Rhyhorn -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Rhyhorn from the Burning Shadows set.  Rhyhorn is a Basic, Fighting type Pokemon card with a HP of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to Grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three 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 Lunge Out, for two Colorless Energy cards, this move does 20 damage.  The second move on this card is called Horn Drill, for three Energy cards, two Fighting and one Colorless, this move does 60 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Rhyhorn is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Rhydon, and a Stage 2 evolution in Rhyperior, which I'll be reviewing the next couple of days, you'll more than likely want to use some of those Pokemon with this card, however, since I have not reviewed any of those cards yet, I will just act like Rhyhorn does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  On its own, unless you're desperate for Basic Pokemon to use to start a game in a Fighting type deck, I would look elsewhere.  If you're using 4 Double Colorless Energy in your deck, this card could at least do 20 damage for only 1 Double Colorless Energy card right away during a battle.  Other than that, although Horn Drill does an okay amount of damage, for requiring three Energy to attack, you would hope the card would have a higher HP than 80.  So while this card is slow on the attack, and somewhat under-powered, it is a decent start to this line overall, it just isn't one I would want to use on its own.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the Burning Shadows set.  Despite having a solid HP for a Basic Pokemon that evolves twice, this card is too slow to attack with and has too high of a retreat cost to merit use in a deck, especially on its own, look elsewhere.

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Rhyhorn -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Rhyhorn from the Primal Clash set.  Rhyhorn is a basic, fighting type Pokemon card with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Rhyhorn does not have an Ability and it only has one move, the only move it has is called Take Down, for two fighting energy cards, this move does 40 damage, however the move does do 10 damage to Rhyhorn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Rhyhorn is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Rhydon and a stage 2 evolution in Rhyperior, which I'll be reviewing the next two days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, this card would work decently as a starter type Pokemon since it can do 40 damage a turn and could knock out most Basic Pokemon cards in two turns.  This card does have a high HP, but when you incorporate its move into its HP, the 80 HP is really more like 60 which is average.  So if you're building a fighting type deck, this card is definitely worth a look, it can do some damage early on and will give you time to set up your benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a solid Basic Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  The only negative on this card in my opinion is the fact its retreat cost is higher than its attack cost.  But other than that, this card has a good HP, and a powerful move, which will wreak havoc on weak Basic Pokemon in the beginning of games.  So again, this card should definitely be considered when building a fighting type deck.

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Rhyhorn -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Rhyhorn from the X and Y Pokemon card set.  Rhyhorn is a basic, fighting type Pokemon card with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Rhyhorn does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Dig Out, for one fighting energy card this move does 10 damage and forces you to discard the top card of your card, however if this card is a fighting energy card, you may attach it to Rhyhorn.  Rhyhorn's second move is called Horn Drill, this move does 40 damage for three energy cards, two colorless and one fighting.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Rhyhorn is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Rhydon and a stage 2 evolution in Rhyperior, which I'll be reviewing the next two days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, I would not recommend using this card.  I say this because even though Rhyhorn has a high hp and two moves, the retreat cost is too high for my liking, this card is too slow to do much damage, and both moves do way below average damage.  However, if you're forced to use this card in your fighting type deck, make sure to not put more than one of these in your deck and use whichever move you have the necessary amount of energy for.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is another very poor basic Pokemon card from the X and Y set.  Even though this card is fully loaded with a good hp and two moves, this card is still terrible in my opinion.  Neither of Rhyhorn's moves are very good and with a retreat cost so high, there are a plethora of other basic Pokemon cards you should be using out there instead of Rhyhorn from the X and Y set.

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