Today's Pokémon Card:

B&W Legendary Treasures - Zekrom (Secret Rare)

“This Pokémon appears in legends. In its tail, is has a 

giant generator that creates electricity.”

Total Overview:

What’s up you beautiful people!?

This is the first review I’ve done of an ultra rare card, and it’s even a secret rare card, which is very much awesome! First off you can see if a card is a secret rare card, if the first number in the bottom right corner is bigger than the one on the other side of the /. This Zekrom says no. 115/113, which means there are only 113 cards in this set, so this card (along with another one) are secret rare cards, because they go outside of the number. Or something like that anyway!

Well let’s get started:

It’s a lightning type Pokémon with 130 HP and it has 2 different attacks. The first attack is named Outrage and costs 2 colorless energy cards to use. It does 20 damage + 10 for each damage counter on the Pokémon. This means that if Zekrom has taken damage, let’s say there are 2 damage counters on it, it deals 20 + 10 + 10, thereby 40 damage to your opponent’s Pokémon.

The second attack is Bolt Strike which requires 2 lightning type energy cards and 1 colorless energy card. It deals 120 damage to your opponent’s Pokémon, but also does 40 damage to itself. 

It has no resistance to any type of Pokémon, but has 2x weakness to fighting type Pokémon. If you wish to retreat in a match, it will cost 2 colorless energy cards. 

It’s a Basic Pokémon, so you can basically (haha, get it?? Basically!?) play it immediately, when you get it.

Personal Opinion:

I’ve had some doubts, rating this card.. I’d give it 3 or 4 out of 5. In my opinion these secret rare cards should be able to deal a whole lot of damage, and this card IS able to do that, BUT it also hurts itself using its strongest attack, and it only deals 20 damage to the opponent if its not already hurt. Furthermore, 130 HP is just not good enough for a Pokémon that deals itself 40 damage when using its strongest attack. There are other ultra rare cards and even just rare cards and stage 2 Pokémon in this set, that I would prefer to play with, over this card. 

But please remember that, when I rate these cards I compare them to other cards in the same set, because it wouldn’t be fair to compare a card from Black & White to a card from Base Set. 

A bit about the artwork:

Need I say that the card is absolutely gorgeous!? 

I LOVE the artwork, I generally really like full art cards, I think it’s a brilliant idea and it looks great. Unfortunately I don’t have this card myself just yet, but you can see on the pattern that the surface must feel different than other cards.

Next Card Review:

Next time I’ve chosen to review Arcanine from the Heartgold Soulsilver set. Arcanine is one of my favourite Pokémon, in case you shouldn’t have noticed that already ;) So of course I’m looking forward to reviewing this Pokémon! Though I think that I need to get some sort of order in these reviews, or else I’m afraid I’m going to forget which cards I’ve already reviewed :P

Pokémon Code Card Giveaway!

And here we are yet again! One of the best parts of this blog, because I get to give something away to one of you lucky guys :D Let’s do it!

I choose you: Code Card!

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Congratulations to the lucky number one! Hope it's a good pack :D
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Today's Pokémon Card:

B&W Plasma Storm - Magnezone

“Sometimes the magnetism emitted by Magnezone is too strong, 
making them attack each other so they cannot move.”

Total Overview:

So I finally got myself together to do another review of a Pokémon card! It took me a long time, for some unknown reason.. But here it is, along with another code, which I have quite a few of by now! :D

But first a few things about the card!

It's another card from the Black & White Plasma Storm set, because I really love this set, AND I'm actually getting a booster box very soon from this set, which I'm looking incredibly much forward to. In these Plasma XX sets, there are these Team Plasma cards, with blue borders and a sort of shield in the middle of the card. It's something speciel for these couple of sets. It's a stage 2 Pokémon, which means it's an evolution of 2 previous Pokémon. The first in this chain would be Magnemite, followed by Magneton, and then Magnezone is the last one.

I guess you can get it both in holo edition and normal edition, and furthermore I think you can get a reverse holo edition of the card. This Magnezone (along with pretty much anyone else from other sets) is a rare Pokémon, which can be known by looking in the bottom right corner at the little black star.

It's a lightning type Pokémon, which has 140 HP and only 1 attack and then 1 ability aswell. The ability, which is called Dual Brains, grants you the permition to play 2 supporter cards during your turn in the game instead of just one. An ability that may come in handy.

The regular attack is called Gyro Ball and requires 2 lightning energy cards and one colorless type energy card (any energy card of your choice). It deals 80 Damage Points, but it also requires you to switch your attacking Pokémon with one of your benched Pokémon - your opponent also switches their defending Pokémon with a benched Pokémon. 

