Pelipper -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Pelipper from the Arceus set. This is a stage 1, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90. It has a +20 weakness to electric type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Pelipper doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Water Pulse and for two energy cards, one each of water and colorless it does 30 damage and puts the defending Pokemon to sleep. Pelipper's other move is called Continuous Crush which takes four energy cards, two each of water and colorless, and does 70 damage. Besides doing the damage you can flip a coin until you get tails, however many heads you get that is how many energy cards you may discard from your opponent's active Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, it really depends on how many energy cards you have on Pelipper, I would recommend getting four energy cards on Pelipper before putting it into the active Pokemon spot but if you have to put that Pokemon out earlier, I would use Water Pulse first to put the defending Pokemon asleep and then take a turn or two to get four energy cards on Pelipper and use Continuous Crush most of the time after that. Just make sure not to try and put four energy cards on Pelipper if it has a fair amount of damage on it already because this card only has 90 hp it won't take too long to get knocked out, especially if the defending Pokemon isn't asleep.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating. I like how this card can inflict a special condition and do a lot of damage, most importantly with a bit of luck you may prevent one of your opponent's most powerful Pokemon from being able to attack by removing numerous energy cards from it when you use Continuous Crush. However this card is slow and has a low hp for a card that requires four energy cards to attack.

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Omastar -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Omastar from the Arceus set. This is a stage 2, water type Pokemon card, with an hp of 120. It has a +30 weakness to grass type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Omastar doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Time Spiral and for two colorless energy cards it allows you to choose one of your opponent's evolved Pokemon, take the highest stage Pokemon card from the Pokemon and put it into your opponent's deck. Omastar's second move is called Primal Tentacles which does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Helix Fossil, Dome Fossil, and Old Amber you have in your discard pile for only two energy cards, one each of water and colorless.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, let me say right away I wouldn't use this card in my deck, however if I did, I would keep it on my bench and wait for my opponent to put into the active Pokemon spot a stage 2 Pokemon, I would then put Omastar into play and use Time Spiral, then retreat Omastar the next turn. That is pretty much all I would use it for, so like I said, for a stage 2 Pokemon, with only this single use I wouldn't use this card in a deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating. This card can really only do anything if you give it time to actually get Omastar evolved from the fossil. And when you do get Omastar fully evolved it can't do much unless you have discarded a lot of fossils previously or your opponent based his deck around evolutions.

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Manectric -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Manectric from the Arceus set. This is a stage 1, electric type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90. It has a +20 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to metal type Pokemon, and a free retreat cost. Manectric doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Second Bite and does 20 damage for two energy cards, one each of colorless and electric. For each damage counter on the defending Pokemon, this move does 10 more damage. Manectric's second move is called Swift and does 50 damage for three energy cards, one electric and two colorless. This move isn't affected by anything so it will always do 50 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since this card has a free retreat cost, I would put two energy cards on Manectric on my bench, wait until a Pokemon has a fair amount of damage on it, then put Manectric into play and use Second Bite to knock it out. The next turn I would retreat Manectric for free and put in a better Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. This card is pretty average. The only good thing about the card is that it has a free retreat cost and can heavily damage already damaged Pokemon. This card isn't great to quickly do damage to a Pokemon and it takes too many energy cards to do only 50 damage.

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Lopunny -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Lopunny from the Arceus set. This is a stage 1, normal type Pokemon card, with an hp of 80. It has a +20 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Lopunny's Poke-Power is called Relaxing Showing and it says that once per turn you may discard an energy card from your hand, if you do, remove one damage counter from each of your Pokemon. Besides the Poke-Power, Lopunny has one move called Hover Heal which does 40 damage for two colorless energy cards, this move also heals all special conditions present on Lopunny.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, this would be a perfect card to combat spread damage type decks. All you would have to do is keep this card on your bench and every turn your opponent does 10 damage to each of your Pokemon, discard an energy card from your hand and remove the 10 damage done to all of your Pokemon. Besides its Poke-Body, it's only move can do 40 damage and it only takes 2 energy cards, colorless that is, so you can put this card into any deck and be able to attack with it if need be.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. This card is pretty average however I would consider it for just about any Pokemon deck just for its Poke-Power. I wish the HP would be a bit higher but all in all this is a pretty good card that can fit in any deck and even though it doesn't do anything spectacular this is one average card to look at.

