Showing posts with label Vivillon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vivillon. Show all posts

Monday, November 30, 2015

Vivillon -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Vivillon BREAKthrough Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Vivillon from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  Vivillon is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 120.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Vivillon's Ability is called Energy Color, and says that once per turn you may flip a coin, if you get a heads you may move an energy card from your deck to one of your Pokemon.  Besides the Ability, Vivillon just has one move called Sleep Powder, for three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, this move does 60 damage, plus it puts the defending Pokemon to sleep.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Vivillon is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Scatterbug into play and then evolve it into Spewpa before you can evolve Spewpa into Vivillon, 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 both cards were below average, since they both had really low HP, and Scatterbug really was unusable, it is unfortunate that they have such low HP because both cards have decent moves.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at Vivillon, if you want to use this card in a deck, it is best to evolve the entire line on the bench.  This Vivillon card could definitely be used in the active Pokemon spot since it has a good move that puts the defending Pokemon to sleep and does an average amount of damage, however since this card has a little lower HP, you don't want to depend on it much in the active Pokemon spot.  Of course, the main reason you'd want to use this card is for its Ability which will help you get energy cards into play much quicker and get your Pokemon set up, potentially ones that require more energy to attack.  Because this card will be used mostly for its Ability, a 1-1-1 line of this Pokemon family is best.

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 BREAKthrough set.  Besides having a lower HP for a Stage 2 Pokemon card, this card is excellent, it has a great Ability and a very solid move doing damage and inflicting a special condition.  However, because both Spewpa and Scatterbug are so bad in this set, I can't give all three cards higher than a 2 out of 5 rating, but if you can utilize Vivillon's Ability, definitely use this line in a deck.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Vivillon from the BREAKthrough set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Skiddo, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
How many total Grass type Pokemon cards are in the BREAKthrough set?
Please respond by including your YouTube username and link to your YouTube channel.  If the question is quite tough, the first correct comment will win, otherwise I'll use a random number generator to choose a winner.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Vivillon -- Pokemon X and Y Card Review

Vivillon X and Y Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Vivillon from the X and Y Pokemon Card Set.  Vivillon is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Vivillon does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Conversion Power, this move requires one grass energy and it either puts the defending Pokemon to sleep or poisons them, depending on which one you choose.  Vivillon's second move is called Colorlful Wind, for three colorless energy cards this move does 30 damage plus 30 more damage for each different type of basic energy attached to Vivillon, so potentially this move could do 120+ damage per turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Vivillon is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Scatterbug into play and then evolve it into Spewpa before you can evolve Spewpa into Vivillon, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  Both of those Pokemon cards are below average and should definitely not be used without using Vivillon.  Because the first two Pokemon in this line are so bad, the only time I would ever use this line in a deck is if the deck had 2 or more energy cards in it.  Then I would put a 1-1-1 line of Scatterbug, Spewpa, and Vivillon, evolve into Vivillon on the bench and use Colorfull Wind when Vivillon is in the active Pokemon spot with as many different energy cards as possible.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average stage 2 Pokemon card from the X and Y set.  I like how this card has one quick move and when slower but more powerful move, plus it has a low retreat cost.  The hp on this card is low just like the first two Pokemon in this line, but this entire line could easily be used in a dual or more type deck.  If you're building a solely grass type deck, I would not use this line at all.  Overall, I would give this entire line a 2 out of 5 rating, individually Scatterbug was a 2, Spewpa was a 1, and Vivillon a 3.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Vivillon from the X and Y set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Skiddo, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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Today's Quiz for a Pokemon TCG Online Code Card --
Which version of Vivillon from this set is worth more?
Please respond by including your YouTube username and link to your YouTube channel.  If the question is quite tough, the first correct comment will win, otherwise I'll use a random number generator to choose a winner.