Psyduck -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Psyduck from the Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Set.  Psyduck is a Basic, Water type Pokemon card with a HP of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to Grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Psyduck does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  Its only move is called Confusion Wave, for one Colorless Energy card this move Confuses both Active Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Psyduck is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Golduck, 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, unless you plan on Confusing the defending Pokemon to start the game then switching out Psyduck to use a Pokemon that benefits from the opposing Pokemon being confused, there is really no reason to use Psyduck on its own.  Sure, the card has a higher HP and can use any type of Energy to attack, but it can't do any damage, and it Confuses itself.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Golduck, this is a well below average Basic Pokemon card.  Like I mentioned above, if a card can't do any damage and inflicts a Special Condition on itself, there is no reason to use that card in a deck.  The only reason to even consider using this card is if you have to use it in order to get to Golduck.

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Incineroar GX -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Incineroar GX from the Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Set.  Incineroar GX is a Stage 2, Fire type Pokemon card, with a HP of 250.  It has a x2 weakness to Water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Incineroar GX does not have an Ability but it does have three moves.  The first move that this card has is called Hustling Strike, for one Fire Energy card this move does 10 damage plus 20 more damage for each of your Benched Fire type Pokemon.  Tiger Swing is the name of the second Incineroar GX has, for three Energy cards, two Fire and one Colorless, this move does 80 damage plus 50 more damage for each heads when two coins are flipped.  Incineroar GX's final move, which is also its GX move, is called Burning Slam GX, for two Fire Energy cards and one Colorless, this move does 200 damage and Burns the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, first off, the way a Pokemon GX works is that it is used instead of a regular Incineroar card, so if you have Torracat in play, you evolve that Pokemon directly into Incineroar GX.  In play, only one GX move can be used during the entire game, and once a Pokemon GX is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  So just like yesterday's Incineroar card, since Incineroar GX is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Litten into play and then evolve it into Torracat before you can evolve Torracat into Incineroar GX, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last few days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought both cards were average overall.  Litten could easily be used as a starter type Pokemon in a Fire type deck since it had an above average HP and two quick attacking moves.  Torracat was also solid, with one move doing up to 60 damage with coin flips, and its other move doing 90 damage per turn with a Burning Energy card.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at Incineroar GX, this line could be used right away in the active Pokemon spot the first turn of the game, or the line could be evolved on the bench and three cards could be put on Incineroar GX so it could move to the active Pokemon spot and start attacking immediately.  Compared to yesterday's Incineroar card, this card is much better, and there is no reason to use that card.  This card can match the maximum amount of damage that card could do, plus it can consistently do more damage every turn.  If you're building a majority Fire type deck, Hustling Strike should be able to do more than 100 damage per turn, and if you attach a Trick Coin Trainer to Incineroar GX, Tiger Swing should be able to do more than 100 damage per turn.  With 250 HP, this card will be pretty dominant when set up in the active Pokemon spot.  Although 200 damage is a ton of damage to do with Burning Slam GX, I could see not using the move at all and saving it for another GX.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a very good GX Pokemon card from the Sun and Moon set.  All three moves that this card are extremely powerful and all three can do more than 100 damage per turn.  The reason I'm giving this card a 4 out of 5 rating instead of a 5 rating is because its GX move may not be used.  Together with Litten and Torracat from this set, I would give this line a 4 out of 5 rating, it is better than this line with Incineroar from the set.

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Incineroar -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Incineroar from the Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Set.  Incineroar is a Stage 2, Fire type Pokemon card, with a HP of 160.  It has a x2 weakness to Water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Incineroar does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is Fire Fang, for two energy cards, one each of Fire and Colorless, this move does 30 damage, plus the defending Pokemon is burned.  Incineroar's second move is called Darkest Lariat, for three energy cards, two Fire and one Colorless, this move does 100 damage times the number of heads you get when flipping two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Incineroar is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Litten into play and then evolve it into Torracat before you can evolve Torracat into Incineroar, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last two days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought both cards were average overall.  Litten could easily be used as a starter type Pokemon in a Fire type deck since it had an above average HP and two quick attacking moves.  Torracat was also solid, with one move doing up to 60 damage with coin flips, and its other move doing 90 damage per turn with a Burning Energy card.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at Incineroar, if you're already using these two Pokemon in your deck, I would suggest using one Incineroar card, similar to Torracat, you'll want to make sure a Trick Coin Trainer is attached to Incineroar, giving it a much better shot at doing major damage every turn with Darkest Lariat.  I could also see wanting to use this card in a deck if several of your Pokemon already inflict the Burn special condition, therefore making your deck that much better.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Sun and Moon set.  Even though this card has the potential to do 200 damage per turn, I am only giving this card a 3 out of 5 rating because Darkest Lariat is based off of coins flips and is a Stage 2 card, so it will take a while to get set up.  In a Fire type deck, this card is worth a look, altogether, this entire line gets a 4 out of 5 rating from me, each card is solid individually making the sum of the cards greater than the individual ratings.

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Torracat -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Torracat from the Sun and Moon Pokemon Card set.  Torracat is a Stage 1, Fire type Pokemon card, with a HP of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to Water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Torracat does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Fury Swipes, for one Fire type Energy card this move does 20 damage times the amount of heads from 3 coin flips.  Torracat's second move is called Flamethrower, for three Energy cards, two Fire and one Colorless, this move does 90 damage, however an Energy card must be discarded after attacking.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Torracat is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Litten into play (I reviewed Litten from this set yesterday) and then evolve Litten into Torracat.  Litten does have a Stage 2 evolution in Incineroar, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed that card yet, the strategy below will act like Torracat is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read my review of Litten, you'll know that I thought it was a very solid card overall, it had an above average HP, and two moves, both quick to use, but both doing average damage.  I thought the card could easily be used as a Starter type Pokemon in a deck.  So knowing this about Litten and looking at this Torracat card, I could easily see using the first two Pokemon in this line as soon as possible in a game, you could attach a Trick Coin Trainer card to Torracat and have a better shot at doing 60 damage with Fury Swipes, or set the line up on the bench, attaching a Burning Energy to it, therefore allowing you to do 90 damage a turn every single turn with Flamethrower.

Pokemon Card Rating:  
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average to above average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Sun and Moon set.  With the use of a Burning Energy, this card becomes above average and can do major damage every turn, I would have liked for this card to for sure do damage every turn, but you'll either have to have some luck with Fury Swipes, or some extra Energy when using Flamethrower.  Together, I would give the first two Pokemon in this line a 3 out of 5 rating, the same rating I gave these cards individually.

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