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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Vigoroth -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Vigoroth from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set. Vigoroth is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Vigoroth does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Ambush which requires two colorless energy cards and does 20 damage plus 40 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Vigoroth has a stage 2 evolution in Slaking, I would suggest evolving Slakoth into Vigoroth and then Vigoroth into Slaking if possible all on the bench. But if you have to move Vigorth into the active Pokemon spot before evolving it into Slaking, as long as you have two energy cards on Vigoroth, every turn you're going to have to use Ambush. Other than that, just try and evolve Vigoroth as quick as posible. After reviewing both Slakoth and Vigoroth from this set, I would not recommend using either in a deck, that may change after I review Slaking tomorrow.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating. In my opinion, this is a poor stage 1 Pokemon card, but overall for a stage 1 Pokemon card it is better than what Slakoth was for a basic Pokemon. This card has a lower retreat cost than Slakoth and it can attack every turn. The reason I'm giving this card a below average rating is because it has below average hp, and its move Ambush isn't the greatest, at least without some luck, if you flip a heads every turn this card is very good, but if you don't or if you flip a heads fifty percent of the time this card isn't worth it as well. So once again I would stay away from using this card in a deck.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Vigoroth from the Dragons Exalted set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Vigoroth's stage 2 evolution in Slaking which is also from this same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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Monday, November 5, 2012

Slakoth -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Slakoth from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set. Slakoth is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 60. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Slakoth does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Smack 'n' Slack which takes one colorless energy card and does 10 damage, however when using this move it puts Slakoth to sleep.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Slakoth has a stage 1 evolution in Vigoroth, and a stage 2 evolution in Slaking, there is absolutely no reason to put this card into the active Pokemon spot if it hasn't evolved into at least its stage 1 evolution. My main reason for saying this is that Slakoth only have one move and the one move it does have puts Slakoth to sleep which may make it unable to attack for several turns in a row, and with only 60 hp, Slakoth won't last long in the active Pokemon spot without getting knocked out. So I would highly recommend not putting this card into the active Pokemon spot, if you have to, your only choice is to use Smack 'n' Slack every turn and hope to evolve it into Vigoroth sooner rather than later. I would not use this card on its own in any deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating. In my opinion, this is a very poor basic Pokemon card. It has a good hp, but that is where it ends...its move isn't very good and its retreat cost is pretty expensive. So I would definitely not recommend using this card at all. Even though it can fit in any deck since it is a colorless type Pokemon, I still wouldn't use this card.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Slakoth from the Dragons Exalted set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Slakoth's stage 1 evolution in Vigoroth from the same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Ambipom -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Ambipom from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set. Ambipom is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Ambipom does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, its first move is called Double Hit and for one colorless energy card this move does 20 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins. Ambipom's second move is called Hand Fling and for two colorless energy cards this move does 10 damage times the number of cards in your hand.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Ambipom is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Aipom into play (I reviewed Aipom from this set yesterday) and then evolve Aipom into Ambipom. If you read yesterday's review, I think it would be okay to move Aipom into the active Pokemon spot first, but if you have a choice I would definitely keep it on the bench until you're able to evolve it into Ambipom. When you get Ambipom into the active Pokemon spot, I would use Hand Fling every turn as long as you have two energy cards attached to Ambipom and you have more than 2 cards in your hand. So to make sure you have plenty of cards in your hand I would include trainers/supporters in the deck that allow you to draw cards and include Pokemon that don't need that many energy cards to attack, that way you should have more cards in your hand and be able to do more every turn with Ambipom. If you were to use Ambipom in a deck, I would use a 2-1 line of Aipom and Ambipom in whatever deck you're building.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. In my opinion, this is an average stage 1 Pokemon card. Even though it does have lower than average hp for a stage 1 Pokemon, I think overall the card is average. Both of its moves are solid, both require little energy, and both require any type of energy making this card fit in any deck. I wouldn't highly recommend to use this card but it could definitely be a good filler for a deck if you're looking to get 60 cards in your deck.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Ambipom from the Dragons Exalted set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Slakoth from this same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Aipom -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Aipom from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set. Aipom is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 60. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Aipom does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Double Hit which takes one colorless energy card and does 10 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Aipom is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Ambipom, I would recommend keeping Aipom on your bench and evolving it into Ambipom(which I'll be reviewing tomorrow) before moving it into the active Pokemon spot. If you have to put Aipom into the active Pokemon spot, I would recommend using Double Hit every turn because it because that is the only move this card has. I might consider using this card on its own, if I need to add one Pokemon card to a deck, and since this Pokemon can attack quickly it may be a good card to add to your deck, but I definitely would not rely heavily on this card because it does only have the one move and that move is not certain to do damage every turn. So I would include 1 at the most of this card in any type deck, but I may include more in a deck if I decide to use Ambipom with this card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. In my opinion, this is an average basic Pokemon card. This card has average everything, hp, retreat cost, resistance amount, and moves. So there is nothing really that stands out about this card, so use this card at your own peril, it won't do too much good or bad in my opinion.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Aipom from the Dragons Exalted set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Aipom's stage 1 evolution in Ambipom which is also from this same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!