Gengar #17/99 -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gengar from the Arceus set. This is the second of two Gengar reviews from this 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 type Pokemon, and a free retreat cost. This Gengar doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Sharpshooting and does 40 damage to one of your opponent's Pokemon for two energy cards, one each of psychic and colorless. Gengar's other move is called Poison Jab and for three energy cards, two colorless and one psychic, it does 60 damage plus it poisons the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, I would recommend using this card with a spread type deck and the Gengar card I reviewed yesterday. I would recommend using this card first, using Sharpshooting and then use the Gengar card from yesterday's Poke-Body to spread that damage around even more. I would definitely move this card in and out of play whenever I want to attack my opponent's bench. Both this and yesterday's Gengar have free retreat costs so they can both wreak havoc on your opponents.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating. Both Gengar cards from this set are pretty comparable. Both are quite good and I would recommend using both in any psychic type deck. Just make sure to retreat them often so they don't get knocked out since both have low hp for stage 2 Pokemon.

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Gengar #16/99 -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Gengar from the Arceus set. This is the first of two Gengar reviews that I will be doing from the Arceus set. This is a stage 2, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 110. It has a +30 weakness to darkness type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to colorless type Pokemon, and a free retreat cost. Gengar's Poke-Power is called Curse and allows you once per turn to move one damage counter from one of your opponent's Pokemon to another one of your opponent's Pokemon. Besides the Poke-Power Gengar has one move called Shadow Skip which requires three energy cards, two psychic, and one colorless and does the normal
60 damage plus 10 damage to one of your opponent's benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, this is a great card to use in a spread damage type deck. You can keep Gengar on your bench and every turn move 10 damage from one of your opponent's Pokemon to another one of their Pokemon, I would try and attack the Pokemon with the least HP thus being able to knock it out the quickest. If you do have to put Gengar into the active Pokemon spot you'll have to use its only move Shadow Skip which isn't the greatest move but it at least does some spread damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating. Gengar's move is fairly average but the 1o damage it does to one of your opponent's benched Pokemon makes it above average. Plus it has a free retreat cost so you can move it into and out of play whenever you like. The only bad thing about this card is that it only has 110 hp but with free retreat costs that shouldn't be too big of a deal.

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Cherrim -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Cherrim from the Arceus set. This is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 80. It has a +20 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to water type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Cherrim's Poke-Body is called Cloudy Sky and says that if one of your fire or grass type Pokemon is going to be affected by damage, that damage is reduced by 10. Besides the Poke-Body, Cherrim has one move called Worry Seed which does 30 damage for two energy cards, one each of grass and colorless. If you get a heads when you flip a coin when using this move the defending Pokemon is now Confused.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, you'll want to use this card in a dual type deck that includes grass and fire type Pokemon so you can fully maximize Cherrim's Poke-Body. Other than that, I would include other grass type Pokemon that inflict special conditions so that you can annoy your Pokemon. I would definitely try and get Cherrim on your bench as soon as possible and use its Poke-Body as a defensive technique.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. This card is somewhat similar to the Aerodactyl card I reviewed a few days ago, however this card can do a little more, it can inflict a special condition and it can help your other Pokemon. The HP is too low on this card and you can't do too much damage as well.

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Bronzong -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Bronzong from the Arceus set. This is a stage 1, metal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90. It has a +20 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to psychic type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. Bronzong doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves. The first move is called Oracle Arrow which takes two energy cards, one each of metal and colorless, and does 40 damage to one of your opponent's Pokemon that has any damage counters on it. Bronzong's second move is called Antigravity which does the standard 60 damage for three energy cards, in this case two colorless and one metal. Besides doing the damage, Bronzong has a free retreat cost until the end of your next turn.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, I would suggest using this card in a spread damage type deck. I would try to keep Bronzong in the active Pokemon spot as long as possible so it can do 40 damage to as many Pokemon as possible and then when Bronzong is close to getting knocked out I would use Antigravity and retreat Bronzong for free the next turn. Just make sure before using this card you get a lot of damage on your opponent's Pokemon, so Bronzong can attack any one of them with Oracle Arrow.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. This card is pretty average overall, it can do a fair amount of damage but I wish its HP would be higher so it could last longer, and I wish you didn't have to use Antigravity to be able to retreat for free, its base retreat cost is too high for my liking.

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Aerodactyl -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Aerodactyl from the Arceus set. This is a stage 1, fighting type Pokemon card with an hp of 80. It has a +20 weakness to electric type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Aerodactyl's Poke-Power is called Unearth and says that once during your turn you may search your deck for a Dome Fossil, Helix Fossil, or Old Amber and place that card into your hand. Besides the Poke-Power, Aerodactyl has one move called Hyper Beam which does 30 damage for two colorless energy cards. When using this move, you may flip a coin, if you get a heads you may remove an energy card from the defending Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, I would suggest using this card with other Pokemon that evolves from fossils. I would keep Aerodactyl on my bench and use its Poke-Power to get the fossils on the bench and then eventually evolve the fossils into Pokemon that can do more damage than Aerodactyl can do. I wouldn't suggest using Aerodactyl in play, it doesn't have much hp and it can't do much damage, I would much rather use it to aid my other Pokemon in the evolution process.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating. If you aren't going to use Pokemon that evolve from fossils in the deck you are using this Aerodactyl card in might as well not use this card at all, it doesn't do much for damage and will get knocked out quite quickly with only 80 hp.

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Zapdos G -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Zapdos from the Arceus set. This is a basic, SP, electric type Pokemon card with an hp of 90. It has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, a -2o resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Zapdos doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Charge Beam which does 10 damage for one colorless energy card and allows you to search your deck for an energy card and attach it to Zapdos if you flip a heads. Zapdos's second move is called Lightning Strike and for three energy cards, two electric and one colorless, it does 40 damage, however you may discard all electric energy cards attached to Zapdos and then this move does 80 damage instead of 40.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, I wouldn't recommend using this card at all, it can hardly do any damage for one energy card, and if you wait to get three energy cards on Zapdos, you'll just end up discarding them if you want to do any damage at all. So once again I wouldn't suggest using any SP cards, they are worthless most of the time.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating. I don't know why Nintendo published SP Pokemon, most of them are just terrible and just makes these Pokemon that are usually pretty good just look worthless. I would hardly ever recommend using SP Pokemon, and if you want Zapdos in your deck find a non SP Zapdos to use.

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Tangrowth -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Tangrowth from the Arceus set. This is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 110. It has a +30 weakness to fire type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to water type Pokemon, and a three colorless energy card retreat cost. Tangrowth doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Leaf Guard which does 30 damage for two energy cards, one each of grass and colorless. Besides doing the damage, all damage done by your opponent next turn to Tangrowth is reduced by 20. Tangrowth's second move is called Swallow Up and for four energy cards, two each of colorless and grass this move does 50 damage. However if Tangrowth has more hp remaining than the defending Pokemon this card does 120 damage instead of 50.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, you'll want to make sure Tangrowth always has more remaining hp than the defending Pokemon, that way you can use Swallow Up every turn and do 120 damage. So make sure to have plenty of supporters and trainers in your deck that remove damage from Pokemon. Also by using Leaf Guard you may prevent some damage on Tangrowth which could result in Tangrowth having more HP remaining than the defending Pokemon and thus being able to use Swallow Up the next turn and do 120 damage.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating. This card is amazingly good, it can knock out almost anything in 1 turn, everything in two turns. You'll just have to give it the time to be able to get 4 energy cards on it. And with only 110 hp, this card won't last long and won't be able to do much damage if you don't constantly use trainers and supporters on it.

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