Magnezone has no resistance to any Pokémon types at all, but it's weak to fighting type Pokémon. If you wish to retreat your Pokémon it will cost you 3 colorless type energy cards, so it's something that should be carefully considered before doing so. 

It seems like a very strong stage 2 Pokémon with a lot of health so it's able to take some beating. It's also a Pokémon with only one attack, and that attack requires you to switch your Pokémon, so you will never be able to play this card for a very long period of time (given that you don't have a lot of Switch Trainer cards on your hand).

Personal Opinion:

I believe I'm going to rate this Pokémon 3/5, because even though it has a lot of health and its attack deals quite a bit of damage, it's just not quite enough compared to other stage 2 Pokémon, and you have to put the Pokémon back on the bench after only 1 attack. The rating of course, is compared to other Pokémon in the same set, it wouldn't be quite fair to blend all the 55+ sets together :)

A bit about the artwork:

This is a Pokémon that screams out "POWER". It almost has a 3D effect of getting out of the card, and there are blue lightning around the Pokémon. I like the holographic patterns of the Black & White set, it's simple, but definitely notable. Furthermore I'm a sucker for the Team Plasma Cards, I really like how they look and just the look of this card for example, almost resembles an ultra rare card, even though it's "just" a rare, holographic card.

Next Card Review:

Next time I'll be reviewing the first ultra rare card I've done so far! It's the secret rare Zekrom from the Legendary Treasures set, the newest one until X & Y gets out in a couple of months. Oh I'm looking forward to this, it's certainly one of my favourite sets so far! :)

Pokémon Code Card Giveaway!

And now for the best part of the review, the part where I get to give a little something to one of you wonderful people out there, taking the time to read my blog (or just look directly for the giveaway and not giving a sh*t about the blog itself ;D - You are very much welcome to do just that).

I choose you: Code Card!

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Congratulations to the lucky number one, hope you'll all follow me next time I post something! I promist it will be very soon, hopefully already tomorrow :)

In the meantime, you should really check out that YouTube channel of mine, it's going to be great :D

Today's Pokémon Card:

B&W Plasma Storm - Cubchoo

"Their snot is a barometer of health. When healthy, their snot

is sticky and the power of their ice moves increases."

Total Overview:

Okay, so here is a Pokémon I don't know much about, but I will tell you what I do know.

Cubchoo is a water type Pokémon from the B&W Plasma Storm set. It is a basic Pokémon, and I don't know if it has any evolutions, if you want to know, you can look it up (google is always your friend). Cubchoo has a total HP of 70 and it has 2 different attacks and no abilities. The first attack is Hail, which requires 1 water type energy. This is actually a pretty good attack considering it only requires 1 single energy, you flip a coin and if heads the attack does 10 damage, not only to your opponent's active Pokémon, but to all your opponent's Pokémon, both active and benched.

The other attack is called Icy Snow, it requires 3 colorless energy cards and deals an amount of 30 damage.

Cubchoo's weakness is metal type Pokémon, and attacks from this type of Pokémon would cause double damage to Cubchoo. It has no resistance and if you wish to retreat Cubchoo it costs 2 colorless energy cards. The rarity of this Pokémon is common. The little black circle in the bottom right corner tells us that!

As far as I know, this is a pretty good basic Pokémon compared to others from the same set, it has a high amount of HP, and though its attacks may seem a bit weak, I wouldn't have too many doubts putting this Pokémon in a deck. 

Personal Opinion:

I'm going to rate this Pokémon 4/5, because, for a basic Pokémon, this one can handle some beating and I believe it would have a fair chance against a lot of different Pokémon. The only reason why it's not a 5/5 is because of its attacks. It needs some more power to become a full 5 star Pokémon ;)

A bit about the artwork:

It's easy to tell the difference between the Pokémon from the old sets and these from the newer ones. These are much more detailed, and the Pokémon seem to be "in action" or "in movement". This little blue bear (yes, I think it looks a little like a teddy bear..) looks like it's standing in a cave with the ocean and mountains behind it. I like the small glittering stars which maybe, just maybe, refers to the Icy Snow attack that Cubchoo has. It could be stars, it could be Icy Snow - I guess we'll never now. And that rhymed, which is probably my cue to start saying goodbye, before this evolves any further!

Next Card Review:

Next time I'll review the Team Plasma Magnezone from the Plasma Storm set, which I'm looking very much forward to! That's the first review of a rare card from one of the newer sets. I hope to see you there.. Naah, just kidding, I can't see any of you! Or can I..?

Pokémon Code Card Giveaway!

