Magneton #45/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magneton from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two Magneton cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Magneton is a stage 1, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless retreat cost.  Magneton does not have an Ability and this version of Magneton only has one move.  The only move it has is called Knock Away, this move requires two energy cards, one each of colorless and lightning, and does 20 damage.  If you get a heads when you flip a coin while using this move, this move does 40 damage instead of 20.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Magneton is a stage 1 Pokemon card with a stage 2 evolution in Magnezone, which I'll be reviewing the next two days because there are two Magnezone cards from this set, you'll more than likely want to use Magneton with its evolution. However since I haven't reviewed its evolution cards from this set yet I'll just review this card as though it is the final evolution in the Pokemon line. So if you just use Magnemite and this Magneton card in a deck you'll first have to get Magnemite into play (I reviewed the two Magnemite cards from this set the past two days) and then evolve Magnemite into Magneton.  I would actually prefer yesterday's Magneton card over this one because it has two moves and can do more damage consistently than this card can.  But nevertheless, if you want to use this card in your deck, I would include a 1-1 line of Magnemite and Magneton in a lightning type deck, if you use this card I would suggest using the first Magnemite card in this deck because it can confuse the defending Pokemon.  Once you get Magneton into the active Pokemon spot your only choice will be to use Knock Away every turn and hope to get some heads so you can do 40 damage every turn.

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.  Compared to yesterday's Magneton card this card is definitely worse that is why I'm giving this card a lower rating.  This card has low hp, and only one decent move, overall compared to other stage 1 Pokemon cards it may be average to slightly below average but because I am comparing this card to the other Magneton card from the set I'm giving this card a 2.  If you use this Magneton with a Magnemite card from this set I would give it a 2 out of 5 rating.

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Magneton #44/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magneton from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two Magneton cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Magneton is a stage 1, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless retreat cost.  Magneton does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move it has is called Metal Sound, this move requires one colorless energy card and confuses the defending Pokemon.  Magneton's second move is called Electro Ball and for two energy cards, one each of colorless and lightning, this move does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Magneton is a stage 1 Pokemon card with a stage 2 evolution in Magnezone, which I'll be reviewing in a couple of days, you'll more than likely want to use Magneton with its evolution. However since I haven't reviewed its evolution cards from this set yet I'll just review this card as though it is the final evolution in the Pokemon line. So if you just use Magnemite and Magneton in a deck you'll first have to get Magnemite into play (I reviewed the two Magnemite cards from this set the past two days) and then evolve Magnemite into Magneton.  Because there are two Magneton cards in this set you'll have to read tomorrow's review to see which Magneton card from this set I like best.  So if you want to use this card in a lightning type deck, I would pair it with the Magnemite card that does 10 damage for one energy card, I would do this because this Magneton card can confuse the defending Pokemon so there is no need to try and confuse it with Magnemite.  I would try and get this card in the active Pokemon spot early in the game because both of its moves are quick and this card has a below average hp so it won't last that long later in games.  Depending on the Pokemon I'm facing would determine which move I would use, if I'm facing a Pokemon with 60 hp or less I would use Electro Ball two turns in a row, otherwise I would use Metal Sound once then Electro Ball after that.  This Pokemon line isn't that powerful so you can't build a deck around this line but these Pokemon are good role player type cards, so I would include 1 each of Magnemite and Magneton in a lightning type deck.

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.  Even though this card has below average hp I think that it is still an average card because it has a low retreat cost, and two fairly decent moves.  Overall, I would rate Magnemite and this Magneton card a 3 out of 5, this Pokemon family is pretty average, we'll have to see if my rating will improve when I review Magnezone in a couple of days.

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Magnemite #43/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magnemite from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two consecutive reviews I'll be doing of Magnemite from this set.  Magnemite is a basic, lightning 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.  Magnemite does not have an Ability and this version of Magnemite only has one move.  Its only move is called Electro Ball, this move requires one electric energy card and does 10 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Magnemite is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Magneton and a stage 2 evolution in Magnezone, which I'll be reviewing the next few days, you'll more than likely want to use this card with those 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, Magnemite would make a very decent basic Pokemon card.  You would want to use this card in a lightning type deck and have this be one of your starter Pokemon, I would not include more than 1 of these in a deck.  This card in my opinion is a little better starter card than yesterday's Magnemite card because it can do damage for only one energy card whereas yesteray's card required two energy cards to actually do damage.  But since this card only has the one move and we're using it on its own, I would only use 1 of these in a deck so that if you get it in your hand late in the game hopefully you don't have to put it in play.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average basic Pokemon card.  This card is slightly better than yesterday's Magnemite card that is why I'm giving it a 3 instead of a 2 rating.  I like how this card is a bit quicker to do damage, but that is about it, other than the one move this card can't do anything else.  So far, I'm not very excited about either of the Magnemite cards from this set.

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Magnemite #42/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magnemite from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive reviews I'll be doing of Magnemite from this set.  Magnemite is a basic, lightning 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.  Magnemite does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move it has is called Metal Sound, this move requires one colorless energy card and confuses the defending Pokemon if you get a heads when you flip a coin.  Magnemite's second move is called Electro Ball, this move requires two energy cards, one each of colorless and lightning, and does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Magnemite is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Magneton, and a stage 2 evolution in Magnezone, which I'll be reviewing the next few days, you'll more than likely want to use this card with those Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet and I haven't even reviewed the second Magnemite card in this set, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, Magnemite would make a very decent basic Pokemon card.  You would want to use this card in a lightning type deck and have this be one of your starter Pokemon, I would not include more than 1 of these in a deck.  Depending on the amount of energy you have attached to Magnemite will determine which move you will use.  I would recommend using Electro Ball every turn except if you're facing a Pokemon with a high hp that will knock you out before you can knock it out, if this is the case you should try and confuse that Pokemon with Metal Sound so it may end up attacking itself instead of Magnemite.  Overall, this is a below average basic Pokemon card that I probably wouldn't use in a deck on its own, but if you choose to, definitely don't use more than 1.

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.  Even though this card has an average hp, low retreat cost, and two moves, I'm giving this card a below average rating because neither of its moves are spectacular and Metal Sound may not do anything at all.  If Metal Sound did confuse the defending Pokemon every turn guaranteed this card would get a much higher rating.

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