Ninjask -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Ninjask from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  Ninjask is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Ninjask is one of two evolutions of Nincada, I will be reviewing Nincada's other evolution in Shedinja tomorrow.  Ninjask's Ability is called Cast-off Shell and says that when you move this Pokemon from your hand to evolve Nincada, you find Shedinja in your deck and put it onto the active Pokemon spot, you don't even have to evolve it from Nincada.  Besides the Ability, Ninjask only has one move called Night Slash which does 60 damage for two energy cards, one each of grass and colorless, besides doing the damage you may choose to switch Ninjask with one of your benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Ninjask's Ability mentions Shedinja in it, I would recommend having at least one Shedinja in the same deck you have Ninjask and Nincada in, thus it would be best to have these Pokemon cards in a psychic and grass type deck, and these cards would work well in a deck with Dustox and Beautifly in.  I would keep Nincada on the bench, evolve Nincada into Ninjask, move Shedinja to the bench, and then eventually move Ninjask to the active Pokemon spot.  I would try and get Ninjask out earlier in the game so it is facing weaker Pokemon and then can do 60 damage one turn with Night Slash and switch out that same turn, thus being able to last longer in the game without getting knocked out.  So if I were to use Ninjask in a deck, I would use a 2-2 line of Nincada and Ninjask.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  After pondering whether to give this card a higher rating I just couldn't get over the fact that it had only 60 hp, so I decided on giving it an average rating, even though it can attack very quickly and do a great amount of damage while retreating basically for free after attacking, and it helps you get a non-basic Pokemon into play without evolving it.

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Nincada -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Nincada from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  Nincada is a basic, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 40.  It has two stage 1 evolutions in this set, they are Shedinja and Ninjask.  I'll be reviewing both of those cards the next two days.  Nincada has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Nincada does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Dig which does 10 damage for a colorless energy card.  Besides doing the damage, if you get a heads when you flip a coin, this move prevents Nincada from being attacked the next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Nincada is a basic Pokemon card that has two evolutions in this set, I would not use Nincada in the active Pokemon spot if I didn't have to, I would start putting energy cards on Nincada, psychic for Shedinja or grass for Ninjask, and leave Nincada on the bench until it evolves into one of those Pokemon.  If you have to put Nincada into the active Pokemon spot you have no choice but to use Dig.  I would not use Nincada on its own in any deck, I would pair the card with either or both of its evolutions, you'll see tomorrow how exactly I would use this card in a deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  This card is a below average, basic Pokemon card.  It has a very low hp, and a decent move, this card would get knocked out almost instantly if it didn't have the effect besides doing damage with Dig, but if you aren't lucky and don't flip a heads, you can say good bye to this card, so make sure to keep this card on your bench if you can.

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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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