New Pokémon Video!

Hi all, and happy friday/weekend to all of you - hope you'll be enjoying it :D

I just wanted to drop by and tell you, that I've just finished uploading my newest video to YouTube a little time ago. Don't worry, I won't be writing in here every time I upload a new video, but this is a little special - it's the very first part of the XY base set booster box opening! It's been on its way for far too long, but it finally arrived a couple of days ago, and yesterday I got to open it - and it. Was. AWESOME! :D

And since that's what everybody wants to see these days, I thought I would give you guys a heads up as well :)

Anyway, check out the video if you like. I'm giving away code cards for every time I pull an ultra rare in these videos, so be sure to check it out if you're a code card collector!

I promise I will soon upload another review including some codes for you guys, I just don't know if I can do it before Sunday ;)

Have a good time out there! Cya.

Link to YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKCqDS0qsw

Today’s Pokémon Cards:

  Emolga EX        Emolga EX (full art)

    Voltorb               Electrode

¡Hola a todos!

Hi all!

I can see that a lot of my viewers are from Brazil and Argentina, and since I'm studying Spanish at the university, why not start by saying hello in Spanish? ;) 

So this is probably what it's going to look like in the future - with different cards each time of course :D

I hope you're going to like it, I think it'll make my blogging much more interesting and easier for me as well. And from now on, I will not be focusing so much on how to use the Pokémon in battle, only its appearance, and possibly a few other things too. 

So let's start!

Artwork:

So, all of these Pokémon are lightning type, so I just think we should start with Emolga EX:

I like the looks of the card a lot! Normally, Emolga is a very sweet looking Pokémon, but since this is an EX and it looks like its going to battle, it has a very angry and competitive look on its face. I like that they still kept a pink background though! They haven't taken away all the cuteness just yet :D There isn't much background on this card though, it looks like Emolga is about to jump out of the card, and just leave an empty pink spot behind.

Another thing about these ultra rares that I like, is that you're able to see them in a pack if you only get a small look at the side of the card - then you get all excited to see what's there!

They've come a long way since the first EX cards they made, and of course, since this is an electric Pokémon, there's lightning all over the card, which gives it an awesome look!

And then let's move on to Emolga EX full art:

A very cool card as well as the last one. The Pokémon has almost the same look on its face, and they've still kept the pink background for it!

There is some more background on this card, since it's full art - so it should make sense when I say that there's more space to do the artwork ;) I like how it almost looks like it has a haircut, with the 2 black triangles going down its forehead, and it looks like it's JUST about to do an attack of some sorts, maybe the Electron Crush!

I don't know if they've stopped this in the X&Y set, but the full art cards in Black and White has these lines across the cards in different patterns, that you could feel when you touched the card. I really like this because it feels great when you're opening a pack and doing the card trick, and then suddenly you feel these lines! It's almost like your heart stops for a small while :P And it just gives the cards an awesome look as well!

Then on to the Voltorb:

Now here's a card we know way back from the very first generation of Pokémon! I always get a little happy when I see these cards :) Though I must say that this Voltorb looks extremely dull! It looks like a turtle that's landed on its back and can't get up again :P I mean look at its eyes! It looks kinda derped - it's a Derpémon!

The artwork is very simple.. The background looks like something they would have made back in 1999 when Base Set came out. There are no amazing contrasts in the colour, it's not in the middle of an attack, it's just rolling around on the ground! Let's begin to move on towards the last Pokémon, I think it's better :D

So the last one is Electrode! Let's do it!

This one looks very awesome on the other hand! The colours are quite outstanding, that red one just looks great and gives a very good contrast to the rest of the card. If you look at the details in the background, the clouds and the trees, it looks much more detailed and with much more beautiful colours than the background on the Voltorb card - even though these are from the same set. It almost look like they could be at the same place. The yellow/brown field thing is there on both cards, but the trees are far away on the Voltorb one though :)

Electrode is just in the middle of an attack, there is lightning all around it and the look on its face is almost trying to say how much it's looking forward to knocking out its opponent! It doesn't look like a Pokémon you should be messing with :D

So that's about it, I don't really think I have much more to say, but still, I've written pretty much - BUT now I have 4 cards at a time, instead of just one :) This also makes it possible for me to actually get through with this set until the next one comes out this May!

Pokémon Code Card Giveaway!

AND OF COURSE YOU ARE GETTING CODES TODAY!

Since it's been a while, I'm going to be quite generous and give you guys FOUR CODE CARDS! One for each card I've "reviewed" today :D

I choose you: Code Card!

83J-NPQH-C4V-BXU

PJT-RPLD-MR6-VUV

8PJ-4VM4-4Y7-P9D

JTD-P3QH-EAQ-9HD

There you have it! Congrats to the first(s) to redeem these codes. In the future I think I will upload one code when I make the review, and then the rest during the day, so different people get the chance to get one :) What do you guys think?

BTW - all 4 videos of the Plasma Storm booster box opening is now available on YouTube, so go and check that out, I'm giving away codes in my videos on there as well as on my Facebook page :D

Take care until next time - peace out!

New Visual Feature

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii! :D

Hope you're doing good out there, chilling in the weekend. I am! 

