Gligar -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gligar from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Gligar is a basic, fighting type Pokemon card with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to lightning type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Gligar does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  Gligar's first move is called Tail Smack and for one fighting energy card this move does 10 damage.  Gligar's second move is called Wicked Jab, this move does 20 damage for two energy cards, one each of fighting and colorless.  Plus, if you get a heads when you flip a coin while using Wicked Jab, the defending Pokemon is paralyzed.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Gligar is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Gliscor, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll probably want to use this card with that Pokemon.  With that being said, this card would be an excellent starter Pokemon in a fighting type deck.  I would include 2 or 3 of these cards in a fighting type deck so that I would have a good chance of being able to start the game with one of these Pokemon in my active Pokemon spot.  Once Gligar is in the active Pokemon spot you should use whichever move you have enough energy for.  So I would recommend using this card in a deck, even on its own without Gliscor.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average basic Pokemon card.  This card has an above average hp, low retreat cost, and two very solid moves.  What gives this card a boost from an average to an above average basic Pokemon card is the fact that Wicked Jab may end up paralyzing the defending Pokemon as well as doing 20 damage.

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Sandslash -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Sandslash from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Sandslash is a stage 1, fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to lightning type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Sandslash does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  Sandslash's first move is called Sand-Attack, this move does 20 damage for two energy cards, one each of fighting and colorless.  Plus, if your opponent tries attacking next turn, if they get a tails when they flip a coin the attack does nothing.  Sandslash's second move is called Earthquake which does 80 damage for three energy cards, two colorless and one fighting.  However, this move also does 10 damage to each of your own benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Sandslash is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Sandshrew into play (I reviewed Sandshrew from this set yesterday) and then evolve Sandshrew into Sandslash.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Sandshrew was an okay starter Pokemon but more than likely you're going to want to evolve Sandshrew into Sandslash on your bench.  When on your bench get three energy cards on Sandslash so that when you move it into the active Pokemon spot you have the option to use either of its moves.  If possible, pair this Pokemon line with a Pokemon that uses all the damage on all the Pokemon in play when attacking, that way if you use Earthquake a couple of times it won't hurt your bench so much.  Another option is to not keep many Pokemon on your bench when using Earthquake, but that is a riskier option because if you don't have any Pokemon on your bench you'll end up losing if Sandslash is knocked out.  So to summarize, I would recommend evolving Sandslash on the bench and then using Earthquake every turn unless the defending Pokemon can be knocked out by 20 damage.  After explaining my strategy, it would be hard for me to include this line into one of my decks, these Pokemon just aren't that good, but if you do want to use this line, definitely don't use more than a 2-1 or 1-1 line of Sandshrew and Sandslash.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a below average stage 1 Pokemon card. Even though this card has an average hp, and low retreat cost, I still don't like this card very much.  Neither of its moves are too great, especially when Earthquake does damage to your own Pokemon.  So I would recommend looking elsewhere for stage 1 Pokemon.  So overall, this Pokemon line gets a 2 out of 5 rating because both Sandshrew and Sandslash are below average Pokemon cards.

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Sandshrew -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Sandshrew from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Sandshrew is a basic, fighting type Pokemon card with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to lightning type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Sandshrew does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  Sandshrew's first move is called Rollout, this move requires one colorless energy card and does 10 damage.  Sandshrew's second move is called Slash and for three energy cards, two colorless and one fighting, does 40 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Sandshrew is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Sandslash, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll probably want to use this card with that Pokemon.  With that being said, this card would be an okay starter Pokemon in a deck because it can do damage for only one energy card.  I would try and prevent having to move Sandshrew to the active Pokemon spot before it evolves because even though it can attack quickly, it will take awhile until this card can do a bit more damage, and Slash doesn't do as much damage as you would like for three energy cards.  The good thing with this card is that it requires mostly colorless energy cards to attack so if you want to use it on its own it is easy to fit into most decks, however I would not recommend using this card on its own.

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.  Even though this card has an above average hp, and two moves, I'm still giving this card a below average rating.  I'm doing this because neither of Sandshrew's moves are anything special, and if you have to move it out into the active Pokemon spot, it requires two energy cards to retreat it.

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Meloetta -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Meloetta from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  This is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 80.  Meloetta has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Meloetta does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves.  Its first move is called Psychic and this move does 10 damage plus 20 more damage for each energy card attached to the defending Pokemon for one psychic energy card.  Meloetta's second move is called Echoed Voice, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one psychic, and does 50 damage, plus, even you use this move two turns in a row, the second time this move does 100 damage instead of 50.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Meloetta is a basic Pokemon with no evolutions, you only have to use this Pokemon in your deck if you want to use this card.  This card would fit best into a psychic type deck and works well as both a Pokemon card that is put into the active Pokemon spot right away at the beginning of the game as well as a Pokemon coming in off the bench late.  If I would get this card in my hand to begin the game I would definitely put this card into the active Pokemon spot and start using Psychic right away.  By doing this, you will prevent your opponent from attaching energy cards to their active Pokemon because if they do, Psychic will do more damage, and most basic, starter type Pokemon have 60 damage or less, so in three turns for sure the defending Pokemon will be knocked out if they attach one energy card to their active Pokemon.  If I wasn't able to put Meloetta into the active Pokemon spot to start the game, I would put it on the bench and then put three energy cards on it, I would then move it into the active Pokemon spot later in the game and use whichever move will do more damage.  I think this is an excellent basic Pokemon card and I would definitely consider putting 2 Meloetta cards in any psychic deck that I'm building.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average basic Pokemon card from the Boundaries Crossed set.  Even though this card doesn't have an Ability, I am still giving this card my highest rating.  I like that it has an above average hp, low retreat cost, and two great moves.  I like the fact that this card can be used early in a game and attack quickly, as well as being used later in a game and doing massive damage.  So definitely consider using this card in your deck if you haven't already.

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