Articuno 16/108 -- Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Articuno from the Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Articuno cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Articuno is a basic, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 120, it has a x2 weakness to metal type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Articuno does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Find Ice, this move requires one water energy card to use and allows you to search your deck for up to 3 water energy cards and put them into your hand.  Articuno's second move is called Freezing Wind, this move requires four energy cards to use, two each of water and colorless, and does 100 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Articuno 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, since there are two different Articuno cards in this set, after I review the second one tomorrow, I can compare the two.  Just looking at this Articuno card, if you're building a heavy water type Pokemon deck, I would definitely recommend including one Articuno card in that deck.  That way, you only need to put one energy card on it, move it to the active Pokemon spot, and then you can use Find Ice right away to make sure you have enough energy cards in your hand to set up the rest of your benched Pokemon.  The main reason I would only include one of these cards in a deck is because Articuno is so slow to do any damage, the one attacking move it does have, does do above average damage, but it is just a high energy cost move, but I do like that Articuno's retreat cost remains low even with this move.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average Basic Pokemon card from the Roaring Skies set.  This card does have an above average HP and one powerful move, but this card isn't any better than average in my opinion mainly because of how slow it is to do any damage.  But if you're building a water type deck, this card is worth a look.

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Talonflame -- Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Talonflame from the Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Set.  Talonflame is a stage 2, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a free retreat cost.  Talonflame does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Grand Loop, this move requires one colorless energy card to use and allows you to draw 3 cards and switch out Talonflame for one of your benched Pokemon.  Talonflame's second move is called Brave Bird, this move requires two energy cards to use and does 90 damage, however Talonflame does do 20 damage to itself.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Talonflame is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Fletchling into play and then evolve it into Fletchinder before you can evolve Fletchinder into Talonflame, both of those Pokemon are from this set, however I have only reviewed Fletchinder so far because Fletchling is a colorless type Pokemon and will be reviewed in a few weeks.  I thought Fletchinder was a below average Stage 1 Pokemon card, it only had one move, which was quite weak, and had a low HP, the only good thing about it was that it had a free retreat cost.  So knowing this about Fletchinder and looking at this Talonflame card, I would not recommend using this line in a deck.  I say this because Talonflame's HP is a tad low, and neither move it has is that great, Brave Bird does do well above average damage for the amount of energy cards required but it does do 20 damage to itself which will make Talonflame's already low HP seem even lower.  So unless you really like this Pokemon line, I would not recommend using it in a deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a below average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Roaring Skies set.  Besides having a free retreat cost and the Ability to do 90 damage, this card isn't that great, it has a lower HP and does damage to itself when attacking.  Together with Fletchinder from this set, I can't give these two cards higher than a 2 out of 5 rating, they shouldn't be used.

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Fletchinder -- Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Fletchinder from the Roaring Skies Pokemon Card set.  Fletchinder is a stage 1, fire type Pokemon card, with an hp of 70.  It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a free retreat cost.  Fletchinder does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move that this card has is called Peck Off, for one colorless energy card this move does 10 damage, plus you can discard all Tool cards attached to the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Fletchinder is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Fletchling into play (I will be reviewing Fletchling from this set in a few weeks since it is a colorless type Pokemon) and then evolve Fletchling into Fletchinder.  Fletchinder does have a stage 2 evolution in Talonflame 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 Fletchinder is the final evolution in this line.  Since I haven't reviewed Fletchling from this set yet, I'll just assume it is average, so with this assumption, I would not recommend using Fletchinder in a deck without using Talonflame.  I say this because not only does Fletchinder have a really low HP, it only has one move and that one move can do little damage.  If you are worried about your opponent playing Tool cards quite a bit, you could include a 1-1 line of Fletchling and Fletchinder in a deck and just put Fletchinder in the active Pokemon spot to remove their Tool cards and retreat it for free the next turn.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is a very poor Stage 1 Pokemon card from the Roaring Skies Pokemon card set.  Like I stated in the strategy section above, this card has a very poor HP, and a weak move, the only positive thing about it is its free retreat cost, but why even use the card if it is so weak.  So if you're looking to put some more fire type Pokemon into your deck, I would recommend looking elsewhere.

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Victini -- Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Victini from the Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Set.  Victini is a basic, fire type Pokemon card with an hp of 70, it has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Victini does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move that this card has is called Me First, for one colorless energy card, this move allows you to draw a card.  Victini's second move is called Psy Bolt, this move requires two energy cards to use, one each of fire and colorless, and does 20 damage, plus if you get a heads when flipping a coin, the defending Pokemon is paralyzed.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Victini 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, this card would be mainly used as a starter type Pokemon since it has a lower HP for a Basic Pokemon that doesn't evolve and the maximum damage it can do is 20 damage a turn.  So if you're building a fire type deck, you may want to include one of these cards in your deck, try to get it into the active Pokemon spot early, and you can then get extra cards in your hand quickly by using Me First, or prevent your opponent from attacking, hopefully, with Psy Bolt.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an average Basic Pokemon card from the Roaring Skies set.  Even though this card isn't anything special, it is just solid overall and could be used as a starter type Pokemon in a deck.  It has a decent HP, two good moves, and a low retreat cost, that would make an alright addition to any fire type deck out there.

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