Pokemon Card of the Day: Espeon Prime (Undaunted)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Espeon Prime from the not yet released Undaunted set. This is a stage 1, Psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 100. Unfortunately it has a x2 weakness to Psychic type Pokemon and no resistance but it does have a fairly low retreat cost of 1 colorless energy card. Espeon's Poke-Body makes this card very unique, its Poke-Body is called Evolution Memories and it says that Espeon can use the attacks of all Pokemon you have in play that evolved from Eevee, the only down side to this Poke-Body is that you have to have the necessary energy costs and energy types to do those moves so you can either have a whole bunch of Eevee evolutions in your deck and use special energy cards, or have just one other type in your deck and hope you have enough of that other type of energy card in your hand to do the necessary moves from that other Eevee evolution. Espeon's only move is called Solar Ray and for two energy cards, 1 Psychic and 1 Colorless it does 30 damage and it also lets you remove 1 damage counter from each of your Pokemon. As far as strategy would go with this card it is really straightforward since you only have 1 move, I would probably wait a little while until I played this card so my Pokemon would have some damage on them so I could actually take 1 damage counter off of each of them and also the longer you wait to use this card the more likely it will be that you have other Eevee evolutions in play and then you can use Espeon's Poke-Body to use their attacks. I would rate this card a 3 out of 5 because for a Prime card it is pretty average, on the downside it has a x2 weakness and a low hp of 100 but on the upside it does have a fairly decent Poke-Body and its only move although it doesn't do too much damage, over time it can help heal your entire bench. So thanks for reading today's review of Espeon Prime from Undaunted, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Charizard from EX Crystal Guardians

Pokemon Card of the Day: Umbreon Prime (Undaunted)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Umbreon Prime and as you can see from the picture this card is in Japanese because it is from the Undaunted set which comes out August 18th, I will try and come back and edit this picture when the English version is released but luckily Bulbapedia has this card translated so I can review it early. Umbreon Prime is a stage 1, dark type Pokemon card with an hp of 100, it has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon and a -20 resistance to Psychic type Pokemon and a retreat cost of one colorless energy card. Umbreon's Poke-Power is called Cloud-Covered Moon and this move lets you flip a coin once a turn as long as Umbreon is your active Pokemon and if the coin is a heads you can return Umbreon and all cards attached to it back to your hand, so you can use this move instead of giving up a one energy card and having the risk of your opponent doing damage to your bench and knocking out Umbreon. Umbreon's only move is called Evoblast and this move takes 3 energy cards, 1 darkness energy and two colorless energy cards, Evoblast does 50 damage plus 10 more damage for each Pokemon in play that evolves from Eevee. So to do any more damage than 50 with this move you'll either have to have another Umbreon in play or you'll have to have a deck with another type of energy card in it or use special energy cards to power that other Eevee evolution. I would rate this card a 3 out of 5 because even though it has a decent hp of 100 and it does have a Poke-Power and a somewhat powerful move but both things could be better, it's Poke-Power could let any active Pokemon retreat if you flip a heads instead of just Umbreon and its move should take into account that there probably won't be too many more Eevee evolutions in play so I think that move should have been only two energy cards instead of three, but both Poke-Power and move are average and Umbreon Prime does have a resistance type so that is why I rated this card a 3 out of 5. So thanks for reading my review of Umbreon Prime from the Undaunted set stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Espeon Prime from the Undaunted set.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Dusclops ex (EX Emerald)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Dusclops ex from the EX Emerald set. This is a stage 1, Psychic type Pokemon card, which is an ex card so if it gets knocked out your opponent gets two prize cards. Dusclops has an hp of 100 and a x2 weakness to dark Pokemon, -30 resistance to both fighting and colorless Pokemon and a retreat cost of 2 colorless energy cards. Dusclop's Poke-Body really makes this card worthwile, it says that as long as Dusclops is on your bench don't apply darkness type weakness to any of your Pokemon in play, so if I were to create a deck using this card I would try and use all cards that are Psychic and have a weakness to dark type Pokemon that way none of my Pokemon would have weaknesses when I had this card in play. Dusclops's only move called Shadow Beam takes one psychic energy card and does 20 damage times the energy attached to Dusclops, I especially like these cards where you can load up energy cards on the card to do major damage. As far as strategy goes I would definitely get Dusclops on my bench as soon as possible for two reasons, the first is to be able to use Dusclop's Poke-Body, the second is two be able to load up Dusclops with energy before I put it as my active Pokemon. I would rate this a 4 out of 5, the first thing I like is that it has a somewhat high hp for a stage 1 card with 100, it doesn't have a weakness since you can use its Poke-Body, also with the Poke-Body you can prevent all the rest of your Pokemon from taking extra damage if they are weak to dark type Pokemon and I like Dusclop's move. The reason I didn't give this card a 5 is because it is an ex card and if it's knocked out your opponent gets two prize cards and the second reason is that it will take awhile to be able to do a significant amount of damage with Shadow Beam, so thanks for reading today's review of Dusclops ex from EX Emerald stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Umbreon from Undaunted.