Zekrom -- Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zekrom from the Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Set.  Zekrom is a basic, dragon type Pokemon card with an hp of 130, it has a x2 weakness to fairy type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Zekrom does not have an Ancient Trait or an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Energy Stream, for one lightning energy card this move does 30 damage, plus you can attach an energy card from your discard pile to Zekrom.  Zekrom's second move is called Electric Ball, this move requires four energy cards to use, two lightning, and one each of fire and colorless.  This move does 100 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Zekrom 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, if you're building a lightning and fire type deck, this card is a must have for that deck.  You could use it as a starter type Pokemon in that deck, potentially using up to four of these in your deck, that way you have a much better chance of getting this card in the active Pokemon spot to start the game, you can then do 30 damage per turn and knock out most Basic Pokemon that evolve in two turns.  If you place Zekrom into the active Pokemon spot later in the game and it isn't set up yet, you can use Energy Stream a couple of times and quickly get four energy cards on Zekrom so you can use Electric Ball and do 100 damage a turn.  If you use this Zekrom card with the dragon type Rayquaza EX and Mega Rayquaza EX in a deck, it will be very powerful.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a top notch Basic Pokemon card from the Roaring Skies set.  This card has a well above average HP, fairly low retreat cost, and two amazing moves.  The first move that Zekrom has does good damage for only one energy card and the second move it has is a little slower, but does major damage every turn.  So like I said above, if you're building a fire and lightning type deck, make sure to use this card in your deck.

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Zekrom -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zekrom from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Zekrom is a basic, lightning type Pokemon card with an hp of 130. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Zekrom does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Mach Claw, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one lightning, and does 50 damage, plus this move is not affected by another Pokemon's resistance to lightning type Pokemon.  Zekrom's second move is called Fusion Belt, this move requires four energy cards, three colorless and one lightning, and does 80 damage, plus if you have Reshiram on your bench, this move does 120 total damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Zekrom is a basic Pokemon with no evolutions, you only have to use this Pokemon in your deck if you want to use this card.  However because this card is extremely slow to attack and doesn't do a good amount of damage unless you attach four energy cards to it, I would use no more than one of these in a deck.  Looking at this card by itself I would give an average rating, but combine it with Reshiram from this set and I would give it a much higher rating.  So that is what I would do, if I were building a fire and lightning dual type deck, I would make sure to include 1 each of Reshiram and Zekrom, then set both of those Pokemon on the bench, and when one goes into the active Pokemon spot I would use Fusion Belt every turn and do 120 damage, then when Zekrom is closed to getting knocked out, I would retreat it and move Reshiram into play.  I would not recommend using this card without Reshiram, because it is an average card.

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 Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card set.  Like I mentioned some in the strategy section of this post, this card is pretty average overall, neither move Zekrom has is real great, and nothing really stands out on this card, unless you use it with Reshiram, then 80 damage for four energy cards turns into 120 damage for four energy cards which is a huge difference.

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