Pokemon Card of the Day: Gardevoir (Platinum)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Gardevoir from the Platinum set. This is a stage 2, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 120. It has a +30 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Its Poke-Power is called Psychic Connect and says that as often as you like during your turn you may move a psychic energy card from one of your benched Pokemon to your active Pokemon. Besides the Poke-Power, Gardevoir has two moves, the first move is called Energy Burst and for one psychic energy card, it does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each energy card attached to all of your Pokemon. Gardevoir's second move is called Psychic Protection and does the standard 60 damage for three energy cards, in this case, two colorless and one psychic and the next turn Gardevoir doesn't have a weakness. As far as strategy goes, this is a great card to get late in the game or not attach any energy cards to until you want it to be your active Pokemon. I think this is a great Poke-Power because since this is a stage 2 Pokemon you may not be able to use it in the game, so if you get some of Gardevoir's pre-evolutions on your bench you don't necessarily have to attach any energy cards to it just make sure to have some other psychic type Pokemon on your bench with energy cards attached to them that could be moved to Gardevoir if the need be. Other than its Poke-Power, if you have a full bench with a lot of energy cards attached to those Pokemon, Gardevoir's moves are decent, Energy Burst could have the potential to do 60+ damage but neither of its moves can do much more than 60. So I would give this card a 3 out of 5 because it is an average card overall. I do like its Poke-Power and it would definitely be a good card to have on your bench at all times but it is a stage 2 Pokemon so you'll have to use some important spots in your deck for Gardevoir and its evolutions. So thanks for reading today's review of Gardevoir from the Platinum set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Giratina from the same set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Dialga G (Platinum)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Dialga G from the Platinum set. This is a basic, metal type Pokemon card with an hp of 100. Before I get too far into the review if you don't know what the G means in Dialga G or you don't know what an SP Pokemon is click here to watch a video of mine explaining what they are. Dialga G has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Dialga G doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Deafen which takes one each of metal and colorless energy cards and does 10 damage and prevents your opponent from playing any trainer or stadium cards the next turn. Dialga's second move is called Second Strike and for three energy cards, two colorless and one metal, Dialga does 50 damage unless the defending Pokemon has at least 20 damage on it then this move does 70 instead of 50. As far as strategy goes I would not use this card without using Diala G Lv. X because this card isn't very good on its own. I wish this card's first move would have been twenty damage then you could do 70 damage with Second Strike every move instead of having to wait until you get three energy cards on Dialga to do more than 10 damage or having to use Deafen twice. I would give this card a 2 out of 5 because to me this card isn't very good. It doesn't do anything special and it is way too slow, it can only do 10 damage for two energy cards when most basic Pokemon that evolve can do 20 or 30 damage for one energy card. Like I said make sure and use this card with Dialga G Lv. X if you use it at all, I would recommend either of the Dialga's I reviewed the past two days before this card, just know that you can only use Dialga G Lv. X with this card. So thanks for reading today's review of Dialga G from the Platinum set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Gardevoir from the same set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Dialga (Platinum 6/127)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Dialga again, this time it is a different version, this Dialga also is a metal type, basic Pokemon, with an hp of 100, but this Dialga only has a +20 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Unlike Dialga from yesterday, this card has a Poke-Body instead of a Poke-Power, Dialga's Poke-Body is called Time Aura and says that as long as Dialga is your active Pokemon your opponent can't play any card from there hand to evolve any of there Pokemon. This Dialga only has one move as well, this move is called Metal Burn and for four energy cards, two each of metal and colorless, Dialga does 100 damage but you then have to discard all metal energy cards attached to Dialga. So as far as strategy goes I really with Dialga's move was better but its Poke-Body is great, since even if you do use Metal Burn and have to wait two turns to attack again, hopefully you'll be going against basic Pokemon who can't evolve because of Time Aura and you'll be able to knock out a few Pokemon in a row. So for this card to do its best, you want to get it out fast and have some cards in your deck that will allow it to get energy on it fast. I would give this card a 3 out of 5, I think this card is a little better than the Dialga I reviewed yesterday but it still isn't anything too great. I really like its Poke-Body but it is way too slow to be dominant and you'll be forced to have this in a dual type deck unless you want to wait four turns each time you want to use Metal Burn. So thanks for reading today's review of Dialga from the Platinum set, I hope you aren't getting sick of Dialga because tomorrow I will be reviewing Dialga G from the same set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Dialga (Platinum 5/127)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Dialga from the Platinum set. This is a basic, metal type Pokemon card with an hp of 100. It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. Dialga's Poke-Power is called Reverse Time and this power says that when you put Dialga into play you may look through your discard pile and choose three cards from there besides Lv. X Pokemon and put those cards on the top of your deck in whatever order you like. Dialga's only move is called Time-Space Traveling and does 50 damage for three energy cards, two colorless and one metal. Besides doing the damage you may draw cards until you have seven in your hand. As far as strategy goes I would only use this card once in my deck for the Poke-Power so you could get back three cards at once instead of one card at a time with some trainers from the discard pile, and even with this Poke-Power you can only put these three cards on top of your deck so you can't get them immediately. If you plan on using a lot of trainers or supporters in your deck you may want to have this card in your deck to replenish your deck every turn when you use Time-Space Traveling but you'll definitely want to keep Dialga on your bench awhile before putting it into play since it is fairly slow especially for a basic Pokemon. I would rate this card a 2 out of 5 because for a Platinum set card it has a high weakness, and high retreat cost especially for a basic Pokemon. I also think that supporter/trainer cards could easily be a better fit in a deck and would help you more. So thanks for reading today's review of Dialga from the Platinum set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of a different Dialga card from the Platinum set.