Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Rayquaza -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Rayquaza Guardians Rising Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Rayquaza from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Rayquaza is a Basic, Colorless type Pokemon card with a HP of 120.  Rayquaza has a x2 weakness to Lightning type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Fighting type Pokemon, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Rayquaza does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Turbo Storm, for two Colorless Energy cards, this move does 30 damage, plus you're able to attach 2 Basic Energy cards from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokemon.  Dragon Claw is the other move on this card, for three Colorless Energy cards, this move does 80 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Rayquaza is a Basic Pokemon card with no evolution forms, you'll only have to use this card in a deck if you want to use Rayquaza.  So knowing this, this card may work well a little later in the game, all you need to do is attach 1 Double Colorless Energy card to this card, or two of any other type of Energy and you can do damage every single turn and set up your Benched Pokemon.  This card's Turbo Storm move can also help your deck if you use Pokemon that discard Energy cards when attacking.  Dragon Claw on this card does do above average damage as well, so you can use this card to both set up your Benched Pokemon and do major damage when attacking.  When you have the ability to retrieve Energy cards from your discard pile, that gives you the option of using less overall Energy cards in your deck and having more room for Trainer cards.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is an above average Basic Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set.  It is always a plus using a card that is Colorless in type so it can be used in any type of deck, but this card is even better than that since it can do damage every turn and/or help set up your Benched Pokemon by retrieving Energy cards from your discard pile.  Surprisingly this card has a high HP but a low retreat cost, which makes this card easy to retreat from the Active Pokemon spot.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Rayquaza from the Guardians Rising set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Patrat, which is from the Guardians Rising set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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What is the name of the most recent English set to include Rayquaza as an ultra rare?
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2 comments:

Giakitus said...

That would be Ancient Origins, with Mega Rayquaza Ex :)
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Unknown said...

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