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

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Azumarill from the Heart Gold/Soul Silver set, this is a stage 1, water type Pokemon with an hp of 90. It has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a 2 colorless energy card retreat cost. Just like Arcanine from yesterday, Azumarill doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Waterfall and this move does 40 damage for 2 water energy cards. Azumarill's second move is called Bubblebeam and this move requires 3 energy cards, 2 colorless and 1 water and does 60 damage plus it lets you flip a coin and if it is heads the defending Pokemon is now paralyzed, this effect is desperately needed for this card since it does have a low hp to be able to last more than a turn or two. So as far as strategy I would try and stock Azumarill up with energy cards on the bench and then switch it in and use Bubblebeam and hope for a heads so the defending Pokemon can't attack the next turn. But even if you don't have 3 energy cards on Azumarill, Waterfall isn't that bad of move and more than likely you'll have 2 energy cards on this card because you should have at least one card on it from having Marill in play. So as far as rating goes I would rate this card a 3 out of 5 because it is pretty average, its hp is average for a stage 1 Pokemon card and both of its moves don't do anything to spectacular. So thanks for reading today's review of Azumarill from the Heart Gold/Soul Silver set, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of another HGSS card.

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

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Arcanine from the Heart Gold/Soul Silver set, this is the first card in the set. It is a stage 1, fire type Pokemon card with an hp of 110. It has a x2 weakness to water type Pokemon, no resistance type and a 2 colorless energy card retreat cost. It is a pretty simple card overall, it doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two very straight forward moves, the first move is called Sharp Fang which does 50 hp damage for 2 energy cards, one each of fire and colorless. Arcanine's second move is called Fire Mane and this move does 90 damage for 4 energy cards, 1 fire and 3 colorless. As far as strategy goes I would recommend putting four energy cards on Arcanine on the bench before you move it into play, and one thing I do like about this card is that it can do a lot of damage and at the same time you don't need to discard any energy cards when using this card, plus you also only need one fire energy card when using Fire Mane so you can basically use this card with any type of deck if you really wanted to, you could just use a special energy card for the fire energy cost. As far as a rating goes I would give this card a 4 out of 5 because it is a very powerful attacker but that is it, it doesn't have a really high hp and it doesn't have any effects to inflict on defending Pokemon, but overall I like it and I would recommend it in a fire type deck. So thanks for reading today's review of Arcanine from Heart Gold/Soul Silver stay tuned for tomorrow's review of another Heart Gold/Soul Silver card.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Wailord (Triumphant)

Today's Pokemon card of the Day is Wailord from the Triumphant set. This is a stage 1, water type Pokemon card with an amazing 180 hp. It has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a retreat cost of 4 colorless energy cards. Wailord doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves the first move is called Underwater Dive and lets you flip 2 coins for two colorless energy cards and for each heads you may remove 3 damage counters from Wailord. Wailord's second move is called Swallow Up and this move requires 4 energy cards, 3 water and one colorless and does 50 damage plus 50 more damage if the defending Pokemon has less hp left Wailord, which should be true almost all of the time since you can use Underwater Dive to remove damage counters from Wailord and with an hp of 180 already most Pokemon won't even have close to that amount of hp on it. So as far as strategy goes make sure and always have low damage on Wailord so every few turns use Underwater Dive and the rest of the turns hopefully you'll be able to do 100 damage with Swallow Up. I would rate this card a 5 out of 5 because it has a really high hp especially for a stage 1 Pokemon card. And I like how this card can remove up to 60 damage a turn and can do 100 damage a turn too. So this card should be unstoppable in play. So thanks for reading today's review of Wailord from Triumphant, stay tuned for tomorrow's review.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Sharpedo (Triumphant)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Sharpedo from the Triumphant set. This is a stage 1, dark type Pokemon card, with an hp of 90. It has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Sharpedo doesn't have a Poke-Body or Poke-Power but it does have two moves, the first move is called Strip Bare which does 20 damage for one darkness energy. You may also flip two coins when you use this move and if both are heads your opponent discards all of the cards from their hand. Sharpedo's second move is called Rage and this move does 50 damage for 3 energy cards, two colorless and one dark, but Sharpedo does 10 more damage for each damage counter on it so the maximum damage you could do with this move is 130, since you could do a base of 50 damage and if you had 8 damage counters on Sharpedo, 80 + 50 = 130, which is an amazing amount of damage to do for only 3 energy cards. So strategy with this card is straightforward, use Rage if Sharpedo has a lot of damage on it and use Strip Bare if your opponent has a lot of cards in their hand. I would rate this card a 4 out of 5, I would have gave it a five out of five if it would have had higher hp which would have made Rage unstoppable but both moves are great besides and you do have a 25% chance of making your opponent discard all of their cards. So thanks for reading today's review of Sharpedo from Triumphant stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Wailord from Triumphant.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Pidgeot (Triumphant)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Pidgeot from the Triumphant set. This is a stage 2, colorless type Pokemon card, with an hp of 120. It has a x2 weakness to electric type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to fighting type Pokemon, and a free retreat cost. Pidgeot doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Headwind which does 20 damage for two colorless energy cards and makes the attack cost for your opponent during their next turn two colorless energy cards higher. Pidgeot's second move is called Quick Attack and takes 3 colorless energy cards and does 40 damage unless you get a heads when you flip a coin then this move does 70 damage instead of 40. So as far as strategy goes I would use Headwind when you know you won't be able to knock out the defending Pokemon with 40 damage and you know the opponent won't be able to attack if the attack cost is two energy cards higher, if those circumstances aren't present I would use Quick Attack and hope to get a heads and if you get heads two turns in a row you should be able to knock out most Pokemon, and with an hp of 120, Pidgeot will be able to last at least two turns. I would rate this card a 3 out of 5 because both moves are average at best, I really do like that this card has a free retreat cost so you can move it in and out as often as you like. So thanks for reading today's review of Pidgeot from Triumphant, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Sharpedo from Triumphant.

Pokemon Card of the Day: Nidoqueen (Triumphant)

Today's Pokemon Card of the Day is Nidoqueen from the Triumphant set. This is a stage 2, psychic type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130. It has a x2 weakness to psychic type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a two colorless energy card retreat cost. Once again this card doesn't have a Poke-Power or Poke-Body but it does have two moves, the first move is called Return which does 30 damage for one colorless energy card and also lets you draw cards until you have six cards in your hand. Nidoqueen's second move is called Prize Count and this move does 50 damage for 3 energy cards, 1 psychic and 2 colorless, and does 80 instead of 50 damage if you have more prize cards left than your opponent. As far as strategy goes this is a good card to use especially if you need to replenish your hand if you have a lot of stage 2 Pokemon and evolve a lot of Pokemon or you use a lot of trainers/supporters, using Return is a great move, as far as attacking goes I would try and use Nidoqueen when you are losing so you can do 80 damage a turn, but even if you aren't losing 50 damage a turn isn't entirely bad. I would rate this card a 3 out of 5 because I would have preferred if Return would have been more like a Poke-Power that allowed you to replenish your hand and more than likely if your deck is good you'll only be able to do 50 damage a turn with Prize Count, so overall this card is average and deserves that 3 rating. So thanks for reading today's review of Nidoqueen from Triumphant, stay tuned for tomorrow's review of Pidgeot from Triumphant.