Timburr -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Timburr from the X and Y Pokemon card set.  Timburr is a basic, fighting 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.  Timburr does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move this card has is called Pummel, for two energy cards, one each of fighting and colorless, this move does 20 damage, plus it does 20 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Timburr is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Gurdurr and a stage 2 evolution in Conkeldurr, which I'll be reviewing the next two days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, this card could definitely be used in a fighting type deck.  Just on the face of it, Pummel is an average move, but if you add in the fact the move could do 40 damage a turn and that it has above average hp for a basic Pokemon card, this is definitely a card to consider using as a starter type Pokemon in your deck.  I would not use more than 2 of these in a deck without the other Pokemon in this family just because it does require two energy cards to attack and has a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  But if you get this card into the active Pokemon spot early, Pummel will be able to pummel some basic Pokemon in a turn of two for sure.

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 X and Y set.  I like that this card has an above average hp, and the one move it does have good be an above average move if you get a heads when you flip a coin.  So overall, I would recommend using this card in your deck on its own, so if you need another card or two for your deck, make sure to check this Timburr card out.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Timburr -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Timburr from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  Timburr is a basic, fighting 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.  Timburr does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move Timburr has is called Knock Back, this move requires two energy cards, one each of fighting and colorless, and does 20 damage, plus it makes your opponent switch the their active Pokemon with one of their benched Pokemon.  Timburr's second move is called Low Kick, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one fighting, and does 40 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Timburr is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Gurdurr and a stage 2 evolution in Conkeldurr, which I'll be reviewing the next two days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, I would only suggest using one of these cards in a fighting type deck and trying to get this card into the active Pokemon spot as early as possible to start the game.  The earlier you get this card in the active Pokemon spot the better because as soon as you get two energy cards on Timburr you can start using Knock Back, and basically doing spread damage on your opponent's Pokemon, hopefully all of which are basic early on in the game, thus after retreating Timburr or after it is knocked out, it will be that much easier to knock out all of your opponent's Pokemon that were in play because they will have damage on them.  If you aren't using Gurdurr with Timburr, I would not put three energy cards on Timburr, it just isn't worth it in my opinion, unless you can knock out the defending Pokemon by doing 40 damage.  So again, at most I would use 1 of these in a fighting type deck, but I would probably restrain from doing this.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a slightly below average basic Pokemon card.  Even though this card has an above average hp and two moves, I am still giving this card a below average rating because neither of Timburr's moves are very good, and this card has a somewhat high retreat cost.

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

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