Zapdos -- Evolutions Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zapdos from the XY Evolutions Pokemon Card Set.  Zapdos is a basic, lightning type Pokemon card with a HP of 110.  Zapdos does not have a weakness, but it has a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Zapdos does not have an Ability, but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Thunder, for four energy cards, two lightning and two colorless, this move does 90 damage, however this move also does 30 damage to Zapdos.  Zapdos' second move is called Thunderbolt and for four lightning energy cards this move does 170 damage, however all energy attached to this Pokemon must be discarded after performing this move.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Zapdos is a basic Pokemon card with no evolution forms, you'll only have to use this card in a deck if you want to use Zapdos.  So knowing this, Zapdos does have a very high HP for a Basic Pokemon, especially as far as Evolutions Pokemon goes, but that HP still isn't high enough to last long in the active Pokemon spot when the quickest move Zapdos has requires four energy cards, and even then, that move does additional damage to Zapdos.  So I would recommend not using this card in a deck, the only way I could see this card being used is if you want to set it up completely on the bench, and then use Thunderbolt once, knocking out the defending Pokemon and then retreating Zapdos the next turn.  You could also try and keep Zapdos on the bench if you're using Electrode from Evolutions in your deck and then use Electrode's Ability, knocking it out and using it as two lightning type energy cards on a Pokemon, you could then do 90 damage with Thunder for only two energy cards, the Electrode and a Double Colorless special energy card.  In the long run however, like I mentioned earlier in this section, this card is just way too slow on the attack and unless you can quickly get energy cards on this card, there is no need to use this card in a deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the XY Evolutions set.  Even though this card has a solid HP, and no weakness, it is still a poor Pokemon card overall, with two very slow moves, that both make attacking two turns in a row extremely tough.  So unless you can quickly get four energy cards on Zapdos, stay clear of this card and definitely don't use it in your deck.

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Zapdos -- Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zapdos from the Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Set.  Zapdos is a basic, lightning type Pokemon card with an hp of 120, it has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Zapdos does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Drill Peck, this move requires one lightning energy card to use and does 20 damage.  Zapdos's second move is called Raging Thunder, this move requires three energy cards to use, two lightning and one colorless, and does 120 damage, however this move does do 40 damage to one of your benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Zapdos 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, the move you want to use this card for is Raging Thunder, it does major damage for only three energy cards but you need to plan around the 40 damage it does to your own Pokemon, so either do not have any Pokemon on your bench, very risky, or have a way to heal damage from all of your Pokemon at once, I know there are cards out there that can heal 20 damage a time from each of your own Pokemon, or you could also put a Pokemon on the bench with an extremely high HP, like a Wailord can, and just keep doing 40 damage a turn to that card.  Because Zapdos does do damage to your own Pokemon, I would only use 1 of these in a deck if you use it at all.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average Basic Pokemon card from the Roaring Skies set.  This card does have a high HP and two moves, one being average and the other being above average, but because Zapdos does a ton of damage to your own Pokemon, I had to reduce the rating I gave to this card.  If you like to play with some risk, this is definitely a card to consider for a lightning type deck.

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Zapdos EX -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zapdos EX from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  Zapdos is a basic, EX, lightning type Pokemon card with an hp of 170. It has a x2 weakness to lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Zapdos EX does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move it has is called Agility, this move requires two energy cards, one each of lightning and colorless, and does 30 damage, plus if you get a heads when you flip a coin all effects of an attack by your opponent's Pokemon during their next turn on Zapdos is prevented.  Zapdos's second move is called Powervolt, this move requires four energy cards, two each of lightning and colorless, and does 80 damage plus 40 more damage if Zapdos EX has any Plasma Energy cards attached to it.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, because Zapdos 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.  Right off the bat, whatever deck you have this card in you'll want to include 4 Plasma Energy cards in it so that Zapdos's Power Flame move will do 120 damage per turn.  If this strategy seems eerily similar to the Moltres EX review from this set that is because these two cards are quite similar, they are just different types of Pokemon.  So I would recommend keeping Zapdos on the bench, putting 4 energy cards on it, at least one Plasma energy, and then moving it into the active Pokemon spot after that and using Powervolt every turn.  Even if you put this Pokemon card in the active Pokemon spot to start the game, you can easily wait a turn before attacking and still survive quite awhile just using Agility, especially if you flip a few heads.  This card is definitely a must have card for a lightning type deck because it packs such a wallop and it is only a basic Pokemon card so you won't have to include this card with any others.  I would suggest pairing this card with Moltres EX and building a fire and lightning type deck, that way you would have two very powerful Pokemon cards in your deck that both do 120 damage per turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average EX Pokemon card.  It has a very solid hp, surprisingly low retreat cost, one decent move that will become pretty good with some luck, and one awesome move.  You really can't go wrong by using this card in your deck, because as soon as you get four energy cards on Zapdos, the game will be over because this move will one hit KO most Pokemon and all Pokemon in two turns.  This is definitely an EX card that you'll want to use in your deck and will definitely dominate.

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