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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Swablu #104/124 -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Swablu Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Swablu from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set. This is the first of two consecutive Swablu cards I'll be reviewing from this set. Both Swablu cards are colorless type Pokemon cards, and Swablu's evolution, Altaria is a dragon type Pokemon card in this set and I reviewed that card a month or so ago. That card requires water and metal type energy cards to attack. So, like I said, this card is a colorless type Pokemon card, it has an hp of 40, a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Swablu does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Sing which requires one colorless energy card and puts the defending Pokemon to sleep. Swablu's other move is called Peck, this move requires two colorless energy cards and does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Swablu has such a low hp and it does have an evolution, I would not put Swablu into the active Pokemon spot if I could help it. I would keep it on the bench and evolve it into Altaria as soon as I could. However, if you have to put Swablu into the active Pokemon spot, depending on how many energy cards you have on it will determine the move you will use. I would recommend using Sing right away if you are facing a very strong Pokemon that could easily knock out Swablu in one move, that way you may have a chance to stay alive for more than one turn against that Pokemon. I would not recommend using this card on its own it a deck, it is too weak in my opinion.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating. In my opinion, this is a below average basic Pokemon card. It isn't that bad of card but it is still below average. I don't like its low hp, which will have Swablu getting knocked out in 1 move quite often...other than that this card is good, it is a colorless type Pokemon card so it can be put in any type deck, and it has two efficient, quick moves. Even after those positives, I would still not recommend using this card on its own because its hp is too low.

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

Free Pokemon TCG Online Code Cards:
9RP-HLQM-D3Q-CKR
LS5-7DPY-VPJ-B8P

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Slaking -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Slaking from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set. Slaking is a stage 2, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 150. Slaking is the stage 2 evolution of Vigoroth, and before that Slakoth, both of those Pokemon I have reviewed the past couple of days, and both of those Pokemon are in this set. Slaking has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost. Slaking's Ability is called Unobservant which says that if your opponent's active Pokemon is a basic Pokemon, Slaking can't attack. Besides the terrible Ability, Slaking only has one move called Crushing Blow which requires four colorless energy cards and does 100 damage plus you get to discard an energy card attached to the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Slaking is a stage 2 Pokemon, I would recommend evolving Slakoth into Vigoroth and then Vigoroth into Slaking on your bench. Once you have four energy cards on Slaking and your opponent does not have a basic Pokemon card in the active Pokemon spot, I would then move Slaking into the active Pokemon spot and use Crushing Blow every turn. Because Slaking can't attack basic Pokemon, I would wait until near the end of the game or when your opponent has most of their benched Pokemon evolved so that when you knock out their active Pokemon they have to move in a stage 1 or stage 2 Pokemon so you can start using Crushing Blow on that Pokemon right away. I would use no more than a 3-2-1 line of Slakoth, Vigoroth, and Slaking in any type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. In my opinion, this is a very good but not great stage 2 Pokemon card. The things I like about this card are its HP, the fact that it is a colorless type Pokemon so it can be used in any deck, and Crushing Blow does a ton of damage. However, this card has many negative things about it, first off is the fact it can't attack basic Pokemon, secondly, both Slakoth and Vigoroth are quite weak from this set, and thirdly this card is extremely slow and requires a ton of energy cards to retreat. But overall, I think this card is average and it can be used in a deck.

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

Free Pokemon TCG Online Code Cards:
These codes have been given to me by TAC1421games who makes Pokemon FireRed LP videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/tac1421games
FVN-PU43-WQ8-CQH
VNG-SKQE-QV4-EM4

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!

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!