Torkoal -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Torkoal from the Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Set.  Torkoal is a Basic, Fire type Pokemon card with a HP of 110.  Torkoal has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Torkoal does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Singe, for one Fire Energy card this move burns the defending Pokemon.  Torkoal's second move is called Body Slam, for two Energy cards, one each of Fire and Colorless, this move does 50 damage, plus it paralyzes the defending Pokemon if you get a heads when flipping a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Torkoal is a Basic Pokemon card with no evolution forms, you'll only have to use this card in a deck if you want to use Torkoal.  So knowing this, if you're building a Fire type deck, this card could work as a starter type Pokemon, since you can Burn the defending Pokemon the first turn of the game and either focus on setting up the benched Pokemon after, or do major damage every turn with Body Slam only two turns into the game.  Even later in the game, this card can work, since it has a fairly high HP, so while I would not include several of these cards in a deck, I could see using 1 or 2 to bolster your starting type Pokemon in a Fire type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion this is an above average Basic Pokemon card from the Sun and Moon set.  In my opinion, this card would work well in a Fire type deck, as I mentioned above, since this card has a high HP, it could be used throughout the game, but would work best as a starter type Pokemon, giving you time to set up your benched Pokemon while having the defending Pokemon be inflicted with the Burn condition.  So again, if you're building a Fire type deck, I would give this card a long look.

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Torkoal -- Flashfire Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Torkoal from the Flashfire Pokemon Card Set.  Torkoal is a basic, fire type Pokemon card with an hp of 100, it has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Torkoal does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Live Coal, for one fire energy card this move does 20 damage.  Torkoal's second move is called Flamethrower, this move requires three energy cards, two fire and one colorless, and does 80 damage, however if you get a tails when you flip a coin you must remove an energy card attached to Torkoal.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Torkoal 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, I would only use a maximum of 1 Torkoal card in your fire type deck.  I say this because although this card is average and Flamethrower has the potential to do 80 damage a turn, there are just better Pokemon out there that you'll want to use and Basic Pokemon out there that you will want to have in your deck in order to evolve them.  But if you're building a fire type deck I would definitely consider using one of these cards in your deck.  For example, you could get this card into the active Pokemon spot to start the game, just put one energy card on it and use Live Coal every turn then retreat it later for a benched Pokemon that is set up and can do more damage consistently.  Flamethrower is a pretty decent move, but you'll just want to prepare for the worst and have plenty of ways of getting energy cards into your hand so you don't run out and can keep attaching them to Torkoal if you have to discard them.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average Basic Pokemon card from the Flashfire set.  I would definitely consider using this card in a fire type deck because it has a good hp, low retreat cost and two solid moves.  This card just isn't that special that I would base a deck around it, that is why I would recommend only using 1 of these cards in a deck if you use it.

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