Zapdos ex – EX FireRed and LeafGreen Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zapdos ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. This is the third and final of the three legendary birds from this set and the last ex card from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. Zapdos is a basic, electric type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110. It has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, no resistance type and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Zados's Poke-Power is the same as both Moltres's and Articuno's and is called Legendary Ascent and says that when you place Zapdos ex from your hand to your bench you may switch it with your active Pokemon for free and move any electric energy cards attached to your active Pokemon to Zapdos. Besides the Poke-Power, Zapdos has one move called Electron Crush which takes three energy cards, two electric and one colorless, and does 50 damage plus 20 more damage if you choose to discard an energy card from Zapdos.

PrimetimePokemon's Take:
For the third time, I really like the artwork of this card and how the ex pattern is reflected over the entirety of the card. I also like the dark look Zapdos has in the picture of the card. This card is very similar to the other two legendary bird ex cards I have reviewed. After reviewing all three, I have come to the conclusion that all three of the ex cards would have been great in battle and I would have included them in any deck I made with their respected types. I do have this ex card in my collection and I am very happy to have all three legendary birds from this set in my collection.

Pokemon Card Price:
This card sells on eBay for around $8, on Professor-Oak it sells for $15.30 and $44.99 on PokeOrder.

Other ex Pokemon Cards in this set:
The other ex cards from this set are: Blastoise, Charizard, Clefable, Electrode, Gengar, Gyarados, Mr. Mime x2, Venusaur, Articuno, and Moltres.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Zapdos ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Rocket's Articuno ex from the EX Team Rocket Returns set. And be prepared for some extremely cool looking cards in this set!

Moltres ex – EX FireRed and LeafGreen Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Moltres ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. This is a basic, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110. It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Moltres's Poke-Power is called Legendary Ascent and says that when you place Moltres ex from your hand to your bench you may switch it with your active Pokemon for free and move any fire energy cards attached to your active Pokemon to Moltres. Besides the Poke-Power, Moltres has one move called Crushing Flames which does 60 damage for three energy cards, one colorless and two fire. Besides doing the damage, like yesterday, you may choose to discard an energy card attached to Moltres, if you do, your opponent's active Pokemon is confused.

PrimetimePokemon's Take:
Once again I really like the artwork of this card and how the ex pattern is reflected over the entirety of the card. This card is quite similar to Articuno ex from yesterday so if I were to battle with these cards I would build a dual type deck, water and fire and use both of these cards in the deck. This card is great to come into the game when a Pokemon has been stocked up with energy cards and is about the feint, you can then put Moltres into play and switch that dying Pokemon out of the active Pokemon spot and quickly attach energy cards to Moltres. I have this card in my collection.

Pokemon Card Price:
This card sells on eBay for around $6, on Professor-Oak it sells for $10.80 and $44.99 on PokeOrder.

Other ex Pokemon Cards in this set:
The other ex cards from this set are: Blastoise, Charizard, Clefable, Electrode, Gengar, Gyarados, Mr. Mime x2, Venusaur, Articuno, and Zapdos.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Moltres ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Zapdos ex from the same set.

Articuno ex – EX FireRed and LeafGreen Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Articuno ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. This is a basic, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110. It has a x2 weakness to metal type Pokemon, no resistance type and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Articuno's Poke-Power is called Legendary Ascent and says that when you place Articuno ex from your hand to your bench you may switch it with your active Pokemon for free and move any water energy cards attached to your active Pokemon to Articuno. Besides the Poke-Power, Articuno has one move called Cold Crush which does 50 damage for three energy cards, one colorless and two water. Besides doing the damage, you can choose to discard an energy card from Articuno, if you choose to do this, your opponent must discard an energy card attached to their active Pokemon as well.

PrimetimePokemon's Take:
I really like the artwork of all three legendary birds I will be reviewing in the next few days, they have similar artwork to the Regi's from EX Hidden Legends. Ryo Ueda did a great job on the artwork and I always liked having this card in my EX collection because it looked so cool. Strategy-wise, this card is extremely straight-forward since it only has one move, however I wouldn't put in on the bench until your active Pokemon is about to get knocked out, that way you can put Articuno into play and move it into the active Pokemon spot immediately, thus preventing one of your Pokemon from feinting.

Pokemon Card Price:
This card sells on eBay for around $8, on Professor-Oak it sells for $11.40 and $37.49 on PokeOrder.

