Rhyperior -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Rhyperior from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Set.  Rhyperior is a Stage 2, Fighting type Pokemon card, with a HP of 160.  It has a x2 weakness to Grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  This card's Ability is called Toppling Wind and says that when you play this card from your hand to evolve one of your Pokemon, you may discard the top 3 cards of your opponent's deck.  Besides the Ability, this move just has one move called Rock Wrecker, for four Energy cards, two Fighting and two Colorless, this move does 170 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Rhyperior is a Stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Rhyhorn into play and then evolve it into Rhydon before you can evolve Rhydon into Rhyperior, 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 both cards below average.  Although both Pokemon had above average HP and had potential to do a good amount of damage, both Pokemon were slow to set up and had very high retreat costs, making them unlikely to ever help you in battle.  Knowing how poor the first two Pokemon in this line are and looking at this Rhyperior card, the main reason you'd want to use this card is for its Ability, you could pair the Ability with something like a Devolution Spray Trainer and try and beat your opponent by having them run out of cards in their deck, it could also help combat things like Mallow, Zoroark GX, and Gallade from BREAKthrough.  If you can ever get Rhyperior set up, it can do major damage every turn, potentially 200+ damage per turn with some Strong Energy and the aid of Regirock EX on the Bench.  So while the first two Pokemon in this line are poor, this card is strong, you may try and fit a 1-1-1 line into your Fighting type deck, or, any type deck if you are only using this card for its Ability, just make sure you have plenty of Float Stone and Guzma cards in your deck to get it out of the Active Pokemon spot.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average Stage 2 Pokemon from the Burning Shadows set.  Despite being incredibly slow to set up and having a high retreat cost, its Ability makes up for this, making it a useful card to have in battle.  And, if you do get this card set up, it does major damage every single turn.  Looking at all three Pokemon in this line in this set from a whole, I would give them a 2 out of 5 rating.

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Rhyperior 77/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Rhyperior from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of two Rhyperior cards that I've reviewed from this set.  Rhyperior is a stage 2, fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 160.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Rhyperior card does have an Ancient Trait called Barrier that says any time your opponent plays a trainer card, all effects of that card are prevented from Rhyperior.  Besides the Ancient Trait, Rhyperior does have an Ability called Rock Wall that says that any damage done to Rhyperior by attacks is reduced by 10.  Other than having an Ancient Trait and an Ability, Rhyperior also has one move called Hammer Arm, this move requires four energy cards to use, two each of fighting and colorless, and does 100 damage.  Plus you get to discard the top card of your opponent's deck.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Rhyperior is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Rhyhorn into play and then evolve it into Rhydon before you can evolve Rhydon into Rhyperior, 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 Rhyhorn was a very solid Basic Pokemon card having an above average HP and one good move, just a little slower on the attack and having a high retreat cost, on the other hand, I thought Rhydon was a below average Stage 1 Pokemon card, it again had a high HP, but it had a really high retreat cost, and neither move it had was that great, and both moves were slow.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at this Rhyperior card, this Rhyperior card is the way to go if you want to use a Rhyperior card from this set, it is much better than yesterday's card.  Other than having a slower time attacking, this card is superior in every way, especially considering this card has both an Ancient Trait and Ability.  I would use a 1-1-1 line of this entire Pokemon family and set it up on the bench before attacking with Rhyperior and doing 100 damage a turn.  Once you get 4 energy cards on Rhyperior it will take quite a while for any other Pokemon to knock this card out since all damage is reduced by 10.

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.  If you can use Switch trainer cards in your deck for retreating Rhyperior and are okay with waiting awhile to use this card, this card will work perfectly in a fighting type deck.  I really like being able to do 100 damage every single turn and not having to discard any energy cards while doing this.  So altogether, looking at the three Pokemon in this line, I would give them a 3 out of 5 rating, they are average overall, and should definitely be considered for a deck.

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Rhyperior 76/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Rhyperior from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Rhyperior cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Rhyperior is a stage 2, fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 150.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  Rhyperior does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Rock Shower, for three energy cards, two fighting and one colorless, this move allows you to flip 3 coins, for each heads you get it does 20 damage.  Rhyperior's second move is called Stone Edge, this move requires four energy cards to use, two each of fighting and colorless, and does 80 damage, plus 40 more damage if you get a heads when flipping a coin.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Rhyperior is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Rhyhorn into play and then evolve it into Rhydon before you can evolve Rhydon into Rhyperior, 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 I thought Rhyhorn was a very solid Basic Pokemon card having an above average HP and one good move, just a little slower on the attack and having a high retreat cost, on the other hand, I thought Rhydon was a below average Stage 1 Pokemon card, it again had a high HP, but it had a really high retreat cost, and neither move it had was that great, and both moves were slow.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at this Rhyperior card, this card is the perfect card to use a Trick Coin trainer card with, since both moves on Rhyperior require coin flips.  I would only use this card for its Stone Edge move which could knock out most Pokemon in one move, by doing 120 damage, it is just extremely slow to set up, and because I wasn't a big fan of Rhydon from this set, I would recommend either starting with Rhyhorn in the active Pokemon spot and evolving the whole time from that spot, or evolving the entire line on the bench since these Pokemon require so many energy cards to attack.  I myself would not use this line in a deck because Rhyperior just isn't that great of a Stage 2 card and doesn't warrant using up space in a deck to use.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a very average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  This card has some positives and negatives about it, it does have a good HP and two decent moves, one very good doing up to 120 damage a turn, the other based totally on coin flips, which main end up doing no damage at all, but both of its moves are slow and its retreat cost is high as well.  So looking at this entire Pokemon family, like I said above, I just wouldn't recommend using it in a deck and because of that, giving the line a 2 out of 5 rating, individually I gave Rhyhorn and Rhyperior 3 out of 5 ratings and Rhydon a 2.

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Rhyperior -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Rhyperior from the X and Y Pokemon Card Set.  Rhyperior is a stage 2, fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 160.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  Rhyperior does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Rock Blast, this move requires one fighting energy card and does 50 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip a coin for each fighting energy attached to Rhyperior.   Rhyperior's second move is called Rock Wrecker, this move requires four energy cards, two each of fighting and colorless, and does 130 damage.  However, after using Rhyperior's Rock Wrecker attack, it cannot attack the next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Rhyperior is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Rhyhorn into play and then evolve it into Rhydon before you can evolve Rhydon into Rhyperior, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  Both of these cards are absolutely dreadful and should be avoided at all costs, so this Rhyperior card really has to be amazing for me to want to recommend using it in a deck.  And unfortunately this card isn't that good, it is definitely better than the first two cards in this family in the X and Y set but I wouldn't recommend using it in a deck.  If you really want to use this entire line in a deck, I would include a 1-1-1 line and set up the line on the bench, get four energy cards on Rhyperior and then use Rock Wrecker when in the active Pokemon spot if you can knock the defending Pokemon out in one move, otherwise if you're feeling lucky and you have four fighting energy cards on Rhyperior use Rock Blast.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average card overall in the X and Y Pokemon card set.  I like that this card has a high hp and two average to slightly above average moves, but the card is really slow and the retreat cost is high, plus you have to take into account the first two Pokemon in this line and how bad they are, because overall, I would give this line a 2 out of 5 rating, individually Rhyhorn and Rhydon were ones and this card of course was a 3.

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