Showing posts with label Dialga EX Full Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dialga EX Full Art. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Dialga EX -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Dialga EX Phantom Forces Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dialga EX and Dialga EX Full Art secret rare from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Dialga EX is a basic, EX, metal type Pokemon card with an hp of 180. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Dialga does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Chrono Wind, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one metal, and does 60 damage, plus if the defending Pokemon is an EX, it can't attack during their next turn.  Dialga's second move is called Full Metal Impact and this move requires four energy cards to use, two each of metal and colorless, and does 150 damage per turn, however after using the move you must discard two metal energy cards attached to Dialga.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Dialga EX is a basic Pokemon card you won't need to use any other cards with this card.  But remember, because this card is an EX card, if this card is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  So knowing this about Dialga EX, I would mainly want to obtain this card, especially the secret rare version to keep in my collection, because ultimately this EX card just isn't that good.  I wouldn't recommend using the card in your deck, but I suppose you could include one in a metal type deck and get at least three energy cards on it on the bench, that way, it may prevent your opponent from wanting to use an EX since you can prevent it from attacking by using Chrono Wind.  You could also try and put 4 or 6 energy cards on Dialga so you could use Full Metal Impact multiple turns and potentially one hit knock out two Pokemon in a row.  If you could figure out a way to quickly reattach the cards you have to discard with this move to Dialga, this card would be much better and make an awesome deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, besides being a really cool looking Full Art card, I wouldn't recommend using this card in a deck and consider it a below average EX Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set.  Besides having a high HP and being able to do 150 damage per turn, this card is slow on the attack and can only do average damage every turn without having to discard any energy cards.  So if you're building a metal type deck, this card is worth a look, but I wouldn't consider it very long.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Dialga EX from the Phantom Forces set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Heatran, which is from this same set. Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Dialga EX Full Art -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Dialga EX Full Art Plasma Blast Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dialga EX Full Art from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Dialga is a basic, EX, dragon type Pokemon card with an hp of 180. It has a x2 weakness to dragon type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Dialga EX does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves.  The first move this card has is called Reverse Edge, this move requires three energy cards, one each of metal, psychic, and colorless, and does 50 damage, plus if you get a heads when you flip a coin, you can move a card from your discard pile into your hand.  Dialga's second move is called Fast Forward, this move requires four colorless energy cards and does 90 damage plus for each Plasma Energy card attached to this Pokemon you may remove a card from the top of your opponent's deck.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Dialga EX is a basic Pokemon card you won't need to use any other cards with this card.  But remember, because this card is an EX card, if this card is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  Another thing to note about this card is that even though it is a dragon type card it requires psychic and metal type energy cards to attack if you want to use Reverse Edge, otherwise Dialga can use any type of energy cards.  If you do use this card in your deck, you'll want to set this card up on your bench to get plenty of energy cards on it before moving it into the active Pokemon to attack.  If you use this card, I wouldn't use more than one in a deck, but it would be a deck that is heavy in Team Plasma Pokemon so you're going to have Team Plasma energy cards to use on those Pokemon and this Dialga EX Full Art card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average EX Pokemon card from the Plasma Blast set.  I like that this card has a high hp, low retreat costs, and two moves that both do additional things besides damage.  Unfortunately neither of the moves on this card are that great so that is why I'm giving it just an average rating.  So if you're building a Team Plasma type deck, this is definitely an EX card to consider, otherwise it really isn't that great.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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