Other ex Pokemon Cards in this set:
The other ex cards from this set are: Blastoise, Charizard, Clefable, Electrode, Gengar, Gyarados, Mr. Mime x2, Venusaur, Moltres, and Zapdos.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Articuno ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Moltres ex from the same set.

Venusaur ex -- EX FireRed and LeafGreen Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Venusaur ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. This is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 150. It has a x2 weakness to both fire and psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. Venusaur's Poke-Power called Energy Trans says that as often as you like during your turn you may move a grass energy card attached from one of your Pokemon to another. Besides the Poke-Power, Venusaur has two moves, the first move is called Pollen Hazard which does 20 damage for three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, and makes the defending Pokemon poisoned, burned, and confused. Venusaur's second move is called Solarbeam which takes five energy cards, three grass and two colorless, and does 90 damage.

PrimetimePokemon's Take:
You don't often see Pokemon cards that can not only do damage with a move but also inflict three special conditions with that same move. So if you could somehow play this card I would recommend using Pollen Hazard first and then Solarbeam the next turn. I really like the artwork on this card, I like how it makes Venusaur look monstrous, which it is, and I also like how it looks like Venusaur is gathering sunlight for its Solarbeam move. I do have this card in my collection and I know I pulled it out of a pack when I was opening EX FireRed and LeafGreen packs when they first came out.

Pokemon Card Price:
This card sells on eBay for around $20, on Professor-Oak it sells for $32.41 and $52.49 on PokeOrder.

Other ex Pokemon Cards in this set:
The other ex cards from this set are: Blastoise, Charizard, Clefable, Electrode, Gengar, Gyarados, Mr. Mime x2, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Venusaur ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Articuno ex from the same set.

Mr. Mime EX #111/112 -- EX FireRed and LeafGreen Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Mr. Mime ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. This is the second of two Mr. Mime ex card reviews from this set. This is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80. Like the card from yesterday, this card has no weakness or resistance, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Mr. Mime's Poke-Body is called Magic Evens and does the same thing as the Poke-Body from yesterday's card but this one prevents all damage done to Mr. Mime with even increments. Like yesterday, Mr. Mime's only move is called Breakdown which again takes two energy cards, one each of psychic and colorless, and allows you to put the number of damage counters on your opponent's active Pokemon equal to the amount of cards in your opponent's hand.

PrimetimePokemon's Take:
Like yesterday, this card would have been a staple of any psychic type deck I would have made in the ex era. I would combine this Mr. Mime ex with the Mr. Mime ex from yesterday and then rotate these cards back and forth from bench to active Pokemon spot depending on how much damage the defending Pokemon could do. I like the artwork on this card better than yesterday's card. The main reason is Mr. Mime doesn't look so weird and I like the red color better than the green color from yesterday. I do have this card in my collection.

Pokemon Card Price:
This card sells on eBay for around $4, on Professor-Oak it sells for $9 and $29.99 on PokeOrder.

Other ex Pokemon Cards in this set:
The other ex cards from this set are: Blastoise, Charizard, Clefable, Electrode, Gengar, Gyarados, Mr. Mime, Venusaur, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Mr. Mime ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Venusaur ex from the same set.

Mr. Mime EX #110/112 -- EX FireRed and LeafGreen Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Mr. Mime ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. This is the first of two consecutive Mr. Mime card reviews from this set. This is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 80. It has no weakness or resistance, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Mr. Mime's Poke-Body is called Magic Odds and says that if any odd amount of damage is done to Mr. Mime that damage is prevented from Mr. Mime. Mr. Mime's only move is called Breakdown which takes two energy cards, one each of psychic and colorless and lets you put damage counters on the defending Pokemon equal to the amount of cards in your opponent's hand.

PrimetimePokemon's Take:
This ex card would have been a staple of any psychic type deck I would have made back in the ex era. I love how this card can't take any damage that is odd, which gives you at least a 50 percent chance of not being attacked every turn. I also like Mr. Mime's move called Breakdown because not only does it make your opponent play cards faster than they want but it damages your opponent's Pokemon the more cards they have in their hand and Mr. Mime can attack every turn and have the possibility of doing major damage. The artwork on this card is fitting for Mr. Mime, the card looks like a psychic Pokemon card and something that is mysterious. I personally don't like the artwork though, Mr. Mime just looks too strange for me. I have this ex card in my collection.

Pokemon Card Price:
This card sells on eBay for around $4, on Professor-Oak it sells for $9 and $14.99 on PokeOrder.

