Ledian -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Ledian from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Set.  Ledian is a Stage 1, Grass type Pokemon card, with a HP of 90. It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  This card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Swift, for one Grass Energy card, this move does 30 damage.  Comet Punch is the name of this card's second move, for three Colorless Energy cards, this move does 40 damage time the number of heads you get when flipping 4 coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Ledian is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Ledyba into play (I reviewed Ledyba from this set yesterday) and then evolve Ledyba into Ledian.  If you read yesterday's review of Ledyba, you'll know that I thought that card was average overall.  It had 60 HP, a low retreat cost, and could do 10 damage for one Grass Energy card, the thing that set this card apart a little was on its move it had a 50% chance of preventing all effects of an attack on Ledyba during your opponent's next turn, which I thought made the card more usable in decks.  Knowing this about Ledyba and looking at this Ledian card, I'm personally not a huge fan of this card.  I do like that Swift can attack quickly and the move isn't affected by weakness or resistance, but other than that, this card is similar to Tangrowth that I reviewed two days ago in that the second move on the card has potential to do major damage, but if you don't have some luck, or aren't using a Trainer to get more than 1 attempt at flipping coins, you could end up doing zero damage.  So I would recommend passing on this line overall, the only reason to consider using this line in a deck is if you want to be able to do a steady amount of damage if you're facing something that has a resistance to Grass type Pokemon, you'd at least be able to do 30 damage a turn with this line, because of this, if you were to use this line in a deck, I would not use more than a 1-1 line.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Burning Shadows set.  Somewhat similar to Tangrowth from this set, despite a much lower HP on this card, this is a Stage 1 Pokemon card that just isn't that good, only being able to do a guaranteed 30 damage each turn when attacking, but a card that has the potential to do 120 damage per turn, so again, if you're someone who wants to for sure do 30 damage per turn, regardless of the type of Pokemon you're facing, or someone who has good luck, then this line suits you, otherwise I wouldn't recommend this line for a deck and would give the two Pokemon combined a 2 out of 5 rating.

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Ledian -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Ledian from the Pokemon XY Card Set.  Ledian is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Ledian does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Tackle, for one colorless energy card this move does 30 damage.  Ledian's second move is called Mach Punch, and for two grass energy cards this move does 50 damage plus 10 damage to one of your opponent's benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Ledian is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Ledyba into play (I reviewed Ledyba from this set yesterday) and then evolve Ledyba into Ledian.  If you read yesterday's review, you'll know that I thought Ledyba was a pretty solid basic Pokemon card that could be used on its own because it had an average hp, low retreat cost, and a move that does 30 damage per turn.  The only downfall of the card was that it required two energy cards to attack instead of just one.  So knowing this and reading about Ledian in the overview section of this post, I would definitely use both Ledyba and Ledian together in a grass type deck or a deck that does a lot of spread damage.  This line would be extremely good early in games because Ledian and Ledyba can both do 30 or more damage for two energy cards.  So I would put a 2-2 line of Ledyba and Ledian in a deck, hopefully start the game with Ledyba in the active Pokemon spot or move it into the active Pokemon spot early, evolve Ledyba into Ledian as soon as possible and then use Tackle or Mach Punch every single turn.  Early in games, you should be able to knock out most Pokemon in two moves with this Pokemon family and even though Ledian has a lower hp than I'd like, because it has a low retreat cost it definitely can be used without worries.

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 from the X and Y set.  Other than having a low hp, I like everything else about this card, from its low retreat cost, to two above average moves that are both extremely quick.  If you're building a spread damage type deck or a grass type deck, you can't go wrong with adding this Pokemon line to your deck.  Overall I would give Ledyba and Ledian from the XY Pokemon card set a 4 out of 5 rating, Ledyba was a 3 and Ledian was a 4 individually.

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