Porygon -- Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Porygon from the Ancient Origins set.  Porygon is a basic, colorless 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.  Porygon does not have an Ability or an Ancient Trait but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Data Check, for one colorless energy card this move allows you to look through your deck, however you must shuffle it afterwards.  Porygon's second move is called Sharpen and for two colorless energy cards this move does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Porygon is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Porygon2, and a Stage 2 evolution in Porygon-Z and there are two Porygon-Z cards in this set, which I'll be reviewing the next few days, you'll more than likely want to use some of those Pokemon with this card, however, since I have not reviewed any of those cards yet, I will just act like Porygon does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  On its own, this card probably shouldn't be used in decks, mainly because it requires two energy cards as opposed to one to attack the defending Pokemon.  Data Check could be a very helpful move, however, number one, you should always know what cards you have left in your deck and number two, a trainer card is much better for looking through your deck.  If you know that you're going to use Porygon2 and possibly Porygon-Z in your deck, this card wouldn't be too bad to put into the active Pokemon spot because it doesn't require a specific type of energy and it has a solid HP, but looking at this card on its own, results in it not meriting use.

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 from the Ancient Origins set.  There really is nothing wrong with this card and it would have gotten a 3 out of 5 rating if it didn't require 2 energy cards to do damage to the defending Pokemon, other than that this card is pretty solid with an average HP, low retreat cost, and the fact that it has two moves.  So while I wouldn't recommend using this card on its own, it would not be the worst thing in the world if you had to use it on its own.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Porygon from the Ancient Origins Pokemon Card set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Porygon's stage 1 evolution in Porygon2, which is also from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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