Thursday, December 1, 2011

Haxorus -- Noble Victories Pokemon Card Review

Haxorus Pokemon Card Noble Victories SetPokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Haxorus from the Noble Victories set. This is a stage 2, normal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140. It has no weakness, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Haxorus doesn't have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Dual Chop which takes two colorless energy cards, and does 50 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins. Haxorus' second move is called Giga Impact which does 120 damage for three colorless energy cards, however you can't attack the next turn after using this move.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, first off, you can put this card in any type deck since this is a normal type Pokemon. With that being said, I would probably use Giga Impact if I could knock the Pokemon out for sure with 120 damage, otherwise I would use Dual Chop and hope to get two heads.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating. For a stage 2 Pokemon card this card isn't very good, it can only do average damage, and it has a somewhat low hp for a stage 2 card. I would probably try and find a stage 2 card of the specific type your deck is instead of putting Haxorus in the deck.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Cobalion -- Noble Victories Pokemon Card Review

Cobalion Pokemon Card Noble Victories SetPokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Cobalion from the Noble Victories set. This is a stage basic, metal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 120. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Cobalion doesn't have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Energy Press which takes two energy cards, one each of metal and colorless, and does 20 damage plus 20 more damage for each energy attached to the defending Pokemon. Cobalion's second move is called Iron Breaker and does 80 damage for three energy cards, two metal and one colorless. Plus doing the damage, your opponent can't attack during their next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, as soon as I get three energy cards on Cobalion I'll want to put it into the active Pokemon spot and use Iron Breaker every turn. With 120 hp, Cobalion should be able to knock out quite a few Pokemon in a row, the sooner you get Cobalion into the active Pokemon spot the more Pokemon it will be able to knock out. If for some reason the defending Pokemon has 4 or more energy cards attached to it, I would use Energy Press if 100 damage would knock it out.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating. This is one powerful basic Pokemon card. As long as you wait a little while with this card, this card can knock out many Pokemon and withstand a few hits a long the way. If you are building a metal type deck this card is a must have in it.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Bisharp -- Noble Victories Pokemon Card Review

Bisharp Pokemon Card Noble Victories SetPokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Bisharp from the Noble Victories set. This is a stage 1, metal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Bisharp doesn't have an Ability, but it does have two moves, the first move is called Energy Stream which takes one colorless energy card and does 20 damage and lets you attach a metal energy card from your discard pile to this Pokemon. Bisharp's second move is called Metal Scissors and for three colorless energy cards, this move does 40 damage plus 20 more damage for each metal energy attached to this Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, even though this card doesn't require any metal energy cards for either of its moves, I would recommend attaching all metal energy cards to this card so when you put Bisharp into the active Pokemon spot, Metal Scissors can do 100 damage per turn instead of 40 and by having this card in a metal type deck and using this card a little later in the game you could use Energy Stream and quickly attach another energy card to this card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating. If you're going to use a mainly metal type deck, this card is a great card to use, especially if you attach three or more metal energy cards to this card. You'll have to set it up on your bench though, because with only 100 hp, if you try to put it in the active Pokemon spot with hardly any energy on it, you may not be able to use Metal Scissors before this card gets knocked out.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Escavalier -- Noble Victories Pokemon Card Review

Escavalier Pokemon Card Noble Victories SetPokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Escavalier from the Noble Victories set. This is a stage 1, metal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. Escavalier doesn't have an Ability, but it does have two moves, the first move is called Guard Press which takes two energy cards, one each of metal and colorless, and does 40 damage, and the turn after using this move any damage done to this Pokemon by attacks is reduced by 20. Escavalier's second move is called Twineedle which takes three energy cards, two colorless and one metal, and does 70 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, once you get this Pokemon into the active Pokemon spot, use whichever move you have the necessary energy cards for. I would obviously use Guard Press if the defending Pokemon would be knocked out with 40 damage or less, if they wouldn't be knocked out, I would use Twineedle and hope to get two heads and do 140 damage per turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating. There really isn't anything too special about this card, neither move does much for damage (unless you're lucky) and with only 90 hp, this card will be knocked out fairly fast. I would definitely try and find a different metal type Pokemon for my deck.

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