Showing posts with label Chespin Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chespin Review. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Chespin 9/162 -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Chespin BREAKthrough Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Chespin from the BREAKthrough set.  This is the third and final Chespin card that I'll be reviewing from this set.  Chespin is a basic, grass type Pokemon card with an HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Chespin card does not have an Ability or an Ancient Trait, but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Tree Climb, for one grass energy card this move allows you to search your deck for a grass energy card and put it into your hand.  Chespin's second move is called Seed Bomb, for three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, this move does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Chespin is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Quilladin, and a Stage 2 evolution in Chesnaught, 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 Chespin does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  So, on its own, I cannot recommend using this card in a deck, the main reason being this card can't do any damage to the defending Pokemon unless you have three energy cards on it, which is not a good thing to do on a card that only has 60 HP.  Chespin's Tree Climb move is decent, but I would much rather use an Ability to do this same thing or a trainer card.  Now that I've reviewed all three Chespin cards from this set, I can definitely say they are all underwhelming, all of them have the move Seed Bomb, and all three have 60 HP and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  If you're looking to use Chespin on its own, use yesterday's card that can actually do damage for one energy card, if you know you're going to use Chespin's evolution forms, I would still recommend either using that card, the other two Chespin cards can either heal itself or move a grass energy card to your hand.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the BREAKthrough set.  This card is pretty similar to the other two Chespin cards from this set, nothing too underwhelming, but it still can't do any damage unless you get three energy cards on it, and even then, 30 damage for three energy cards is very poor.  So if you're looking to use Quilladin and Chesnaught in a deck, I would definitely recommend setting the line up on the bench, because none of the Chespin cards are very good.

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

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Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
At what level does Chespin evolve into Quilladin?
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Monday, November 23, 2015

Chespin 8/162 -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Chespin BREAKthrough
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Chespin from the BREAKthrough set.  This is the second of three Chespin cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Chespin is a basic, grass type Pokemon card with an HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Chespin card does not have an Ability or an Ancient Trait, but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Work, for one colorless energy card this move does 10 damage.  Chespin's second move is called Seed Bomb, for three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, this move does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Chespin is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Quilladin, and a Stage 2 evolution in Chesnaught, 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 Chespin does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  Tomorrow, after I have reviewed all three Chespin cards from this set I will be comparing all of them.  So, on its own, this card is better than yesterday's Chespin card if you're looking to use it on its own since it can attack quickly for only one energy card, other than that, this card is pretty identical to yesterday's card.  So basically, if you know you're going to put this card into the active Pokemon spot before evolving it, I would consider using this card, if not and you plan on using Quilladin, use yesterday's card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the BREAKthrough set.  Even though this card is better than yesterday's Chespin card, I am still not a huge fan of the card just because Seed Bomb is pretty useless, since you never want to put three energy cards on something that only has 60 HP, plus I don't like the fact there are three of the same Pokemon in this set.  So like I said above, this card is a decent option if you plan to use it on its own, but will be pretty useless later in games since it can only do 10 damage quickly or 30 damage for three energy cards.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Chespin from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of the third of three Chespin cards, which is also from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

Free Pokemon TCG Online Code Cards:
Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
True or False?  The highest rarity of any Chespin card in the English TCG is a common.
Please comment with your answer and a link to your YouTube channel.  Only one entry per person per day.  Approximately 24 hours after this review has been posted, I will use a random number generator to select a commenter who has commented with the correct answer. 

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Chespin 7/162 -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Chespin BREAKthrough Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Chespin from the BREAKthrough set.  This is the first of three Chespin cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Chespin is a basic, grass type Pokemon card with an HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Chespin card does not have an Ability or an Ancient Trait, but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Nosh, for one colorless energy card this move heals 20 damage from Chespin.  Chespin's second move is called Seed Bomb, for three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, this move does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Chespin is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Quilladin, and a Stage 2 evolution in Chesnaught, 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 Chespin does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  In two days, after I have reviewed all three Chespin cards from this set I will be comparing all of them.  So, on its own, I would not recommend using this card in your deck, the main reason I say this is because it can't attack quickly, and if you aren't going to evolve it, it does not make sense to put three energy cards on it and use Seed Bomb.  So I can't recommend using this card in a deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the BREAKthrough set.  I think this card would be alright to use if using with Quilladin but since it isn't, this card is too slow to attack and just isn't that great, even though it does have two moves and an average HP.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Chespin from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of the second of three Chespin cards, which is also from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
True or False?  Chespin is the only Basic Pokemon to have three cards in the BREAKthrough set?
Please comment with your answer and a link to your YouTube channel.  Only one entry per person per day.  Approximately 24 hours after this review has been posted, I will use a random number generator to select a commenter who has commented with the correct answer. 

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Chespin -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Chespin Pokemon X and Y Card Review
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Chespin from the X and Y Pokemon card set.  Chespin is a basic, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Chespin does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Pin Missile, this move requires one grass energy card and does 10 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip 4 coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Chespin is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Quilladin and a stage 2 evolution in Chesnaught, which I'll be reviewing the next two days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this 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, this card is a risky basic Pokemon card to have in your grass type deck.  Even though this card can do 40 damage, potentially, it may do much less, and this card does require two energy cards to retreat, so you're going to have to attach more energy to Chespin than it requires to attack.  I personally wouldn't use this card in a deck without its evolutions, but I could see using up to 1 of these cards in a deck on its own, if you have 1 open spot that you need to fill.  Of course, any basic Pokemon with a lower hp, 60 or under, that doesn't evolve, you'll want to get it into the active Pokemon spot early and then use Pin Missile every turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average to slightly below average basic Pokemon card from the X and Y set.  This card is very average overall, other than its high retreat cost.  I like the potential of this card being able to do 40 damage for only one energy card, but because this card requires some risk to use, I would not use it and that is why I'm giving this card an average to a little below average rating.

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

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Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
Name the 3 Basic/Starter Pokemon from the 5th Generation of Pokemon.
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