Tauros -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Tauros from the X and Y Pokemon Card Set.  Tauros is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 110, it has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Tauros does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Take Down, this move does 30 damage for one colorless energy card, however this move also does 10 damage to Tauros.  Tauros's second move is called Seething Anger, this move requires three colorless energy cards, and does 30 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip a coin for each damage counter on Tauros.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Tauros 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 definitely consider using this card in any type deck I would be building because the potential of Seething Anger is amazing, it could potentially do 300 damage in one turn and knock out every Pokemon out there, including Mega EX cards in one turn.  So I would definitely try to include 1 of these Tauros cards in my deck, keep it on the bench, putting 3 energy cards on it, then when my opponent gets a very powerful Pokemon out in the active Pokemon spot, put Tauros in that spot and use Take Down the first turn, wait to be attacked, then use Seething Anger the turn after that.

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 from the X and Y set.  The only thing I don't like very much with this card is its retreat cost, but two energy cards isn't that unreasonable.  Otherwise, this card has two good moves, and this card has the highest potential of any card I have seen lately.  So if you're looking for a powerful attacker, definitely consider using this Tauros card in your deck.

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Dodrio -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dodrio from the Pokemon XY Card Set.  Dodrio is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy retreat cost.  Dodrio does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Rage, this move requires one colorless energy card and does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Dodrio.  Dodrio's second move is called Endeavor, this move requires three colorless energy cards, and does 50 damage, plus 20 more damage for each heads you get when you flip two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Dodrio is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Doduo into play (I reviewed Doduo from this set yesterday) and then evolve Doduo into Dodrio.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Doduo was a pretty poor basic Pokemon card so because of this, if you decide to use Dodrio in your deck, I would make sure to set up Doduo and evolve it into Dodrio on the bench and because Doduo is so bad, I would only use a 1-1 line of this Pokemon family in any type deck.  When using this card, you'll definitely want to have three energy cards on it so you can do Endeavor every turn until Dodrio has a significant amount of damage on it then you can use Rage instead.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average stage 1 Pokemon card from the X and Y set.  Besides being able to be used in any type deck out there, this card has two good moves and a low retreat cost, so it is a pretty good card.  However, if you look at this card with its basic evolution in Doduo, it would be hard for me to give this Pokemon family more than a 3 out of 5 rating.  I would definitely recommend looking elsewhere for a good Doduo card to use.

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Doduo -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Doduo from the X and Y Pokemon Card Set.  Doduo is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Doduo does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move this card has is called Double Hit, this move requires three colorless energy cards and does 30 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Doduo is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Dodrio, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own I would definitely not recommend using this card in a deck.  Other than the fact this card can be used in any type deck, this card only has one move and the only move it does have requires a ton of energy cards and if you get extremely lucky the move will only do average damage.  So unless you really want to use Dodrio in your deck, I would definitely stay away from this card.  Of course if you need to play this card in your deck, you'll have to get three energy cards onto Doduo and use Double Hit every turn.

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 from the X and Y set.  Other than the high hp, nothing on this card is above average and in my opinion Double Hit is one of the worst moves out there a basic Pokemon card can have.  So for mainly that reason this card is only getting a 1 rating from me.

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Xerneas EX Full Art -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Xerneas EX and Xerneas EX Full Art from the X and Y Pokemon Card Set.  Xerneas EX is a basic, EX, fairy type Pokemon card with an hp of 170. It has a x2 weakness to metal type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to darkness type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Xerneas does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Break Through, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one fairy, and does 60 damage, plus it does 30 damage to one of your opponent's benched Pokemon.  Xerneas's second move is called X Blast, this move requires four energy cards, two each of fairy and colorless, and does 140 damage, however you can't use this move two turns in a row.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Xerneas EX is a basic Pokemon card you won't need to use any other cards with this card.  But remember, because this card is an EX card, if this card is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  So knowing this,and looking at how many energy cards this card takes to attack, I would definitely use this EX card in a fairy type deck, but I wouldn't use more than one of these.  I would set up Xerneas on the bench, put four energy cards on it then move it to the active Pokemon spot to use X Blast the first turn and Break Through the turn after that.  That way you can knock out most Pokemon in one turn with X Blast and the next turn spread damage with Break Through which will eventually make it that much easier to knock out defending Pokemon when you can do 140 damage with X Blast on a Pokemon that has at least 30 prior damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average EX Pokemon card from the X and Y set.  I really like both of Xerneas's moves, both can do major damage, but both moves take a bit to set up and X Blast can't be used every turn.  This is definitely an EX card you want to use in your Fairy type deck, and it also should be a card that collector's like me want to add to their collection.

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