Servine #4/114 -- Black and White Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Servine from the Black and White Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two consecutive Servine card reviews I'll be doing from the Black and White set.  Servine is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to water type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Servine doesn't have an Ability and this Servine card only has one move called Wring Out which takes two energy cards, one each of grass and colorless and does 30 damage.  Besides doing the damage, if you get a heads when you flip a coin, the defending Pokemon is paralyzed and you're able to discard an energy card attached to the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, just like yesterday, since this is a stage 1 Pokemon card that has a stage 2 evolution in Serperior, I would recommend keeping Servine on the bench and evolving it into Serperior before putting it into play, I would do this because Serperior can do much more damage than Servine and it has a higher hp.  There are two Serperior cards from the Black and White set and I've reviewed both of those cards on my blog previously.  If you have to put Servine into play, your only choice is to use Wring Out because Servine only has the one move.  Like yesterday, if you want to use Servine in your deck I would make sure and Serperior in the deck as well, and use a 4-3-2 or 3-2-1 line of Snivy, Servine, and Serperior in a grass type deck.  Below, you'll see how I rate this card to yesterday's card, but I would probably use either Servine cards from this deck interchangeably, I would hope to have two energy cards on Servine by the time I have it in the active Pokemon spot and both cards do 30 damage for the same amount of energy, this one is a bit better since it can also remove an energy card from the defending Pokemon whereas yesterday's card couldn't.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  I think this card is pretty similar to yesterday's card, except for the fact this card has one move and yesterday's card had two moves.  This card has the same hp, weakness, resistance, and retreat cost so that is why I'm rating the two cards the exact same.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Servine #3/114 -- Black and White Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Servine from the Black and White Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Servine card reviews I'll be doing from the Black and White set.  Servine is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to water type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Servine doesn't have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Wrap and for one colorless energy card it does 20 damage and if you get a heads when you flip a coin the defending Pokemon is paralyzed.  Servine's second move is called Tackle and for two energy cards, one each of grass and colorless, it does 30 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 Serperior, I would recommend keeping Servine on the bench and evolving it into Serperior before putting it into play, I would do this because Serperior can do much more damage than Servine and it has a higher hp.  There are two Serperior cards from the Black and White set and I've reviewed both of those cards on my blog previously.  If you have to put Servine into play, I would recommend using Tackle every turn because it can do more damage, but if you only have one energy card on Servine or you're in fear of getting knocked out the next turn, Wrap would be the better move to use.  But like I said, I would not use this card if I didn't have to, but if you want to use Servine in your deck I highly recommend using Serperior as well and I would use a 4-3-2 or 3-2-1 line of Snivy, Servine, and Serperior in a grass type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  If you didn't know Servine was a stage 1 Pokemon card, you would think this was a basic Pokemon card, because neither of its moves are very powerful, neither move requires very much energy, it has a low hp, and there really isn't anything great about this card.  But I am giving it a 2 opposed to a 1 rating because both of its moves do do damage and can be effective early on in the game against weak basic Pokemon.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Altaria -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Altaria from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  This set has not been released in the United States but it will be released on August 15, 2012.  This is the third of three consecutive reviews I'll be doing of the new Dragon Exalted cards.  When more Dragons Exalted scans are released I'll try and review those cards right away.  Altaria is a stage 1, dragon type Pokemon card, with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to dragon type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Altaria's Ability is called Fight Song and this ability allows your dragon type Pokemon to do 20 more damage to your opponent's active Pokemon.  Besides the Ability, Altaria has one move called Glide which takes three energy cards, one water, one metal, and one colorless, and does 40 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, if you want to attack with this card you're going to have to put this card into a deck that includes metal and water type energy cards.  However I wouldn't attack with this card, I would keep this card on the bench throughout the entire game and utilize its Ability.  So to do this, I would want to make sure to have a mostly dragon type deck, so you'll be using mostly Dragons Exalted set cards.  That way, no matter what Pokemon you put in, you can still do 20 more damage when attacking since the Pokemon will be a dragon type Pokemon.  So other than keeping this card on the bench throughout the entire game, if you do have to put it into the active Pokemon spot I would probably retreat it with one energy card before trying to attack with it, but you have no choice if you want to attack because it only has one move.  I would probably put a 1-1 line of Swablu and Altaria in any dragon type deck and then make sure to get Altaria onto your bench as soon as possible.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  This card is an average stage 1 Pokemon card, it has some good points and some bad points.  The bad things about it are the following:  It has a very low hp, and it requires a weird combination of energy cards to attack, and its attack is weak.  On the other hand, it does have a low retreat cost, and its Ability makes this card a staple in any dragon type deck.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Registeel EX -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Registeel EX from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  This set has not been released in the United States but it will be released on August 15, 2012.  This is the second of three consecutive reviews I'll be doing of the new Dragon Exalted cards.  When more Dragons Exalted scans are released I'll try and review those cards right away.   Registeel EX is a basic, EX, metal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 180.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  Registeel EX doesn't have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Triple Laser and for three colorless energy cards this move does 30 damage to three of your opponent's Pokemon.  Registeel EX's second move is called Protect Charge and for four energy cards, two each of metal and colorless, it does 80 damage plus the next turn any damage done to Registeel by your opponent's Pokemon is reduced by 20.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since this card can spread damage I would definitely include this card in a spread damage type deck.  If you use this card solely for spreading damage, you can put this card into any type deck since Triple Laser only requires colorless energy cards.  I would probably add some metal energy cards into a deck that I would have Registeel EX in so I could knock out the defending Pokemon if I had to very quickly because most Pokemon would be knocked out in two turns or less by Protect Charge, or you could use Triple Laser the first turn and Protect Charge the second and do 110 damage to the active Pokemon.  So my goal with this card would be to get at least 60 damage on all the opponent's benched Pokemon and then switch to using Protect Charge and knock out the active Pokemon until you have to retreat Registeel, then move another Pokemon to the active Pokemon spot that can do spread damage which will knock out several of your opponent's benched Pokemon out at once.  Going forward, I see this card as a must have in any deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  This is a great EX Pokemon card from the Dragons Exalted set.  I love how this card can spread damage around, and not only can it spread damage around but it can spread major damage around and knock out most basic, starter type Pokemon in two moves.  This card can also do a ton of damage if needed, the only thing to worry about with this card is that it is quite slow, and its retreat cost is high.

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