Volcarona -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Volcarona from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Volcarona is a stage 1, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Volcarona does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Solar Transporter, this move requires one colorless energy card and lets you reveal the top 5 cards of your deck and put all Team Plasma cards you have there into your hand, however you have to discard the rest of those cards.  Volcarona's second move is called Leech Life, this move requires three energy cards, two fire and one colorless, and does 50 damage, plus however much damage Volcarona does to the defending Pokemon, you can heal that amount of damage from Volcarona.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Volcarona is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Larvesta into play (I reviewed Larvesta from this set yesterday) and then evolve Larvesta into Volcarona.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Larvesta was an average basic Pokemon card that could be used on its own but I would not do so personally.  The card had decent moves but its retreat cost was a ridiculous three colorless energy cards.  Because the retreat cost was so hard on that card, I didn't recommend using it, but I would recommend using one of those cards with this Volcarona card.  The strategy I would have with this line is to have one of each Pokemon and include these two cards in a Team Plasma heavy deck.  I would then try and get Volcarona into the active Pokemon spot as soon as possible and use Solar Transporter a few turns to get the cards you need into your hand quickly.  After using that move a few turns, I would then use Leech Life as many turns as I could while setting up my benched Pokemon, then when Volcarona is close to feinting I would retreat it for only one energy card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average stage 1 Pokemon card.  I think this card is above average because it has a low retreat cost, high hp and two good moves, especially if you're using this card in a Team Plasma type deck.  The downfall of this card in my opinion is that Leech Life doesn't do the standard 60 damage per turn for three energy cards and that you have to discard the cards that aren't Team Plasma cards when you use Solar Transporter.  But the positives outweigh the negatives on this card so I would definitely recommend using this card in a deck.  Overall I would give the line of Larvesta and Volcarona from this set a 3 out of 5 rating, Larvesta was a 3 and Volcarona a 4.

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Larvesta -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Larvesta from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Larvesta is a basic, fire type Pokemon card with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Larvesta does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Flare, for one fire energy card this move does 10 damage.  Larvesta's second move is called Ember, for two energy cards, one each of fire and colorless, this move does 30 damage, however you must discard an energy card attached to Larvesta after using this move.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Larvesta is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Volcarona, 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, if I'm building a fire type Pokemon card deck and desperately need a basic Pokemon I will consider using just one of these in that deck.  I say this because Larvesta overall is pretty good, with high hp, and two moves, but Larvesta's retreat cost is too much for a basic Pokemon especially if you aren't using Volcarona and if you want to use Ember as its attack.  So if you decide to include one of these Larvesta cards in your deck, I would of course recommend using this card as a starter card or at least get it into the active Pokemon spot early in the game so you can use Flare right away, then Ember after that.  If you want to use Larvesta in your deck, I would highly recommend including a way to retreat this card for free or at least reduce its retreat cost.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average basic Pokemon card.  Even though I more than likely wouldn't use this card in a deck, I am still giving this card an average rating because the positives and negatives on this card balance out.  The positives would be its high hp, and two moves.  The negatives would be its extremely high retreat cost, and the fact that its Ember move will make this card even harder to retreat.  So again, I probably wouldn't use this card in a deck, but if you're in dire need of a  basic Pokemon, there are much worse ones out there than this one.

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Genesect EX Full Art -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Genesect EX Full Art from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Genesect is a basic, EX, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 170. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Genesect EX's Ability is called Red Signal, this allows you to switch your opponent's active Pokemon with one of their benched Pokemon each time you attach a Plasma Energy card to Genesect EX.  Besides the Ability, Genesect has one move called Megalo Cannon, this move requires three energy cards, two grass and one colorless, and does 100 damage, plus 20 damage to one of your opponent's Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Genesect EX is a basic Pokemon card you won't need to use any other cards with this card.  But remember, because this card is an EX card, if this card is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  So knowing this, you'll definitely want to use this EX card in your grass type deck.  The reason I say this is because this card is absolutely amazing.  Strategy wise, you'll want to make sure and have four Plasma Energy cards in your deck and a trainer card or two so you can get those energy cards into your hand.  Once you have those energy cards in your hand, move Genesect EX to the bench, make sure your active Pokemon can attack and do at least 60 damage, then each turn attach one Plasma Energy card to Genesect, move your opponent's weakest Pokemon into play and attack it with your active Pokemon hopefully knocking that Pokemon out.  The best Pokemon to have in your active Pokemon spot at this time is of course Genesect since you can use Megalo Cannon every turn thus doing even more damage to your opponent's benched Pokemon which will shortly be moved to the active Pokemon spot.  So again, I would highly recommend using this card in a deck, and I would recommend using at least 2 of them in your deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is another excellent EX Pokemon card.  I am giving this EX card my top rating and I definitely think at least one of these cards should be in every single grass type deck out there, you could easily build a deck around this EX card, same goes for the Virizion EX card I reviewed just two days ago.  This card really should be unstoppable once it is set up, since it can do basically 100 damage every turn plus spread damage, and if you use two Genesect at once, you will easily win the game.  So after only reviewing 2 Plasma Blast EX cards, I like both of them a ton!

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Genesect -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Genesect from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Genesect is a basic, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 100. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Genesect does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Call for Family, for one colorless energy card this move allows you to search your deck for 2 basic grass type Pokemon in your deck and put them onto your bench.  Genesect's second move is called Jet Impact, this move requires three energy cards, two grass and one colorless, and does 80 damage plus 20 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Genesect 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, I would definitely include this card in a grass type deck, but I wouldn't include 4 of these since the main move you'll want to use with this card is Jet Impact and since that move requires three energy cards, I'd only use 2 Genesect maximum in a deck.  In the Genesect deck I would create, I would also include the basic Pokemon Tropius from this set, that way if you get Genesect into the active Pokemon spot, you can use Call for Family a couple of turns to get those Tropius cards on your bench before you start attacking the defending Pokemon with Jet Attack.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average basic Pokemon card from the Plasma Blast set.  I really do like everything about this card, the only reason I'm giving this card a 4 instead of a 5 is because Call for Family doesn't do any damage.  But that move will definitely help you early on in a game, and Jet Impact will do above average damage every single time you use it.  So if you're looking for a basic Pokemon card to use in your grass type deck, I would highly recommend using this one.

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