Other ex Pokemon Cards in this set:
The other ex cards from this set are: Blastoise, Charizard, Clefable, Electrode, Gengar, Gyarados, Mr. Mime, Venusaur, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Mr. Mime ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of the second Mr. Mime ex from the same set.

Gyarados ex -- EX FireRed and LeafGreen Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gyarados ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. This is a stage 1, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130. It has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. Gyarados doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Twister which does 40 damage for two energy cards, one each of water and colorless, and besides doing the damage, you may flip two coins, for each heads you may remove one energy card from the defending Pokemon, however if you flip two coins this move does nothing. Gyarados's second move is called Dragon Rage which does 100 damage for five energy cards, two water and three colorless.

PrimetimePokemon's Take:
This card definitely reminds me of Blastoise ex from this set, both are water type cards and both look really cool with the dark blue colors on the card. Other than the artwork being great, this card isn't too great attack-wise, it can do 100 damage but you'll have to wait awhile and it has a little less hp than other Pokemon with attacks this high because Gyarados is a stage 1 Pokemon not stage 2. I actually don't think I have this ex card in my collection.

Pokemon Card Price:
This card sells on eBay for around $10, on Professor-Oak it sells for $25.00 and $44.99 on PokeOrder.

Other ex Pokemon Cards in this set:
The other ex cards from this set are: Blastoise, Charizard, Clefable, Electrode, Gengar, Mr. Mime x2, Venusaur, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Gyarados ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of the first of two Mr. Mime ex cards from the same set.

Gengar ex -- EX FireRed and LeafGreen Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gengar ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. This is a stage 2, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 150. It has a x2 weakness to both psychic and dark types, a -30 resistance to fighting and colorless types, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Gengar doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Poltergeist and for two energy cards, one each of psychic and colorless, it does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each trainer card your opponent has in their hand. Gengar's second move is called Prize Count and for three energy cards, two psychic and one colorless, it does 60 damage plus 40 more damage if you have more prize cards left than your opponent.

PrimetimePokemon's Take:
Even though this card isn't playable in current formats I like how Poltergeist gives you a peak at your opponent's hand so you can know their strategy pretty early on and not only will you know your strategy but if you start losing, Gengar can do 100 damage every turn until you are tied or winning. Similar to other ex cards from this site, I like the background of this card but I don't like the actual artwork of Gengar, it looks too strange to me, its eyes are too big. I have this card in my collection.

Pokemon Card Price:
This card sells on eBay for around $11, on Professor-Oak it sells for $20.84 and $44.99 on PokeOrder.

Other ex Pokemon Cards in this set:
The other ex cards from this set are: Blastoise, Charizard, Clefable, Electrode, Gyarados, Mr. Mime x2, Venusaur, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Gengar ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Gyarados ex from the same set.

Electrode ex -- EX FireRed and LeafGreen Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Electrode ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. This is a stage 1, electric type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Electrode's Poke-Power is called Extra Energy Bomb which says that you can choose once during your turn do discard Electrode and all cards attached to it (basically knocking out Electrode, thus your opponent is able to take a prize card), once Electrode is discarded you may search the discard pile for five energy cards and attach them to any of your Pokemon in any way you like. Besides the Poke-Power, Electrode has one move called Crush and Burn which takes two energy cards, one each of electric and colorless, and does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each energy card you choose to discard from any of your Pokemon in play.

PrimetimePokemon's Take:
The EX FireRed and LeafGreen set had to have some of the best ex cards for competitive play, Electrode ex would have been very useful in play because of its Poke-Power and its ability to quickly set up a Pokemon that needs a lot of energy cards to attack. So if you're able to use this card, you'll want to use Crush and Burn as long as possible and then either retreat Electrode or choose to knock it out and attach 5 energy cards from your discard pile to one or many of your Pokemon. The artwork on this card is good and bad in my opinion, I don't look the look on Electrode's face, it looks too shifty, I do like the lightning bolts in the background though. I believe I pulled this card out of a pack a long time ago.

Pokemon Card Price:
This card sells on eBay for around $5, on Professor-Oak it sells for $9.00 and $22.49 on PokeOrder.

Other ex Pokemon Cards in this set:
The other ex cards from this set are: Blastoise, Charizard, Clefable, Gengar, Gyarados, Mr. Mime x2, Venusaur, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Electrode ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Gengar ex from the same set.

Clefable ex -- EX FireRed and LeafGreen Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Clefable ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. This is a stage 1, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 100. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Clefable doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Metronome and for two colorless energy cards Clefable copies one of your opponent's active Pokemon's moves and does that attack. Clefable's second move is called Moon Impact and for two colorless energy cards it does 40 damage.

