Magnezone -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magnezone from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  Magnezone is a stage 2, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistanceto metal type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Magnezone's Ability is called Magnetic Circuit and says that as often as you'd like during your turn you may attach a lightning type energy card from your hand to one of your Pokemon.  Besides the Ability, Magnezone just has one move called Thunder Blast that does 100 damage for three energy cards, two lightning and one colorless.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Magnezone is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Magnemite into play and then evolve it into Magneton before you can evolve Magneton into Magnezone, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed all three of those cards, there are two Magnemite, in the past three days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought for the most part they were all below average.  Both Magnemite cards couldn't do damage when attacking unless you put two energy cards on them and Magneton could do above average damage but you had to discard an energy card when attacking and it had a really low HP.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at this Magnezone card, the main reason you'll want to use this Magnezone card is for its Ability and because you can use an Ability from the bench there is no reason to use more than 1 of each of the Pokemon in this family and ever to move this line to the active Pokemon spot.  So if you're building a lightning type deck, this Magnezone card is pretty much a staple of that deck since it makes setting up your lightning type Pokemon cards so easy and can make all of your Pokemon ready to attack in a couple of turns.  So to pair with this Magnezone card, you'll want ways to get lots of energy cards into your hand and cards that can retrieve them from your discard pile.  Because Magnezone's Ability is so good, I would never put this card in the active Pokemon spot.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an unbelievably good lightning type Pokemon card and one that should be in every lightning type deck out there, it just makes your deck that much better.  Even though I really like this card, Magnemite and Magneton from this set are pretty poor, so I can only give the entire line a 4 out of 5 rating.

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Magnezone #47/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magnezone from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two Magnezone cards I'll be reviewing from this set, yesterday I reviewed the other Magnezone Pokemon Card from Plasma Storm.  Magnezone is a stage 2, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting  type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Magnezone card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move this card has is called Double Assist, this move requires one lightning energy card and does 30 damage, besides doing the 30 damage, Magnezone allows you to put 2 basic energy cards from your discard pile onto one of your Pokemon.  Magnezone's second move is called Tumbling Attack, this move requires three energy cards, one lightning and two colorless, and does 70 damage unless you get a heads when you flip a coin then this move does 90 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Magnezone is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Magnemite into play and then evolve it into Magneton before you can evolve Magneton into Magnezone, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed all four of the cards these two Pokemon have in this set the past couple of days.  Please read those reviews to see which ones I liked of the two versions of each.  If you can I would try and evolve Magnezone on your bench, but since this card can attack for only one energy card you can put it in the active Pokemon pretty quickly.  If you have energy cards discarded you may want to consider using Double Assist but if you want to do the most damage every turn I would use Tumbling Attack.  You could definitely include this Pokemon line in a deck that has Pokemon that discard energy cards when they attack, because when Magnezone is in the active Pokemon spot, because it has a high hp, you should be able to use Double Assist several times before you need to retreat.  So I would definitely suggest using this card in a lightning type deck, both Magnezone cards from this set are good, so I would either use a 2-1-1 line or a 3-2-2 line and use both Magnezone cards from this set.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a slightly above average stage 2 Pokemon card that will do well in most lightning type decks out there.  I like that this card has a good hp and has a lower retreat cost than yesterday's Magnezone card.  Even though this card does not have an Ability, I like that this card has two moves, the first move can greatly help out your team and it is a quick move, and the second move can do major damage and knock out most Pokemon in two turns.  So overall, I like the Pokemon family of Magnemite, Magneton, and Magnezone from this set, and would give these cards a 4 out of 5 rating, it is a great line.

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Magnezone #46/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magnezone from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two Magnezone cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Magnezone is a stage 2, lightning type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting  type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Magnezone's Ability is called Dual Brains and says that during your turn you can use 2 supporter cards instead of just 1.  Besides the Ability, Magnezone just has one move called Gyro Ball, this move requires three energy cards, two lightning and one colorless, and does 80 damage.  However after using this move you must switch Magnezone out of the active Pokemon spot and put one of your benched Pokemon in that spot and your opponent must do the same.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Magnezone is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Magnemite into play and then evolve it into Magneton before you can evolve Magneton into Magnezone, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed all four of the cards these two Pokemon have in this set the past couple of days.  Please read those reviews to see which ones I liked of the two versions of each.  If you can, I would recommend keeping Magnezone on the bench until you get three energy cards on it, then moving it into the active Pokemon spot when the defending Pokemon is extremely powerful, you can then use Gyro Ball right away and move that powerful active Pokemon of your opponent's to the bench.  You can always use Dual Brains from the bench, so if you have a deck with Pokemon that need to evolve often or require a lot of energy cards to attack it would be wise to use this Pokemon in your deck and stock your deck with plenty of supporter cards that allow you to get the Pokemon or energy cards you need.  Magnezone isn't that powerful so I wouldn't base a deck around this line but I would use it in a lightning type deck and I would use a 2-1-1 line of Magnemite, Magneton, and Magnezone in that deck, I would use this line more for Magnezone's Ability than its move, but Gyro Ball will definitely come in handy during the game I'm sure.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average stage 2 Pokemon card that will do well in most lightning type decks out there.  I like that this card has a good hp and even though it has a high retreat cost, Gyro Ball will make it retreat for free.  I like that Gyro Ball does above average damage and I like Magnezone's Ability, I just wish Magnezone could stay in the active Pokemon spot for more than 1 turn when attacking.

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