Pokemon Card of the Day: Metal Type Magnezone (Stormfront)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is the metal type Magnezone from the Stormfront set. This is a stage 2, metal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 120. It has a +30 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Its Poke-Power is called Magnetic Search and says that once during your turn you may search your deck for an electric or metal type Pokemon and put it into your hand. Besides the Poke-Power, Magnezone has two moves, the first move is called Speed Shot which takes two energy cards, one each of colorless and electric, and does 30 damage to one of your opponent's Pokemon. Magnezone's second move is called Crush Volt which does 80 damage for 3 energy cards, one electric and two colorless. Besides the damage, unfortunately you have to remove an energy card from Magnezone when using it. As far as strategy goes you want to notice that this card may be metal type but it does not need any metal energy cards, so you'll want to have this in an electric deck for sure. But if you want to utilize its Poke-Power you could have both metal and electric in this deck and be able to get those Pokemon into your hand whenever you like with Magnezone's Poke-Power. Neither move of Magnezone is too great, but you could utilize a spread damage type strategy by using Speed Shot on one of your opponent's benched Pokemon but I would mainly use Crush Volt and just make sure to have another energy card in my hand to attach to it the next turn so I could use the move again. I would give this card a 3 out of 5 because like I said earlier, neither of its moves are too great but its Poke-Power makes it an average card. So thanks for reading today's review of the metal type Magnezone from Stormfront, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of the electric type Magnezone from the same set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Infernape (Stormfront)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Infernape from the Stormfront set. This is a stage 2, fire type Pokemon card with an hp of 120. It has a +30 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, and no resistance type or retreat cost. Its Poke-Power is called Blaze Dance which says that when you play Infernape from your hand to evolve one of your Pokemon you may flip a coin and if heads search your deck for up to four fire energy cards and attach them to your Pokemon in any way you like. Infernape's first move is called Close Combat and for two colorless energy cards, Infernape does 60 damage but unfortunately the next turn any damage done to Infernape is increased by 30. Infernape's second move is called Spreading Fire and for four energy cards, two each of fire and colorless, Infernape does 80 damage, however when you use this move you must discard two fire energy cards attached to Infernape and when you discard them you may do 20 damage to each of your opponent's benched Pokemon. As far as strategy goes, you could definitely move Infernape into play as soon as you get it in your hand, if you can evolve it in play, because you have a 50% chance of being able to get four energy cards on Infernape right away and then by able to use Spreading Fire the same turn. I would recommend including a Pokemon that also does some spread damage like Infernape does, and also a Pokemon or Supporter that allows you to retrieve fire energy cards from your discard pile so you can reuse the ones you discarded from Spreading Fire. I would give this card a four out of 5 rating because it is quite good, I didn't like Close Combat since it increases your opponent's attacking power the next turn but you can always retreat Infernape for free if it gets too much damage on it, so you should be able to use Spreading Fire at least once and Close Combat once so you should be able to knock out one Pokemon for sure every time you use this card. So thanks for reading today's review of Infernape from Stormfront, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of steel type Magnezone from the same set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Empoleon (Stormfront)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Empoleon from the Stormfront set. This is a stage 2, metal type Pokemon card with an hp of 130. It has a +30 weakness to electric type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Empoleon's Poke-Power is called Emperor Aura and it says that when you move Empoleon from your hand to evolve one of your Pokemon, your opponent cannot attach any cards to their Pokemon during their next turn. Besides the Poke-Power, Empoleon has two moves, the first move is called Steel Wing and this move does 40 damage for two colorless energy cards and it also reduces the damage done to Empoleon from opponent's attacks the next turn by 20. Empoleon's second move is called Whirlpool and this does the standard 60 damage for three energy cards, 2 colorless and 1 water. Also besides doing the damage you may flip a coin and if it is heads you may remove an energy card from the defending Pokemon. As far as strategy goes I would consider this card more of a defensive type Pokemon, that is why I would guess it is metal type, even though Empoleon has no metal type moves on this card. Depending on how much damage is on Empoleon affects which move you will move, but both will affect your opponent somehow which is great. I could see using this card as an attacker and Pokemon to take some damage for awhile while I set up some big attackers on my bench, since Empoleon can reduce damage done to it and remove energy cards from your opponent's Pokemon, I would try and pair this card with a water type Pokemon that takes awhile to set up and is extremely powerful. I would give this card a 4 out of 5 because it has a plethora of things it can do, it has a Poke-Power and two moves and these two moves not only do damage but also affect the defending Pokemon. The only bad thing about this card would be its weakness to electric type Pokemon, so beware of Luxray GL Lv. X. So thanks for reading today's review of Empoleon from the Stormfront set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Infernape from the same set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Dusknoir (Stormfront)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Dusknoir from the Stormfront set. This is a stage 2, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 120. It has a +30 weakness to darkness type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to colorless Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. Dusknoir's Poke-Power is called Shadow Command which says that once per turn you may draw two cards for twenty damage to Dusknoir and if you have seven or more cards in your hand after you draw the cards you have to discard cards from your hand until you only have 6 cards in your hand. Besides the Poke-Power, Dusknoir has two moves, the first move is called Damage Even which requires two energy cards, one each of colorless and psychic and lets you do the amount of damage on Dusknoir to one of your opponent's Pokemon. So at a maximum this move could do 110 damage. Dusknoir's second move is called Night Spin which takes three energy cards, two psychic and one colorless, and does 50 damage plus it prevents all effects of an attack by your opponent the next turn if that Pokemon attacking has two or less energy cards attached to it. So as far as strategy goes I would recommend keeping Dusknoir on your bench and using its Poke-Power and getting quite a bit of damage on Dusknoir that way when you use Dusknoir in the active Pokemon spot it can do quite a bit of damage with Damage Even. Depending on the better move I would rotate back and forth between Dusknoir's two moves, making sure to use Night Spin if you could be knocked out the next turn. I would rate this card a 4 out of 5 because you can do your own damage to Dusknoir from the bench and then when you put it into the active Pokemon spot you can make sure your opponent can't attack. Also this is a good card to replenish and recirculate the cards in your deck to get the cards you want. So thanks for reading today's review of Dusknoir from the Stormfront set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Empoleon from the same set.