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Hariyama -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Hariyama from the Arceus set. This is a stage 1, fighting type Pokemon card with an hp of 110. It has a +30 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost. Hariyama doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Push Out which does 50 damage for three energy cards, two colorless and one fighting, besides doing the damage your opponent must switch the defending Pokemon with one of their benched Pokemon. Hariyama's second move is called Vortex Chop which does 60 damage for four energy cards, two each of fighting and colorless. However if the defending Pokemon has a resistance, this move does 120 damage instead of 60.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, I would recommend keeping this card on your bench until your opponent puts a Pokemon in the active Pokemon spot that has a resistance on it so you can put Hariyama in and use Vortex Chop to knock it out. Since Hariyama has such a high retreat cost, you'll have to keep it in there and hope that your opponent plays Pokemon that have resistances on them. But if they put in a Pokemon that doesn't have a resistance, use Push Out to put a Pokemon into the active spot that does.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating. For a stage 1 Pokemon card this is a pretty good card that has the potential to do quite a bit of damage. Both of its moves work quite well together and as long as your opponent has Pokemon that mostly have resistances this card can dominate very quickly.

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Golem -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Golem from the Arceus set. This is a stage 2, fighting type Pokemon card with an hp of 140. It has a +30 weakness to grass type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to electric type Pokemon, and a four colorless energy card retreat cost. Golem doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have three moves. Its first move is called Lunge Out which does 50 damage for two energy cards, one each of fighting and colorless. Golem's second move is called Tumble Down and requires three energy cards, one fighting and two colorless, and does 30 damage times the number of fighting energy cards you want to discard from your hand. Finally, Golem's last move is called Rock Tumble which does 80 damage for four energy cards, two each of fighting and colorless. This attack isn't affected by resistance.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, this is a card you'll want to set up on your bench because it is a stage 2 card and it requires 4 damage to do a fair amount of damage. If I could get Golem in the active Pokemon spot quickly I would only put 2 energy cards on it and do 50 damage every turn. I would stay away from using Tumble Down unless you have another Pokemon in your deck that benefits from having a lot of fighting energy cards in your discard pile.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating. For a stage 2 Pokemon with three moves this card isn't very spectacular. It is pretty slow, and can only do 80 damage if you wait that long to put four energy cards on it, don't get me wrong, 80 damage is good, but if you don't have four energy cards on it to begin with Golem can't do much. Plus its retreat cost is pretty steep, I would recommend finding a different fighting type Pokemon to battle with instead of this card.

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Glalie -- Arceus Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Glalie from the Arceus set. This is a stage 1, water type Pokemon card with an hp of 90. It has a +20 weakness to metal type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Glalie doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Wreck which does 20 damage for two colorless energy cards, however if there is a Stadium card in play this move does 70 damage instead of 20, the Stadium card is discarded after your turn. Glalie's second move is called Avalanche which does 50 damage for three energy cards, two water and one colorless, and if you get a heads when you flip a coin this move does 10 damage to all of your opponent's benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, you'll obviously want to use this card in a deck with a lot of Stadium Cards in it so you can do 70 damage instead of 20 damage with Wreck. Other than that, I would pair this card up with other water Pokemon that do spread damage, so I could potentially knock out a couple of my opponent's benched Pokemon at a time if I flip a heads when I use Avalanche.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating. This card is pretty average overall, it has the standard hp for a stage 1 card, does less than average damage for three energy cards, and has an average retreat cost. If you're looking for another water type Pokemon that can do some spread damage I would consider using this card in your deck.

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