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Slowking (Heart Gold/Soul Silver)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Slowking from the Heart Gold/Soul Silver set. This is a stage 1, Psychic type Pokemon card with an hp of 80. Unfortunately it has a x2 weakness to Psychic type Pokemon, and no resistance type, and a somewhat high retreat cost of 2 colorless energy cards. Slowking does have a Poke-Power called Second Sight that lets you look at either you or your opponent's deck every turn, every turn you can look at the top 3 cards of either of the aforementioned player's decks and put them back in any order you like, this way if you look at your deck you can put an energy card or evolution card or something you need on top and if you look at your opponent's deck you can put a card they don't need on top and a card they do need as the third card down. What I would try and do with this Poke-Power is to use this with another Poke-Power or move that lets you see your opponent's hand that way you would for sure know what your opponent needs. Slowking's only move is called Psyshock and this move does 30 damage for 2 energy cards, 1 Psychic and 1 colorless also when you do this move you may flip a coin and if it is heads the defending Pokemon is now Paralyzed. As far as strategy goes I would definitely use this card for its Poke-Power, there isn't anything special about its move so if I could just keep this card on the bench the whole game that is what I would do. I would rate this card a 3/5 because it is a pretty average card the only thing going for it that is good is its Poke-Power other than that it is pretty similar to all the rest of the HGSS rare cards with a x2 weakness, low hp, and crummy moves. So thanks for reading today's review of Slowking from Heart Gold/Soul Silver stay tuned tomorrow for another review of a newer Pokemon card.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Fearow (Unleashed)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Fearow from the Unleashed set. This card is a stage 1, normal type Pokemon card with an hp of 80. Unfortunately Fearow has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon which is especially bad considering all the Luxray GL Lv. X decks out there but it does have a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon and a retreat cost of one colorless energy cards. Fearow doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first is called Wing Attack and this move does 30 hp for two colorless energy cards. Fearow's second move is called Repeating Drill and this move does 20x damage times the number of heads when you flip 5 coins for 3 colorless energy cards. As far as strategy goes it is pretty straightforward, if the Pokemon will feint with a move that does 30 hp or less use Wing Attack otherwise use Repeating Drill which should average around 50 hp damage a turn. I would rate this card a 3 out of 5. The reason I rate this card is a 3 is because of its low hp and x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon along with not having a Poke-Power or Poke-Body, what differs this card from a 2 rated card is that this is a normal type Pokemon card so this card can be used in any deck since you can use any types of energy cards with it. Also Fearow can do fairly steady damage with both of its moves so it will be able to affect the game if you use this card. Thanks for reading to day's review of Fearow from Unleashed, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of another rare card from one of the HGSS sets.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Primeape (Unleashed)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Primeape from the Unleashed set. This card is a stage 1, fighting type Pokemon card with an hp of 90. Primeape has a x2 weakness to Psychic Pokemon, no resistance type and a one colorless energy retreat cost. Primeape doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Low Kick and this move does 30 hp damage for two colorless energy cards. Primeape's second move is called Bebop Punch which does 50 hp damage times the number of heads you flip in a row, so if you get one tails right away this move does nothing, and this move only requires two fighting energy cards, also this move does the damage to any one of your opponent's Pokemon you choose. As far as strategy goes, both moves are attacking moves and they both require the same amount of energy but what move you use just depends on how risky you are, you can either go big or go home with Bebop Punch or you could just do a small steady amount of damage with Low Kick every turn. I personally would use Bebop Punch as often as possible just because of the possibility of getting a high amount of damage and the strategy of spreading damage since you can do the damage to any Pokemon you want of your opponent's, but if the defending Pokemon is a weak basic Pokemon or one of your opponent's Pokemon has 30 hp or less left on it before it is knocked out I would use Low Kick. I would have to rate this card a 3 out of 5. I would give it this average rating because it has average hp for a stage 1 Pokemon card with 90 and has some downfalls, for one it doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body, it has a x2 weakness, and it doesn't have any definite powerful moves. I still do rate it a 3 out of 5 because of Bebop Punch alone because of the possibility of doing high damage, I would have rated this card a 2, but since Bebop Punch can be done to any of your opponent's Pokemon, that makes this move much better and makes the card a 3 out of 5 instead of a 2 out of 5. So thanks for reading today's review of Primeape from Unleashed, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of another HGSS card.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Sunflora (Heart Gold/Soul Silver)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Sunflora from the Heart Gold/Soul Silver set. This is a stage 1, grass type Pokemon card with an hp of 80. Unfortunately Sunflora has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon but it does have a -20 resistance to water type Pokemon and a retreat cost of one colorless energy card. Sunflora's Poke-Power makes this card somewhat useable, its Poke-Power is called Sunshine Grace which lets you once every turn search your deck for a grass type energy card and put it into your hand. Sunflora's only move is called Blade Arms and for 3 energy cards, 2 grass and 1 colorless it does 40 hp damage. Strategy is pretty straightforward for this card if you want to attack use Blade Arms, but I wouldn't use this card for its attack I would only use it for its Poke-Power. I would have to rate this card a 2 out of 5. I give it a low score because of its low hp of 80 partnered with its x2 weakness. Also Sunflora's only move does a weak 40 damage for 3 energy cards which isn't good at all. The only reason I gave this card a 2 instead of a 1 is because of its Poke-Power allowing you to search your deck every turn for an energy card, but it could have been better if you were able to search your deck and then attach it to one of your Pokemon. So thanks for reading today's review of Sunflora from Heart Gold/Soul Silver stay tuned for tomorrow's review of another newer card.