Yay! This is the first time I have the chance to give something away in here, and I hope that whoever redeem the code card first, will enjoy the free online TCG booster pack :D So let's do it!

I choose you: Code Card!

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Hope to see you again next time!!

PS. Don't forget my YouTube channel guys! :D

Today's Pokémon Card:

Base Set Venusaur

"This plant blooms when it is absorbing solar energy.

It stays on the move to seek sunlight."

Total Overview:

Today's Pokémon card review is all about the Base Set Venusaur. It is a stage 2 Pokémon, which means that is has evolved from, not 1, but 2 other Pokémon which in this case would be Ivysaur which is the stage 1 Pokémon and Bulbasaur, the basic Pokémon in this chain of evolution.

Venusaur is, as well as both Bulbasaur and Ivysaur, a grass type Pokémon. It's total HP is at 100 and, as the first Pokémon I'm reviewing, the Venusaur also has a Pokémon Power! Besides that, it also has an attack called Solarbeam which requires 4 grass type energy cards and deals an amount of 60 damage. The Pokémon Power is called Energy Trans and it allows you to take 1 grass type energy card from one Pokémon and transfer it to another Pokémon. You can do this as many times as you like during your turn, however, you cannot use the power if Venusaur is asleep, confused or paralyzed.

Venusaur's weakness is the fire type Pokémon and it takes double damage from attacks from that type of Pokémon. It has no resistance and it will cost you 2 colorless energy cards to retreat Venusaur from battle. 

As a stage 2 Pokémon, Bulbasaur needs to have evolved into Ivysaur before you can evolve the Ivysaur into Venusaur. Considering that this is a Pokémon from the good old days, and you are not allowed to play with these anymore, I think I would put it in my deck if it were a match between old series of Pokémon. It has a fair amount of HP, and if you evolve it on the bench and then set it as your active Pokémon, the Solar Beam attack deals a pretty good amount of damage. One of the things I like the best, is that this attack does not require you to discard any energy cards afterwards. Venusaur is a rare card, which you know my looking in the bottom right corner of the card, where you can see a little black star. A star means that the Pokémon card is rare.

Personal Opinion:

The rating of this Pokémon is going to be somewhere between 3/5 and 4/5 considering that it is a Pokémon from the Base Set and generally the old sets of Pokémon. It has a fair amount of HP, but it's attack could have dealt more damage than "just" 60, considering it is a stage 2 Pokémon, and another attack to choose from would definitely have been nice as well.

A bit about the artwork:

Unfortunately I feel the same way about Venusaur as I did about Ivysaur. The Pokémon in itself is big and powerful, but the position of the Pokémon is almost boring.. I really like the half-lazy half-evil look Venusaur has on its face though. This is a HOLO card, but it's a shame that the background is just a dark colour with holo on it. But then again, the Venusaur almost fits the whole image, so there isn't much space for a nice background!

Next Card Review: 

Now that I've done Venusaur as well, I've decided to move on to some of the newer Pokémon cards. The next card I will be reviewing is Cubchoo from the Plasma Storm set. So stay tuned for the next Pokémon review!

Thanks for reading my stuff and I hope you enjoyed your stay :D Don't forget to check out my cool channel on YouTube! New things are about to happen in there.

Today's Pokémon Card:

Base Set Ivysaur

"When the bulb on its back grows large, the Pokémon seems

to lose the ability to stand on its hind legs."

Total Overview:

The Pokémon card I'm going to review today is this Ivysaur from the Base Set. Ivysaur is a stage 1 Pokémon, which means that it's an evolution of another Pokémon, in this case, the basic Pokémon is Bulbasaur, which evolves into Ivysaur.

Ivysaur is a grass type Pokémon, and it has an HP of 60. It has 2 attacks which both needs 3 energy cards, the first attack is Vine Whip which requires 1 grass type energy card and 2 colorless energy cards (cards of your own choice!). This attack deals 30 damage to the opponent. The other attack is Poisonpowder which requires 3 grass type energy cards and deals an amount of 20 damage AND poisons your opponent at the same time even without having to flip a coin!

Ivysaur's weakness is fire like many other grass type Pokémon, it has no resistance and it only costs 1 colorless energy to retreat the Pokémon.

Since Ivysaur is a stage 1 Pokémon, it means you need to have Bulbasaur as your active Pokémon, before you can evolve it into Ivysaur. I would not recommend using this Pokémon card in a battle because it needs 3 energy cards attached to it, before you can use any of its attacks. It has 60 HP, which is ok, but not too good for a stage 1 Pokémon. You can of course keep it on your bench to wait and see if you could pull a Venusaur from your deck (if you have it in your deck of course..). The rarity of Ivysaur is uncommon, which can be told by the black diamond in the bottom right corner of the card.

