Trevenant -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Trevenant from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Trevenant is a Stage 1, Grass type Pokemon card, with a HP of 120. It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Trevenant does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  This card's first move is called Poltergeist, for two Colorless Energy cards this move does 30 damage times the number of Trainer cards in your opponent's hand when they reveal it.  Horn Leech is Trevenant's second move, for three Energy cards, two Grass and one Colorless, this move does 90 damage, plus it heals 30 damage from Trevenant.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Trevenant is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Phantump into play (I reviewed Phantump from this set yesterday) and then evolve Phantump into Trevenant.  If you read yesterday's review of Trevenant, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  The card was fairly solid overall, with an average HP, and two moves, but it was limited in that it could only do a maximum of 10 damage total, and it had a higher retreat cost.  So knowing  this about Phantump and looking at this Trevenant card, I would recommend setting this line up on the Bench, since both of the moves on Trevenant require a little time to set up.  I would mainly use Horn Leech when attacking, but this card could sit on the Bench until you know your opponent has some Trainer cards in their hand, or, if you just want to see the strategy your opponent is going to use, you could use Poltergeist.  Overall, this is a solid attacker for a Grass type deck, and could easily work in 1-1 fashion in a Grass type deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set.  Other than requiring at least two Energy cards to attack, this card is very good overall.  It has a well above average HP, made even higher by its Horn Leech move, it has the potential to do major damage with Poltergeist, and is just a great attacker overall to use in a Grass type deck.  Together with Phantump from this set, which I gave a 2 out of 5 rating, I would give these two cards a 3 out of 5 rating, they should definitely be considered for a Grass type deck.

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Phantump -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Phantump from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Phantump is a Basic, Grass type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Phantump does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Tackle, for one Grass Energy card this move does 10 damage.  Phantump's second move is called Confuse Ray, for two Colorless Energy cards this move Confuses the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Phantump is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Trevenant, 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, this card could be used as a starter type Pokemon, since it can attack for one Energy card, however, unless you plan on using 4 Double Colorless Energy cards in your deck, I would probably look elsewhere because of Phantump's high retreat cost.  But, with one Colorless Energy card attached you can Confuse the defending Pokemon or retreat.  I would say this card is better suited for the Bench and then having it evolve there into Trevenant.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Phantump, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  Like I mentioned above, this card definitely has some positives like its HP and the fact it has two moves.  But, because this card has a high retreat cost, and can't do much damage when retreating, I would look elsewhere for a Basic Pokemon to use in a Grass type deck.

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Lilligant -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Lilligant from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Lilligant is a Stage 1, Grass type Pokemon card, with a HP of 90. It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Lilligant does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  This card's first move is called Petal Blizzard, for one Colorless Energy card this move does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokemon.  Lilligant's second move is called Petal Dance, for two Energy cards, one each of Grass and Colorless, this move does 40 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip 3 coins, but unfortunately the move also Confuses Lilligant.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Lilligant is a Stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Lilligant into play (I reviewed Petilil from this set yesterday) and then evolve Petilil into Lilligant.  If you read yesterday's review of Petilil, you'll know that I thought it was a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  The main negative on the card was its low HP, other than that, the card could do 10 damage for one Energy card, plus it could heal itself, so if you have to put Petilil into the Active Pokemon spot for one turn, it wouldn't be too bad, but you definitely wouldn't want it in the Active Pokemon spot later in games.  The best thing to do with this line is to set it up on the Bench, or get Lilligant into the Active Pokemon spot the second turn of the game, and then using Petal Blizzard every turn.  Although Petal Dance can do up to 120 damage per turn, I would much rather use this line in a spread attack type deck, doing 10 damage to all of your opponent's Pokemon every single turn, then potentially putting a Pokemon into play that can do major damage to a Pokemon of your choosing and knocking out Pokemon every single turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set.  This is a perfect card to use in a spread attack type deck, it can attack very quickly and do a good amount of damage total per turn.  Even if this card didn't have Petal Dance, I would still give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  Together with Petilil from this set, I would give the two cards a 3 out of 5 rating, again, if you're building a spread attack type deck, I would highly recommend using this line.

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Petilil -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Petilil from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Petilil is a Basic, Grass type Pokemon card with a HP of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to Fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Petilil does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  This card's only move is called Blot, for one Colorless Energy card this move does 10 damage, plus it heals 10 damage from Petilil.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Petilil is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Lilligant, 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, because this card has a below average HP, I would not recommend using it in a deck.  I do like that this card can attack very quickly and it heals damage from itself, making its 50 HP seem a bit higher, but still, it would be an easy target to knock out in one move later in games.  So, unless you have a way to increase Petilil's HP, I would look elsewhere for a Grass type Pokemon card to use in your deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Lilligant, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card overall.  Like I mentioned above, this card does have some positives, like its low retreat cost, low attack cost, and the fact that it can heal itself, but because of its low HP, this card should not be used in a deck without Lilligant.

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