Lombre -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Lombre from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card set.  Lombre is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Lombre does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Hook, for one grass energy card this move does 20 damage.  Lombre's second move is called Beat, this move requires two colorless energy cards and does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Lombre is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Lotad into play (I reviewed Lotad from this set yesterday) and then evolve Lotad into Lombre.  Lombre does have a stage 2 evolution in Ludicolo that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, there are two of them, the strategy below will act like Lombre is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read yesterday's review of Lotad, you'll know that I thought that card was a slightly below average Basic Pokemon card, mainly because the only move it had required two energy cards to use instead of one, but overall it was still a pretty decent card.  So knowing this about Lotad and looking at this Lombre card, if you're building a grass type deck, I would definitely recommend considering a 1-1 line of these two Pokemon.  Both Pokemon have good moves, and don't require many energy cards to attack.  So ideally, I would get Lotad in the active Pokemon spot to start the game, wait a turn without attacking to get two energy cards on Lotad and either use its move that does 20 damage or evolve it into Lombre and use Beat every turn doing 30 damage.  These two Pokemon aren't very flashy, but if you need some more Pokemon in your deck, that can attack fairly quickly, and do solid damage, I would recommend these two cards.

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 Primal Clash set.  The only thing I dislike about this card is its low HP, other than that, this card has two solid moves, both doing above average damage.  Combined with Lotad from this set, I would give both a 3 out of 5 rating, I did give Lotad a 2 rating, so Lombre pulls this line up, rating wise.

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Lotad -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Lotad from the Primal Clash set.  Lotad is a basic, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Lotad does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Beat, for two colorless energy cards this move does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Lotad is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Lombre and a stage 2 evolution in Ludicolo, 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 could be used in a deck, since it requires any type of energy cards you want to use.  But because it can't attack for only one energy card and it only does have the one move, I wouldn't strongly recommend using this card in a deck.  If you do decide to use this card in a deck, only use one or two, and try and get Lotad into the active Pokemon spot to start the game, put two energy cards on it, and use Beat every turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a slightly below average Basic Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  There really isn't anything below average on this card, it has a solid HP, low retreat cost, and one average move, but because this card is quite limited in what it can do, and it requires two energy cards to attack, I docked it a point and gave it a 2 out of 5 rating.

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Sceptile 9/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Sceptile from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second consecutive Sceptile card I have reviewed from this set.  This Sceptile is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  This is the first card I have reviewed from this set to have an Ancient Trait on it, this one is a Barrier and says that whenever your opponent uses a Trainer card, all effects of an attack on Sceptile are prevented.  Besides the Ancient Trait, Sceptile has two moves.  The first move that it has is called Leaf Blade, this move requires one grass energy card and does 30 damage plus 30 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.  Sceptile's second move is called Power Poison, this move requires three energy cards, two grass and one colorless, and does 120 damage, plus it poisons the defending Pokemon, however you do have to discard one energy card attached to this Pokemon when using this move.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Sceptile is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Treecko into play and then evolve it into Grovyle before you can evolve Grovyle into Sceptile, 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 I thought Treecko was an average Basic Pokemon card with an average HP, low retreat cost, and a pretty good move, but it was just limited in what it could do, then when I reviewed Grovyle, I wasn't that impressed with it, the card did have two moves, but neither move was that great.  The Sceptile card that I reviewed yesterday was very good and I gave it a great rating, its Ability was awesome allowing you to attach a grass energy card to one of your Pokemon each turn and healing that Pokemon you attached it to, plus it could do above average damage for only three energy cards.  So knowing this about those three cards and looking at this Sceptile card, I like this Sceptile card better than yesterday's, but I would recommend combining both and building a deck around these two cards.  I would set up both Sceptile cards on the bench and then move this Sceptile card into the active Pokemon spot first.  Then I would use Power Poison every turn the defending Pokemon wouldn't be knocked out by 30 damage.  Since Power Poison discards an energy card each turn, I would then use the other Sceptile's Ability to move a grass energy card from my hand onto the active Sceptile.  Besides Power Poison, Leaf Blade is a pretty dominate move if you get a heads when you flip a coin, so it may be worth attaching Trick Coin to this card.  Plus I haven't even talked about the Barrier it has, meaning if your opponent uses a lot of Trainer cards in their deck, and you have this Sceptile card in the active Pokemon spot, they won't be able to attack for many turns.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a very powerful, Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  I sure hope all Ancient Trait cards are like this Sceptile card, because this one is very dominant.  It has a great HP, lower retreat cost, and two awesome moves, both doing above average damage.  So if you're thinking about building a grass type deck, I would highly recommend using this Pokemon family from the Primal Clash set, I would use a 4-2-2 line of this family with 1 each of the Sceptile cards I've reviewed the past two days.  Overall, I would give this entire line a 4 out of 5 rating.

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Sceptile 8/160 - Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Sceptile from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Sceptile cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Sceptile is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Sceptile's Ability is called Nurture and Heal and says that once per turn you may attach a grass energy card from your hand to one of your benched Pokemon, if you do this, heal 30 damage from that Pokemon.  Besides the Ability, Sceptile just has one move called Jungle Edge, this move requires three energy cards to use, two colorless and one grass, and does 70 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Sceptile is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Treecko into play and then evolve it into Grovyle before you can evolve Grovyle into Sceptile, 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 I thought Treecko was an average Basic Pokemon card with an average HP, low retreat cost, and a pretty good move, but it was just limited in what it could do, then when I reviewed Grovyle, I wasn't that impressed with it, the card did have two moves, but neither move was that great.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line, and also knowing that there is another Sceptile card in this set.  So looking at this Sceptile card specifically, I would highly recommend using it in a grass type deck.  I would include a minimal amount of the first two Pokemon in this line, and include 2 maximum of this Sceptile card.  The main reason I would recommend using this Sceptile card is for its Ability, you could keep this card on the bench and not only be able to attach two energy cards per turn using its Ability, but any time you use it to attach a grass type energy card to your Pokemon it heals 30 damage.  So if I were building a deck with this card in it, I would make sure and have a lot of Pokemon that can retreat for free or use several Switch trainer cards.  With this Sceptile card in your deck, you could also use Pokemon that attack not only the opponent's Pokemon but yours as well.  Like I said, I would keep this card in the bench for most of the game, but if you do want to attack with this card, put three energy cards on it, and use Jungle Edge every turn, it does above average damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set and a card that should really be included in every grass type deck out there, not only to do some major damage each turn, but to set up your Pokemon faster and to heal them when they get damaged.  So you can't go wrong by using this card in your deck, however when taking a look at this entire line, I can only give it a 4 out of 5 rating since I gave Treecko a 3 and Grovyle a 2 rating.

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