Seadra -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Seadra from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Seadra is a stage 1, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Seadra does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Smokescreen, for one water energy card this card does 20 damages, plus if your opponent tries to attack during their next turn your opponent must flip a coin, if they get tails they can't attack at all.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Seadra is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Horsea into play (I reviewed Horsea from this set yesterday) and then evolve Horsea into Seadra.  Seadra does have a stage 2 evolution in Kingdra that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed that card yet, the strategy below will act like Seadra is the final evolution in this line.  Just a note, Kingdra in this set is a dragon type Pokemon card that uses lightning and water type energy cards to attack, so you may want to consider putting this line in that type of deck, but I will be reviewing Kingdra in a couple of weeks.  So if you read yesterday's Horsea review, you'll know that I thought Horsea was a below average Pokemon that I would not recommend using on its own.  So after summarizing this Seadra card in the overview part of this post, I can say that I would not recommend using Horsea or Seadra together without using Kingdra.  The reason I say this is because Seadra has a below average hp, and only one move that does below average damage for a stage 1 Pokemon card.  So I would avoid this cards altogether.  If you do choose to use Seadra in your deck, I would put a 1-1 or 2-1 line of Horsea and Seadra in a water type deck and try and evolve Horsea into Seadra as soon as possible during the game, move Seadra to the active Pokemon spot and use Smokescreen every turn.  Because Seadra is quite fast, you should attack with this card right away, and hopefully your opponent will flip a few tails when trying to attack so Seadra will last longer in the active Pokemon spot and give you time to set up your other Pokemon in play.

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. I do like that this Seadra card is very fast and has a low retreat cost, but 20 damage per turn really doesn't cut it for a stage 1 Pokemon card, and with only 80 hp, Seadra will get knocked out pretty fast.  Overall, I would give the line of Horsea and Seadra from the Plasma Freeze set a 1 out of 5 rating, both cards are below average and should not be used in a deck.

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Horsea -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Horsea from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Horsea is a basic, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Horsea does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Fin Smack.  This move requires one water energy card and does 10 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Horsea is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Seadra and a stage 2 evolution in Kingdra, which I'll be reviewing Seadra tomorrow and Kingdra in a few days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, this card wouldn't be one to use in a deck on its own.  I say this because Horsea only has one move, and the only move that Horsea does have depends on coin flips, so it can not be depended on to consistently do damage to your opponent's Pokemon, so for that reason I would not use this card on its own.  With that being said, if you have this card in your deck for some reason, your only option will be to put one water energy card on it and use Fin Smack every turn.

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 average hp, and a low retreat cost, I am giving this card a below average rating based on the reasons I stated in the strategy section of this review.  For me, this card is not worth the risk of not being able to attack during one of your turns if you flip two tails in a row.

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Reshiram -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Reshiram from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Reshiram is a basic, fire type Pokemon card with an hp of 130. It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Reshiram does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Purifying Flames, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one fire, and does 50 damage, plus this move removes all special conditions from Reshiram.  Reshiram's second move is called Fusion Flare, this move requires four energy cards, three colorless and one fire, and does 80 damage plus if you have a Zekrom on your bench it does 40 more damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Reshiram is a basic Pokemon with no evolutions, you only have to use this Pokemon in your deck if you want to use this card.  Because Reshiram requires so many energy cards to attack (three at a minimum) I would recommend setting up Reshiram on your bench. Because Reshiram can become really powerful, I would suggest using this card with Zekrom so Fusion Flare can do 120 damage per turn, so more than likely you'll have to use this card in a dual type deck of fire and lightning  You'll definitely want to attach four energy cards to Reshiram so you can use this move, it is definitely worth the wait.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average basic Pokemon card from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card set.  This card would work very nicely in a fire type deck with some lightning Pokemon in it that needs a couple more cards in it to make it to 60 cards total.  I like that this card has two moves, one of them very powerful, as well as a decent hp and an average retreat cost.  This card will actually fit well in dual type decks because most of the energy cards it requires are colorless not fire.

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Chandelure -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Chandelure from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Chandelure is a stage 2, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Chandelure's Ability is called Flare Navigate, this Ability allows you once per turn to move a fire energy card from your deck onto one of your Pokemon, however if you choose to do this you must put a damage counter on this Pokemon as well.  Besides the Ability, Chandelure has one move called Absorb Life, this move requires three energy cards, two fire and one colorless, and does 70 damage, plus this move also heals 30 damage from Chandelure.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Chandelure is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Litwick into play and then evolve it into Lampent before you can evolve Lampent into Chandelure, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  The first two Pokemon in this line from Plasma Freeze are not very good at all, and I actually gave them a 1 out of 5 rating together.  So with that in mind, if I were to use this card in a fire type deck, I would use a minimal amount of Litwick and Lampent, I would definitely not use more than 2 of either of those Pokemon.  I would then try and evolve those Pokemon into Chandelure on the bench, that way I could take advantage of Chandelure's Ability which will help slower Pokemon, with high hp, and high attack costs, attack more quickly.  I would put 1 or 2 Chandelure cards in a deck.  Once you do get three energy cards on Chandelure it is a good Pokemon to put in your active Pokemon spot because it can do above average damage every turn as well as heal itself with Absorb Life.

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 from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon card set.  I think this card is above average because both its Ability, Flare Navigate, and its only move Absorb Life, are above average.  Now, only if its hp and retreat cost would be better this card would have gotten a five.  However, even though this card is pretty good, the entire line of Litwick, Lampent, and Chandelure from the Plasma Freeze set is not even average, I would give all three cards a cumulative 2 out of 5 rating.

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