Thursday, August 4, 2011

Electivire FB -- Supreme Victors Pokemon Card Review

Electivire FB Pokemon Card Supreme Victors setPokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Electivire FB from the Supreme Victors set. This is a basic, SP, electric type Pokemon card with an hp of 90. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. It does not have a Poke-Body or Poke-Power but it does have two moves, the first move is called Dump and Draw which takes 1 colorless energy card, and tells you to discard up to two energy cards from your hand, for each you discard you may draw two cards from your deck. Electivire's second move is called Electric Current and for three energy cards, one electric and two colorless, it does 40 damge, however once you use this move you have to move one electric energy card from Electivire to one of your benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, I would use this card only for its first move, allowing me to get four cards in my hand while only discarding two. This move would allow me to hopefully get a trainer I need or Pokemon I need into my hand more quickly then waiting a few turns to draw those cards. However, just using this card for Dump and Draw isn't smart because you have to have at least 3 energy cards on Electivire in order to retreat, so if you are going to use this card at all you might as well put three energy cards on it so that you can use its only move that can actually attack.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating. Dump and Draw is the only good thing about this card. Other than that, this card is terrible, it has a majorly weak move in Electric Current, which should do at least 60 damage for three energy cards, not 40, and when you do do this move you have to move an energy card from it, so you'll always have to be adding energy cards to this card, and if you don't want to use Electric Current you can't attack at all, and you can't retreat unless you put a ton of energy cards on Electivire.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Drifblim FB -- Supreme Victors Pokemon Card Review

Drifblim FB Pokemon Card Supreme Victors setPokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Drifblim FB from the Supreme Victors set. This is a basic, SP, psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 80. It has a x2 weakness to darkness type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to colorless Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Drifblim's Poke-Body is called Pump-Up and this Poke-Body gives Drifblim 40 more hp when your opponent has 3 prize cards or less left. Drifblim's only move is called Shadow Ball which takes three energy cards, two colorless and one psychic energy card, and it does 40 damage to one of your opponent's benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, this would be a great finisher card in a spread damage type deck. You'll want to early in the game use a Pokemon that does 10 damage to all your opponent's Pokemon at once. That way, you may start losing Pokemon before your opponent and so you can then bring in Drifblim off your bench, with three energy cards attached to it already, and start using Shadow Ball and hopefully be able to knock out most of your opponent's Pokemon in one move, since all the Pokemon will already have damage on them from the spread damage type Pokemon you were using earlier in the game. It would probably work even better if you could switch out the defending Pokemon to a weaker Pokemon, before bringing Drifblim into the active Pokemon spot, that way the 120 hp Drifblim has would seem even higher.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating. This card can be extremely successful if you plan your deck right. So if you follow the suggestions I made in the above paragraph this card should really dominate your opponent. I just wish it had one more move that could actually attack the defending Pokemon, because the stronger that Pokemon is, the weaker and less effective Drifblim will be.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Blaziken FB -- Supreme Victors Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Blaziken FB from the Supreme Victors set. This is a basic, SP, fire type Pokemon card with an hp of 80. It has a x2 weakness to Water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Blaziken does not have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves. Its first move is called Luring Flame and for one fire energy card, this move lets you switch the defending Pokemon with one of your opponent's benched Pokemon, and make the new defending Pokemon burned. Blaziken's second move is called Vapor Kick, and this move takes two energy cards, one each of fire and colorless, and does 30 damage unless your opponent has any water Pokemon in play then this move does 60 damage instead of 30.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, this is another very fast Pokemon. Both of its moves require minimal energy and can do a fair amount of damage, especially if you are facing water type Pokemon. I would try and incorporate this card into a deck that includes some spread damage type Pokemon, that way when you use Luring Flame you can move in a Pokemon of your opponent's that is close to feinting, and then once that Pokemon becomes burned it may be knocked out within a turn or two. Another strategy I would use with this card is to use Luring Flame and switch in a Pokemon of your opponent's that is a stage 2 Pokemon but doesn't have enough energy cards on it yet to attack, that way you could do damage to it each turn without getting damaged, and more than likely your opponent wouldn't be able to retreat that Pokemon. Once you burned the defending Pokemon you could switch out Blaziken and do damage with a more powerful Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. I really do like Blaziken's first move, which allows you to choose your opponent's active Pokemon, but its second move really isn't anything special unless you go against water Pokemon, and with a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, more than likely Blaziken will be knocked out quicker than you'll be able to knock out a water type Pokemon by using Vapor Kick.

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Monday, August 1, 2011

Absol G -- Supreme Victors Pokemon Card Review

Absol G Pokemon Card Supreme Victors setPokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Absol G from the Supreme Victors set. This is a basic, SP, darkness type Pokemon card with an hp of 70. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Absol does not have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Feint Attack and for one darkness energy card, Absol is able to attack any one of your opponent's Pokemon and do 20 damage to that Pokemon. This move is not affected by weakness or resistance so it will always do 20 damage. Absol's second move is called Doom News and for three energy cards, two colorless and one darkness, Absol is guaranteed to knock out the defending Pokemon, as long as you return all energy cards attached to Absol to your hand, the defending Pokemon is knocked out following their next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, this is a great card to do two different things, it is a great starter Pokemon because it is very fast, only requiring one energy card to do damage to any of your opponent's Pokemon, and at the same time, it is a card that can knock out that one powerful Pokemon of your opponent's in one turn guaranteed. So if I were using this card, if I got it into the active Pokemon spot right away, I would only use the one energy card on it then stick to Feint. I would rather keep this card on my bench, put three energy cards on it, and when my opponent puts a really strong Pokemon card out there, put Absol in, use Doom News, and then retreat Absol back out, and possibly re-attach energy cards to it. Just make sure that if you are going to put Absol into the active Pokemon spot to use Doom News that it doesn't get knocked out by your opponent before Doom News knocked out that Pokemon because if it does, it would be a waste to use Doom News in the first place.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating. I like the fact that this card assures a knock out, I would have gave it an even higher rating but since it does only have 70 hp, it can't last very long in play before getting knocked out. Other than that, it is quite good, it has a low retreat cost, and can attack quickly with a move that only requires one energy card.

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