Thundurus -- Furious Fists Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Thundurus from the Furious Fists Pokemon Card Set.  Thundurus is a basic, lightning type Pokemon card with an hp of 120, it has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Thundurus does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Raging Thunder Punch, this move requires two energy cards, one each of lightning and colorless, and does 30 damage, plus if your opponent's active Pokemon has a Pokemon Tool card attached to it, this move does 30 more damage, for a total of 60 damage.  Thundurus's second move is called Lightning Slam, this move requires three energy cards, two lightning and one colorless, and does 100 damage, however, you can't use this move two turns in a row.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Thundurus is a basic Pokemon with no evolutions, you only have to use this Pokemon in your deck if you want to use this card.  With that being said, if you're looking for a lot of power from a Basic Pokemon card, this is a card for you to use in your deck.  I would probably put one of these cards in a lightning type deck, stash it on the bench, get three energy cards on it, then move it to the active Pokemon spot when you for sure can knock out a Pokemon by doing 100 damage, use Lightning Slam one turn, then retreat it back to your bench and do the same thing later on down the road.  Raging Thunder Punch should only be used when you can't use Lightning Storm, so either you've used that move the previous turn or you only have two energy cards on Thundurus, or the defending Pokemon would be knocked out by 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average Basic Pokemon card from the Furious Fists set.  Regardless of what the moves are on this card, I would still give this card an above average rating because it has a massive HP and a very low retreat cost, but this card is even better than that because both moves Thundurus has are average to above average.  So if you're building a lightning type deck, I would recommend taking a very hard look at this card.

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Thundurus EX Full Art -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Thundurus EX Full Art from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Thundurus is a basic, EX, lightning type Pokemon card with an hp of 170. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Thundurus EX does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Raiden Knuckle, this move requires only one lightning energy card and does 30 damage and it allows you to move an energy card from your discard pile to one of your benched Pokemon.  Thundurus's second move is called Thunderous Noise, and for four energy cards, two each of colorless and lightning, this move does 90 damage plus if Thundurus has any Plasma Energy cards attached to it, you may remove an energy card attached to the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Thundurus EX is a basic Pokemon card you won't need to use any other cards with this card.  But remember, because this card is an EX card, if this card is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  If you'd like, you could start the game with this card because it only requires one move to attack.  I would recommend doing this until you get four energy cards on Thundurus, then you'll want to use Thunderous Noise every turn, preferably with some Plasma Energy cards attached so you can prevent your opponent from attacking by discarding energy cards from them.  So this card is the ultimate starter Pokemon card, it has an extremely high hp, and can knock out most basic and stage 1 Pokemon in one move.  A strategy you may want to have in your deck is having a Pokemon with an extremely powerful move but one that discards energy cards when it uses that move, you can then go ahead and use that Pokemon, and use Thundurus EX after that and use Raiden Knuckle to get those energy cards back from your discard pile and then attach them to that Pokemon that discarded them in the first place.  So I would definitely recommend using Thundurus EX Full Art in your deck, I would include as many as you can find in it.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an excellent EX Pokemon card.  When deciding what rating to give this card, I would was going to initially give this card a 4 until I noticed how low of a retreat cost it had which moved me up to a 5 rating.  I like how this card can attack quickly and attack powerfully, and no matter the move it's using, still do more than just attack.

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