Monday, August 8, 2011

Regigigas FB -- Supreme Victors Pokemon Card Review

Regigigas FB Pokemon Card Supreme Victors setPokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Regigigas FB from the Supreme Victors set. This is a basic, SP, normal type Pokemon card with an hp of 100. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost. Regigigas doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, its first move is called Drain Punch which takes three colorless energy cards and does 30 damage, plus when you use this move you may remove the number of damage counters off of Regigigas equal to the number of energy cards attached to the defending Pokemon. Regigigas' second move is called Rainbow Lariat and for four colorless energy cards, it does 20 damage times the number of different SP Pokemon you have in play.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, you'll want to have a lot of different SP Pokemon in play when using Regigigas so that you can do 100 damage per turn with Rainbow Lariat. The way I would play Regigigas is to leave it on my bench until I have at least 3 energy cards on it then put it into play. Depending on the strength of my opponent's Pokemon, I would determine which move to use. If the defending Pokemon was really powerful and required four energy cards per turn to attack, I would use Drain Punch on it to minimize the damage, otherwise I would use Rainbow Lariat to damage that Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. I like the fact that this card can do damage and heal itself at the same time, and it can benefit from having other SP Pokemon in play. You can basically put this card in any deck since it is a normal type Pokemon, however its retreat cost is way to high, and neither move can do that much damage, unless all you have in your deck is SP Pokemon which in my opinion isn't the best choice.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Regigigas FB from the Supreme Victors set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Staraptor FB from the Supreme Victors set.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Rayquaza C -- Supreme Victors Pokemon Card Review

Rayquaza C Pokemon Card Supreme Victors setPokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Rayquaza C from the Supreme Victors set. This is a basic, SP, normal type Pokemon card with an hp of 100. It has a x2 weakness to colorless type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. Rayquaza's first move is called Trash Burst and for one colorless energy card, you may discard up to 5 energy cards from your hand, for each one your discard it does 10 more damage to the base damage of 10. So if you discarded five total energy cards from your hand, this move would do 60 damage for only one energy card. Rayquaza's second move is called Twister, and for four colorless energy cards this move does 50 damage, however when you use this move, you have to flip two coins, if both are tails, this move does nothing, for each heads you flip you may remove one energy card from the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, if you want this card to be able to do a lot of damage very quickly, you are going to have to have a way to get energy cards into your hand fast. However when using Trash Burst, you'll be wasting a lot of energy cards, so you'll want to have a way to retrieve them from the discard pile and put them either back into your deck or preferrably back into your hand. Trash Burst might work once, but it will be extremely hard to get another five energy cards back into your hand so quickly, so you'll have to try and attach energy cards to Rayquaza. Twister can be effective if you get two heads, especially if you are facing a Pokemon that needs a lot of energy to attack, but no matter what move you use on this card, neither move can do a massive amount of damage, so you'll have to find better cards to really do some damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating. This is a card that shows why I dislike SP cards so much, it has too low of hp and requires too many energy cards to attack, and when you do attack this card can hardly do any damage, or it may not do any at all. I guess if you do have a lot of energy cards in your hand, this card could be good for a move, but that is all.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Rayquaza C from the Supreme Victors set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Regigigas FB from the Supreme Victors set.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Metagross -- Supreme Victors Pokemon Card Review

Metagross Pokemon Card Supreme Victors setPokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Metagross from the Supreme Victors set. This is a stage 2, metal type Pokemon card with an hp of 130. It has a +30 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. Its Poke-Body is called Gravitation and it says that all Pokemon in play have -20 hp. Besides the Poke-Body, Metagross has one move called Geo Impact which does the standard 60 damage for three energy cards, in this case two metal and one colorless. Plus if you have a stadium card in play, this move does 20 damage to each of your opponent's benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, if you want to best utilize Metagross' Poke-Body, I would do a couple of things, first I would make sure all of my Pokemon in my deck have higher than average hp. Secondly, I would include other Pokemon in the deck that have spread damage type moves, so if I use Metagross' Poke-Body I may be able to knock out some of my opponent's Pokemon without even doing any damage. Other than that, this card's strategy is straight-forward, make sure and use a stadium card when using Metagross, so that you can do 20 damage to each of your opponent's benched Pokemon besides doing the 60 damage to the active Pokemon. I would suggest too, that you can keep this card on your bench the whole time and just use its Poke-Body and hopefully be able to knock out your opponent's Pokemon much easier.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating. Without a deck with a solid strategy, this card isn't that effective, but it sure can be. With all Pokemon in play having 20 hp less, and then being able to do 20 hp to each of your opponent's Pokemon is like doing 40 damage on their regular hp the first time you use Gravitation. So be prepared to knock out a lot of Pokemon with this card, just make sure that you don't knock out your own Pokemon this same way.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Metagross from the Supreme Victors set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Rayquaza C from the Supreme Victors set.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Magmortar -- Supreme Victors Pokemon Card Review

Magmortar Pokemon Card Supreme Victors setPokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Magmortar from the Supreme Victors set. This is a stage 1, fire type Pokemon card with an hp of 110. It has a +30 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Its Poke-Power is called Evolutionary Flame and it says that when you put Magmortar into play to evolve one of your Pokemon the defending Pokemon is now burned and confused. Besides the Poke-Power, Magmortar has two moves, the first move is called Fire Arrow which takes two energy cards, one each of fire and colorless, and does 30 damage to one of your opponent's Pokemon. Magmortar's second move is called Flame Ball and for three energy cards, two colorless and one fire, it does 60 damage, and once you use this move you may move one fire energy card to one of your other Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, any time you evolve Magmar into Magmortar it is going to greatly affect the defending Pokemon, so I would try and evolve Magmar when the opponent has a strong Pokemon in play, so hopefully they do damage to themselves and get even more damage by being burned. Other than that, I would use Fire Arrow more if I used this card in a spread damage type deck, and I would use Flame Ball if I were using Magmortar in any other type of deck. Also if I knew Magmortar was going to be knocked out during the next turn I would make sure and move that energy card to one of my benched Pokemon when using Flame Ball.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. Besides its Poke-Power which is extremely good, this card is extremely average. It does the standard 60 damage for three energy cards, and it also has the ability to do damage to any of my opponent's Pokemon whenever it wants. There is nothing spectacular about this card, but it is really solid, and would be a great addition to any fire type deck that needs another offensive weapon.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Magmortar from the Supreme Victors set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Metagross from the Supreme Victors set.