Victreebel -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Victreebel from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Victreebel is a Stage 2, Grass type Pokemon card, with a HP of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Victreebel does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Pollen Hazzard, for one Grass Energy card this move does 20 damage, plus it Burns, Confuses, and Poisons the defending Pokemon.  Victreebel's second move is called Stick and Absorb, for three Energy cards, one Grass and two Colorless, this move does 80 damage, plus you may heal 20 damage from Victreebel, and your opponent's Active Pokemon is unable to retreat during their next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Victreebel is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Bellsprout into play and then evolve it into Weepinbell before you can evolve Weepinbell into Victreebel, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last two days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought both cards were below average overall.  Bellsprout did have a solid HP, low retreat cost, and could do 30 damage when attacking, but it just had one move, and its only move required two Energy cards to attack.  Weepinbell was also limited to having one move, and this move was a little weaker than you'd like on a Stage 1 card, plus, it only had 80 HP, which is low as well.  Ideally, if you want to use this entire line in your deck, you'd set it up on the Bench.  If you're building a deck that has a lot of Pokemon that inflict special conditions, I would certainly consider putting this line into the deck, since Victreebel's Pollen Hazzard inflicts so many special conditions.  In my opinion, both moves on this card are good, it is just a matter of setting up Victreebel in play and using the moves on this card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set.  Other than having a somewhat low HP for a Stage 2 Pokemon, this card can attack quickly, inflict special conditions, do major damage, and heal itself, so it is worth considering when deck building.  Altogether, even though I gave Bellsprout and Weepinbell from this set both 2 out of 5 ratings, I would give this entire line a 3 out of 5 rating.

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Victreebel -- Furious Fists Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Victreebel from the Furious Fists Pokemon Card Set.  Victreebel is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Victreebel's Ability is called Wafting Scent and says that once per turn, you may discard a grass type energy card attached to Victreebel, if you choose to do this, the defending Pokemon is both confused and poisoned.  Besides the Ability, Victreebel just has one move called Spiral Drain, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, and does 60 damage, plus it heals 30 damage from Victreebel.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Victreebel is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Bellsprout into play and then evolve it into Weepinbell before you can evolve Weepinbell into Victreebel, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought Bellsprout was a pretty good Basic Pokemon card because it had two moves, one in which could discard your opponent's cards, and the other doing just 10 damage, and you'll also know that I wasn't a big fan of Weepinbell from this set, so I would rather just use Bellsprout or not use the line at all.  So knowing these things and looking at this Victreebel card, I would definitely recommend using Victreebel in a grass type deck or a deck that inflicts a lot of special conditions.  I would include a 3-2-2 line of this family and try and get Bellsprout into the active Pokemon to start the game and use the strategy I stated in that review, or evolve the entire line on the bench and get at least 4 or 5 energy cards on Victreebel before putting it into the active Pokemon spot.  That way, when you do put Victreebel into the active Pokemon spot you will have no trouble being able to use its Ability and then attack every turn with Spiral Drain.  Once Victreebel is actually set up, it should last quite a long time in the active Pokemon spot because it can heal 30 damage from itself every turn making its HP seem even higher, plus if you confuse the defending Pokemon, they may choose not even to attack.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a very good Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Furious Fists set.  The only thing not that great about this card is its lower HP for a Stage 2 card but Spiral Drain makes up for this by allowing Victreebel to remove 30 damage a turn.  So you really can't go wrong with using this card because both its move and Ability are great, and once you get this card set up this card should dominate for quite a long time.  So overall, I would give this Pokemon family, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, and Victreebel a 4 out of 5 rating, I definitely think this line should be in decks being built.  Individually I gave Bellsprout a 3, Weepinbell a 2, and Victreebell a 5 rating.

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