Numel -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Numel from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Numel is a basic, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Numel does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  Its only move is called Flamethrower which requires three energy cards, two colorless and one fire, and does 60 damage, however after using Flamethrower, you must discard an energy card attached to Numel.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Numel is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Camerupt, I would recommend keeping Numel on your bench and evolving it into Camerupt (which I'll be reviewing tomorrow) before moving it into the active Pokemon spot.  I would not move Numel into the active Pokemon spot without evolving it first and I would definitely not use Numel in a deck on its own.  If for some reason you are forced to put Numel into the active Pokemon spot, you really have no choice on what to do, as soon as you get three energy cards on Numel you'll have to use Flamethrower.  My advice would be to not retreat Numel, because it costs three energy cards, and just try to evolve it into Camerupt as soon as possible.  So like I said earlier, I would not use this card on its own, and depending on how tomorrow's review goes, I may never use this card in a deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a very disappointing basic Pokemon card.  Even though this move does have a high hp, and can do 60 damage, I'm still giving this the lowest rating possible for a card.  The reason I'm doing this is because Flamethrower even though it does average damage for three energy cards, this move is on a basic Pokemon, so it is extremely slow, and once you get three energy cards on Numel and use Flamethrower you have to discard an energy card.  Plus, if you have to put this card into the active Pokemon spot immediately to start the game, it will take forever to either attack or retreat. So again, I do not recommend using this card in a deck, especially without Camerupt.

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Charizard -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Charizard from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Charizard is a stage 2, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 160.  Charizard is the stage 2 evolution of Charmeleon, and before that Charmander, both of those Pokemon I have reviewed the past couple of days, and both of those Pokemon are in this set.  Charizard has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Charizard does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves.  The first move it has is called Split Bomb and for three energy cards, two colorless and one fire, this move does 40 damage to two of your opponent's Pokemon.  Charizard's other move is called Scorching Fire and for five energy cards, one fire and four colorless, this move does 150 damage, however after using this move you must discard a fire energy card attached to Charizard.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Charizard is a stage 2 Pokemon, you'll have to first get Charmander and then Charmeleon into play.  The easiest way to get a ton of energy cards on Charizard is to evolve Charmander into Charmeleon and then Charmeleon into Charizard on your bench, while you continuously put energy cards on this line, so when you do move Charizard into the active Pokemon spot you have 6 or more energy cards on Charizard.  Another, quicker way to get energy cards on Charizard is to put Charmander in the active Pokemon spot right away, make sure you have energy cards in your discard pile, and use its Draw In move that allows you to get two energy cards from your discard pile and attach them to Charmander.  You could use this move 3 times and have 7 energy cards on Charmander, then you could retreat it out and evolve it into Charizard on your bench.  Regardless of how you get energy cards on Charizard, when you put it into the active Pokemon spot, your hope is to be able to use Scorching Fire once and knock out the defending Pokemon.  But if you don't have five energy cards on Charizard or you don't want to put that many on Charizard, you could always put this Pokemon line in a spread damage type deck, and use Split Bomb every turn, and knock out multiple Pokemon at once after a few turns.  After reviewing all three Pokemon from this line, I would definitely recommend using Charizard in a deck, I would use a 4, 3, 2 line of Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard in a fire type deck, this line would be the line I build it around.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average stage 2 Pokemon card.  This card has a high hp, and two great moves, one that can do a ton of damage to one Pokemon in one turn, the other move does a fair amount of damage to two Pokemon at once.  Even though this card does have two great moves and a good hp, both of its moves require a lot of energy, so this card is slow, so be prepared to use most your energy cards in your deck on this Pokemon.  Overall, I would give this card a 3 to 4 out of 5 rating, I think Charizard is above average, but both of its previous evolutions are only average.

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Charmeleon -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Charmeleon from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Charmeleon is a stage 1, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Charmeleon does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  Its first move is called Flare and for one fire energy card this move does 20 damage.  Charmeleon's second move is called Raging Claws and for three energy cards, two colorless and one fire, this move does 50 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Charmeleon.  So if Charmeleon is extremely close to being knocked out and has 80 damage on it, Raging Claws will do 130 damage in one turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Charmeleon has a stage 2 evolution in Charizard, if you have Charmeleon on your bench, I would keep it there until you evolve it into Charizard.  However, in yesterday's review I indicated that it would be okay to use Charmander as a starting Pokemon, so of course, if you get Charmeleon in your hand I would recommend evolving Charmander into Charmeleon because at a minimum, you can do the same amount of damage immediately and have 20 more hp.  If you have Charmeleon on your bench, like I said earlier, I would keep it there, but if you're forced to put it into the active Pokemon spot, I would use Raging Claws if I have three energy cards on Charmeleon, if you only have one or two energy cards of course you'll have to use Flare.  This card is very effecting against an opponent who uses spread damage, because if you keep this card on your bench, and receive 20 or 30 damage, as soon as you move Charmeleon into the active Pokemon spot, you can do 70 or 80 damage right away with Raging Claws.  I would definitely suggest using the full line of Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard, but so far I've only reviewed the first two Pokemon in this line, I would not wholeheartedly recommend using Charmander and Charmeleon in a deck on their own, but it wouldn't be the worst thing to do ever.  I would use a 2-1 line of Charmander and Charmeleon in a somewhat fire deck, if you want to use them without Charizard.

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.  This card really is average overall, it has an average hp, two average moves, and an average retreat cost.  I do like how this card has two moves, one is faster, the other does more damage for a little more energy cards.  But neither move is anything special, so it isn't anything I would have to use in a fire type deck, after reviewing Charizard tomorrow I may change my opinion, but who knows...

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Charmander -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Charmander from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Charmander is a basic, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Charmander does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves.  The first move is called Draw In which requires one fire energy card and allows you to attach 2 fire energy cards from your discard pile to Charmander.  Charmander's second move is called Flare which requires two energy cards, one each of fire and colorless, and does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Charmander has a stage 1 evolution in Charmeleon, and a stage 2 evolution in Charizard, I would definitely recommend including both those two Pokemon in a deck with Charmander.  Charmander would be an okay starter Pokemon because it has above average hp and a move that does 20 damage, but I would keep Charmander in my hand until you have at least a couple of fire energy cards in your discard pile, that way, you can put Charmander on your bench one turn, move it into the active Pokemon spot the next, and get three energy cards on it in one turn if you use Draw In, then the next turn you can evolve it into Charmeleon.  However, if you can't evolve Charmander into Charmeleon right away, and have to move it into the active Pokemon spot I would use Flare every turn because it actually does damage, the only time I would use Draw In is if you are facing a weak Pokemon and by not doing any damage for a turn will greatly affect your next turn, or if you have a ton of energy cards in your discard pile and you need to get some back.  I could see using 1 of these cards in rare cases in a fire type deck, but like I said in the early part of this paragraph, I would most definitely recommend using this Card with Charmander's evolutions, not just on its own.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average basic Pokemon card.  Even though it requires two energy cards to first attack, its only attacking move is an average move, it does have a good hp, and Draw In can definitely help you get needed energy cards for Charmander's evolutions.  I would have liked to see Charmander have a less expensive retreat cost and Draw In not require any energy cards, but I guess this is only a basic Pokemon card after all and average at that.

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