Whiscash -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Whiscash from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Whiscash is a Stage 1, Fighting type Pokemon card, with a HP of 130. It has a x2 weakness to Grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Whiscash does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Water Pulse, for three Energy cards, one Fighting and two Colorless, this move does 60 damage, plus it puts the defending Pokemon to Sleep.  Landslip is the second move on this card, for four Energy cards, one Fighting and three Colorless, this move does 100 damage times the number of Energy cards you discard when you discard the top 3 cards of your deck.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Whiscash is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Barboach into play (I reviewed Barboach from this set yesterday) and then evolve Barboach into Whiscash.  If you read yesterday's review of Barboach, you'll know that I thought it was an average Basic Pokemon card overall.  Other than having a little higher retreat cost, the card was very average overall, with a HP of 60 and two moves, one that could do 10 damage the other that could do 20.  So you could use Barboach as a starter type Pokemon in a Fighting type deck, however, if you plan on using Whiscash in your deck, I would recommend setting up this line on the Bench, since both moves on this card are slow on the attack.  The only way I would think about using this card in a deck is if you can use a Trainer card to make sure you have at least two Energy cards on the top of your deck when using Landslip, therefore making sure you can knock out all Pokemon in two turns or less.  If you plan on using this move a lot, make sure to use plenty of Energy Retrieval Trainer cards to get those discarded Energy back into play.  Although I do like that Water Pulse puts the defending Pokemon to sleep, it is just an average move for me.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set.  I like that this card has the potential to do 300 damage per turn with Landslip, but because it is so slow to attack and requires lots of Energy cards, I would probably pass on this card overall.  Add in a high retreat cost, and this card just requires too many Energy cards to both attack, retreat, and to do major damage.  Together with Barboach from this set, I'll give both cards a 3 out of 5 rating, they are okay overall, but nothing special.

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Whiscash 41/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Whiscash from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second Whiscash card that I've reviewed from this set.  Whiscash is a stage 1, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Whiscash card has an Ancient Trait with the Growth attribute which says that when you attach an energy card from your hand to Whiscash, you may attach two energy cards instead of just one.  Besides the Ancient Trait, Whiscash has two moves.  The first move that it has is called Water Gun, this move does 40 damage for three energy cards, two colorless and one water.  Whiscash's second move is called Earthquake, this move requires four energy cards to use, two each of water and colorless, and does 120 damage, however it does also do 20 damage to each of your own benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Whiscash is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Barboach into play (I reviewed Barboach from this set two days ago) and then evolve Barboach into Whiscash, there are actually two Whiscash cards from this set, and I'll be comparing the two at the end of this section.  If you read my review of Barboach, you'll know that I thought that card was a below average Basic Pokemon card mainly because it had a lower HP, and a high retreat cost, but the one move it did have, even though it required two energy cards to use, did above average damage.  So knowing this about Barboach and looking at this Whiscash card, this card is very slow to attack, so you'll want to set up this entire line on the bench, getting four energy cards on it before moving it to the active Pokemon spot.  I would not use Water Gun unless you can knock the defending Pokemon out with it.  I would try and otherwise you Earthquake every single turn, but making sure to not have many Pokemon on my bench, and making sure that I wouldn't knock any of them out by using Earthquake.  I would also make sure to have several Fresh Water Set trainer cards in my deck so that I could quickly heal the damage done from Earthquake on my benched Pokemon.  Comparing the two Whiscash cards from this set, this card can do more damage, but it is much slower and has a higher retreat cost, if I were to choose one, I would recommend yesterday's Whiscash, not only can it attack quicker, I think both of its moves are better as well.  So I would stick with my plan from yesterday of using a 1-1 line of this family in a deck, and unless you really like the idea of doing 120 damage a turn but also damaging your own Pokemon, not using this card in a deck.  So far it seems, cards that have an Ancient Trait on them, really aren't that great.

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 from the Primal Clash set.  Even though this card has a well above average HP and two moves, this card isn't much better than average in my opinion because it has a very high retreat cost, and two slow moves, even though its Ancient Trait will make them quicker.  I just don't want to use three energy cards to only do 40 damage, and then put four energy cards on Whiscash and end up doing 20 or more damage to each of my benched Pokemon.  So together with Barboach from this set, I cannot give this two cards combined a higher than 2 out of 5 rating, I definitely recommend the other Whiscash from this set more.

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Whiscash 40/160 -- Primal Clash Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Whiscash from the Primal Clash Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two Whiscash cards I'll be reviewing consecutively.  Whiscash 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 three colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Whiscash card does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Amnesia, for one colorless energy card this move does 20 damage, plus this move disables one of your opponent's active Pokemon's attacks.  Whiscash's second move is called Rising Lunge, this move requires three energy cards to use, one water and two colorless, and does 60 damage, plus if you get a heads when you flip a coin it does 30 more damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Whiscash is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Barboach into play (I reviewed Barboach from this set yesterday) and then evolve Barboach into Whiscash, there are actually two Whiscash cards from this set, and I'll be reviewing the second one tomorrow and then comparing the two.  If you read yesterday's review of Barboach, you'll know that I thought that card was a below average Basic Pokemon card mainly because it had a lower HP, and a high retreat cost, but the one move it did have, even though it required two energy cards to use, did above average damage.  So knowing this about Barboach and looking at this Whiscash card, this is a card if you want to use it to attach a Trick Coin item to, that way you have a better chance at being able to do 90 damage a turn when using Rising Lunge.  Because Barboach is a little slower to attack, I would evolve Barboach into Whiscash as soon as possible, then you can do the same amount of damage for one energy card less until you get 3 energy cards on Whiscash and can do at least 60 damage every turn.  If I were building a water type deck, I would definitely consider using a 1-1 line of this Pokemon family, it is definitely a solid line overall.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a slightly above average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Primal Clash set.  I am pretty high on this card other than its retreat cost.  This card has a good HP, and two average to above average moves, so again if you are looking for a solid couple of cards to put into your deck, give Barboach and Whiscash from this set a run in your deck, together I would give them a 3 out of 5 rating.

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