Parasect -- Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Parasect from the Sun and Moon Pokemon Card Set.  Parasect is a Stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with a HP of 110. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Parasect does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that Parasect has is called Fury Cutter, which for two colorless energy cards does 10 damage plus 20, 60, or 120 more damage depending on if you get 1, 2, or 3 heads when flipping 3 coins.  Parasect's second move is called Mushroom Drain, for three energy cards, two grass and one colorless, this move does 70 damage, plus it heals 30 damage from Parasect.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Parasect is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Paras into play (I reviewed Paras from this set yesterday) and then evolve Paras into Parasect.  If you read yesterday's review of Paras, you'll know that I thought that card was average overall, it had a solid HP of 60, a low retreat cost, and a fairly powerful move.  The only real downside to the card was that it required two energy cards instead of one to attack, and that it was limited in only having one move.  So knowing this about Paras and looking at this Parasect card, if you're building a grass type deck and are in need of a grass type line that does a fair amount of damage, I would recommend Paras and Parasect.  Ideally, you would use a Trick Coin trainer and attach it to Parasect to give you a better chance at doing 140 damage per turn with Fury Cutter while having only 1 Double Colorless energy card or two Basic energy cards on Parasect and then after that always using Mushroom Drain.  Parasect already has an above average HP, so healing 30 more damage from Parasect when using Mushroom Drain makes this card even better HP wise.  So again, if building a grass type deck, I could definitely see using at least 1-1 line of this Pokemon family.

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 Sun and Moon set.  This card is the type of card I like using in my decks, something that is straight-forward strategy wise and is purely an attacker.  Although you need some luck with Parasect to do major damage, 70 damage a turn for 3 energy cards is still solid and is worth using.  Overall, I would give the line of Paras and Parasect from the Sun and Moon set a 4 out of 5 rating, I think the two are solid overall, both able to do a good amount of damage and both useful in decks.

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Parasect -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Parasect from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  Parasect is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Parasect card does not have an Ancient Trait or an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Colorful Spores, for one colorless energy card this move allows you to search your deck for up to three different Basic energy cards and attach one each to three of your Pokemon.  Parasect's second move is called X-Scissor, for two energy cards, one each of colorless and grass, this move does 30 damage plus 30 more damage if you get a heads when you flip a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Parasect is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Paras into play (I reviewed Paras from this set yesterday) and then evolve Paras into Parasect.  If you read yesterday's review of Paras, you'll know that I thought that card was a very solid Basic Pokemon card, it has an average HP, low retreat cost, and one good move that only required one energy card to use, did 10 damage and also healed 10 damage from itself.  The biggest negative on Paras was the fact that it was so limited and wouldn't be effective later in games.  So knowing this about Paras and looking at this Parasect card, I think the main reason you'd want to use this Pokemon family in a deck, and it could be any type deck, is for Parasect's Colorful Spores move, it can quickly get 3 of your benched Pokemon set up, and this move is better than some because you have to use different types of energy so it works well with dual type decks.  If you want to best utilize X-Scissor, I would attach a Trick Coin trainer to this card to have a better chance of doing 60 damage.  At most, I would suggest using a 1-1 line of this Pokemon family, mainly for Colorful Spores.

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 from the BREAKthrough set that can become above average if used in a dual type deck or with a Pokemon that requires multiple energy types to attack.  I like both of the moves on Parasect and the fact that it has an above average HP.  Of course, I wish X-Scissor wasn't based on a coin flip, but being able to do 30 damage for two energy cards isn't that bad.  So overall, the Paras and Parasect line from the BREAKthrough set is pretty average but can work well in most decks out there.

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