Porygon-Z 67/98 -- Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Porygon-Z from the Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two Porygon-Z cards I've reviewed from this set.  Porygon-Z is a stage 2, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Porygon-Z card does have an Ancient Trait, which is called Stop and prevents all effects of your opponent's Abilities done to Porygon-Z.  Besides the Ancient Trait, this card does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Digital Reboot, for one colorless energy card this move allows you to devolve as many of your benched Pokemon as you'd like, and move that evolution forms back into your hand.  Porygon's second move is called Dazzle Blast, for two colorless energy cards this move does 50 damage, plus it confuses the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Porygon-Z is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Porygon into play and then evolve it into Porygon2 before you can evolve Porygon2 into Porygon-Z, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last few days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought the two cards were both slightly below average Pokemon cards, both cards have the potential to do a good amount of damage but both cards are slower on the attack and Porygon2 has a below average HP plus its main move is based on coin flips.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at this specific Porygon-Z, the main reason you would want to use this card in a deck is for its Digital Reboot move, the reason you would want to use this move so often is to be able to reuse an Ability from let's say a Stage 2 Pokemon every single turn, like Aggron from Dragons Exalted (if you're playing in the expanded format) where you can use its Toppling Wind Ability to discard the top 3 cards of your opponent's deck every single turn and hopefully be able to win the game that way.  The only thing preventing Porygon-Z from being so dominate is that it is a Stage 2 evolution so it is slow to play and it has a lower HP than I'd like.  Dazzle Blast does do above average damage for the amount of energy it requires, but I like yesterday's Porygon-Z card better since it can do more damage overall.  So after looking at both Porygon-Z cards from this set, both are fairly even, they both have the same HP and retreat cost, and very similar moves, I like the first move on this Porygon-Z card better, but I like the main attacking move on yesterday's card better than today's, so you really can't go wrong with trying to incorporate either card into a deck.

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 Ancient Origins set.  Just like yesterday's Porygon-Z card, I really like this card's first move and it can greatly affect your opponent's strategy, this card does feel a little underpowered to me, but I would hope that even though this is a Stage 2 card, it will not be your main attacker.  Together with Porygon and Porygon2 from this set, I would give all three a 3 out of 5 rating, this line is definitely worth a look in decks.

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Porygon-Z 66/98 -- Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Porygon-Z from the Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Porygon-Z cards I'll be reviewing on my blog.  Porygon-Z is a stage 2, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Porygon-Z card does not have an Ability or an Ancient Trait but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Cyber Crush, for one colorless energy card this move allows you to discard all Special Energy cards attached to each of your opponent's Pokemon.  Porygon-Z's second move is called Slowing Beam, this move requires three colorless energy cards to use and does 70 damage, plus it increases the defending Pokemon's attack costs by one colorless energy card during their next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Porygon-Z is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Porygon into play and then evolve it into Porygon2 before you can evolve Porygon2 into Porygon-Z, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last two days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought the two cards were both slightly below average Pokemon cards, both cards have the potential to do a good amount of damage but both cards are slower on the attack and Porygon2 has a below average HP plus its main move is based on coin flips.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at Porygon-Z, this card is definitely the best Pokemon in this line, not only does it have the highest HP, like it should, but both of its moves are pretty good.  I am a big fan of Cyber Crush, especially with how important Special energy cards are in the metagame right now, the only thing I don't like is that you have to use a Stage 2 Pokemon to use this move, meaning you'll have to include 2 other Pokemon cards in your deck to use it.  But, if you take the time to get Porygon-Z set up, Slowing Beam is a pretty decent move doing above average damage and potentially preventing your opponent from attacking during their next turn.  Because Porygon-Z is the only good card in this line, I wouldn't use more than a 1-1-1 line of this Pokemon family and I would depend on trainer cards to get this line set up quickly on the bench.

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 Ancient Origins set.  Other than having a lower HP than I'd like from a Stage 2 evolution, this card is all positive.  Both of its moves are very good, the first one can make a major impact on the strategy your opponent is using and the second move can do major damage plus prevent your opponent from attacking.  So altogether, if you're looking to use this Pokemon line in your deck, I would recommend it, giving the entire line a 3 out of 5 rating, I think Porygon-Z is worth the work in a deck.

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Porygon-Z -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Porygon-Z from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Porygon-Z is a stage 2, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Porygon-Z's Ability is called Plasma Transfer and allows you to as often as you'd like during your turn, to move one Plasma Energy card from one Pokemon to another.  Besides the Ability, Porygon-Z has one move called Tri-Attack, for three colorless energy cards, this move does 50 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip 3 coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Porygon-Z is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Porygon into play and then evolve it into Porygon-2 before you can evolve Porygon-2 into Porygon-Z, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  Both of the Pokemon in this line that I've reviewed have been just average and could be used without Porygon-Z, but now that I've summarized that card, I will explain what I think should be done with this line.  So even though this whole line is a colorless line, I would definitely include the line in a Team Plasma type deck.  Because you can only have 4 special energy cards in a deck, Porygon-Z's Ability will become very useful during battle.  So I would include this line in a Team Plasma Pokemon heavy deck, I would include a 3-2-2 line of Porygon, Porygon-2, and Porygon-Z.  I would make sure one of those Porygon-Z cards is on my bench the whole time so I can utilize its Ability, the other Porygon-Z I would definitely recommend attacking with after having three energy cards on it.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this an average stage 2 Pokemon card from the Plasma Blast set.  This card is quite similar to the first two Pokemon in this line, just very average, but it is still a great card to use in a deck, especially a Team Plasma one.  I like that this card has a low retreat cost, can do up to 150 damage per turn, and can greatly help your Team Plasma Pokemon in play.  I wish this card's one move would guarantee more damage every turn and that it had a higher hp, but overall it is still average, and so is this entire Pokemon family as a whole, altogether each Pokemon received a 3 rating from me and get one as a whole as well.

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