Giratina EX -- Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Giratina EX and Giratina EX Full Art from the Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Set.  Giratina EX is a basic, EX, dragon type Pokemon card with an hp of 170. It has a x2 weakness to fairy type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  This card's Ability is called Renegade Pulse and says that all effects of attacks done by Mega Evolution Pokemon to Giratina EX are prevented.  Besides the Ability, Giratina just has one move called Chaos Wheel, this move requires four energy cards to use, two colorless and one each of psychic and grass, and does 100 damage, plus it locks tool, special energy and stadium cards the next turn, meaning your opponent can't use any of them.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Giratina EX is a basic Pokemon card you won't need to use any other cards with this card.  But remember, because this card is an EX card, if this card is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  So knowing this about Giratina EX, the number one reason you would want to use this card in a deck is for its Ability and preventing Mega Pokemon from attacking.  So, almost regardless of the type of deck you're building, if you want to counter Mega Pokemon, this Giratina card is a must, especially if you're facing a deck with a majority of Mega EX cards.  You could just keep this card on your bench to prevent your opponent from using their Mega EX cards at all, or set up this card on the bench and move it to the active Pokemon spot doing 100 damage a turn and preventing your opponent from using a lot of their cards each turn.  The only down side of Giratina is that its only move requires two distinct types of energy cards which doesn't make for the easiest use.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average EX Pokemon card from the Ancient Origins set and one that will see major usage in the metagame if Mega EX cards continue to be extremely popular.  Not only is this card a great counter to those cards, but if you can fit two types of energy cards into your deck, this card can do major damage every single turn.  So if you're building a deck, this card is definitely worth a look.

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Giratina EX -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Giratina EX from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  This set has not been released in the United States but it will be released on August 15, 2012.  This is the second of two consecutive reviews I'll be doing of the new Dragon type EX cards.  When more Dragons Exalted scans are released I'll try and review those cards right away.   Giratina EX is a basic, EX, dragon type Pokemon card, with an hp of 180.  It has a x2 weakness to dragon type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Giratina EX doesn't have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Shred and for three energy cards, one each of colorless, psychic, and grass, it does 90 damage.   Giratina EX's second move is called Dragon Pulse and for four energy cards, two colorless, one psychic, and one grass, it does 130 damage, but you have to discard the top 3 cards from your deck after using the move.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since this card requires both psychic and grass type energy cards you'll want to put this card into that type of a deck.  I personally would keep Giratina EX on the bench until it has three energy cards on it, then put it into the active Pokemon spot, I would use Shred over Dragon Pulse every turn unless the defending Pokemon will be knocked out by 130 damage, or the defending Pokemon has more than 180 hp on it, then I would use Dragon Pulse the first turn and Shred the second.  If you can somehow get four energy cards on Giratina EX quickly, I would recommend using Dragon Pulse more liberally, but by discarding 3 cards from your deck every turn, you give yourself another way to lose later in the game by running out of cards in your deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  Out of the three Dragons Exalted cards I've reviewed so far I actually like the non EX card the best, I am going to give this card a 4 out of 5 rating just like the Rayquaza EX card from yesterday.  This card can do major damage, but it is slow, has a high retreat cost, and makes you discard many cards from your deck very quickly.  But none of this really matters if you can knock out 4 or 5 Pokemon in a row, you're not going to have to worry about not having any cards in your deck, or having to retreat Giratina EX.

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