Electrike -- Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Electrike from the Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Set.  Electrike is a basic, lightning type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Manectric does not have an Ancient Trait or an Ability and it only has one move.  This move is called Bite, for one colorless energy card this move requires one colorless energy card to use and does 10 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Electrike is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Manectric, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own, I would not recommend using this card in a deck, the main reason I say this is this card is just too limited in that it can only do 10 damage maximum.  If you were using this card with Manectric it would work perfectly, but you want a starter type Pokemon like Eletrike to do more than 10 damage a turn, especially if you have to use this card later in the game.  Other than the low damage it does when attacking, everything else on this card is average, so if you're desperately in need of a Pokemon to use in a lightning type deck, there would be much worse ones out there to use than Electrike.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Manectric, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card.  This card is pretty average overall, HP, retreat cost, energy card cost for attacking, however because this card is quite limited in what it can do only having one move and that move being able to do 10 damage, this card is a below average Basic Pokemon card.

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Electrike 60/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Electrike from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two Electrike cards I've reviewed from this set.  Electrike is a basic, lightning type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. This Electrike card does not have an Ability, but it does have an Ancient Trait called Barrier that says any time your opponent plays a trainer card, any effects from that card directed towards Electrike are prevented.  Besides the Ancient Trait, this card just has one move called Thunder Fang, for one lightning energy card this move does 10 damage, plus if you get a heads when you flip a coin, the defending Pokemon is paralyzed.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Electrike is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Manectric, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution, but I will compare both Electrike cards from this set at the end of this section.  So, on its own, this card could be used as a starter type Pokemon in a deck since it only requires one energy card to attack, and not only does it do damage every turn but it potentially prevents your opponent from attacking which will give you more time to set up your benched Pokemon.  But because this card has a lower HP, and is limited in what it can do, I wouldn't highly recommend this card in a deck.  Neither Electrike cards from this set are that great and if you end up using Manectric in a deck, it is really a toss up on which Electrike card to use, yesterday's Electrike card could do more damage and it had a higher HP, but this card can attack quicker and can paralyze the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Electrike, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  Like I said above, this card could definitely be used as a starter type Pokemon in a deck, but it is not strongly recommended.  With a lower HP, and only being able to do 10 damage a turn, there are much better Basic Pokemon cards out there.

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Electrike 59/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Electrike from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two Electrike cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Electrike is a basic, lightning type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. This Electrike card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Charge, for one colorless energy card, this move allows you to search your deck for a lightning type energy card and attach it to Electrike.  Electrike's second move is called Bite, this move requires two energy cards to use, one each of lightning and colorless, and does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Electrike is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Manectric, which I'll be reviewing in two days, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet and I haven't even reviewed the second Electrike card from this set yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution and I do not know which Electrike card is better.  So, on its own, this card could be used as a starter type Pokemon in your deck, you could get it into the active Pokemon spot to start the game, use Charge the first turn, and the second turn for sure be able to use Bite, doing 20 damage a turn.  However, this card really isn't all that great, it just has an average HP, and an average move, so you can definitely do better than this card.  So, if you do decide to use this card in a deck, don't use more than one of them, and who knows, tomorrow's Electrike card may be better than this one.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Electrike, this is a slightly below average Basic Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  This card, just like Chinchou from the other day, is definitely good enough to be in a deck, since nothing is really that poor on this card, it is just limited in what it can do and the only attacking move it has requires two energy cards to use instead of one.

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Electrike #42/124 -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Electrike from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two Electrike cards I'll be reviewing from this set, the other one from this set I reviewed yesterday.  Electrike is a basic, electric type Pokemon card, with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Electrike does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Quick Turn which takes two energy cards, one each of electric and colorless, and 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 Electrike has a stage 1 evolution in Manectric, I would suggest evolving Electrike into Manectric as soon as possible because evolution cards are usually better.  If you are going to use this version of Electrike in your deck, I would definitely suggest keeping it on your bench until you can evolve it into Manectric.  If you have to put this card into the active Pokemon spot you have no choice but to attach two energy cards to it and use Quick Turn every turn.  I would not use this card by itself in a deck, I would always pair it with Manectric.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is definitely the worse of the two Electrike cards from this set.  This card only has one move, yesterday's card had two moves, and even though this card has the potential to do 40 damage, it may end up not being able to do any damage at all every turn, so I would definitely recommend using the other Electrike card in this set over this one.

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Electrike #41/124 -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Electrike from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two Electrike cards I'll be reviewing from this set, the other one from this set I'll be reviewing tomorrow.  Electrike is a basic, electric type Pokemon card, with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Electrike does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Tackle and for one electric energy card this move does 10 damage.  Electrike's second move is called Quick Attack and for two energy cards, one each of electric and colorless, this move does 10 damage plus 20 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Electrike has a stage 1 evolution in Manectric, I would suggest evolving Electrike into Manectric as soon as possible because evolution cards are usually better.  But with this card, I could definitely see it being used on its own in a deck, because it is a good starter Pokemon.  You can put Electrike into the active Pokemon spot immediately and attack as soon as you get one energy card on it.  I would put two energy cards on Electrike and use Quick Attack every turn, just for the possibility of being able to do 30 damage per turn.  Tomorrow I'll be reviewing another Electrike card, so I'll be able to compare it to this one, but if you want to I could see having 1 or 2 Electrike cards in an electric type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a pretty solid basic Pokemon card. It has an average hp, good retreat cost, and two solid moves.  Too bad Quick Attack couldn't always do 30 damage, then this card would be that much better.  But as it is, this is a great starter Pokemon card that could be used to get your deck off to a great start.

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