Lillipup -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Lillipup from the X and Y Pokemon card set.  Lillipup is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Lillipup does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  Lillipup's first move is called Tackle and this move does 10 damage for one colorless energy card.  Lillipup's second move is called Bite and for two colorless energy cards does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Lillipup is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Herdier and a stage 2 evolution in Stoutland, which I'll be reviewing the next two 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 would be a solid basic Pokemon card to put into your deck to use as a starter type Pokemon, I would consider using up to 2 of these Lillipup cards in a deck on their own.  The only thing below average on this card is its hp, otherwise, this card can attack very quickly and do a decent amount of damage.  So if you include this card in your deck, you'll want to try and start the game with Lillipup in the active Pokemon spot and then use Tackle first and Bite after that.

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 X and Y set.  Besides having a below average hp, this card is quite good and could easily be used as a starter type Pokemon in any type deck.  Hopefully this card is a good start to this entire Pokemon family from this set.

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Bibarel -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Bibarel from the Pokemon XY Card Set.  Bibarel is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy retreat cost.  Bibarel does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Double Headbutt, for two colorless energy cards this move does 30 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.  Bibarel's second move is called Hypno Headbutt, this move requires three colorless energy cards and does 60 damage plus 30 more damage if you decide to put Bibarel to sleep after the turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Bibarel is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Bidoof into play (I reviewed Bidoof from this set yesterday) and then evolve Bidoof into Bibarel.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Bidoof was a very poor basic Pokemon card that shouldn't be used without Bibarel and if you decide to use this Pokemon family and get Bidoof into the active Pokemon spot before evolving you better hope you get lucky and flip a heads or you can get Bibarel into play otherwise Bidoof really can't do anything.  So taking that into account, I would not recommend using either Pokemon from this Pokemon family in the X and Y set.  Bibarel although it has a good hp, is pretty slow to attack and neither move in my opinion is above average.  So if you can find a different Bidoof card to use, I could see using a 1-1 or 2-1 line of this family but the high retreat cost on this card is really holding me back on wanting to use it.  Of course if you get this card into your deck and into the active Pokemon spot, I would use Hypno Headbutt every turn and make sure to include trainer cards in my deck that would remove the Asleep special condition.

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 from the X and Y set.  Other than the high retreat cost, this card is pretty average overall.  It has a good hp, can fit into any type deck because it is a colorless type card, and has two moves that can both do a fair amount of damage.  However, looking at both Bidoof and Bibarel from this set, I would give this cards only a 2 out of 5 rating, I wouldn't use them in a deck.  Individually, Bidoof was a 1, Bibarel a 3.

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Bidoof -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Bidoof from the X and Y Pokemon Card Set.  Bidoof is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. Bidoof does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Hyper Fang, this move requires two colorless energy cards and does 40 damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin, otherwise the move does nothing.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Bidoof is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Bibarel, 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 not use this card in a deck.  I say this because even though Bidoof has a good hp and a move that potentially could do 40 damage, if you aren't using this card with Bibarel, you may end up moving this card into the active Pokemon spot, trying to use Hyper Fang a couple of turns without succeeding and then when you try to move Bidoof back to your bench you have to add an additional energy card to it.  Because of these reasons I would not use Bidoof in a deck on its own.  If you choose to use Bidoof in your deck, I wouldn't recommend using more than 1.

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.  Besides having an average hp, this card is pretty bad.  I really don't like moves that are based on a coin flip and if you flip wrong the move does nothing, and since Hyper Fang is this type of move and it is also Bidoof's only move, I would stay away from this card at all costs.

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Delcatty -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Delcatty from the Pokemon XY Card Set.  Delcatty is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy retreat cost.  Delcatty does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Energy Salon, for one colorless energy card this move allows you to search your deck for up to 3 different type energy cards and put them into your deck.  Delcatty's second move is called Fake Out and for two colorless energy cards this move does 30 damage and if you get a heads when you flip a coin, the defending Pokemon is paralyzed.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Delcatty is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Skitty into play (I reviewed Skitty from this set yesterday) and then evolve Skitty into Delcatty.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Skitty was a pretty decent basic Pokemon card because it had two good moves and a low retreat cost.  So Skitty can be used on its own or you can choose to use it with this Delcatty card.  I would use both and use a 2-2 or 2-1 line of this Pokemon family.  I would try to get one Skitty card into the active Pokemon spot to start the game, evolve it into Delcatty, use Energy Salon first if you have at least two different energy types in your deck, then use Fake Out after that.

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 from the X and Y set.  I like pretty much everything about this card except for its low hp, but both of the moves this card has are average to slightly above average and Delcatty has a low retreat cost which is always nice.  So overall, I would give the line of Skitty and Delcatty from the X and Y set a 3 out of 5 rating, they aren't great, but you could definitely use both of them in a deck.

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