Bronzong -- Fates Collide Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Bronzong from the Fates Collide Pokemon Card Set.  Bronzong is a stage 1, metal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Bronzong's Ability is called Metal Fortress and says that all effects of your opponent's attacks, including damage, done to your Benched Pokemon are prevented.  Besides the Ability, Bronzong has one move called Guard Press, for three energy cards, two colorless and one metal, this move does 60 damage, plus it reduces any damage done to Bronzong during its next turn by 20.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Bronzong is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Bronzor into play (I reviewed Bronzor from this set yesterday) and then evolve Bronzor into Bronzong.  There is a Bronzong BREAK card in this set and I'll be reviewing it tomorrow.  If you read yesterday's review of Bronzor, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card, it did have a solid HP and two moves, but it required two energy cards to do damage and to retreat, and the move it had for one energy card was coin flip based.  So knowing this about Bronzor and looking at this Bronzong card, you'll want to at least have this card on your bench at all times to utilize its Ability and not let your opponent spread damage around by attacking your bench, so just on Bronzong's Ability alone, this is a must play for metal type decks and almost any type deck out there.  Put a 1-1 line of these two Pokemon in your deck.  So besides keeping this card on the bench most of the game, if you have to, Guard Press isn't a terrible move and only needs one metal energy card and then two of any type energy to attack, 60 damage for three energy cards is average damage overall.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Fates Collide set.  Even if this card didn't have a move, I would still give it a 4 rating, that is how good I think this card's Ability is.  It can definitely ruin your opponent's strategy if they have a spread attack type deck.  Together with Bronzor from this set, I would give a 4 out of 5 rating, like I said above, if you're building a metal type deck, this card is a must.

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Bronzong -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Bronzong from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  Bronzong is a stage 1, metal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Bronzong does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Pain Amplifier, for two colorless energy cards this move puts 3 damage counters on any of your opponent's Pokemon that have damage counters on them already.  Bronzong's second move is called Knock Away and for three energy cards, two colorless and one metal, this move does 70 damage plus 20 more damage if you get a heads when flipping a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Bronzong is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Bronzor into play (I reviewed Bronzor from this set yesterday) and then evolve Bronzor into Bronzong.  If you read yesterday's review of Bronzor, you'll know that I thought that card was a below average Basic Pokemon card,  It did have a good HP and the potential to do major damage for only two energy cards, but for the most part the card was slow on the attack and could do minimal damage, the only time it could do more than minimal damage was when the opponent only had one prize card left, meaning you were just about to lose the game.  So knowing this about Bronzor and looking at this Bronzong card, I would definitely use this line in a spread attack type deck, keeping the entire line on the bench until you've used a card in the active Pokemon spot that does at least 10 damage to all of your opponent's benched Pokemon.  That way, when you put Bronzong into the active Pokemon spot you can use Pain Amplifier and do massive damage to all of your opponent's Pokemon.  And, if you have to put this card into the active Pokemon spot without any damage on your opponent's Pokemon, Knock Away is still an above average move, it just requires metal type energy as opposed to all colorless with the first move on this card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is one of the better Stage 1 Pokemon cards in the BREAKthrough set and one that should be used in almost all spread attack decks out there.  Being able to do 30 damage to each of your opponent's Pokemon that has damage on them amounts to up to 180 damage per turn and can knock multiple Pokemon out very quickly.  So there is nothing to dislike about this card, it has a high HP, and two great moves.  Combined with Bronzor from this set, I am giving this line a 4 out of 5 rating.

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Bronzong -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Bronzong from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Bronzong is a stage 1, metal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Bronzong's Ability is called Metal Links and allows you once per turn to move a metal energy card from your discard pile to one of your benched Pokemon.  Besides the Ability, Bronzong just has one move called Hammer In, this move requires three energy cards to use, two metal and one colorless, and does 60 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Bronzong is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Bronzor into play (I reviewed Bronzor from this set yesterday) and then evolve Bronzor into Bronzong.  If you read yesterday's review of Bronzor, you'll know that I thought that card was a below average Basic Pokemon card, mainly because it was severely limited in what it could do only having one move that did 10 damage and a low HP.  So knowing this about Bronzor and looking at this Bronzong card, the only way I would use this card in a deck is if one I was building a metal type deck, and two, I needed a quick way to get energy cards on my benched Pokemon.  If these two cases are true, I would include a 1-1 line of Bronzor and Bronzong in a deck and keep Bronzong on the bench the whole time, utilizing its Ability whenever you can move an energy card from your discard pile to one of your benched Pokemon.  The one move that Bronzong does have is average, so the card could be used in the active Pokemon spot if needed, but I would prefer to utilize this card only for its Ability.

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 Phantom Forces set.  Besides having a very good Ability to use in a metal type deck, this card is average overall, it has an average HP, and an average move, but a fairly high retreat cost and the one move that this card does have is slow to set up.  Together with Bronzor from this set, which I gave a 2 rating, I would give both of these Pokemon a 2 rating, just because they won't be that great unless you're using a majority of metal type Pokemon in your deck.

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