Gligar -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gligar from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Gligar is a basic, fighting type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Gligar does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Rock Cannon, for two colorless energy cards, this move does 20 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip a coin until you get tails.

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 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 recommend using this card in a deck.  The main reason I say this is because this card is totally dependent on coin flips, so if you get this card all set up with two energy cards, and flip a tails right away, Gligar can do absolutely nothing.  If you do decide to use this card in a deck, I wouldn't use more than one, and I would try my hardest to get a Trick Coin trainer card on this card so you have two chances of at least starting off with a heads when performing Rock Cannon making the move do at least 20 damage a turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Gliscor, this card is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set.  I do like that this card has an average HP, can be used in any type deck, and has the potential to do gobs of damage, however, this card is slow on the attack and like I said earlier in this post, this card may end up doing no damage at all for you.  So I would veer away from this card if at all possible.

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Gourgeist -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gourgeist from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Gourgeist is a stage 1, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100.  It has a x2 weakness to darkness type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Gourgeist's Ability is called Gourgantic and says that if this card has any grass energy cards attached to it, its HP is 200 instead of 100.  Besides the Ability, Gourgeist just has one move which is called Horror Note, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one psychic, and does 10 damage times the number cards in your hand.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Gourgeist is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Pumpkaboo into play (I reviewed Pumpkaboo from this set yesterday) and then evolve Pumpkaboo into Gourgeist.  If you read yesterday's review of Pumpkaboo, you'll know that I thought that card was a below average Basic Pokemon card, even though the card did have two moves, I still gave it a below average rating because it required three energy cards to do its best move but then that move may end up doing zero damage every single turn if you don't have any Pokemon in your discard pile with Night March.  So knowing this about Pumpkaboo and looking at this Gourgeist card, first off, if you're building a dual type deck of grass and psychic type Pokemon, this card is a no brainer, you can use its Ability to get its HP up to 200.  I would definitely consider using this card in your deck, I would make sure to include some trainer cards in my deck to draw three cards, that way you could have 9 or more cards in your hand at one time and Horror Note could do 90 damage a turn.  So this card is extremely powerful if you set it up right.  Also, it is a nice way to compliment a deck using the Night March attacks.  If you aren't using many Pokemon with Night March, I would use a 1-1 line of these two Pokemon.

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 Phantom Forces set.  I like how this card has an above average to way above average HP depending on if you use the Ability or not.  Plus, the only move that this card has can do well above average damage for only three energy cards.  So this card has all above average everything, HP, Ability, and move.  Together with Pumpkaboo from this set, I would give these two cards a 3 out of 5 rating, they are solid together.

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Pumpkaboo -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Pumpkaboo from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Pumpkaboo is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to darkness type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Pumpkaboo does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Ram, this move requires one psychic energy card to use and does 10 damage.  Pumkaboo's second move is called Night March, this move requires three colorless energy cards and does 20 damage times the number of Pokemon in your discard pile that have this move on them.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Pumpkaboo is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Gourgeist, 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 recommend using this card in a deck unless you use it with other Pokemon that have the Night March attack like Lampent from this set.  I would then include up to 4 of these in a deck and use them as starter Pokemon and if a couple were knocked out, I would then put Lampent into the active Pokemon spot and be able to use its Night March attack before evolving it into Chandelure.  If you aren't using this card with other cards that have Night March on them, do not use this card on its own in a deck.  Even though it has an average HP, two moves, and can attack for only one energy card, there is no purpose in having to put two energy cards on Pumpkaboo just to retreat it.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Gourgeist, this card is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set.  Without using other Pokemon with Night March, this card is extremely limited and forces you to put more energy cards on it than needed just to retreat it.  So if you don't use this card with Lampent for example and don't plan on evolving it, do not bother using this card in a deck.

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Chandelure -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Chandelure from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Chandelure is a stage 2, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to darkness type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Chandelure's Ability is called Fainting spell, this allows you to flip a coin if Chandelure is knocked out and if you get a heads, the defending Pokemon is also knocked out.  Besides the Ability, Chandelure just has one move called Cursed Drop, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one psychic, and allows you to put 6 damage counters on your opponent's Pokemon in any way that you'd like.

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.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that both of those cards are below average cards, neither have high HP or even average for that matter, and neither can do much damage without either flipping a coin or depending on the amount of cards in the discard pile.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at Chandelure, I would definitely consider using Chandelure in a spread damage type deck, without a spread damage type deck I wouldn't use this line at all.  I would recommend using a 1-1-1 line of Litwick, Lampent, and Chandelure and set up Chandelure on the bench, get three energy cards on it and then use Cursed Drop every turn when in the active Pokemon spot.  If you get this card into the active Pokemon spot early in the game, you will set up your other spread damage Pokemon to have one hit knock outs, if you get this card into the active Pokemon spot later in the game, you can strategically use that 60 damage from Cursed Drop to knock out your opponent's Pokemon every turn.

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 Phantom Forces set.  Even though this card has a lower HP, and an average retreat cost, I would still highly recommend using this card in a spread damage type deck.  I really like Chandelure's Ability giving you a 50/50 chance of knocking out the defending Pokemon if they knock out Chandelure, giving your opponent a reason knock to attack you every turn.  Then, the only move that Chandelure has is very good, even though it does average damage, spreading 60 damage around can do major harm on your opponent's cards.  So overall, if you are building a spread damage type deck, definitely use this line, other than that, I can't give this line more than a 2 out of 5 rating, both Litwick and Lampent were extremely poor and Chandelure can't pull those two 2 ratings up much.

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