Ludicolo 37/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Ludicolo from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second Ludicolo card that I've reviewed from this set, the first Ludicolo card was a grass type card.  Ludicolo is a stage 2, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Ludicolo does not have an Ability but it does have an Ancient Trait called Recovery which says that any time Ludicolo is healed, double the amount it is healed.  Besides the Ancient Trait, Ludicolo has two moves, the first move called Astonish, this move requires one colorless energy card to use and does 30 damage, plus you get to choose a random card from your opponent's hand and have them shuffle it back into their deck.  Ludicolo's second move is called Splash Dance, this move requires three energy cards to use, two colorless and one water, and does 60 damage, however during Ludicolo's next turn, this same move does 120 damage instead of 60.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Ludicolo is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Lotad into play and then evolve it into Lombre before you can evolve Lombre into Ludicolo, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them in the past.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that both of those Pokemon are pretty average, I rated Lotad a bit below average but that was because it was limited in what it could do having only one move and the only move it had requiring two energy cards, Lombre I gave a 3 rating and it was very good except for its low HP, other than that it had two, quick, solid damage moves.  Like I mentioned above, I have also reviewed the first Ludicolo card in this set already and I am a big fan since it can do 80 damage a turn and heal 20 damage from each of your Pokemon.  So knowing this about those two Pokemon and the other Ludicolo card from this set, I would recommend using this entire family, including both Ludicolo cards in a dual type grass and water type deck.  You could try and get this Ludicolo card into the active Pokemon first, being able to do 180 damage in two turns with Splash Dance, then eventually retreating it for the other Ludicolo card, then being able to do 80 damage a turn with that one and healing 40 damage a turn from this Ludicolo card.  Both Lotad and Lombre aren't bad at all, so I would recommend using a 4-3-2 line of this family.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  This card in my opinion is just a little bit worse than the grass type Ludicolo card but it is definitely worth using in a deck since it has an Ancient Trait and two good moves.  Overall, if you are thinking about building a water and grass type deck, this should be one of the families you first think about using, altogether, I would give the entire line a 4 out of 5 rating.

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Ludicolo -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Ludicolo from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  Ludicolo is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Ludicolo's Ability is called Captivating Rhythm and says that once during your turn, if you get a heads when you flip a coin, you may switch your opponent's active Pokemon with one of their benched Pokemon.  Besides the Ability, Ludicolo just has one move called Solar Ray, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, and does 80 damage, plus it heals 20 damage from each of your Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Ludicolo is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Lotad into play and then evolve it into Lombre before you can evolve Lombre into Ludicolo, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that both of those Pokemon are pretty average, I rated Lotad a bit below average but that was because it was limited in what it could do having only one move and the only move it had requiring two energy cards, Lombre I gave a 3 rating and it was very good except for its low HP, other than that it had two, quick, solid damage moves.  So knowing this about those two Pokemon and looking at this Ludicolo card, I would highly recommend using this entire line in a deck.  More than likely a grass type deck, but this Ludicolo card to use with a really powerful Pokemon, once you have that Pokemon set up in the active Pokemon spot, use Ludicolo's Ability every turn, and put the weakest Pokemon of your opponent's in the active Pokemon spot and attack it using your most powerful Pokemon in the active Pokemon spot.  Another strategy Ludicolo could use is a spread damage type strategy, you could spread damage around, that way, no matter the Pokemon you put into the active Pokemon spot, you should be able to still use Ludicolo's Ability and move any benched Pokemon into the active Pokemon spot and one hit knock out them.  You can also use Ludicolo's only move on the attack since it does way above average damage and it can heal your Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  This is a perfect Pokemon line to build a deck around since there are so many strategies that can be used with this card.  You can easily utilize Ludicolo's Ability, do major damage with its only move, and heal all of your Pokemon as well.  So if you're building a grass type deck, definitely consider this Pokemon line, I would give the entire line a 5 out of 5 rating, even though I gave Lotad a 2 rating, in the overall scheme of things, each Pokemon in this line works well together.

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