Virizion -- Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Virizion from the Ancient Origins Pokemon Card Set.  Virizion is a basic, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 110, it has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Virizion does not have an Ancient Trait or an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Bail Out, this move requires one grass energy card to use and allows you to move 2 Pokemon from your discard pile into your hand.  Virizion's second move is called Prize Count, for two grass energy cards this move does 40 damage plus 80 more damage if you have more prize cards left than your opponent.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Virizion is a basic Pokemon with no evolutions, you only have to use this Pokemon in your deck if you want to use this card.  With that being said, this card compliments the Vespiquen card I reviewed two days ago perfectly.  That Vespiquen card did more damage with the more Pokemon you had in your discard pile, so you needed a way to get those Pokemon to your discard pile and then if you ever wanted a way to get those Pokemon back or Vespiquen was knocked out and it is no longer advantageous to have so many Pokemon in your discard pile, all you have to do is move Virizion into your active Pokemon spot and use Bail Out a turn or two.  Plus, if Vespiquen didn't work as well as you'd like and you're losing the game, you can then use Prize Count and do 120 damage a turn for only two energy cards.  So if you're building a deck based around Vespiquen, definitely use at least one of these Virizion cards in your deck, if you aren't using Vespiquen in a deck, temper your expectations with this card because Bail Out won't be as useful.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an extremely good Basic Pokemon card from the Ancient Origins set.  One that is good on its own, if you're losing the game, or paired perfectly with Vespiquen from this set.  So I would not have any worries about including this card in your grass type deck.

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Virizion EX Full Art -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Virizion EX Full Art from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Virizion is a basic, EX, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 170. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to water type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Virizion EX's Ability is called Verdant Wind and says that each of your Pokemon that have at least one grass energy attached to them cannot be affected by a special condition.  Besides the Ability, Virizion just has one move called Emerald Stash, this move requires two energy cards, one colorless and one grass, and does 50 damage plus it allows you to search your deck for two grass energy cards and attach them to one of your benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Virizion EX is a basic Pokemon card you won't need to use any other cards with this card.  But remember, because this card is an EX card, if this card is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  So knowing this, I would put as many Virizion EX Full Art cards into a deck as you care to muster, I would use this card as my starter type Pokemon, move Virizion into the active Pokemon spot to start the game, attach two energy cards to it and use Emerald Stash every turn.  Not only will you be able to quickly set up your benched Pokemon, but you should be able to knock out most of your opponent's basic Pokemon in two turns or less.  I would keep using Virizion until you have some of your other Pokemon set up and then retreat Virizion, keeping it on the bench to utilize its ability.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an excellent EX Pokemon card.  I am giving this EX card my top rating and I definitely think at least one of these cards should be in every single grass type deck out there.  Even though Virizion EX can only do 50 damage a turn, what really matters is that this card greatly aids your entire team, by preventing special conditions being placed on them and by giving them energy cards every single turn.  So for this being the first EX card I have reviewed from this set, this card leaves me very happy with how the EX cards are looking in the Plasma Blast set.

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