Tangrowth -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Tangrowth from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Set.  Tangrowth is a Stage 1, Grass type Pokemon card, with a HP of 140. It has a x2 weakness to Fire 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 Giga Drain, for one Grass Energy card, this move does 30 damage, plus you may heal the same amount of damage from Tangrowth as you do to the defending Pokemon.  Crosswise Whip is the name of Tangrowth's second move, for four Colorless Energy cards, this move does 50 damage times the number of heads you get when flipping 4 coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Tangrowth is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Tangela into play (I reviewed Tangela from this set yesterday) and then evolve Tangela into Tangrowth.  If you read yesterday's review of Tangela, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  Really, the only positive thing on Tangela was its high HP of 80, other than that, it was very limited in having only one move, and its only move doing a maximum of 10 damage per turn, add this to the fact its retreat cost is higher than its attack cost, and there is really no reason to use this card on its own in a deck.  Knowing this about Tangela and looking at this Tangrowth card, unless you have a definite way of getting at least 3 heads when flipping 4 coins every single turn and you're using 4 Double Colorless Energy cards in your deck, there is really no reason to even consider using this Pokemon family in a deck.  The first negative on this card is its extremely high retreat cost, but also the huge difference in attack cost between Giga Drain and Crosswise Whip, you may only be able to do 30 damage a turn for several turns with this card.  Even if you use two Colorless Energy cards on this card to use Crosswise Whip, you could potentially do 0 damage every single turn.  So again, I would pass on this card overall, just because it can only do 30 damage per turn guaranteed, or a range between 0 and 200 damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Burning Shadows set.  Similar to Tangela, this card has a very high HP, but that is it for positives, neither move on this card is very good, one move does underwhelming damage, and the other is based off of a coin flip.  Together with Tangela from this set, which I gave a 2 out of 5 rating individually, I would give these two cards a 1 out of 5 rating, look elsewhere for a line to use in a Grass type deck.

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Tangrowth -- Steam Siege Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Tangrowth from the Steam Siege Pokemon Card Set.  Tangrowth is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  Tangrowth does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Leaf Storm, for three energy cards, two grass and one colorless, this move does 80 damage plus it heals 40 damage from each of your grass type Pokemon.  Tangrowth's second move is called Flog, for four energy cards, three grass and one colorless, this move does 110 damage, plus 30 more damage if you get a heads when flipping a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Tangrowth is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Tangela into play (I reviewed Tangela from this set yesterday) and then evolve Tangela into Tangrowth.  If you read yesterday's review of Tangela, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card, even though it had a solid HP and two moves, overall it was just too slow and too under-powered on the attack to use on its own, throw in the high retreat cost and there are much better grass type Pokemon to use out there.  So knowing this about Tangela and looking at this Tangrowth card, this card is similar in that it has a very high HP, two moves, and a high retreat cost.  Whereas Tangela had two under-powered moves, I think this card has too very powerful moves, and if you're building a mainly grass type deck this card is definitely one to use.  Make sure to have some Switch trainer cards in your deck to retreat this card for free, set up Tangrowth on the bench and get three energy cards on it.  Retreat your damaged Pokemon throughout the game, then when Tangrowth is in the active Pokemon spot you can use Leaf Storm and heal all of their damage very quickly.  And if you have to do major damage, Flog is a good move, albeit with a very high attack cost, but doing up to 140 damage per turn is excellent.  Because both Pokemon in this line require a ton of energy to attack, I wouldn't use more than a 1-1 line of this family in a majority grass deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Steam Siege set.  This card is definitely one to use if you're building a grass type deck, since it can do major damage and heal your grass type Pokemon.  The only knocks on this card and Tangela from this set are the high retreat and attack costs, but with time this line can be dominant in a grass type deck.  Together, I would give both Pokemon a 3 out of 5 rating, very solid line for a deck.

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Tangrowth -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Tangrowth from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  Tangrowth is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  Tangrowth does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Mega Drain, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, and does 50 damage, plus it heals 20 damage from Tangrowth.  Tangrowth's second move is called Grass Knot, this move requires four energy cards, two each of colorless and grass, and does 80 damage plus 10 more damage for each colorless energy in your opponent's retreat cost.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Tangrowth is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Tangela into play (I reviewed Tangela from this set yesterday) and then evolve Tangela into Tangrowth.  If you read yesterday's review of Tangela, you'll know that I thought that card was a below average Basic Pokemon card, it had a good HP, and one good move, but its retreat cost was a little high and both moves that it did have required at least two energy cards to use.  So knowing this about Tangela and looking at this Tangrowth card, if you want to use this line in your deck, I would highly recommend only using a 1-1 line of these two Pokemon and setting them both up on the bench, since both have high retreat costs.  I would then make sure and get four energy cards on Tangrowth before moving it to the active Pokemon spot, and also to make sure that you will be knocking out the defending Pokemon in a turn or two with Grass Knot before moving it to the active Pokemon spot because you'll have to give up four energy cards to retreat Tangrowth.  I am not a big fan of Mega Drain, I would only use it to restore HP whenever the defending Pokemon can be knocked out with 50 damage or less.  This line isn't that great in my opinion, but if you include a couple of Switch trainer cards in your deck, this card and line will seem that much better.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  Besides having an extremely high retreat cost, this card is pretty average, as long as you have time to set this card up, it can do major damage to your opponent's Pokemon and heal itself along the way.  So if you're building a grass type deck, and looking for a solid, but not spectacular Pokemon line to use, I would recommend taking a look at this line, which I would give a combined 3 out of 5 rating.

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Tangrowth -- Legendary Treasures Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Tangrowth from the Legendary Treasures Pokemon Card Set.  Tangrowth is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 120.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to water type Pokemon, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  Tangrowth does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Bind Down, for one grass energy card, this move does 30 damage plus makes your opponent's active Pokemon unable to retreat during their next turn.  Tangrowth's second move is called Flog, this move requires four energy cards, two each of colorless and grass, and does 60 damage plus if you get a heads when you flip a coin it does 30 additional damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Tangrowth is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Tangela into play (I reviewed Tangela from this set yesterday) and then evolve Tangela into Tangrowth.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Tangela was an average to slightly below average basic Pokemon card that could be used on its own due to the fact it had above average hp and two moves, but it definitely isn't the best basic Pokemon out there due to its high attack cost and retreat cost.  So knowing this, and seeing that Tangrowth also has an extremely high attack cost and retreat cost, if you want to use these Pokemon in a deck, I would only recommend using 1 each.  I would keep Tangela and then Tangrowth on the bench until you get four energy cards on Tangrowth then move it to the active Pokemon spot and use Flog every turn.  I personally wouldn't use this line in my deck because the retreat cost is too high in my opinion on Tangrowth, and more than likely Flog is going to be a below average move for you each and every turn.  So to summarize, I would not recommend using this Pokemon family in a deck, but if you choose to put this line into a grass type deck, I wouldn't use more than one each of Tangela and Tangrowth.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average to slightly below average stage 1 Pokemon card from the Legendary Treasures set.  This card does have some positives like its high hp, the fact it can do 30 damage for only one energy card and that this card has the potential to do 90 damage per turn.  But this card isn't getting a very positive rating from me because the retreat cost is too high and Flog requires too many energy cards for the amount of damage it can do.  So overall, even though I have given both Tangela and Tangrowth from this set 3 out of 5 ratings, together this line is only getting a 2 out of 5 rating from me, I would not use this line in a deck.

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