Tentacruel -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Tentacruel from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Tentacruel is a Stage 1, Water type Pokemon card, with a HP of 110. It has a x2 weakness to Grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Tentacruel does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  Poison Sting is the first move that this card has, for two Colorless Energy cards this move does 30 damage, plus it Poisons the defending Pokemon.  Seething Tentacles is Tentacruel's second move, for three Colorless Energy cards, this move does 40 damage, plus either 40 more damage if you get a heads when flipping a coin, or paralysis for the defending Pokemon if you flip a tails.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Tentacruel is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Tentacool into play (I reviewed Tentacool from this set yesterday) and then evolve Tentacool into Tentacruel.  If you read yesterday's review of Tentacool, you'll know that I thought it was an average Basic Pokemon card overall.  The card had a solid HP, low retreat cost, and a move that required one Colorless Energy card and did 10 damage.  So knowing this about Tentacool and looking at this Tentacruel card, you could definitely start the game with Tentacool in the Active Pokemon spot, use it for a turn, then evolve it into Tentacruel the next, allowing you to Poison the defending Pokemon and do 30 damage the second turn of the game.  One thing I do like about this line is that both cards only require Colorless Energy cards to attack, meaning the line can be used in any type deck.  I would recommend this card more if you're already building a deck that includes Pokemon that inflict special conditions, this Tentacruel card would fit right in.

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 Guardians Rising set.  Like I mentioned above, I think this card is solid overall, it does have a great HP, and two good moves, both doing a fair amount of damage.  The only downside to this card is it is a little slow on the attack, and could end up doing below average damage when using Seething Tentacles.  Together with Tentacool from this set, I would give both Pokemon a 3 out of 5 rating, they make for a solid line overall.

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Tentacruel -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Tentacruel from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  Tentacruel is a stage 1, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Tentacruel does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is Dancing Tentacles, this move requires one colorless energy card to use and confuses and poisons the defending Pokemon.  Tentacruel's second move is called Stick and Absorb, this move requires two energy cards to use, one each of colorless and psychic, and does 30 damage, plus 30 damage is healed from Tentacruel and the defending Pokemon can't retreat during their next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Tentacruel is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Tentacool into play (I reviewed both Tentacool cards from this set the past two days) and then evolve Tentacool into Tentacruel.  If you've read my reviews of the Tentacool cards from this set, you'll know that the first one in this set was pretty poor, having a below average HP, and only one move that forced you to move Tentacool and all cards attached to it back to your hand after attacking.  The other Tentacool card from this set had an Ancient Trait on it, and a solid move, albeit, a little slow, but in my opinion the better of the two Tentacool cards from the set.  So knowing this about both Tentacool cards from this set and looking at this Tentacruel card, I could definitely see using a 1-1 line of the Ancient Trait Tentacool card and Tentacruel in a poison heavy deck.  Outside of the high retreat cost of this card, this card is pretty solid overall.  You can wreak havoc on the defending Pokemon by confusing and poisoning it, and then keep doing those same things with Tentacruel staying in the active Pokemon spot so long after using Stick and Absorb to heal itself.

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.  Like I said above, outside of the fact it has a retreat cost higher than its attack costs, this card is very good.  It has an above average HP, and two good, quick moves.  Combined with the better of the two Tentacool cards from this set, I would give them both a combined rating of 3 out of 5.  These two cards are definitely worthy of consideration when building a deck.

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