Exploud -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Exploud from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Exploud is a stage 2, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Exploud does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Boomburst, for two colorless energy cards this move does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Pokemon.  Exploud's second move is called Hyper Voice, this move does 90 damage for four colorless energy cards.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Exploud is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Whismur into play and then evolve it into Loudred before you can evolve Loudred into Exploud, 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 Whismur was a very poor card only being able to confuse the defending Pokemon, while also confusing itself, but I did like Loudred quite a bit since its main attack could do 30 damage plus 30 more damage for each energy card your opponent's active Pokemon had on it.  So knowing this about Whismur and Loudred and looking at this Exploud card, I would definitely recommend using this entire Pokemon line if you're looking to add some power to your deck late in the game.  Like I mentioned in yesterday's post, you'll want to set up Loudred on the bench and get three energy cards on it, you could then move it to the active Pokemon spot when the defending Pokemon has at least 3 energy cards on it, then when you knock out that Pokemon, if the Pokemon your opponent puts in has less than 3 energy cards on it, evolve Loudred into Exploud and either spread damage around with Boomburst, or knock it out with Hyper Voice.  So this line of Pokemon could easily be used in either a spread damage type deck, or just to add some power to one.  Because Whismur is very poor, I wouldn't use more than a 1-1-1 line of this Pokemon family.

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.  First off I like how this card fits into any deck since it is a colorless type card, and that both moves on this card can do a fair amount of damage.  The only thing on this card I'm not a fan of is its retreat cost, but it is still less than the amount of energy required to do Hyper Voice.  Altogether, I would give the line of Whismur, which I gave a 1 rating, Loudred, and Exploud a 4 out of 5 rating, Loudred and Exploud make this line very good, and it should definitely be considered when building any type deck.

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Loudred -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Loudred from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card set.  Loudred is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Loudred does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Pound, for two colorless energy cards this move does 30 damage.  Loudred's second move is called Energy Press, this move requires three colorless energy cards to use and does 30 damage plus 30 more damage for each energy card attached to the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Loudred is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Whismur into play (I reviewed Whismur from this set yesterday) and then evolve Whismur into Loudred.  Loudred does have a stage 2 evolution in Exploud 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 Loudred is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read yesterday's review of Whismur, you'll know that I thought that card was very poor, mainly due to the fact it didn't have an attack that did any damage, the only move it did have confused both Whismur and the defending Pokemon.  So knowing this about Whismur and looking at this Loudred card, I would definitely consider using this card in a deck because of Energy Press, but because Whismur is so bad, I would have no problem setting up this line on the bench, thus having the need to only use a 1-1 line of Whismur and Loudred in any type deck.  The reason I would recommend setting Loudred up on the bench would be for one to get three energy cards on it, and for two, letting your opponent get their Pokemon set up, so if they have a really powerful Pokemon in play, let's say a Pokemon that uses four energy cards to attack, as long as it can't do more than 80 damage in one turn, I would move Loudred into the active Pokemon spot and use Energy Press, being able to do 150 damage a turn and more than likely knocking out most Stage 2 Pokemon in one turn.  The only time I would use Pound is if I didn't have enough energy cards to use Energy Press.  So not only can Energy Press do major damage, but it could also prevent your opponent from putting too many energy cards on their 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 am basing this solely on its Energy Press move as this move can do major damage for not that many energy cards.  Other than that move, this card is pretty average, with its HP, retreat cost, and other move.  So together with Whismur, which only received a 1 rating from me, I am giving these two Pokemon combined a 3 rating, as long as you don't have to use Whismur, this line in fine to use in a deck.

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Whismur -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Whismur from the Phantom Forces set. Whismur 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 one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Whismur does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that it has is called Screaming Fit, for one colorless energy card this move confuses both Whismur and the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Whismur is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Loudred and a stage 2 evolution in Exploud, 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, I would highly recommend avoiding this card at all costs.  Not only can this card do no damage at all, the only move it does has, confuses Whismur, and if you don't plan on evolving Whismur into Loudred there is no reason to use Whismur at all since it cannot attack.

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 Phantom Forces set.  This is probably one of the worst cards from the Phantom Forces set if you're looking for a Basic Pokemon card to use in your deck.  Not only can this card do no damage at all, but it confuses itself in the process.  The only caveat with this card is that even though Whismur is confuses, it is not like one of its moves will backfire when using it, since it doesn't have a move that does any damage.  But again, avoid this card, and do not use this card in your deck.

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Girafarig -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Girafarig from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Girafarig is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 90, it has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Girafarig does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move that this card has is called Tackle, for two colorless energy cards this move does 20 damage.  Girafarig's second move is called Psybite, for three colorless energy cards, this move does 50 damage plus 30 more damage if this card has any psychic energy attached to it.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Girafarig 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, if you want to use this card in a deck, make sure to use it in a Psychic type deck so you can do 80 damage a turn with Psybite.  Other than that, this card is pretty good as a starter type Pokemon, it is just a little slow, but with a high HP, you can make up for that slowness.  So I could see myself using 1 or 2 of these in a psychic type deck as a starter type Pokemon, either getting this card into the active Pokemon spot right away, doing Tackle First then Psybite after, or setting up Girafarig on the bench and then getting three energy cards on it before moving it to the active Pokemon spot.  Even though this card can do 80 damage a turn for three energy cards, it won't cost you that much to retreat it, so don't be afraid to use it later in the game too.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average to slightly above average Basic Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set.  Other than being a bit slow to attack, this card has all positives on it, it has a high HP, low retreat cost, and two average to above average moves.  So if you're looking for a very strong Basic Pokemon card to use in your deck, I would definitely consider using this one, especially if you're building a Psychic type deck.

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