Zubat -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zubat from the Sun and Moon set.  Zubat is a Basic, Psychic type Pokemon card with a HP of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to Lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Zubat does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Astonish.  This move allows you to choose a random card from your opponent's hand, have them show it to you, and then have them put that card into their deck, shuffling the deck afterwards.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Zubat is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Golbat, and a Stage 2 evolution in Crobat, which I'll be reviewing the next couple of days, you'll more than likely want to use some of those Pokemon with this card, however, since I have not reviewed any of those cards yet, I will just act like Zubat does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  On its own, because this card has a below average HP, and cannot do any damage when attacking, if you do want to use Astonish in a deck, only use one of these Zubat cards in the deck, and use a Trainer card or some other Ability to get to Zubat quickly.  Astonish can do two things, the first is it lets you see what cards your opponent has in their hand, and the second is that it may disrupt their strategy if the random card chosen is one needed by your opponent.  While I personally wouldn't play this card in a deck, it does have some potential, if previewing the opponent's hand is an advantage for your deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a very poor Basic Pokemon card from the Sun and Moon set.  Besides having a low HP, this card only has one move, making it very limited, plus the only move it does have can't do any damage.  So again, unless previewing your opponent's hand gives your deck an advantage, look elsewhere for a Basic, Psychic type Pokemon for your deck.

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Zubat -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zubat from the Phantom Forces set.  Zubat is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Zubat does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Skill Dive, this move requires one colorless energy card and does 10 damage to one of your opponent's Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Zubat is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Golbat and a stage 2 evolution in Crobat, which I'll be reviewing the next two days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, you could definitely use this card as a starter type Pokemon in any type deck, but I would not use more than one of these if you choose to use Zubat without its evolutions.  Because Zubat only has 50 HP and can only do 10 damage maximum, the card will be quite limited later on in games.  But this card does work well at the beginning of games because it can attack any of your opponent's Pokemon and it would be a perfect starter type Pokemon in a spread damage type deck or with a deck featured around a Pokemon that does additional damage if the defending Pokemon already has damage on it.

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 Phantom Forces set.  Even though I still would use this card in a deck, it is just really limited overall that is why I'm giving it a little lower rating.  If this card had 60 HP and a second move it would be a great card, but since it has 50 HP and only one move I have to give it a 2 rating.  Nevertheless, this card can be used as a starter type Pokemon in a spread damage type deck since it can attack any Pokemon it pleases.

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Zubat #53/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zubat from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two reviews I'll be doing of Zubat from this set.  This Zubat is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 40.  It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  This version of Zubat does have an Ability, it is called Free Flight and says that if Zubat doesn't have any energy cards attached to it it has a free retreat cost.  Besides the Ability, Zubat has one move called Wing Attack, this move requires two energy cards, one each of colorless and psychic and does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Zubat is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Golbat, and a stage 2 evolution in Crobat, which I'll be reviewing the next few days, you'll more than likely want to use this card with those Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, I wouldn't recommend using this Zubat card in a deck, and I actually prefer yesterday's Zubat card over this one even though this card has an Ability in addition to one move.  I would use yesterday's card because it has a higher hp, and it can attack quicker while healing damage from itself while attacking.  So if you want to use a Zubat card in your deck from the Plasma Storm set use just 1 of the other Zubat's in your deck on its own, I would use either though.  If you want to use this card in your deck, it is imperative to use this card immediately to start the game, because with only 40 hp, it will be knocked out in no time.  This card can do more damage than yesterday's card but it takes longer to attack, and with a lower hp you can't wait that much longer.  Zubat's Ability is nice if you need to move Zubat out of the active Pokemon spot, but with only a retreat cost of one energy card the Ability really don't help you much.  So after reviewing both Zubat cards from this deck, I can't recommend either of them highly.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a slightly below average basic Pokemon card.  I am giving this card a 1 rating instead of a 2 because I gave yesterday's Zubat a 2 and this card in my opinion is a little worse than that card.  Hopefully tomorrow when I review Golbat it will make up for Zubat being so weak in this set.

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Zubat #52/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zubat from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive reviews I'll be doing of Zubat from this set.  Zubat is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Zubat does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move this Zubat card has is called Spiral Drain, this move requires one colorless energy card and does 10 damage, plus it heals 10 damage from itself.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Zubat is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Golbat, and a stage 2 evolution in Crobat, which I'll be reviewing the next few days, you'll more than likely want to use this card with those Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet and I haven't even reviewed the second Zubat card in this set, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, I wouldn't recommend using this Zubat card in a deck, even though it has a pretty decent move, this card is quite limited on what it can do and with only 50 hp, I would like something higher to use as a starter Pokemon.  However, if you choose to use this card in your deck, it will work out okay because this card can fit in any type deck because it only requires colorless energy cards to attack.  You would try and get this card in the active Pokemon spot early, and then use Spiral Drain every turn so that you can do damage, heal yourself, and stock your benched Pokemon with energy cards.  Because this card doesn't have the greatest hp I definitely wouldn't use more than 1 of these in a deck on its own.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a slightly below average basic Pokemon card.  Even though like I mentioned earlier, Zubat does have one good move, I am still giving this card a below average rating because it has a low hp and it only has the one move, you won't be able to do much later in a game with a card that can only do 10 damage every turn.

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