Slowbro -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Slowbro from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Slowbro is a Stage 1, Psychic type Pokemon card, with a HP of 110. It has a x2 weakness to Psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Slowbro does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Amnesia, for one Colorless Energy card this move does 20 damage, plus it makes your opponent's Active Pokemon unable to use one of their moves during their next turn, the move is of your choosing.  Facade is the name of the second move on this card, for three Energy cards, one Psychic and two Colorless, this move does 50 damage plus 80 more damage if the defending Pokemon is either Burned or Poisoned.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Slowbro is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Slowpoke into play (I reviewed Slowpoke from this set yesterday) and then evolve Slowpoke into Slowbro.  If you read yesterday's review of Slowpoke, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  Although it could do damage when attacking for only one Energy card, its second move was underwhelming, and with a high retreat cost, it couldn't be used as a starter type Pokemon.  Knowing this about Slowpoke, and also knowing Slowking is available in the Burning Shadows set, this card is similar to Slowpoke in that it has two moves, but a very high retreat cost, so if you do use this line in a deck, you're going to want to figure out a way to retreat these Pokemon for free, with either a Trainer or Ability.  Potentially, you could keep Slowbro set up on the Bench, then switch it into the Active Pokemon spot to prevent a powerful Pokemon's attack, like a GX move, or a move on an EX card, other than that, you could switch it back and forth with a card that Burns or Poisons the defending Pokemon so you could do 130 damage a turn every turn with Facade.

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 overall.  Other than having a high HP, this card is average overall.  It does have an above average HP, and two decent moves, one that is more defensive, in Amnesia, and one that can do major damage in Facade.  Together with Slowpoke from this set, I would give the two cards a 3 out of 5 rating, as long as you can retreat these cards for free, they are worth considering when deck building.

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Slowbro -- BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Slowbro from the BREAKpoint Pokemon Card Set.  Slowbro is a stage 1, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100. It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Slowbro does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Careless Head, for one water energy card this move does 10 damage plus 50 more damage if you get a heads when flipping a coin.  Slowbro's second move is called Walk-Off Homer and for three colorless energy cards, this move allows you to win the game if you use it when you only have one Prize card left.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Slowbro is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Slowpoke into play (I reviewed Slowpoke from this set yesterday) and then evolve Slowpoke into Slowbro.  Of course Slowpoke has another Stage 1 evolution in Slowking that I'll be reviewing tomorrow and then comparing both Stage 1 forms to see which one is better.  If you read yesterday's review of Slowpoke, you'll know that I thought that card was an average Basic Pokemon card, it had a good HP and two moves, neither move that great, but both moves required colorless energy cards to use and you could attack for only one energy card.  So knowing this about Slowpoke and looking at this Slowbro card, you could easily start with Slowpoke in the active Pokemon spot and then evolve it into Slowbro and use Careless Head right away, making sure to have a Trick Coin trainer attached to this card to give you a better chance at doing 60 damage in one turn.  Otherwise, I would recommend setting this entire line up on the bench, getting three energy cards on Slowbro, then when you have one Prize card left, meaning you're close to winning the game, move Slowbro to the active Pokemon spot and use Walk-Off Homer, potentially one hit KO'ing a Mega EX Pokemon.  So if building a water type deck, I would definitely recommend using this card or at least considering this line in your deck, probably a 1-1 line of this 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 BREAKpoint set.  Other than needing certain scenarios to occur to maximize the damage that this card can do, this card is very good overall.  It has a high HP, and two very good moves, one move that can do up to 60 damage a turn for only one energy card and another move that guarantees a knock out and wins the game for you.  So like I said above, definitely consider this line when building a water type deck, overall I would give the line a 4 out of 5 rating.

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Slowbro -- Dark Explorers Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Slowbro from the Dark Explorers Pokemon Card Set.  This is a stage 1, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100.  It has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Slowbro's Ability is called Airhead and it says that if you have an even amount of prize cards left Slowbro can't attack.  Slowbro's only move is called Lazy Headbutt which does 80 damage for two energy cards, one each of water and colorless.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, you'll want to put this card into the active Pokemon spot when you have an odd number of prize cards left so you can actually attack, when you can attack you're only choice is to use Lazy Headbutt and hopefully knock out the defending Pokemon by doing 80 damage, after that you'll either have to have a trainer card to wake Slowbro up, wait for it to get knocked out, or retreat it by attaching an additional energy card to it.  I personally wouldn't use this card, but if you do I would suggest using a 2-1 line of Slowpoke and Slowbro.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating. I really dislike this stage 1 Pokemon card, even though it can do 80 damage, it puts itself to sleep right away and can only attack at certain points in the game, the worse part of this card is that its retreat cost is higher than any of its attacks.  So I do not recommend using this card at all, stay away from it at all costs.

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So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Slowbro from the Dark Explorers set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Vaporeon from the same set.