Swinub -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Swinub from the BREAKthrough set.  Swinub is a basic, fighting 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.  Swinub does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Powder Snow and for one colorless energy card this move puts the defending Pokemon to sleep.  Swinub's second move is called Mud-Slap, for three energy cards, two fighting and one colorless, this move does 40 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Swinub is a basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Piloswine, and a Stage 2 evolution in Mamoswine, which I'll be reviewing the next few days, you'll more than likely want to use some of those Pokemon with this card, however, since I have not reviewed any of those cards yet, I will just act like Swinub does not have any evolution forms and that it will be used on its own.  On its own, I cannot recommend using this card in a deck, the main reason I say this is because in order to do any damage with this card you need to put three energy cards on it, making this card very slow, plus Mud-Slap does below average damage for the amount of energy cards required to attack.  So if you have to play this card in the active Pokemon spot, really your only choice is to put the defending Pokemon to sleep using Powder Snow, then either evolving Swinub or getting a different Pokemon into play.

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 that receives a below average rating because of its slowness on the attack and its under-powered move.  This card does have a solid HP and can do a fair amount of things with two moves, but overall, I wouldn't recommend using this card on its own in a deck.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Marowak BREAK -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Marowak BREAK from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  The way a BREAK card works is that you place it on top of the Pokemon with the exact name, so this card would be placed on top of Marowak, so basically this card is a Stage 2 card.  It is placed horizontally on the card it evolves from and can use that Pokemon's Abilities and Attacks as well as what is on the BREAK card.  Marowak BREAK is a BREAK (essentially a Stage 2), fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 140.  It has the same weakness, resistance and retreat cost as the Marowak you're evolving it from.  Marowak BREAK does not have an Ability and it only has one move called Bone Revenge which requires two energy cards, one each of fighting and colorless, and does 20 damage plus 40 more damage for each prize card your opponent has taken.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Marowak BREAK is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Cubone into play and evolve it into Marowak before you can evolve Marowak into Marowak BREAK.  I have reviewed both Cubone and Marowak from this set the past couple of days on my blog.  If you read those reviews I thought Cubone was a below average Basic Pokemon mainly because its only move was based on a coin flip but I did think that Marowak was above average, having a high HP, and two very good moves, that both could do a good amount of damage and attack quickly.  So knowing this about the first two Pokemon in this line and looking at this BREAK card, if you're using the first two Pokemon in this line in a deck, there is absolutely no reason not to use this BREAK card with it.  Not only does this card include a move that can do more damage than the Marowak card you're evolving it from, but if you're losing late in the game, this card can be a game saver, since the more prize cards your opponent has the more damage Bone Revenge does.  So ideally, since Marowak BREAK can use Marowak's moves, I would get Marowak into the active Pokemon spot as soon as possible then evolve it into the BREAK version, use Bone Windmill or Sharpshooting right away until your opponent takes at least one prize card, then use Bone Revenge after that.  I would recommend using at least a 2-1-1 line of this line in a fighting type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average BREAK Pokemon card from the BREAKthrough set.  This card pairs very nicely with the Marowak from this set, attacking quickly and having a high HP.  So essentially if you're looking for a card that can bring you back into the game and win it at the end, this is a card for you.  I would highly recommend using this line in a fighting type deck, and would give the entire line a 4 out of 5 rating.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Marowak -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Marowak from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  Marowak is a stage 1, fighting type Pokemon card, with an hp of 100. It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Marowak does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Sharpshooting, for one fighting energy card this move does 30 damage to one of your opponent's Pokemon.  Marowak's second move is called Bone Windmill and for two energy cards, one each of fighting and colorless, does 60 damage, plus if the defending Pokemon is an EX Pokemon, you have to switch Marowak for one of your benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Marowak is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Cubone into play (I reviewed Cubone from this set yesterday) and then evolve Cubone into Marowak.  If you read yesterday's review of Cubone, you'll know that I thought that card was a below average Basic Pokemon card.  Just looking at the card it is good overall having a high HP, low retreat cost, and one move that does 50 damage, but because the card only has one move and that move is based off of a coin flip, I had to give the card a below average rating.  So knowing this about Cubone and looking at this Marowak card, this card would work well early in games, you could put Cubone in the active Pokemon spot to start the game, not attack the first turn but attach an energy card to it, then evolve Cubone the second turn and be able to do 60 damage right away with Marowak.  Or you could use this card in a spread attack deck and use Sharpshooting later in the game to knock off a benched Pokemon of your opponent's each turn.  Overall, I would recommend using a 1-1 line of Cubone and Marowak in a fighting type or spread attack type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a very solid Stage 1 Pokemon card from the BREAKthrough set.  I like this card quite well, it has an above average HP, and two good moves, both very quick and doing a fair amount of damage.  Paired with Cubone from this set, I would give the two cards a 3 out of 5 rating and would recommend taking a strong look at these cards when creating a deck.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
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Cubone -- BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Cubone from the BREAKthrough Pokemon Card Set.  Cubone is a basic, fighting type Pokemon card with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Cubone does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  This move is called Whimsy Tackle and for two energy cards, one each of fighting and colorless, this move does 50 damage, however you must flip a coin when using this move, if you get a tails the move does nothing.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Cubone is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Marowak, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own, I would not recommend using this card in a deck, the main reason I say this is because this card is based on a coin flip, so if you have some bad luck and keep getting tails when flipping a coin, this card can do absolutely nothing.  If you do want to use this card in a deck, I would attach a Trick Coin trainer card to this card which would give you a better chance of getting a heads when flipping a coin.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Marowak, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card.  I say this because this card is based off of a coin flip and could do nothing at all if you can't flip a heads.  Other than that, this card has a high HP and can do a fair amount of damage, so if you're feeling lucky, you can definitely consider this card in a deck.

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