Porygon-Z -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Porygon-Z from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Porygon-Z is a stage 2, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Porygon-Z's Ability is called Plasma Transfer and allows you to as often as you'd like during your turn, to move one Plasma Energy card from one Pokemon to another.  Besides the Ability, Porygon-Z has one move called Tri-Attack, for three colorless energy cards, this move does 50 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip 3 coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Porygon-Z is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Porygon into play and then evolve it into Porygon-2 before you can evolve Porygon-2 into Porygon-Z, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  Both of the Pokemon in this line that I've reviewed have been just average and could be used without Porygon-Z, but now that I've summarized that card, I will explain what I think should be done with this line.  So even though this whole line is a colorless line, I would definitely include the line in a Team Plasma type deck.  Because you can only have 4 special energy cards in a deck, Porygon-Z's Ability will become very useful during battle.  So I would include this line in a Team Plasma Pokemon heavy deck, I would include a 3-2-2 line of Porygon, Porygon-2, and Porygon-Z.  I would make sure one of those Porygon-Z cards is on my bench the whole time so I can utilize its Ability, the other Porygon-Z I would definitely recommend attacking with after having three energy cards on it.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this an average stage 2 Pokemon card from the Plasma Blast set.  This card is quite similar to the first two Pokemon in this line, just very average, but it is still a great card to use in a deck, especially a Team Plasma one.  I like that this card has a low retreat cost, can do up to 150 damage per turn, and can greatly help your Team Plasma Pokemon in play.  I wish this card's one move would guarantee more damage every turn and that it had a higher hp, but overall it is still average, and so is this entire Pokemon family as a whole, altogether each Pokemon received a 3 rating from me and get one as a whole as well.

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Porygon-2 -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Porygon-2 from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Porygon-2 is a stage 1, colorless Pokemon card, with an hp of 80.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Porygon-2 does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Destructive Beam, for two colorless energy cards this move does 30 damage and if you get a heads when you flip a coin, allos you to discard an energy card attached to the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Porygon-2 is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Porygon into play (I reviewed Porygon from this set yesterday) and then evolve Porygon into Porygon-2.  Porygon-2 does have a stage 2 evolution in Porygon-Z that you'll probably want to use with this Pokemon line but since I haven't reviewed that card yet, the strategy below will act like Porygon-2 is the final evolution in this line.  So if you read yesterday's review of Porygon, you'll know that I thought that card was very solid and could easily be used in a deck on its own.  Porygon was quite limited though, so no more than 1 or 2 should be used in a deck on its own.  So knowing this about Porygon, this Porygon-2 card is quite limited as well, but still solid in what it can do.  So I could see myself using a 2-1 or 1-1 line of Porygon and Porygon-2 in any type deck.  I would try and get these Pokemon into the active Pokemon spot early in the game, and use whatever move I could from the cards, of course if you have Porygon-2 in play, you'll want to use Destructive Beam every turn.  The sooner you get Porygon-2 in the active Pokemon spot, the more likely you'll be able to set up your Pokemon longer while using Destructive Beam to stall your opponent's attacks.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a very average stage 1 Pokemon card.  Even though this card does have a below average hp, I am still giving this card a rating of 3 because it has a low retreat cost, requires any type of energy so it can fit into any deck, and not only does a fair amount of damage, but can discard energy cards from your opponent's Pokemon.  So this card is definitely not one I would build a deck around, but if I have a couple of spots open in my deck, I would definitely consider putting Porygon and Porygon-2 in that deck.  Because of this, overall I'm giving Porygon and Porygon-2 from the Plasma Blast a 3 out of 5 rating.

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Porygon -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Porygon from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Porygon is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Porygon does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Tackle, for one colorless energy card this move does 10 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Porygon is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Porygon-2 and a stage 2 evolution in Porygon-Z, which I'll be reviewing the next two days, you'll more than likely want to use those cards with this Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolutions.  So on its own,this card would work perfectly as a starter type Pokemon in any deck.  I say this because the card requires only one colorless energy card, can attack right away, and has a solid hp.  Even though this card would work perfectly in any deck, I wouldn't use more than one of these cards in a deck without its evolutions, because Porygon is quite limited.  So if you have this card in your deck, you'll want to get the card into your active Pokemon spot early, use Tackle a couple of turns, set up your benched Pokemon, and retreat Porygon after attacking a couple of turns.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average basic Pokemon card.  This card really isn't anything special, just an average, solid card overall.  There really is nothing to complain about with this card other than it is limited.  The hp on this card is good, it has an average move, and a low retreat cost.  So this card can be used in any deck being built that just needs one more basic Pokemon card in it to make it a 60 card deck.

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Kangaskhan -- Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Kangaskhan from the Plasma Blast Pokemon Card Set.  Kankaskhan is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 100. It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost.  Kangaskhan does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Call for Family, for one colorless energy card, this move allows you to search for 2 basic Pokemon from your deck and put them onto your bench.  Kangaskan's second move is called Comet Punch, this move requires two colorless energy cards and does 20 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip four coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Kangaskhan is a basic Pokemon with no evolutions, you only have to use this Pokemon in your deck if you want to use this card.  With that being said, you not only can use this card on its own, but in any type deck since it requires only colorless energy cards to attack.  I would definitely consider using 1 to 2 of these cards in a deck.  I would try and get this card into the active Pokemon spot early in the game and use Call for Family the first turn to get basic Pokemon on your bench, and then all other turns I would use Comet Punch.  More than likely you'll get at least 1 heads out of 4 coin flips, so this move should do average damage at the worst.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average basic Pokemon card from the Plasma Blast set.  I like that this card has a solid hp, and two good moves.  Usually I don't like the Call for Family moves, but this move should help you out early in games and since Kangaskhan is a colorless type Pokemon the fact it can use any energy card makes this move more desirable.  I really like Comet Punch, because at worst it is an average move, at best it can knock out most basic Pokemon in one move.  So if you're looking for 1 or 2 more Pokemon cards to put in your 60 card deck, this one should definitely be considered.

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