Doduo -- Evolutions Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Doduo from the XY Evolutions Pokemon Card Set.  Doduo is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  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 that this card has is called Fury Attack, for one colorless energy card this move does 10 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip 3 coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Doduo is a Basic evolution Pokemon with a Stage 1 evolution in Dodrio, it is always a good idea to use the full line together, however, there isn't a Dodrio in this set, since there wasn't one in the Base Set, first appearing in the Jungle set.  Because of this, I will be reviewing Doduo on its own, the newest set to feature Dodrio would be BREAKthrough.  So, on its own, unless you're already using 4 Trick Coin tool cards in your deck, there is really no reason to use this card, but if you are using that tool card, Fury Attack is a good move to start the game with since it more than likely will do at least 10 damage per turn and can do up to 30 damage.  Without some extra luck, you could end up doing no damage every turn you try and attack with Doduo, so I would recommend passing on this card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Dodrio, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card, mainly because it is limited in that it only has one move and the only move that this card has is based off of coin flips.  But, like I mentioned above, if you're using Trick Coin trainer cards this card is a little better, plus any type of energy card be used with this card, meaning there are situations where this card could be used, but overall there are much better Basic Pokemon out there.

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Farfetch'd -- Evolutions Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Farfetch'd from the XY Evolutions Pokemon Card Set.  Farfetch'd is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with a HP of 70.  Farfetch'd has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Farfetch'd card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Leek Slap, for one colorless energy card this move does 50 damage, however Farfetch'd can't use this move two turns in a row.  Farfetch'd second move is called Pot Smash and for three colorless energy cards this move does 50 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Farfetch'd is a basic Pokemon card with no evolution forms, you'll only have to use this card in a deck if you want to use Farfetch'd.  So knowing this, if you're already using 4 Double Colorless energy cards in your deck, I would highly recommend using at least one of these cards in your deck as a starter type Pokemon.  Not many Basic Pokemon can do 50 damage their first turn, and if you're able to attach a Double Colorless energy card to Farfetch'd its first or second turn, every turn you have it in the active Pokemon spot you should be able to do 50 damage since the second turn you could attach the other energy you need, and for two energy cards do Pot Smash.  Another strategy with this card is to use it with a Pokemon that has a free retreat cost or set up a way to quickly move Pokemon in and out of the active Pokemon spot, that way you would only have to attach one energy card to Farfetch'd and every other turn you could have Farfetch'd in the active Pokemon spot and use Leek Slap.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion this is an above average Basic Pokemon card from the XY Evolutions set.  I really like this card as a starter type Pokemon, not only can it fit into any type deck, but like I mentioned above, this card can essentially do 50 damage every single time it is in the active Pokemon spot.  So if you're looking for a powerful starter type Pokemon that will fit in any deck out there, definitely give this Farfetch'd card a look.

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Raticate -- Evolutions Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Raticate from the XY Evolutions Pokemon Card Set.  Raticate is a Stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card, with a HP of 60. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Raticate does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Crunch, for one colorless energy card this move does 10 damage, plus you can discard an energy attached to your opponent's active Pokemon.  Raticate's second move is called Shadowy Bite, for one colorless energy card this move does 60 damage times the number of special energy cards in your opponent's discard pile.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Raticate is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Rattata into play (I reviewed Rattata from this set yesterday) and then evolve Rattata into Raticate.  If you read yesterday's review of Rattata, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card overall, mainly because of its low HP and the fact it only had one move.  I did like that Rattata could be used in any type deck, it could attack for only one energy card, and its Ability, Mischievous Fang could be very effective if able to be used multiple times.  So knowing this about Rattata from this set and looking at this Raticate card, the first thing you'll want to notice is Raticate's extremely low HP, which in my opinion, really makes this card unusable.  Considering this low HP, and the fact that you're going to need some luck to do more than 10 damage with this card, means you'll either pass on this line entirely, or use it with the Raticate BREAK card from BREAKpoint which is very good, and can do a lot of damage.  So with this Raticate card, you're going to want to use Crunch first to discard a special energy attached to the defending Pokemon, then Shadowy Bite second to do at least 60 damage.  If your opponent isn't using special energy cards in their deck, or aren't using any on their active Pokemon, this Raticate card is worthless.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the XY Evolutions set.  This card does have some potential when facing a deck full of special energy cards, but outside of that, with such a low HP and moves based on too specific of situations, this card is one that won't be found in many decks.  Individually I gave both Rattata and Raticate 2 out of 5 ratings, the same rating I'm going to give to both cards combined, overall, both Pokemon have way too low of HP to be used very often.

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Rattata -- Evolutions Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Rattata from the XY Evolutions Pokemon Card Set.  Rattata is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with a HP of 40.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Rattata's Ability is called Mischievous Fang and says that when you play Rattata from your hand to your bench, you may discard all Pokemon Tool cards attached to your opponent's Active Pokemon.  Besides the Ability, Rattata just has one move called Bite which does 10 damage for one colorless energy card.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Rattata is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Raticate, 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, you'll want to pass on using this card in the active Pokemon spot since it only has 40 HP and can only do 10 damage per turn, but this card may still have some use if you can repeatedly move it from your hand to your bench, utilizing its Ability multiple times and removing Pokemon Tool cards from your opponent's Active Pokemon.  So if you think you'll be seeing a lot of decks with Pokemon Tool cards in them, definitely try and fit one of these into your deck, otherwise, I would either wait to see how good Raticate from this set is tomorrow, or just pass on this card altogether.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Raticate, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the XY Evolutions set.  Like I mentioned in depth above, the Ability on this card is solid, especially if you're able to reuse it.  I do like the one move that Rattata has, since it can be used for one energy card, but the combination of a low HP and only one move, make this card an easy one to pass on.

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