PrimetimePokemon's Take:
This would be an absolutely amazing card to take down a card like the Charizard ex card I reviewed yesterday, you could put this card in any deck since it is a colorless card and then put it on your bench, attach two energy cards to it, and if one of your Pokemon gets knocked out or if you choose to retreat one of your Pokemon against Charizard ex, you can put Clefable ex in, use Metronome and do 200 damage and knock out Charizard or any other powerful Pokemon you face in one move. Besides being amazing with Metronome, I really like the artwork of this card, I like how silver and monochromatic this card is, and I especially like the silver swirls in the holographic pattern on the card. I do have this card in my collection.

Pokemon Card Price:
This card sells on eBay for around $6, on Professor-Oak it sells for $12.00 and $22.49 on PokeOrder.

Other ex Pokemon Cards in this set:
The other ex cards from this set are: Blastoise, Charizard, Electrode, Gengar, Gyarados, Mr. Mime x2, Venusaur, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Clefable ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Electrode ex from the same set.

Charizard ex -- EX FireRed and LeafGreen Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Charizard ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. This is a stage 2, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 160. It has a x2 weakness to both water and electric type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Charizard's Poke-Body called Energy Flame says that all energy cards attached to Charizard are fire energy type. Besides the Poke-Body, Charizard has two moves, the first move is called Slash which does 50 damage for three colorless energy cards. The second move is called Burn Down and does 200 damage for 5 fire energy cards, however after using this move you must discard 5 fire energy cards attached to Charizard.

PrimetimePokemon's Take:
This card has the most powerful base damage in the TCG today, the 200 damage that Burn Down does is incredible, however you'll have to wait a long time to be able to use it and once you use it you'll have to wait a long time again to use it. I would recommend putting 10 energy cards on this, if you have the time and extra energy cards in your deck, that way you'd be able to use Burn Down two turns in a row and hopefully win the game after that. The artwork on this card is okay, even though this is one of my favorite cards, I like it more for the fact that Charizard is my favorite Pokemon than because of the artwork. Charizard looks really weird if you look close at the card, Charizard's body looks mutilated. But with that being said this was definitely a powerful ex card and like I said one of my favorite ex cards of all time. I have never pulled this card from a pack but I have two of these in my collection.

Pokemon Card Price:
This card sells on eBay for around $100, on Professor-Oak it sells for $181.94 and $229.99 on PokeOrder.

Other ex Pokemon Cards in this set:
The other ex cards from this set are: Blastoise, Clefable, Electrode, Gengar, Gyarados, Mr. Mime x2, Venusaur, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Charizard ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Clefable ex from the same set.

Blastoise ex -- EX FireRed and LeafGreen Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Blastoise ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set. This is a stage 2, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 150. It has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. Blastoise's Poke-Power is called Energy Rain and says that as often as you like during your turn you may move a water energy card to your hand and put it on one of your Pokemon, if you do this, you have to put 1 damage counter on the Pokemon you attach an energy card to. Besides the Poke-Power, Blastoise ex only has one move called Hyper Whirlpool which takes four energy cards, three water and one colorless, and does 80 damage. Besides doing the damage each heads you get when you flip a coin until you get tails allows you to have your opponent discard an energy card attached to their active Pokemon.

PrimetimePokemon's Take:
I know almost all leagues don't allow ex cards to be played and if they were allowed to be played I probably wouldn't use this card, it only has the one move and it takes too long to set this Pokemon up to actual use it. As a collector this card looks very cool, Blastoise definitely looks like it is a dark Blastoise, the picture done by Kikaru Koike uses very dark blues and silvers to create an amazing looking Blastoise. I think the artwork alone contributes to the fact that this card is a little more expensive price wise than some of the other ex cards I've been reviewing. I do have this card in my collection, I actually really wanted to get a Charizard ex so when these packs first came out I bought as many as I could afford and I pulled a Venusaur and Blastoise ex but never the Charizard. But I was lucky to get those two ex cards because there are a ton of ex cards in this set, some a lot better than others.

Pokemon Card Price:
This card sells on eBay for around $20, on Professor-Oak it sells for $31.90 and $44.99 on PokeOrder.

Other ex Pokemon Cards in this set:
The other ex cards from this set are: Charizard, Clefable, Electrode, Gengar, Gyarados, Mr. Mime x2, Venusaur, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Blastoise ex from the EX FireRed and LeafGreen set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Charizard ex from the same set.