Personal Opinion:

I'm going to say that the rating of this card will be 3/5. Though this is a stage 1 Pokémon, it comes with an (almost) fair amount of HP, but the fact that you have to use 3 energy cards to use both of this Pokémon's attacks draws the rating down a bit..

A bit about the artwork:

The artwork is ok, but it's not a card you stop and stare at, because of its beauty. The Pokémon in itself is really well made, there are a lot of details to it, but the position just seems so "regular" which unfortunately is common for a lot of these old cards. The background is unfortunately very boring to me, with its dark colours and almost no pattern. I hadn't really noticed before, that the area around the Ivysaur is smudged, but I guess that's just one you the things you finally get to notice when you do reviews of Pokémon cards that are usually just hidden away in boxes and binders ;)

Next Card Review:

The next card I will be reviewing is the Base Set Venusaur, and after having done the final evolution to Bulbasaur, I will journey on to other, newer cards! I'm looking forward to it, and I really hope you are too. Hope you enjoyed reading what I had to say about this card :)

Check out my channel on YouTube to see some card openings, and stay tuned for the next Pokémon card review!

Today's Pokémon Card: 

Base Set Bulbasaur

"A strange seed was planted on its back at birth. 
Thus, a plant sprouted and now grows with this Pokémon."

Total Overview:

The first Pokémon Card I'm going to review is a Bulbasaur from the Base Set, you know, you have to start somewhere, and why not start here?..

So Bulbasaur is a grass type Pokémon which has 40 HP and only one attack named Leach Seed which not only has a possibility of giving 20 damage, but may also give the possibility of removing 1 damage counter from Bulbasaur IF the attack goes through (that is, if the other Pokémon does not have an ability to harden and thereby not receiving damage for 1 round, etc.)

Bulbasaur's weakness is fire, and will receive 2x damage from an attack which comes from a fire type Pokémon. It has no resistance to any type and the retreat cost is one energy card of your own choice (yes, you actually get to choose which energy card to discard, WOW!!) Bulbasaur is a basic Pokémon which means that you can use it in play without having another Pokémon out there already. You can put is directly from your bench and out as your active Pokémon. However, Bulbasaur has 2 evolutions, Ivysaur and Venusaur, and unless you've evolved Bulbasaur into either the stage 1 or stage 2 Pokémon, I would not recommend that you use Bulbasaur alone. Partly because it only has 1 attack, and it requires 2 grass type energy cards, which, in my opinion, could me used better than on an attack that only gives 20 damage to the opponent. Besides that, Bulbasaur only has 40 HP, which is quite low even for a basic Pokémon. Bulbasaur is a common card, which can be told by the little black circle in the bottom right corner of the card.

Personal Opinion:

The rating of this card is going to be 2/5, because of the low HP and an attack which uses 2 specific energy cards and only deals a small amount of damage.

A bit about the artwork:

I like the artwork of this card, as many other Pokémon cards. Bulbasaur is standing there, like he's ready to charge his opponent, and it really looks like there's smoke coming from the seed on its back. I remember the first time he can be seen in the animated series of Pokémon, he's the protector of a small "village" in the woods, and he's very eager about protecting the ones he love, the artwork on this card reminds me a lot of the Bulbasaur in that episode.

Next Card Review:

I want to thank all the wonderful people who spent some time reading this review, I really hope you enjoyed it just as much as I enjoyed making it.

The card I will be reviewing next time is the Base Set Ivysaur, because I want to take Bulbasaur's evolutions in the correct order before heading off to another card.

So thank you guys, and stay tuned for another card review! :) Remember to check out my YouTube channel as well, a lot will be going on in there :D

Hi there!

Thanks for stopping by and viewing my blog! Hopefully, when I get a lot better at everything, this blog will get a neat and cool look, and will bring a lot of joy and happy faces to all you lovely people out there!

The reason why I'm making this blog, is because I think it's too bad to just open a lot of Pokémon booster packs, then put each of the cards in a binder and wait a while before looking at them again. I want the full potential of my cards, and they are too good to just put away. 
This blog is hopefully going to give a detailed view at the different Pokémon cards, which will contain an overall look at the card, what type it is, how much HP it has, and its different abilities and attacks. But it will also contain my personal opinion of the card, the artwork and the general rating considering attacks, HP and more. 

So I hope to be able to bring as much joy to others, as this will bring to myself. I'm looking forward to reviewing the cards and thereby getting a better look at the cards I have, AND the ones I do not own yet.

Thank you so much for being here.

Enjoy!