Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Vileplume from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Set. Vileplume 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 three Colorless Energy card retreat cost. This card's Ability is called Disgusting Pollen, it says that as long as Vileplume is your Active Pokemon, your opponent's Basic Pokemon can't attack. Besides the Ability, this card just has one move called Downer Shock, for three Energy cards, two Grass and one Colorless, this move does 60 damage. Plus, when using this move, you may flip a coin, if you get a heads the defending Pokemon is Asleep, if you get a tails, the defending Pokemon is Confused.
Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Vileplume is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Oddish into play and then evolve it into Gloom before you can evolve Gloom into Vileplume, 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 gave each card a 2 out of 5 rating individually and a 1 out of 5 rating combined. Both Pokemon had below average HP, with 50 and 80 respectively, and neither card could do much damage. All Oddish could do was Poison the defending Pokemon, and Gloom could either Confuse the defending Pokemon or do a maximum of 30 damage when attacking. Because both Pokemon are so poor together, and the only reason you'd want to include this line in a deck is to use Vileplume in the Active Pokemon spot, I would suggest setting up this line on your Bench. This Vileplume card is an excellent card to both prevent your opponent from even putting powerful Basic Pokemon into their Active Pokemon spot, like GX and EX cards, and it can also make them unable to attack while Vileplume is in the Active Pokemon spot. Although the move on Vileplume does require a fair amount of Energy cards to use, and only does average damage, I like the fact it also inflicts a Special Condition, considering you're only going to have this card in the Active Pokemon spot if the defending Pokemon is a Basic Pokemon, 60 damage should be very good each turn. Because Oddish and Gloom in this set are so poor, I would only use a 1-1-1 line of this Pokemon family, setting up the line on the Bench, I would sure like to use more than 1 Vileplume in a deck to get to it faster, but there is no reason to bloat your deck with poor cards like Oddish and Gloom. So, if you're looking for a good way to take down decks based around Basic EX and GX cards, definitely consider using this Vileplume family in a deck, just be prepared to use a Trainer to switch it out of the Active Pokemon spot, or give up three Energy cards each time it is retreated.
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 Burning Shadows set. That makes two above average Stage 2 Pokemon cards from the Burning Shadows set so far, Butterfree and this Vileplume. Like I mentioned above, especially in today's metagame, this card can be very good, preventing Basic Pokemon from attacking can really do a lot of damage to your opponent, letting you attack each turn, while they either have to put in a Pokemon they may not want to use or not attack at all. Even though the first two Pokemon in this line are poor, I am still giving this entire line a 4 out of 5 rating, I think Vileplume is that good of card, keep it stashed on your Bench, and use it to take down Basic Pokemon.
Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Vileplume from the Burning Shadows set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Tangela, which is from this same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!
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So as far as strategy goes, since Vileplume is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Oddish into play and then evolve it into Gloom before you can evolve Gloom into Vileplume, 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 gave each card a 2 out of 5 rating individually and a 1 out of 5 rating combined. Both Pokemon had below average HP, with 50 and 80 respectively, and neither card could do much damage. All Oddish could do was Poison the defending Pokemon, and Gloom could either Confuse the defending Pokemon or do a maximum of 30 damage when attacking. Because both Pokemon are so poor together, and the only reason you'd want to include this line in a deck is to use Vileplume in the Active Pokemon spot, I would suggest setting up this line on your Bench. This Vileplume card is an excellent card to both prevent your opponent from even putting powerful Basic Pokemon into their Active Pokemon spot, like GX and EX cards, and it can also make them unable to attack while Vileplume is in the Active Pokemon spot. Although the move on Vileplume does require a fair amount of Energy cards to use, and only does average damage, I like the fact it also inflicts a Special Condition, considering you're only going to have this card in the Active Pokemon spot if the defending Pokemon is a Basic Pokemon, 60 damage should be very good each turn. Because Oddish and Gloom in this set are so poor, I would only use a 1-1-1 line of this Pokemon family, setting up the line on the Bench, I would sure like to use more than 1 Vileplume in a deck to get to it faster, but there is no reason to bloat your deck with poor cards like Oddish and Gloom. So, if you're looking for a good way to take down decks based around Basic EX and GX cards, definitely consider using this Vileplume family in a deck, just be prepared to use a Trainer to switch it out of the Active Pokemon spot, or give up three Energy cards each time it is retreated.
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 Burning Shadows set. That makes two above average Stage 2 Pokemon cards from the Burning Shadows set so far, Butterfree and this Vileplume. Like I mentioned above, especially in today's metagame, this card can be very good, preventing Basic Pokemon from attacking can really do a lot of damage to your opponent, letting you attack each turn, while they either have to put in a Pokemon they may not want to use or not attack at all. Even though the first two Pokemon in this line are poor, I am still giving this entire line a 4 out of 5 rating, I think Vileplume is that good of card, keep it stashed on your Bench, and use it to take down Basic Pokemon.
Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Vileplume from the Burning Shadows set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Tangela, which is from this same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!
Free Pokemon TCG Online Code Cards:
Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
What stone does Gloom use to evolve into Bellossom?
Please respond with the correct answer and a link to your YouTube channel. 24 hours from now I will be randomly selecting a correct response to my question and sending a private message to this person with a free code on YouTube.
