Pokemon Card of the Day: Lanturn (Unleashed)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Lanturn from the Unleashed set, this is a stage 1, electric 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. It doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Confuse Ray and does 20 damage plus confuses the defending Pokemon if you flip a heads for only one electric energy card. Lanturn's second move is called Reflect Energy and this move requires 3 energy cards, 2 colorless and 1 electric, and does 60 damage but after you do the move you have to move one energy card attached to Lanturn to one of your benched Pokemon, which isn't as bad at least as having to discard it. As far as strategy goes I would recommend using a card that allows you to move one energy card from one Pokemon to another that way I could use Reflect Energy every turn and at the same time attach an energy card to another Pokemon in the same turn. I would rate this card a 3 out of 5 because it is a very average Pokemon card overall, it has average hp, one so-so move in Confuse Ray, a high retreat cost, and a good move in Reflect Energy. If Reflect Energy would have discarded a card instead of transferring it I would have rated this card a 2 out of 5 since it is at the bottom of the 3 rated cards. So thanks for reading today's review of Lanturn from the Unleashed set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Lucario from the same set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Crobat (Unleashed)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Crobat from the Unleashed set, this is a stage 2, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110. It has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a free retreat cost. Just like Beedrill from yesterday, it doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it has two moves, the first move is called Supersonic which does 30 damage for one psychic energy card, besides doing the damage it also makes the defending Pokemon confused. Crobat's second move is called Hurricane Wing and this move does 30 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip four coins for 3 energy cards, one psychic, and 2 colorless. As far as strategy goes I would suggest using this card because it has a free retreat cost which is really good especially for a stage 2 Pokemon card. I would try and confuse almost every Pokemon, especially the stronger ones, and then the next move if you haven't retreated it yet, Hurricane Wing can do 120 damage which will knock out a lot of stage 2 Pokemon in one move. I would rate this card a 4 out of 5 just like I reviewed the Beedrill from yesterday since it can inflict special conditions on the Pokemon and it also can do heavy damage but at the same time it can retreat if it gets in trouble for free. So thanks for reading today's review of Crobat from the Unleashed set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Lanturn from the same set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Beedrill (Unleashed)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Beedrill from the Unleashed set, this is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and free retreat cost. Beedrill has no Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Twineedle which requires only one grass energy card and does 50 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins. Beedrill's second move is called Paralyze Poison which takes two energy cards, one each of grass and colorless, and does 20 damage plus it poisons the defending Pokemon and if the coin is heads when you flip it the defending Pokemon is also paralyzed. As far as strategy goes this card can be a real hassle in game, since it has a free retreat cost and it has the potential to do 100 damage really quickly and can inflict two special conditions on you in one turn. I would suggest using Paralyze Poison first especially first to limit the chances of being able to do damage on Beedrill since it only has 110 hp and if I really don't won't to feint I can use Paralyze Poison and poison the defending Pokemon and retreat the next turn for free, but I would be more inclined to try my luck with Twineedle and hope for two heads in a row. I would rate this card 4 out of 5 because it has free retreat costs, and can be a real hassle in play and annoy your opponent like crazy, I would definitely suggest using it in play I would just make sure to be able to evolve your Pokemon into Beedrill as soon as possible. So thanks for reading today's review of Beedrill from the Unleashed set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Crobat from the Unleashed set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Weezing (Heart Gold/Soul Silver)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Weezing from the Heart Gold/Soul Silver set, this is a stage 1, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90. It has a x2 weakness to psychic Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. It doesn't have a Poke-Body or Poke-Power but it does have two moves, the first move is called Super Poison Breath which poisons the defending Pokemon for one psychic energy card. Weezing's second move is called Super Explosion which is basically a self-destruct move since it does 90 damage for two psychic energy cards but it also does 90 hp damage to itself. As far as strategy goes I would suggest only using this card for the poisoning move, I have never seen the point in self-destruct cards especially this one since it only has an hp of 90 which won't even come close to knocking out any stage 2 Pokemon out there. I would rate this card a 1 out of 5, it is just bad overall, for starters requiring 1 energy card just to poison the defending Pokemon seems excessive for me, I could see if it had that move and a free retreat cost then I wouldn't be complaining about the move, but with a retreat cost of two energy cards, it seems like a huge waste to use this card at all, plus it can't really attack at all unless you want to knock the card out and why if even use this card if you just do that. The only time I would use Super Explosion would be if I had only one prize card left and all I needed to do would be to knock out that Pokemon to win the game. So thanks for reading today's review of Weezing from the Heart Gold/Soul Silver set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Beedrill from the Unleashed set.