Feraligatr -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Feraligatr from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Feraligatr is a stage 2, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 150.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost.  Feraligatr does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Hyper Whirlpool, this move requires three energy cards, two colorless and one water, and does 60 damage, plus you get to flip a coin until you get tails, for each heads you get remove an energy card attached to the defending Pokemon.  Feraligatr's second move is called Second Strike, this move requires four energy cards, two each of water and colorless, and does 80 damage plus 80 more damage if the defending Pokemon already has damage counters on it.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Feraligatr is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Totodile into play and then evolve it into Croconaw before you can evolve Croconaw into Feraligatr, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought both cards were below average, and if you decide to use this Feraligatr card in a deck, you should definitely set up this entire line on the bench.  With that being said, I would highly recommend using this line in a deck, especially a spread damage type deck.  I would try and get a Pokemon into the active Pokemon spot that does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokemon in play, while that Pokemon is in the active Pokemon spot I would set up Feraligatr and get four energy cards on it.  Then, when Feraligatr is set up, move it to the active Pokemon spot and use Second Strike every turn, doing 160 damage every turn.  Once you knock out all of the Pokemon with damage already on them, I would attach Trick Coin to Feraligatr and then use Hyper Whirlpool, doing 60 damage and giving you two chances to discard a ton of energy cards off of your opponent's active Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an awesome Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set and one I highly recommend using.  Not only does this card have two moves, but both moves are great and do above average damage plus additional things, making this card a great card to use.  Definitely use this card in a water type deck or a spread damage type deck, using a 3-2-2 line of this Pokemon family.  Even though I only gave each Totodile and Croconaw a 2 out of 5 rating, I would give this entire Pokemon line a 4 out of 5 rating.

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Croconaw -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Croconaw from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card set.  Croconaw is a stage 1, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Croconaw does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Wave Splash, for two energy cards, one each of water and colorless, and does 30 damage.  Croconaw's second move is called Crunch, for three energy cards, two colorless and one water, this move does 40 damage, plus if you get a heads when flipping a coin, you may discard an energy card attached to the opposing Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Croconaw is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Totodile into play (I reviewed Totodile from this set yesterday) and then evolve Totodile into Croconaw.  Croconaw does have a stage 2 evolution in Feraligatr that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed that card yet, the strategy below will act like Croconaw is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read yesterday's review of Totodile, you'll know that I thought the card was a below average Basic Pokemon card, at least on its own.  The card was decent overall, having a low retreat cost, average HP, and a move that could do up to 30 damage, but the only move it did have was based on coin flips, which is always a no no for me.  So knowing this about Totodile and looking at this Croconaw card, I probably wouldn't recommend using it without Feraligatr.  I say this because Croconaw has too low of an HP for a Stage 1 card and neither move it has is that great.  Wave Splash is the better move in my opinion, but I definitely wouldn't include this card in a deck just to use that move.  If you do decide to use this line in a deck, do not use more than a 1-1 line, and try and set up Croconaw on the bench and get it into the active Pokemon spot as soon as possible, then use Wave Splash most turns, unless you want to put three energy cards on Croconaw, then use Crunch every turn, hoping to get some heads.

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 Phantom Forces set.  This card just isn't that great overall, with its lower HP and higher retreat cost followed by two average to below average moves.  If you're looking for a Stage 1 water Pokemon card to use in your deck, definitely look elsewhere, because combined both Totodile and Croconaw would get a 2 out of 5 rating, the same ratings they received individually.

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Totodile -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Totodile from the Phantom Forces set.  Totodile is a basic, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Totodile does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Fury Strikes, for one water energy card this move does 10 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip three coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Totodile is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Croconaw and a stage 2 evolution in Feraligatr, which I'll be reviewing the next two days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own, I would not recommend using this card in a deck.  I say this because I never want to have to depend on cards that depend on coin flips.  I would much rather do a move that does 20 damage for sure each turn, than a move like Fury Strikes that could do 30 damage for only one energy card, but it may also do 0 damage per turn.  If you do decide to use this card on its own, you could always attack Trick Coin to it and have two shots at trying to get as many heads as possible.  In either case, the only thing you can do with this card is use Fury Strikes every single turn.  If you can get this card into the active Pokemon spot to start the game and can flip 2 or 3 heads every turn, this card is pretty good and should do a fair amount of damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the Phantom Forces set.  This card has everything a good Basic Pokemon card should have on it, like a solid HP and low retreat cost, but the only move it has is based on coin flips so that is why I'm giving this card a below average rating, it could be good, but I like not to have to worry about my Basic Pokemon when using them.

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Kingler -- Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Kingler from the Phantom Forces Pokemon Card Set.  Kingler 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.  Kingler does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Guard Claw, for one water energy card this move does 20 damage, plus any damage done to Kingler during your opponent's next turn is reduced by 20.  Kingler's second move is called Crabhammer, and for four water energy cards, this move does 100 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Kingler is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Krabby into play (I reviewed Krabby from this set yesterday) and then evolve Krabby into Kingler.  If you read yesterday's review of Krabby, you'll know that I thought that card was a below average Basic Pokemon card, but it did have some positives on it, like a higher HP, and two moves, the card just had too high of retreat cost and neither move it had was the great.  So knowing this about Krabby and looking at this Kingler card, I could definitely see myself using a 1-1 line of Crabby and Kingler in a mainly water type deck.  I would try my hardest to get this line set up on the bench and get four energy cards on it so I could use Crabhammer every turn.  If I had to put Kingler into the active Pokemon spot early, of course I would use Guard Claw, but the later in the game this happens, the more likely Kingler will get knocked out before it can even use Crabhammer.  The reason I would only put one of these Kingler cards in a deck maximum is because of how slow Crabhammer is to use and how many energy cards must be discarded to retreat it.  But you can't go wrong doing 100 damage a turn.

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 Phantom Forces set.  Even though this card has an above average HP and two good moves, I am still only giving Kingler an average rating just because it requires so many energy cards to do major damage and with that many energy cards required it really should have a higher HP.  But again, I would recommend using this Pokemon family in a water type deck, and give Krabby and Kingler combined a 3 out of 5 rating.  Individually Krabby was a 2, Kingler a 3.

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