 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Snover is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Abomasnow, 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 wouldn't recommend using this card in a deck, mainly because it has such a high retreat cost.  If Snover's retreat cost was lower, you could use Snover to start the game, put the defending Pokemon to sleep using Powder Snow and then retreat it the next turn.  Double Smash at its best can do average damage and I don't want to waste three energy cards on a Basic Pokemon that still needs to evolve.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Abomasnow, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card.  This card does have some positives on it, like its high HP and the fact it has two moves, however neither move that this card has is that great, add in a high retreat cost, and this card is definitely not usable on its own, and is one I would stay away from without Abomasnow.

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

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At what level does Snover evolve into Abomasnow?
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Snover -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Snover from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Snover is a basic, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to metal type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Snover does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Beat, this move does 20 damage for two colorless energy cards.  Snover's second move is called Razor Leaf, this move requires three energy cards, two grass and one colorless, and does 40 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Snover is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Abomasnow, 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.  One thing to make sure and note with this card is that even though it is a water type card, both Snover and its evolution require grass energy cards.  If I am only considering this card without its evolution, I would not use this card in a deck because it is too slow for my liking.  If you try and use this card as a starter Pokemon in your deck you'll have to wait two to three turns before attacking and even if you get three energy cards on Snover and use Razor Leaf every turn, it is way below average damage wise for a move that requires three energy cards.  If you do choose to use this card in a deck, definitely do not use more than one, and when this card is in the active Pokemon spot, use whichever move you have enough energy cards for.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average basic Pokemon card.  Like I mentioned in the strategy section of this post, this card is too slow in my opinion to be a good basic Pokemon card.  I am giving this

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

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What other basic "fish" Pokemon evolve into a stage 1 Pokemon that is much stronger and larger?
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