Wailmer -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Wailmer from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Wailmer is a Basic, Water type Pokemon card with a HP of 120.  It has a x2 weakness to Grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Wailmer does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Splash, for two Energy cards, one each of Water and Colorless, this move does 20 damage.  Wailmer's second move is called Surf, for four Energy cards, three Water and one Colorless, this move does 70 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Wailmer is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Wailord, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own, I would not recommend using this card in a deck, especially without Wailord.  Although this card has potential to do a good amount of damage, has a high HP, and two moves, because this card is so slow on the attack, and neither move it has can do that much damage for the Energy cards required, I would look elsewhere for a Basic Water type Pokemon to use.  Plus, if you get Wailmer into the Active Pokemon spot early, you have to either use a Trainer to get Wailmer out of the Active Pokemon spot, or you have to discard three Colorless Energy cards.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Wailord, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  Like I mentioned above, this card does have some positives, like a high HP and two moves, but those things do not make up for the fact that this card is slow on the attack, somewhat under-powered, and has a high retreat cost.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Wailmer -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Wailmer from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  Wailmer is a basic, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100.  It has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Wailmer does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves, the first move is called Lullaby and for one colorless energy card, it says to flip a coin and if you get a heads the defending Pokemon is put to sleep.  Wailmer's second move is called Water Gun which does 30 damage for three energy cards, two colorless and one water.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Wailmer has a stage 1 evolution in Wailord, there isn't much incentive to put Wailmer into the active Pokemon spot before it evolves into Wailord.  I say this because Wailmer only has an hp of 100, and can do 30 damage per turn whereas Wailord has an hp of 200 (if you're using the Wailord card from this set) and can do a lot more damage than 30 per turn.  I would keep Wailmer on the bench and attach as many water energy cards as possible to this card, you'll know why tomorrow after I review the Wailord card.  If you have to put Wailmer into the active Pokemon spot, depending on how many energy cards you have on Wailmer will determine what move you can use.  I would not use Wailmer in a deck on its own.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  Just like Gyarados from yesterday, this card has a very good hp for a Pokemon card, a basic Pokemon card in this case, yet I am not giving it a high rating, basically the hp is the only good thing on this card.  Lullaby is only a 50-50 chance of putting a Pokemon to sleep and Water Gun is way too slow and cannot do nearly enough damage to warrant putting three energy cards on it.  So I would say if you're not going to use Wailord in your deck, do not use this card in your deck either.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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