Dustox -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dustox from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  Dustox is a stage 2, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  Dustox evolves from Wurmple and then into Cascoon which evolves into Dustox.  I have reviewed both of those other Pokemon from this set the past few days.  Dustox has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistacne type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Dustox does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves, the first move is called Hazardous Scales and for one psychic energy card this move puts the defending Pokemon to sleep, as well as burns and poisons that Pokemon.  Dustox's second move is called Aerial Ace which takes three energy cards, two colorless and one psychic, and does 50 damage plus 30 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Dustox is a stage 2 Pokemon, you'll want to evolve Wurmple into Cascoon and then Cascoon into Dustox on the bench so you can start attacking right away when you put Dustox into the active Pokemon spot and not worry about getting knocked out after one move.  Even though Dustox's two prevolutions in the set are both grass type Pokemon, they only require colorless energy cards so make sure to attach psychic energy cards to them.  When using Dustox, I would use Hazardous Scales first, unless the Pokemon has 100 hp or less, then I would use Aerial Ace two turns in a row.  I would use this card preferably in a grass and psychic type deck that had many Pokemon that could inflict special conditions on your opponent's Pokemon.  By using this card in a grass and psychic type deck you can use 4 Wurmple, 2 each of Cascoon and Silcoon, and 2 each of Beautifly and Dustox.

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.  I like Dustox's first move Hazardous Scales since it only requires one energy card and can inflict 3 special conditions, but to evolve a Pokemon to its stage 2 evolution just to use this move isn't worth it, so your best bet is to be lucky and get a couple of heads when you're using Aerial Ace, otherwise it wouldn't be worth using this card if it could only do 50 damage every turn.  I do like this card's retreat and hp they are both better than average.

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Cascoon -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Cascoon from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  Cascoon is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  Cascoon evolves from Wurmple which I reviewed a few days ago and evolves into Dustox which I'll be reviewing tomorrow.  Cascoon has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Silcoon does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves, the first move is called Tangle Drag which takes one colorless energy card and and allows you to move your opponent's active Pokemon to the bench and replace it with one of their benched Pokemon.  Cascoon's other move is called Spiral Drain and for two colorless energy cards it does 20 damage and heals 20 damage from itself.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Cascoon in a stage 1 Pokemon card that has a stage 2 evolution in Dustox I would evolve Wurmple into Cascoon and Cascoon into Dustox on the bench, and then when Dustox is on your bench move it into the active Pokemon spot.  There are a couple of reasons I would do this besides the obvious that a Pokemon's evolution is naturally better.  The first reason is that this card has a high retreat cost and low hp, so it will get knocked out fast and if you want to retreat it will cost a lot of energy, the other reason is that neither of its moves are great.  Similar to Silcoon, this card is a defensive card, but not as good as Silcoon, you may want to use Tangle Drag one turn if you have to have Cascoon in the active Pokemon spot, then the next turn evolve Cascoon into Dustox and knock out that one Pokemon of your opponent's you just moved into the active Pokemon spot.  If Cascoon is in the active Pokemon spot, unless like I just said you're are going to evolve into Dustox the next turn, I would use Spiral Drain every turn.  I would suggest using this card in a psychic and grass type deck so you can use 4 Wurmple in the deck, and use those Wurmple both for Beautifly and Dustox eventually.  If you were only going to use Cascoon in the deck, I would use a 1-1 line of Wurmple and Cascoon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  Since I gave Silcoon a three out of five rating and I think this card is worse it only makes sense that I give this card a worse rating, like I said earlier, this card has a low hp, high retreat cost, and two okay to below average moves.  The only reason I would really play this card is to be able to use Dustox.

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Beautifly -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Beautifly from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  Beautifly is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 120.  Beautifly evolves from Wurmple and then into Silcoon which evolves into Beautifly.  I have reviewed both of those other Pokemon from this set the past two days.  Beautifly has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Beautifly does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Triple Energy and for one grass energy card this move allows you to search your deck for three different types of energy cards and attach them to your Pokemon in any way you like.  Beautifly's second move is called Drainpour and for three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, this move does 40 damage, plus it heals 40 damage from each of your benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Beautifly is a stage 2 Pokemon, you'll want to evolve Wurmple into Silcoon and then Silcoon into Beautifly on the bench so you can start attacking right away when you put Beautifly into the active Pokemon spot and not worry about getting knocked out after one move.  Since Beautifly's Triple Energy move can attach three energy cards to any of your Pokemon all at once, I would suggest getting Beautifly into the active Pokemon spot as soon as possible, the faster you get it into the active Pokemon spot the faster you'll be able to set up the rest of your deck.  So when I first put Beautifly into the active Pokemon spot I would try and use Triple Energy a turn or two to set up my bench Pokemon.  However, if it is late in the game and many of my benched Pokemon have been in the active Pokemon spot and received damage then retreated, it only makes sense to use Drainpour every turn instead of Triple Energy.  Either move greatly helps out your team.  I would look to have a 4-3-2 line of Wurmple, Silcoon, and Beautifly in at least a partly grass type deck, that has Pokemon that are defensive, low retreat costs, and can inflict special conditions.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  Even though this card only has 120 damage for a stage 2 Pokemon card, and can only do a maximum of 40 damage a turn I am still giving this card a perfect rating.  The reason I'm doing this is because this card is a great team card, it can either set up one of your benched Pokemon extremely fast, or reduce a ton of damage from each of your Pokemon during each turn, and with a low retreat cost it will be easy to rotate this card in and out of play while aiding your team.  So if you're looking for a grass type Pokemon line to use, I would definitely include this one.

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Silcoon -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Silcoon from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  Silcoon is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  Silcoon evolves from Wurmple which I reviewed yesterday and evolves into Beautifly which I'll be reviewing tomorrow.  Silcoon has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Silcoon does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves, the first move is called Harden which takes one colorless energy card and prevents your opponent from doing any damage to you unless the opposing Pokemon can do 70 damage or more per turn.  Silcoon's second move is called Bug Bit which takes three energy cards, two colorless and one grass and does 40 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, even though Silcoon is a stage 1 Pokemon card that has a stage 2 evolution in Beautifly and I usually recommend keeping stage 1 cards like this on the bench until you can evolve it, I would recommend putting Silcoon in the active Pokemon spot as soon as you can, especially early on the in the game, that way you can use Harden every turn to guarantee you can't be attacked and then either add energy cards to Silcoon in preparation for its evolution or set up your benched Pokemon while Silcoon is providing you with some time.  I would try and get three energy cards on Silcoon as soon as possible so I could keep using Harden every turn and set up the bench Pokemon after that, and if you have to you can use Bug Bite to hopefully knock out weak basic Pokemon in two turns.  Looking ahead at tomorrow's card review, Beautifly can't do any more damage than Silcoon can, so I would recommend this card for its Harden move, and use Harden as long as possible to set up your other Pokemon, then when Silcoon is knocked out or you retreat it (I would let it get knocked out because it has a high retreat cost), I would put in a Pokemon that is ready to attack.  So out of the two Pokemon in this line so far, I would recommend using a 1-1 line of Wurmple and Silcoon in a grass type deck, this line would be for a defensive deck.  After tomorrow's Beautifly review I'll be reviewing Wurmple's other evolution in Cascoon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  This is an extremely good defensive card in my opinion, the only reason I'm giving this an average rating is because Silcoon has many negatives to go with its good defensive, it has a low hp, high retreat cost, and can only do 40 damage for three energy cards which isn't much.  But if you're looking for 2 cards for a grass type deck, you can't go wrong with 1 each of Silcoon and Wurmple.

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