Sunday, June 4, 2017

Solgaleo GX -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Solgaleo GX Sun and Moon
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Solgaleo GX from the Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Set.  Solgaleo GX is a Stage 2, Metal type Pokemon card, with a HP of 250.  It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Psychic type Pokemon, and a three Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Solgaleo GX has an Ability plus two moves.  Its Ability is called Ultra Road and says that once per turn, before your attack, you may switch your Active Pokemon with one of your Benched Pokemon.  Besides the Ability, Solgaleo's first move is called Sunsteel Strike, for three Energy cards, two Metal and one Colorless, this move does 230 damage, however, you must discard all Energy attached to Solgaleo GX after using this move.  Sol Burst GX is this card's second move, for one Metal Energy card, this move allows you to search your deck for up to 5 Basic Energy cards and attach them to your Pokemon in any way you'd like.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, first off, the way a Pokemon GX works is that it is used instead of a regular Solgaleo card, so if you have Cosmoem in play, you evolve that Pokemon directly into Solgaleo GX.  In play, only one GX move can be used during the entire game, and once a Pokemon GX is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  Since Solgaleo GX is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Cosmog into play and then evolve it into Cosmoem before you can evolve Cosmoem into Solgaleo GX, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them in the past.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought both cards were well below average, if you plan on using Solgaleo GX in your deck, evolve the entire line on the Bench.  Cosmog can only draw a card, it can't do damage when attacking, and Cosmoem's only move is a free retreat.  Regardless of the type of deck you're building, I would highly recommend trying to fit Solgaleo GX into it.  You don't even have to put Solgaleo GX into the Active Pokemon spot, you can just utilize its Ability from the Bench, giving all of your Pokemon a free retreat cost.  However, if you do get three Energy cards on Solgaleo GX, it can be a very powerful attacker, and if you choose to use its GX move, you can for sure use Sunsteel Strike 2 times in 3 turns, doing 230 damage a turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an excellent Pokemon GX card from the Sun and Moon set.  I really like this card overall, especially its Ability, making a deck that much quicker by giving all Pokemon free retreat costs.  Add in the fact it can do an insane amount of damage when attacking, and I would conclude that this card is one of the best from the Sun and Moon set.  Because you'll never want to put Cosmog or Cosmoem in the Active Pokemon spot, this entire line gets a 4 out of 5 rating from me.

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Saturday, June 3, 2017

Skarmory -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Skarmory Sun and Moon Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Skarmory from the Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Set.  Skarmory is a Basic, Metal type Pokemon card with a HP of 110.  Skarmory has a x2 weakness to Metal type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Fighting type Pokemon, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Skarmory does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Metallic Sound, for two Colorless Energy cards this move allows you to discard all Special Energy from each Pokemon.  Skarmory's second move is called Aerial Ace, for three Energy cards, one Metal and two Colorless, this move does 60 damage plus 30 more damage if you get a heads when flipping a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Skarmory 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 Skarmory.  So knowing this, this card can't be used as a starter type Pokemon since it is too slow on the attack.  Really, the only reason you'd use this card in a deck is for its Metallic Sound move, lots of decks run 4 Double Colorless Energy cards, so using this move may destroy your opponent's strategy and gain you a big advantage.  Aerial Ace is also a solid move that has potential to do major damage, but for a card that has 110 HP, putting three Energy cards on it is risky.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion this is an average Basic Pokemon card from the Sun and Moon set.  Like I mentioned above, this is a card best used later in games, once it is set up on your Bench, it can work as either an attacker or a card that destroys your opponent's strategy.  Overall, although not amazing, it is a solid card and should be considered when deck building.

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Friday, June 2, 2017

Alolan Dugtrio -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Alolan Dugtrio Sun and Moon Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Alolan Dugtrio from the Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Set.  Alolan Dugtrio is a Stage 1, Metal type Pokemon card, with a HP of 100. It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Psychic type Pokemon, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Alolan Dugtrio's Ability is called Tangling Hair, it makes the opponent's Active Pokemon's retreat cost one Colorless Energy card higher.  Besides the Ability, Alolan Dugtrio just has one move called Dig Under, for three Colorless Energy cards, this move does 50 damage to one of your opponent's Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Alolan Dugtrio is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Alolan Diglett into play (I reviewed Alolan Diglett from this set yesterday) and then evolve Alolan Diglett into Alolan Dugtrio.  If you read yesterday's review of Alolan Diglett, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  It had a below average HP, but did have two moves, neither of which was particularly strong, but at least it had some possibilities if need be.  So knowing this about Alolan Diglett and looking at this Alolan Dugtrio card, the only reason I would use this line in a deck would be to use Alolan Dugtrio's Ability from the Bench.  Although one Colorless Energy card may not seem like much for adding to the retreat cost, if a deck is predicated on free retreat cost, this Ability could throw a big wrench into their plans.  Other than Alolan Dugtrio's Ability, although Dig Under does below average damage, you could use a Double Colorless Energy card with it and do 50 damage for two Energy cards plus, if used in a spread attack type deck, it could knock out one of your opponent's Benched Pokemon in one move.

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 Sun and Moon set.  Although this card is a bit under-powered and only has one move, because of how good Alolan Dugtrio's Ability is, and the fact you can use this card from the Bench, I am giving this card an average rating overall.  Combined with Alolan Diglett, I would give these two cards a 2 out of 5 rating, if you can't utilize Alolan Dugtrio's Ability, I would look elsewhere for some Metal type Pokemon to use for your deck.

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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Alolan Diglett -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Alolan Diglett Sun and Moon Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Alolan Diglett from the Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Set.  Alolan Diglett is a Basic, Metal type Pokemon card with a HP of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Psychic type Pokemon, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Alolan Diglett does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Spelunk, for zero Energy cards, this move allows you to look at the top 3 cards of your deck and arrange them in any order.  Alolan Diglett's second move is called Mud-Slap, for one Metal Energy card this move does 10 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Alolan Diglett is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Alolan Dugtrio, 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, unless you can gain a huge advantage by re-arranging the top 3 cards of your deck by using Alolan Diglett's Spelunk move, I would pass on using this card in a deck, the main reason being that it has a below average HP.  Because of how limited this card is, with its low HP, and weak moves, if you plan on using Alolan Dugtrio in a deck, I would evolve it on the Bench.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Alolan Dugtrio, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  I do like the fact that Alolan Diglett has two moves, with one of the moves able to attack without any Energy, but overall, this card is just too weak to use in the Active Pokemon spot without plans of evolving it.  So, if you're building a Metal type deck, I would look elsewhere for Basic Pokemon to use.

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