Dratini -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dratini from the Sun and Moon set.  Dratini is a Basic, Dragon type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to Fairy type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Dratini does not have an Ability but the card does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Signs of Evolution, for one Grass Energy card this move allows you to search your deck for a Dratini, Dragonair, and Dragonite, and put them into your hand.  Dratini's second move is called Tail Smack, for one Lightning Energy card this move does 10 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Dratini is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Dragonair, and a Stage 2 evolution in Dragonite, which I'll be reviewing the next couple of 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 Dratini does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  On its own, this card isn't one to use in a deck, even though it can do 10 damage for one Lightning Energy card, because its retreat cost is higher than its attack, I would pass on using the card.  Ideally, this card is a great card to play early in the game, that way you can use Signs of Evolution and get the remaining Pokemon for this line into your hand, and evolve the line into Dragonite quite quickly, so this card really only makes sense to play if you're using at least one of Dratini's evolution forms.

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 Sun and Moon set.  Although this card is below average on its own, it is solid overall if using with Dragonair and Dragonite, since it can do damage and get those Pokemon into your hand.  Otherwise, on its own, a card with 1 move that does 10 damage is pretty limited, so there are much better cards out there to use.

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Dratini -- Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dratini from the Roaring Skies set.  Dratini is a basic, dragon type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to fairy type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Dratini does not have an Ancient Trait or an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Hook, for one grass energy card this move does 10 damage.  Dratini's second move is called Slam, for two energy cards, one each of lightning and colorless, this move does 20 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Dratini is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Dragonair, and a Stage 2 evolution in Dragonite, 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 Dratini does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  On its own, the first thing you'll want to note about this card is the fact that even though it is a dragon type card, it requires both lightning and grass type energy cards to attack.  So if you're building a dual type deck or one of those type of energy decks, this card may be worth a look, however, personally I would not use this card on its own, mainly because of its lower HP and the fact the only for sure thing this card can do is 10 damage a turn.

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 Roaring Skies set.  I like the fact that this card has two moves, but that is the extent of the positives on this card, it has too low of an HP and neither move it has is that great, so there are much better Basic Pokemon cards out there that you should be considering.

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Dratini -- Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Dratini from the Plasma Freeze Pokemon Card Set.  Dratini is a basic, dragon type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to dragon type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Dratini does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Shed Skin, this move requires one grass energy card and heals 20 damage from Dratini.  Dratini's second move is called Tail Smack, this move requires two energy cards, one each of lightning and colorless, and does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Dratini is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Dragonair and a stage 2 evolution in Dragonite, 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 before I talk too much strategy, you'll want to note even though Dratini is a dragon type Pokemon card, the TCG does not have any Dragon type energy cards yet, so if you want to use Dratini and potentially its evolutions, you'll want to build a dual type deck that includes both grass and lightning type energy cards because Dragonair and Dragonite require both lightning and grass type energy to attack.  So let's get into the strategy, since this card is a basic Pokemon card and we haven't reviewed its evolutions yet, this card wouldn't be the worst to use in a deck because it does have two moves, both being average and this card can use those moves quickly.  However this card isn't that great so if I were to use this card on its own, I wouldn't use more than 1 in a deck, I would try and get it in the active Pokemon spot to start the game, use Shed Skin to stall my opinion and allow me to set up my own benched Pokemon and then use Tail Smack when your bench is sufficiently set up.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average basic Pokemon card.  Even though this card has below average hp, I still would consider this card average because it has a low retreat cost, and two moves that both do average healing/attacking when used.  So you can't go wrong if you want to use this card in a deck, but there are definitely better cards than this out there to use.

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