Boldore #52/98 -- Emerging Powers Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Boldore from the Emerging Powers Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two consecutive Boldore cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Boldore is a stage 1, fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Boldore doesn't have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Headbutt and for two colorless energy cards it does 30 damage.  Boldore's second move is called Hard Crash which takes three energy cards, two colorless and one fighing and does 60 damage plus 20 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin, otherwise this move does 60 damage to the defending Pokemon and 20 damage to Boldore.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since this is a stage 1 Pokemon card that has a stage 2 evolution in Gigalith, I would recommend keeping Boldore on the bench and evolving it into Gigalith before putting it into play, I would do this because Gigalith can do much more damage than Boldore and it has a higher hp.  There is one Gigalith card in this set, and I've reviewed that card on my blog previously.  If you have to put Boldore into play, I would recommend using Hard Crash every turn since it can do 60 damage instead of 30 damage with Headbutt, however if you can knock the defending Pokemon out with 30 damage or less, make sure to use Headbutt because with Hard Crash you may end up doing damage to yourself when you don't need to.  But like I said earlier, I would keep this card on the bench until I can evolve it into Gigalith.  Since Gigalith is so powerful, I would recommend using a 4-3-2 line of Roggenrola, Boldore, and Gigalith, and basing a fighting type deck around this Pokemon line.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  This card is almost identical to the other Boldore card from this set, same hp, same retreat cost, and quite similar moves, this card is a bit quicker but may end up damaging itself or do the same amount of damage as yesterday's card.  Because these two cards are so similar, I would probably use 2 of yesterday's card and 1 of today's card in a deck.

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Boldore #51/98 -- Emerging Powers Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Boldore from the Emerging Powers Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Boldore cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Boldore is a stage 1, fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Boldore doesn't have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Smack Down and for two energy cards, one each of fighting and colorless, it does 20 damage plus 60 more damage if the defending Pokemon has fighting as their resistance.  Boldore's second move is called Power Gem and for four energy cards, two each of colorless and fighting it does 80 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since this is a stage 1 Pokemon card that has a stage 2 evolution in Gigalith, I would recommend keeping Boldore on the bench and evolving it into Gigalith before putting it into play, I would do this because Gigalith can do much more damage than Boldore and it has a higher hp.  There is one Gigalith card in this set, and I've reviewed that card on my blog previously.  If you have to put Boldore into play, I would recommend using Power Gem every turn because it does 80 damage and will knock out almost all Pokemon in two turns or less.  The only thing with this move is that it requires four energy cards so it will take awhile to get that much energy on Boldore, in the mean time if Boldore is in the active Pokemon spot and you don't have four energy cards on it, you'll have no choice but to use Smack Down.  I would probably get four energy cards on Boldore on the bench, four fighting energy cards that is, then evolve it into Gigalith before putting it into the active Pokemon spot, since Gigalith can do 120 damage per turn for four energy cards.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  This is an average stage 1 Pokemon card in my opinion.  It has a good hp, and can do a good amount of damage, but the card is slow and requires a ton of energy to retreat, I would mainly use this card as a way to use Gigalith in my deck.

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Gothorita #46/98 -- Emerging Powers Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gothorita from the Emerging Powers Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two consecutive Gothorita cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Gothorita is a stage 1, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Gothorita card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Deleting Glare which takes one psychic energy card and if you get a heads when you flip a coin, lets you remove an energy card from your opponent's Pokemon and put it in their discard pile.  Gothorita's second move is called Super Psy Bolt and for three energy cards, two colorless and one psychic, it does 50 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since this is a stage 1 Pokemon card that has a stage 2 evolution in Gothitelle, I would recommend keeping Gothorita on the bench and evolving it into Gothitelle before putting it into play, I would do this because Gothitelle can do much more damage than Gothorita and it has a higher hp.  There are two Gothitelle cards in this set, and I've reviewed both of them on my blog previously.  If you have to put Gothorita into play, I would recommend using Super Psy Bolt every turn since it is the only move on this card that actually does damage.  Now, after reviewing both cards, if you think you're going to have to move Gothorita into the active Pokemon spot before evolving it into Gothitelle, I would recommend using this card since it can do more damage, and since it is slower, once you do evolve into Gothitelle it can attack right away, but yesterday's Gothorita card can do damage faster and more consistent plus confuse the defending Pokemon, so I would recommend using 1 each of the Gothorita cards from this set if you're looking to use Gothitelle in a psychic type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  This card fairs about as well as yesterday's Gothorita card, both cards are very similar, with similar hp, weakness, and retreat costs.  This card can do more damage than yesterday's card but it is slower, whereas yesterday's card is quicker and can confuse the defending Pokemon, however neither cards are great and I would not recommend using them unless you want to use Gothitelle in your deck.

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Gothorita #45/98 -- Emerging Powers Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gothorita from the Emerging Powers Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Gothorita cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Gothorita is a stage 1, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Gothorita card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Double Slap and for one colorless energy card it does 20 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.  Gothorita's second move is called Psybeam which does 20 damage for two energy cards, one each of psychic and colorless, plus this move confuses the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since this is a stage 1 Pokemon card that has a stage 2 evolution in Gothitelle, I would recommend keeping Gothorita on the bench and evolving it into Gothitelle before putting it into play, I would do this because Gothitelle can do much more damage than Gothorita and it has a higher hp.  There are two Gothitelle cards in this set, and I've reviewed both of them on my blog previously.  If you have to put Gothorita into play, I would recommend using Psybeam for sure the first turn so you can for sure do some damage and confuse the defending Pokemon, then depending on how lucky you're feeling would determine if you would use Double Slap which has the potential to do 40 damage, or Psybeam which does 20 damage every turn the next turn.  If I were to use Gothorita in a deck, I would make sure to include Gothitelle in that deck, and either have a 4-3-2 or 3-2-1 line of Gothita, Gothorita, and Gothitelle.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a sub-par stage 1 Pokemon card, the only thing I like about this card is that it can confuse the defending Pokemon, other than that, this card has a low hp, and neither of its moves can do much damage at all.  So again, if you're not using Gothitelle in your deck, don't use Gothorita.

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