Zorua 90/162 -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zorua from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two consecutive Zorua cards that I've reviewed from this set.  Zorua is a basic, darkness type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. This card, just like yesterday's card, does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Whiny Voice, and for one darkness energy card this move allows you to choose a random card from your opponent's hand and have them shuffle it back into their deck.  Zorua's second move is called Dark Edge, for two energy cards, one each of darkness and colorless, this move does 30 damage, however it discards an energy card attached to Zorua.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Zorua is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Zoroark, 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 but I will be comparing Zorua cards later in this post.  So, on its own, even though this card has two moves, and an average HP, I would not recommend using this card in the active Pokemon spot because it requires a limitless amount of energy cards when using Dark Edge since it always requires another energy card because you have to discard one every time you use it, and Whiny Voice, doesn't do any damage or really anything to the defending Pokemon, it can only move a card back into your opponent's hand, and they can easily find that card again with a trainer.  So I cannot recommend using this card in a deck, and if I was forced to choose between today's Zorua card and yesterday's Zorua card, yesterday's card is much better, both cards have Dark Edge, but yesterday's card can confuse the defending Pokemon for one energy card, which makes it better in the active Pokemon spot.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Zoroark, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card.  I gave yesterday's Zorua card a 2 as well, but this card is a little worse than that one, not being able to do much for one energy card.  Regardless, neither Zorua card from this set should be used without using Zoroark in a deck.

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Zorua 89/162 -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zorua from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Zorua cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Zorua is a basic, darkness type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. This card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Moonless Madness, for one darkness energy card this move confuses the defending Pokemon.  Zorua's second move is called Dark Edge and for two energy cards, one each of darkness and colorless, this move does 30 damage, however you must discard an energy attached to Zorua after using.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Zorua is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Zoroark, which I'll be reviewing in two days, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, and haven't reviewed the other Zorua card from this set, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution and do not know which Zorua card is better.  So, on its own, even though this card has two moves, and an average HP, I cannot wholeheartedly recommend using this card.  If Dark Edge wouldn't make you discard an energy card to use, this card would have worked well for a starter type Pokemon.  But if you want to use this card as a starter type, you will either have to keep adding energy cards to Zorua to use Dark Edge, or hope your opponent flips some tails when attacking to damage to themselves when confused.  So unless you are planning on having Zoroark in your deck, I would not recommend using this card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Zoroark, this is a slightly below average Basic Pokemon card.  Like I said in the above section, this card does have an average HP and two moves, but neither move on this card is that great, and this card to do any damage needs energy attached to it every single turn, so there are definitely better Basic Pokemon cards to be found out there.

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Zorua -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zorua from the X and Y Pokemon Card Set.  Zorua is a basic, darkness type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Zorua does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Scratch.  For one darkness energy card this move does 10 damage.  Zorua's second move is called Nasty Plot and says that for two energy cards, one each of darkness and colorless, you can search your deck for a card and put it into your hand.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Zorua is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Zoroark, 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 Zorua in a deck.  I say this because Zorua has a below average hp and only one decent move.  This card is not that bad but I wouldn't use it.  If you choose to use this card in your deck, of course you'll want to use Scratch most turns unless you need a specific card from your deck, then you would use Nasty Plot.  But especially if you're using this card without Zoroark, I wouldn't put two energy cards on this card in case it gets knocked out.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average basic Pokemon card from the X and Y set.  This card has a low hp, and one of the two moves it has isn't the greatest (Nasty Plot) but overall it could be used in a deck if you really need one more card to use.

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Zorua -- Emerging Powers Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zorua from the Emerging Powers Pokemon Card Set.  Zorua is a basic, darkness type Pokemon card, with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Zorua does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves, the first move is called Ram and for one darkness energy card it does 10 damage.  Zorua's second move is called Rising Lunge which takes two energy cards, one each of darkness and colorless, and does 20 damage plus 10 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since this is a basic Pokemon card that has a stage 1 evolution in Zoroark, I would recommend keeping Zorua on the bench and evolving it into Zoroark before putting it into play, I would do this because Zoroark can do much more damage than Zorua and it has a higher hp.  There is one Zoroark card in this set, and I've reviewed that card on my blog previously.  If you have to put Zorua into the active Pokemon spot, I would recommend using Rising Lunge every turn since it does more damage than Ram, but of course if you only have one energy card on Zorua you have no choice but to use Ram.  But like I said I would definitely try and use Zoroark if at all possible, and if I were to use Zorua in a deck, I would include it with Zoroark and use a 2-2 or 2-1 line of Zorua and Zoroark.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  This is another below average stage 1 Pokemon card, Zorua has a low hp, and two weak moves.  The only good thing about this card is that it can do damage very quickly but I stress again, you'll want to use Zoroark as soon as possible instead of Zorua.

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