Pokemon Card of the Day: Espeon Prime (Undaunted)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Espeon Prime from the not yet released Undaunted set. This is a stage 1, Psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 100. Unfortunately it has a x2 weakness to Psychic type Pokemon and no resistance but it does have a fairly low retreat cost of 1 colorless energy card. Espeon's Poke-Body makes this card very unique, its Poke-Body is called Evolution Memories and it says that Espeon can use the attacks of all Pokemon you have in play that evolved from Eevee, the only down side to this Poke-Body is that you have to have the necessary energy costs and energy types to do those moves so you can either have a whole bunch of Eevee evolutions in your deck and use special energy cards, or have just one other type in your deck and hope you have enough of that other type of energy card in your hand to do the necessary moves from that other Eevee evolution. Espeon's only move is called Solar Ray and for two energy cards, 1 Psychic and 1 Colorless it does 30 damage and it also lets you remove 1 damage counter from each of your Pokemon. As far as strategy would go with this card it is really straightforward since you only have 1 move, I would probably wait a little while until I played this card so my Pokemon would have some damage on them so I could actually take 1 damage counter off of each of them and also the longer you wait to use this card the more likely it will be that you have other Eevee evolutions in play and then you can use Espeon's Poke-Body to use their attacks. I would rate this card a 3 out of 5 because for a Prime card it is pretty average, on the downside it has a x2 weakness and a low hp of 100 but on the upside it does have a fairly decent Poke-Body and its only move although it doesn't do too much damage, over time it can help heal your entire bench. So thanks for reading today's review of Espeon Prime from Undaunted, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Charizard from EX Crystal Guardians

Pokemon Card of the Day: Umbreon Prime (Undaunted)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Umbreon Prime and as you can see from the picture this card is in Japanese because it is from the Undaunted set which comes out August 18th, I will try and come back and edit this picture when the English version is released but luckily Bulbapedia has this card translated so I can review it early. Umbreon Prime is a stage 1, dark type Pokemon card with an hp of 100, it has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon and a -20 resistance to Psychic type Pokemon and a retreat cost of one colorless energy card. Umbreon's Poke-Power is called Cloud-Covered Moon and this move lets you flip a coin once a turn as long as Umbreon is your active Pokemon and if the coin is a heads you can return Umbreon and all cards attached to it back to your hand, so you can use this move instead of giving up a one energy card and having the risk of your opponent doing damage to your bench and knocking out Umbreon. Umbreon's only move is called Evoblast and this move takes 3 energy cards, 1 darkness energy and two colorless energy cards, Evoblast does 50 damage plus 10 more damage for each Pokemon in play that evolves from Eevee. So to do any more damage than 50 with this move you'll either have to have another Umbreon in play or you'll have to have a deck with another type of energy card in it or use special energy cards to power that other Eevee evolution. I would rate this card a 3 out of 5 because even though it has a decent hp of 100 and it does have a Poke-Power and a somewhat powerful move but both things could be better, it's Poke-Power could let any active Pokemon retreat if you flip a heads instead of just Umbreon and its move should take into account that there probably won't be too many more Eevee evolutions in play so I think that move should have been only two energy cards instead of three, but both Poke-Power and move are average and Umbreon Prime does have a resistance type so that is why I rated this card a 3 out of 5. So thanks for reading my review of Umbreon Prime from the Undaunted set stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Espeon Prime from the Undaunted set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Dusclops ex (EX Emerald)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Dusclops ex from the EX Emerald set. This is a stage 1, Psychic type Pokemon card, which is an ex card so if it gets knocked out your opponent gets two prize cards. Dusclops has an hp of 100 and a x2 weakness to dark Pokemon, -30 resistance to both fighting and colorless Pokemon and a retreat cost of 2 colorless energy cards. Dusclop's Poke-Body really makes this card worthwile, it says that as long as Dusclops is on your bench don't apply darkness type weakness to any of your Pokemon in play, so if I were to create a deck using this card I would try and use all cards that are Psychic and have a weakness to dark type Pokemon that way none of my Pokemon would have weaknesses when I had this card in play. Dusclops's only move called Shadow Beam takes one psychic energy card and does 20 damage times the energy attached to Dusclops, I especially like these cards where you can load up energy cards on the card to do major damage. As far as strategy goes I would definitely get Dusclops on my bench as soon as possible for two reasons, the first is to be able to use Dusclop's Poke-Body, the second is two be able to load up Dusclops with energy before I put it as my active Pokemon. I would rate this a 4 out of 5, the first thing I like is that it has a somewhat high hp for a stage 1 card with 100, it doesn't have a weakness since you can use its Poke-Body, also with the Poke-Body you can prevent all the rest of your Pokemon from taking extra damage if they are weak to dark type Pokemon and I like Dusclop's move. The reason I didn't give this card a 5 is because it is an ex card and if it's knocked out your opponent gets two prize cards and the second reason is that it will take awhile to be able to do a significant amount of damage with Shadow Beam, so thanks for reading today's review of Dusclops ex from EX Emerald stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Umbreon from Undaunted.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Slowking (Heart Gold/Soul Silver)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Slowking from the Heart Gold/Soul Silver set. This is a stage 1, Psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 80. Unfortunately it has a x2 weakness to Psychic type Pokemon, and no resistance type, and a somewhat high retreat cost of 2 colorless energy cards. Slowking does have a Poke-Power called Second Sight that lets you look at either you or your opponent's deck every turn, every turn you can look at the top 3 cards of either of the aforementioned player's decks and put them back in any order you like, this way if you look at your deck you can put an energy card or evolution card or something you need on top and if you look at your opponent's deck you can put a card they don't need on top and a card they do need as the third card down. What I would try and do with this Poke-Power is to use this with another Poke-Power or move that lets you see your opponent's hand that way you would for sure know what your opponent needs. Slowking's only move is called Psyshock and this move does 30 damage for 2 energy cards, 1 Psychic and 1 colorless also when you do this move you may flip a coin and if it is heads the defending Pokemon is now Paralyzed. As far as strategy goes I would definitely use this card for its Poke-Power, there isn't anything special about its move so if I could just keep this card on the bench the whole game that is what I would do. I would rate this card a 3/5 because it is a pretty average card the only thing going for it that is good is its Poke-Power other than that it is pretty similar to all the rest of the HGSS rare cards with a x2 weakness, low hp, and crummy moves. So thanks for reading today's review of Slowking from Heart Gold/Soul Silver stay tuned tomorrow for another review of a newer Pokemon card.