Elgyem -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Elgyem from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  Elgyem is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Elgyem does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Psych Up that does 10 damage for one psychic energy card, however during Elgyem's next turn, Psych Up does 20 more damage, for a total of 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Elgyem is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Beheeyem, 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, this card could be used as a starter type Pokemon in a deck if you use it in the active Pokemon spot to start the game and then proceed to use Psych Up two turns in a row, doing 40 damage total in two turns.  However, this card is very limited in what it can do, with only the one move, and this card is not that usable later in games since it has a low HP.  So if you need one more Basic Pokemon card to use in a psychic type deck, this card is worth a look, but for the most part, I would probably pass on using this card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Beheeyem, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card.  Like I said above, at the very beginning of a game this card is decent, but as the game proceeds, this card gets weaker and weaker and is one that shouldn't be used in a deck.  So again, this card is worth considering, but there are plenty of psychic type Pokemon out there better than this one.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Elgyem #69/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Elgyem from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two consecutive Elgyem cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Elgyem is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  So so far this card is very similar to yesterday's Elgyem card.  This card does not have an Ability like yesterday's card, but this card does have two moves.  The first move this card has is called Reflect, this move requires one colorless energy card and reduces the amount of damage done to Elgyem during your opponent's next turn by 20.  Elgyem's second move is called Smash Punch, this move requires two energy cards, one each of psychic and colorless, and does 30 damage, however you have to flip a coin when using this move and if you get a tails this move does nothing.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Elgyem is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Beheeyem, 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, this Elgyem card would be a card I wouldn't use in a deck on its own.  I don't like that this card doesn't have a move that guarantees it can do damage every turn, plus the only move that can do damage, Smash Punch, has the same requirements and does the same damage as yesterday's card however this card's move has only a 50% of doing the same amount of damage yesterday's card was guaranteed to do.  The only good thing about using this card as a starter Pokemon is that Reflect may make it so your opponent can never attack you, especially early in the game, thus you can have Elgyem in the active Pokemon spot while you're setting up your bench.

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.  This card is definitely worse than yesterday's Elgyem card and even though this card has two moves, I prefer yesterday's card more.  I just don't like that this card cannot do damage every turn, 100% guaranteed.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Elgyem #68/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Elgyem from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Elgyem cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Elgyem is a basic, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Elgyem does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move it has is called Psyshot, this move requires two psychic energy cards and does 30 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Elgyem is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Beheeyem, 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 have not reviewed the other Elgyem card from this set, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So on its own, this Elgyem card wouldn't be too bad of a starter Pokemon card in your psychic type deck.  I would consider several of these cards in a psychic type deck to have as the starter Pokemon in my deck.  I would include 3, possibly 4 because Elgyem can do a fair amount of damage quite quickly, all you'll have to do is wait a turn without attacking to be able to use Psyshot, and this move used early on in the game should knock out many basic Pokemon in two moves.

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 the only move this card has does do above average damage, I'm still giving this card an average rating because it does only have the one move.  But like I mentioned in the strategy section of this post, I would definitely use this card in a deck on its own.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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True or False? Elgyem and its evolution Beheeyem are the only species of Pokemon who can have Telepathy without it being their Hidden Ability.
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