Mawile -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Mawile from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Mawile is a basic, metal type Pokemon card with an hp of 70. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Mawile does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Astonish, this move requires one metal energy card and allows you if you get heads when you flip a coin to randomly select a card from your opponent's hand and have them put it back into their deck.  Mawile's second move is called Big Ol' Bite, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one metal, and does 30 damage, plus it heals 30 damage from Mawile.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Mawile is a basic Pokemon with no evolutions, you only have to use this Pokemon in your deck if you want to use this card.  With that being said, I would not recommend using this card in a deck because neither of Mawile's moves do above average or even average damage.  But if you were to use this card in a metal type deck, you'll of course want to use this card early in your game because it only has 70 hp and it can only do 30 damage per turn.  I would use only one of these, and put three energy cards on it, and then use Big Ol' Bite every turn to hopefully prolong Mawile's time the in active Pokemon spot so I could set up my bench Pokemon.

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 from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card set.  Even though this card has an above average hp, low retreat cost, and two moves, I'm still giving this card a below average rating because this card is pretty slow to attack, and neither of its moves do near average damage.  So if you're looking for a metal type basic Pokemon card to use in a deck, I would recommend looking elsewhere.

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Steelix -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Steelix from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Steelix is a stage 1, metal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 150.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  Steelix does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Metal Defender, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one metal, and does 50 damage, after using this move, during your opponent's next turn Steelix has no weakness.  Steelix's second move is called Heavy Impact, this move requires five energy cards, four colorless and one metal, and does 100 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Steelix is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Onix into play (I reviewed Onix from this set a few weeks back) and then evolve Onix into Steelix.  If you read the Onix review I wrote, you'll know that I thought Onix was a terrible basic Pokemon card in this set, even though it had a high hp, it was extremely slow and both of its moves were way below average.  So knowing that, and looking at this card, I can not recommend at all to use this card or the entire line of Onix and Steelix in a deck.  I say this because, not only do you have to use both fighting and metal type energy cards if you want to use Onix with Steelix in a deck, but you're going to have to wait ages to do below average moves, and if you move one of these Pokemon into the active Pokemon spot accidentally or you're forced to, you're going to have to give up a ton of energy cards to retreat them.  For some reason, if you're looking to use this line in a deck, I would use a 1-1 line, and evolve Onix into Steelix on the bench, and put five energy cards on Steelix and then use Heavy Impact every turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a very bad stage 1 Pokemon card.  It seems like many of the cards I've been reviewing lately from this set are terrible, and this card continues that trend.  Even though Steelix has a really good hp and can do 100 damage per turn, this card is too slow and has too high of a retreat cost for me to even consider using in a deck.  So stay away from both this card and the Onix card from the Plasma Freeze set.  The two cards combined, Onix and Steelix get a 1 out of 5 rating for me.

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Hydreigon -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Hydreigon from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Hydreigon is a stage 2, darkness type Pokemon card, with an hp of 150.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Hydreigon does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Tractorbeam, this move requires one darkness energy card and two colorless energy cards and does 40 damage to your opponent's active Pokemon after you switch their previously active Pokemon with one of their benched Pokemon.  Hydreigon's second move is called Obsidian Fang, this move requires four energy cards, three colorless and one darkness, and does 80 damage, plus you can discard all Tool cards attached to the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Hydreigon is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get one of the two Deino cards from this set into play and then evolve one of those cards into Zweilous before you can evolve Zweilous into Hydreigon, all three of those Pokemon cards are from this set and I've reviewedthem all the last few days.  The first two Pokemon in this line from Plasma Freeze are way below average, so in order for me to want to use this card I would really have to like Hydreigon or look to other Deino and Zweilous cards from other sets.  So with that in mind, I would not recommend using Hydreigon from this set with its pre-evolution cards from this set, but I would absolutely recommend pairing this card with pre-evolution cards from previous sets.  I say this because, Hydreigon is a perfect card to have in a spread damage type deck.  Not only does this card require mostly colorless energy cards so it fits in most decks, but you get to choose which Pokemon you want to do damage to each turn.  So strategy wise, I would include 1 or 2 of these Hydreigon cards in a deck, evolve Deino into Zweilous into Hydreigon on the bench and put three energy cards on Hydreigon.  In the meantime, I would be using a spread damage type card in the active Pokemon spot that does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokemon, that way when you move Hydreigon into the active Pokemon spot, each Pokemon you move to the active Pokemon spot of your opponent's should be knocked out in a turn or two.  So I would absolutely use this card in a deck, it would be a spread damage type deck, and I would use a 4-3-2 line of Deino, Zweilous, and Hydreigon, Deino and Zweilous would not be from this set.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an essential card for a spread damage type deck.  So I am giving this card my highest rating.  Not only does this card have a high hp, and an incredible spread damage type move in Tractorbeam, but its second move, even though slower does do average to above average damage.  So if you're building a spread damage type deck, you definitely can't go wrong with this card.  Overall, if I were to rate both Deino cards, Zweilous, and Hydreigon from this set, I would give them all combined a 3 out of 5 rating, which shows how much I like this card because Zweilous and both Deino cards received a 1 from me.

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Zweilous -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zweilous from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Zweilous is a stage 1, darkness type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Zweilous does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Bite, for two energy cards, one each of darkness and colorless, this move does 30 damage.  Zweilous's second move is called Body Slaw and requires three energy cards, two colorless and one darkness, and does 30 damage, plus paralyzes the defending Pokemon if you get a heads when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Zweilous is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get one of the two Deino cards from this set into play (I reviewed both Deino cards from this set the past two days) and then evolve one of them into Zweilous.  Zweilous does have a stage 2 evolution in Hydreigon 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 Zweilous is the final evolution in this line.  So if you've read the past two Deino cards I've reviewed I think those cards are absolutely terrible and should be stayed away from at all costs, with that being said, I think this card is just as bad and I would avoid the whole line of this Pokemon family at all costs.  If you have your heart set on using Hydreigon from this set, first I'll have to see if it is that good when I review it tomorrow and if it is good, you'll want to use Deino and Zweilous from a different set.  If for some strange reason you want to use this sub-standard Pokemon line, I wouldn't use more than 1 each of Deino and Zweilous, they are that bad, and I would keep Deino on the bench, evolve it into Zweilous and try to use Body Slam every turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a way below average stage 1 Pokemon card and it is definitely one of the worst stage 1 cards I have reviewed in quite some time.  The only good thing about this card is that it has an average hp, other than that, both moves on this card are extremely below average, and the card has a high retreat cost as well.  So stay away from this card if you can, I would rate both Deino cards and this Zweilous card from the Plasma Freeze set a 1 out of 5.

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