Garbodor -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Garbodor from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Garbodor is a Stage 1, Psychic type Pokemon card, with a HP of 120. It has a x2 weakness to Psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Garbodor does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Trashalanche, for one Psychic Energy card this move does 20 damage times the number of Item cards in your opponent's discard pile.  Acid Spray is the name of this card's second move, for three Energy cards, one Psychic and two Colorless, this move does 70 damage, plus, you're able to discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokemon if you get a heads when flipping a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Garbodor is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Trubbish into play (I reviewed Trubbish from this set yesterday) and then evolve Trubbish into Garbodor.  If you read yesterday's review of Trubbish, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  The card did have a solid HP and two moves, but it also had a high retreat cost, was under-powered when trying to damage when attacking, and was slow on the attack to do damage.  If paired with Garbodor from this set, its Stomp Off move could help since it may discard an Item card from your opponent's deck, giving Garbodor more power with Trashalanche.  The best strategy with this Pokemon line would be to evolve the line on the Bench and wait for your opponent to discard Item cards, most competitive decks in the TCG right now use tons of Item cards, so if you wait long enough, the only move you'll want to use on Garbodor is Trashalanche, it could easily do well over 100 damage for one Energy card.  Trainer cards like the Field Blower which allows you to discard up to 2 Item cards in play, also helps Garbodor's move.  I would not recommend using Garbodor for its Acid Spray move, although it does do above average damage, I would rather just use the one Energy on this card and potentially do more damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an excellent Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set, and easily the best rare card in the set.  Because of how prevalent Item cards are in the current meta game, Garbodor is extremely powerful, plus it is quick on the attack.  Combined with Trubbish from this set, I would give the two cards a 4 out of 5 rating, if you play the TCG, definitely consider building a deck around this line.

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Garbodor -- BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Garbodor from the BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Set.  Garbodor is a stage 1, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100. It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Garbodor's Ability is called Garbotoxin and says that if Garbodor has a tool card attached to it, all Pokemon in the game no longer have any abilities, outside of Garbotoxin.  Besides the Ability, Garbodor just has one move called Offensive Bomb, and for four energy cards, three colorless and one psychic, does 60 damage plus confuses and poisons the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Garbodor is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Trubbish into play (I reviewed Trubbish from this set yesterday) and then evolve Trubbish into Garbodor.  If you read yesterday's review of Trubbish, you'll know that I thought that card was an average Basic Pokemon card, the only downfall on the card was having a higher retreat cost than attack cost, but the card did have an above average HP and a move that could attack for one energy card plus discard an energy attached to the defending Pokemon.  So even though Trubbish is a decent card on its own, it is really a mute point, because the whole reason to play this line in a deck is for Garbodor's Garbotoxin Ability, meaning you should keep this card on the bench the whole time.  It is worth building a deck around this Ability, only including Pokemon in this deck where Abilities don't play a prominent role in how the card works, that way your deck will be at an advantage by not using any Abilities and you would hope your opponent has a deck where Abilities are heavily used meaning their strategy is destroyed.  So, definitely consider building a deck around this line of Trubbish and Garbodor from the BREAKpoint set, many competitive players have, and it is a very dominant deck.  Even if you have to put Garbodor into the active Pokemon spot, once you get four energy cards on it, it is still a good card.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is one of the best cards for competitive play from the BREAKpoint set.  Even if this card just had an Ability it would get the same rating from me.  So definitely consider using this line when creating a new deck, it can really affect your opponent's strategy and allow you to win very easily.  Of course the combination of Trubbish and Garbodor would get a 5 out of 5 rating from me.

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Garbodor #67/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Garbodor from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two consecutive Garbodor cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  This Garbodor card is a stage 1, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  So these things are the same as yesterday's Garbodor card.  Like yesterday's card, this Garbodor does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move this card has is called Ensnarl, this move requires two colorless energy cards and does 20 damage times the number of colorless energy cards in the defending Pokemon's retreat cost.  Garbodor's second move is called Double Ducts, this move requires four energy cards, three colorless and one psychic, and does 80 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Garbodor is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get one of the three Trubbish cards from this set into play (I reviewed all three of those cards the past couple of days and have compared them in the final Trubbish review) and then evolve Trubbish into Garbodor.  Like I mentioned earlier in this post, there are two Garbodor cards from this set, I will compare the two of them in the rating section.  So whichever Trubbish card you choose to use with Garbodor, you'll want to evolve Trubbish into Garbodor when you have two energy cards on it so that when you evolve you can use Ensnarl right away.  Because this move may not do any damage at all, I would suggest keeping Garbodor on the bench until your opponent puts a Pokemon with at least a three colorless energy card retreat cost in the active Pokemon spot, then I would move in Garbodor and use Ensarl.  I don't think I would take the time to put four energy cards on this card to use Double Ducts.  So if you were to use this card in a deck, I wouldn't use more than a 1-1 line of Trubbish and Garbodor, however I definitely prefer the other Garbodor card from this set more.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average stage 1 Pokemon card and it is definitely worse than the other Garbodor card in this set.  I am giving it an average rating even though it has two moves and an above average hp because this card has a high retreat cost, and neither of Garbodor's moves can be counted on to do damage every turn.  Plus, this card is much slower than yesterday's card.  If you want to use this card in a deck, I would pair it with the other Garbodor card from this set so that if you have the choice you would keep this card on the bench or in your hand and use the other Garbodor in battle, only using this card if you face a Pokemon with a high retreat cost.  So if I was to rate this line, using this Garbodor card, I would give it a 3 out of 5 rating.

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Garbodor #66/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Garbodor from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Garbodor cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  This Garbodor card is a stage 1, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110.  It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Garbodor does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move this card has is called Biosmog, this move requires one colorless energy card and does 20 damage plus poisons the defending Pokemon, in addition to those two things, if you get a heads when you flip a coin, your opponent must discard an energy card attached to their active Pokemon.  Garbodor's second move is called Sludge Bomb, this move requires three energy cards, two psychic and one colorless, and does 70 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Garbodor is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get one of the three Trubbish cards from this set into play (I reviewed all three of those cards the past couple of days and have compared them in the final Trubbish review) and then evolve Trubbish into Garbodor.  If you read the past three Trubbish reviews, you'll know I suggest using the middle Trubbish card from this set, number 64/135.  If you use this card you can move it into the active Pokemon spot immediately, but regardless, as soon as you get Garbodor in your hand you should evolve Trubbish into Garbodor because this card only requires one energy card to attack.  I would definitely want to put three energy cards on Garbodor and use Sludge Bomb every turn, but if you get this card in the active Pokemon spot a couple of turns into the game you may want to use Biosmog more so you can still do damage and instead of attaching energy cards to Garbodor attach them to your benched Pokemon to set them up.  I would definitely use this card in a psychic type deck, I would use a 2-2 line of Trubbish and Garbodor in a deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average stage 1 Pokemon card.  I like how this card has an above average hp, and two good moves.  It has a quick move that does damage, inflicts a special condition, and can remove an energy card from the attached Pokemon and this move can be used with any type of energy card.  Then, Garbodor's second move Sludge Bomb does above average damage every turn.  The only thing I don't like about this card is that it has a high retreat cost.  But overall, this line of Garbodor and Trubbish would get a 4 out of 5 rating, both cards are pretty good.

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