Trevenant -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Trevenant from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Trevenant is a Stage 1, Grass type Pokemon card, with a HP of 120. It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Trevenant does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  This card's first move is called Poltergeist, for two Colorless Energy cards this move does 30 damage times the number of Trainer cards in your opponent's hand when they reveal it.  Horn Leech is Trevenant's second move, for three Energy cards, two Grass and one Colorless, this move does 90 damage, plus it heals 30 damage from Trevenant.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Trevenant is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Phantump into play (I reviewed Phantump from this set yesterday) and then evolve Phantump into Trevenant.  If you read yesterday's review of Trevenant, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  The card was fairly solid overall, with an average HP, and two moves, but it was limited in that it could only do a maximum of 10 damage total, and it had a higher retreat cost.  So knowing  this about Phantump and looking at this Trevenant card, I would recommend setting this line up on the Bench, since both of the moves on Trevenant require a little time to set up.  I would mainly use Horn Leech when attacking, but this card could sit on the Bench until you know your opponent has some Trainer cards in their hand, or, if you just want to see the strategy your opponent is going to use, you could use Poltergeist.  Overall, this is a solid attacker for a Grass type deck, and could easily work in 1-1 fashion in a Grass type 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 Guardians Rising set.  Other than requiring at least two Energy cards to attack, this card is very good overall.  It has a well above average HP, made even higher by its Horn Leech move, it has the potential to do major damage with Poltergeist, and is just a great attacker overall to use in a Grass type deck.  Together with Phantump from this set, which I gave a 2 out of 5 rating, I would give these two cards a 3 out of 5 rating, they should definitely be considered for a Grass type deck.

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Trevenant -- BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Trevenant from the BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Set.  Trevenant is a stage 1, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110. It has a x2 weakness to darkness type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Trevenant's Ability is called Nervous Seed and says that as long as Trevenant is your active Pokemon, all of your opponent's Pokemon's attacks cost one colorless energy card more.  Besides the Ability, Trevenant just has one move called Energy Press, for three energy cards, two colorless and one psychic, this move does 70 damage plus 10 more damage for each energy attached to your opponent's active Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Trevenant is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Phantump into play (I reviewed Phantump from this set yesterday) and then evolve Phantump into Trevenant.  If you read yesterday's review of Phantump, you'll know that I thought that it was one of the worst cards I've ever reviewed on my blog since it could not be used on its own, since the only move it had was to search your deck for Trevenant and put it onto the Phantump card.  So if used with Trevenant the card is much better, but of course you'll want to evolve Phantump into Trevenant as quickly as possible regardless if its in the active Pokemon spot or on the bench.  So once you have Trevenant in play, make sure it has three energy cards on it, then move it to the active Pokemon spot and start using Energy Press, I like how this move does well above average damage by itself, but incorporate its Ability, and it can do that much more damage since your opponent will have to attach another energy card to their Pokemon to attack, making Energy Press do 10 more damage every turn.  You could easily do over 100 damage with this move.  So if you're building a psychic type deck, I would highly recommend using at least a 1-1 line of this Pokemon family for some power.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a very good Stage 1 Pokemon card from the BREAKpoint set.  Other than having a higher retreat cost, there are no downsides to this card, it has a well above average HP, and an Ability and move that work very well together.  This card can do major damage every turn, and can make your opponent unable to attack when using Trevenant's Ability.  Like I said, Phantump from this set is worthless on its own, but together with Trevenant I would give this line a 4 out of 5 rating.

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Trevenant -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Trevenant from the Pokemon XY Card Set.  Trevenant is a stage 1, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110.  It has a x2 weakness to darkness type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy retreat cost.  Trevenant's Ability is called Forest's Curse, and it says that if Trevenant is your active Pokemon, your opponent can't play any Item cards.  Besides the Ability, Trevenant just has one move called Tree Slam, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one psychic, and does 60 damage plus it does 20 damage to 2 of your opponent's benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Trevenant is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Phantump into play (I reviewed Phantump from this set yesterday) and then evolve Phantump into Trevenant.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Phantump was an absolute miserable basic Pokemon card that should not be used in any deck.  Because this Phantump card is so bad, this Trevenant card really has to be good in order for me to want to use it in a deck.  And I think that this card really is that good and I would definitely recommend using this card in any spread damage type deck you're building.  Of course you'll want to evolve to Trevenant on the bench and put it into the active Pokemon spot as soon as you get three energy cards on it.  That way you can utilize its Ability and do 100 total damage every turn.  Because this card does have a high retreat cost and is slow, I would only include a 1-1 line of this Pokemon family in a 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 X and Y set.  I like both Trevenant's Ability and only move, but there are definitely some limitations on this card which made me give it a 4 instead of a 5.  The first thing is the high retreat cost, so you'll have to give up all the energy cards on Trevenant if you want to retreat it and the second thing is Trevenant's Ability can only be used when it's in the active Pokemon spot.  So overall, this card is great, but the combination of Phantump and Trevenant only get a 3 out of 5 rating from me, together they just aren't that great, both have high retreat costs and take awhile to attack.  Individually, Phantump was a 1 and Trevenant was a 4.

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