Pokemon Card of the Day: Scizor (Majestic Dawn)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Scizor from the Majestic Dawn set, this is a stage 1, metal type Pokemon card with an hp of 90. It has a +30 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon and a one 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 Special Blow and for one metal energy card Scizor does 30 damage to the defending Pokemon unless the defending Pokemon has any special energy cards attached to it then it does 80 damage instead of 30. Scizor's second move is called X-Scissor and for 3 energy cards, 1 metal and 2 colorless, it does 50 damage plus forty more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin. So as far as strategy goes there is no reason to keep this card on your bench when you have it since it doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body it is a strong attacker so you should have it in your active Pokemon spot, I would use X-Scissor every move unless the defending Pokemon has any special energy cards to it. I foresee Special Blow mainly frightening your opponent since if they do have any special energy cards in their hand or they need to use them for any Pokemon they might not do that so they don't get knocked out really fast, so Special Blow can definitely ruin a person's strategy if they depend on special energy cards. I would give this card a 4 out of 5 because this card has the capability of doing large amounts of damage and it can alter your opponent's strategy but at the same time if your opponent doesn't use special energy cards or you aren't very lucky and never flip heads this card won't be too great, but it does have a low retreat cost so if you do get in trouble you can retreat it. So thanks for reading today's review of Scizor from the Majestic Dawn set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Torterra from the same set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Plusle (Majestic Dawn)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Plusle from the Majestic Dawn set, this is a basic, electric type Pokemon card with an hp of 60. It has a +10 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a one 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 Call for Family and takes one energy card and lets you search your deck for a basic Pokemon and then putting it onto your bench. Plusle's second move is called Boost and for two energy cards, one each of electric and colorless does 20 damage unless you have Minun on your bench then it does 40 damage instead of 20. So as far as strategy goes I would definitely recommend using this card with Minun since the Minun card which I reviewed a few days ago has a move that allows you to do 20 damage to one of your opponent's benched Pokemon if Plusle is on your bench. So by including Minun in this deck you can then use Call for Family when you move Plusle into the active Pokemon spot and search your deck for Minun and then the next turn you can do 40 damage for two energy cards which is really good for a basic Pokemon. I would rate this card a 4 out of 5 because Plusle's first move can prevent you from losing the game by not having any basic Pokemon on your bench and then its second move can do 40 damage which is really good for a Pokemon with only 60 hp the only thing is you need Minun but these two cards work very well together and there is no reason why you would have one of these cards and not the other in a deck. So thanks for reading today's review of Plusle from the Majestic Dawn set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Scizor from the same set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Phione (Majestic Dawn)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Phione from the Majestic Dawn set. This is a basic, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 70. It has a +10 weakness to electric type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one 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 Charm which takes one colorless energy card and says that during your opponent's next turn any damage done by attacks from the defending Pokemon is reduced by 20. Phione's second move is called Whirlpool and requires two water energy cards and does 30 damage, plus you may flip a coin and if you get heads you can discard any energy card attached to the defending Pokemon. As far as strategy goes this card is a pretty decent card to be a starting Pokemon in your deck, I like how for one energy card it can reduce the opponent's attack by twenty, so if you're facing a basic Pokemon they might not be able to attack at all if you use this move. And with Phione's second move, two uses of this in a row will knock out most basic Pokemon and even if it doesn't they might not be able to attack a turn because you can discard an energy card from it, this move is especially useful if you are facing a basic Pokemon that your opponent wants to evolve into a stage 2 card since it will take even longer for them to actually use the moves on the stage 2 card if Phione can remove one energy card per turn, if it gets heads. I would rate this card a 3 out of 5 because in my opinion I think this card is a little worse than the holographic version of Phione from this same set, but it is a good Pokemon to use for a starter in your deck since it has a high hp and can prevent attacks or reduce them from your opponent's Pokemon and you can then set up your benched Pokemon while you're stalling with Phione. So thanks for reading today's review of Phione from the Majestic Dawn set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Plusle from the same set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Omastar (Majestic Dawn)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Omastar from the Majestic Dawn set, this is a stage 2, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 110. It has a +30 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Its Poke-Power is called Primal Swirl and says that when you place Omastar from your hand to your active Pokemon spot or bench you may remove all of your opponent's benched Pokemon's highest evolution cards and place them back in their hand. Omastar's only move is called Send Back and for two energy cards, one each of water and colorless, and does 40 damage plus the defending Pokemon has to be switched with one of their benched Pokemon. As far as strategy goes I would recommend using this card in a spread damage type deck, this way you could move Omastar into play and then use its Poke-Power and remove all the highest evolution cards of each benched Pokemon and if all these Pokemon already have some damage on it from your spread damage type Pokemon in your deck you should be able to knock out a couple of Pokemon with this Poke-Power. As far as Omastar's move is concerned I don't think it is anything special since it is a move where your opponent gets to choose which Pokemon they want to put into their active Pokemon spot so it might actually work out for them to switch their Pokemon. But overall I would give this card a 3 out of 5 because I don't like its move but I do like its Poke-Power, also it has a low retreat cost for a stage 2 Pokemon but it also has low hp so the good and bad balance out thus making this card a 3 out of 5. So thanks for reading today's review of Omastar from the Majestic Dawn set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Phione the non-holo rare version which is also from Majestic Dawn.