I want to tell you a bit about a few things, but the big subject will be my new background - do you like it?? I really didn't like the ones I've had before, so I decided to finally do somehting about it.
In the beginning I had no idea what to do, but suddenly I had this idea; why not make a new background every time a new set comes out? Starting now with the (still kinda new) X&Y set, and continuing with Flashfire coming out in May. I hope it's something I will be able to do, and I have to say that I'm absolutely in LOVE with my new background.

I made it in Photoshop, but all rights still go to Nintendo of course, since they made the individual logos and what not :)

Moreover, I think I've decided to post something in here a couple of times a week, maybe only once every week. This is because I think the content would be better, if I only focus on posting a couple of times a week, instead of feeling like I should be posting every day..

AND, there's more!! I started this blog a while back as something that would bring me closer to Pokémon cards. When I open packs and put them in binders, I don't really get a close look at the cards - this was my way to do that, but it isn't exactly what I've achieved ;) I'm focusing waaay too much on the card in action, if you would want to play it - and I don't even play the game! I'm not qualified to tell you what you should or shouldn't do.. Maybe one day, when I start playing the TCG myself, I'll go back to this method, but my idea for now is to post several cards in the same post from now on, and pretty much only talk about the card - very short what it can do, but mostly HOW IT LOOKS. The artwork was what should have been most in focus, but I ended up writing only a few lines about the artwork to each card.. That's just not good enough :)

I hope this is not too confusing, but don't worry, the code card things will still be here! Not in this post though, I'm not home so I don't have any code cards with me :P
So just wait and see, you'll soon know the point of what I've been writing - I'M CONFUSED, so don't worry if you feel a bit off track as well :D

'Til next time - have fun!

Poké News!

I've got some great news for you guys! In case you haven't seen it yet, the new Pokémon X&Y set is going to be released on the 7th of May 2014!

The name of this new set is going to be: XY Flashfire, which I think is an awesome name :D

Of course I have some pictures for you as well..

This is pretty much how the logo is going to look. Very much in style with the X&Y on the market right now, so that's looking great :)

This is a bit more exciting though! This is how the booster packs are going to look, and just by looking at them, it almost tickles a bit in my stomach!

So, from left to right: Mega Kangaskhan, Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, and Pyroar as the last one.

I'm SO excited that they decided to bring Kangaskhan back in the game again, and as a Mega evolution this time, that is just way too awesome :D

The theme decks are going to feature Meowstic and Heliolisk, I have no picture of these unfortunately..

This new set will contain over 100 new Pokémon cards, 5 new EX's and 3 new Mega Evolutions (the two Charizard's and the Kangaskhan)

So you can already now, begin to get ready for this amazing release on the 7th of May. Hope you enjoyed my "little" news post here, and I think it calls for a few code cards, so here are 2 for ya'! :D

I choose you! Code cards:

GYQ-Y6KW-7LD-AYS

Aaaand:

HS4-7MUK-EFS-XRM

Congratulations to the one/those who got the online TCG codes, hope you can use them!

Have fun until next time :D

Today's Pokémon Card:

X&Y - Bidoof

“With nerves of steel, nothing can perturb it. 

It is more agile and active than it appears.”

Total Overview:

Behold the great Bidoof! Or, well.. Not really THAT great..

Let’s get to it!

Bidoof is a normal type Pokémon with 60HP and only one attack. The attack is called Hyper Fang, also commonly known among Raticates through the years :) It requires 2 energy cards of your very own choice, also known as colorless energy cards, and it does 40 damage IF you’re lucky - you have to flip a coin if you use this attack, and if the coin tails then the attack does absolutely NOTHING AT ALL. And since it’s the only attack Bidoof has - good luck on that 50/50 coin flip!

The Pokémon has no resistance to other types, but it is weak x2 to fighting Pokémon. So if Bidoof is up against Rhyhorn, and Rhyhorn deals 40 damage with its Horn Drill attack, you have to double the amount of damage, so that Bidoof gets 80 damage, and then there isn’t much Bidoof left afterwards is there? ;)

If you want to retreat the Pokémon it will cost you 3 precious energy cards, which is a lot in my opinion, taken in consideration that this is just a common card..

It’s a basic Pokémon though, so if you want to play it you don’t have to worry about having any other cards in play, before you can safely set Bidoof as your active Pokémon :D

Personal Opinion:

Well, this Pokémon seems pretty average, when you look at other common cards from the X&Y set. It has a very good amount of health, only 1 attack which is quite normal for the rest of the gang as well. BUT, you run a 50/50 risk that the only attack Bidoof has, will do nothing whatsoever.. That IS a pretty high risk. BUT, if we look a little closer, we can see that Bidoof’s evolution; Bibarel is in the set as well. So if you can manage to evolve it into Bibarel, then your odds are a lot better than if you use Bidoof alone. You just have to remember that Bibarel is a rare card, and you just can’t be sure that you will draw it from your deck in play, even if you have 2 or 3 in the same deck. 

So for this Pokémon, I think it should have:

It’s a pretty average card this Bidoof. The attack is a bit vague, but other than that the Pokémon has a good amount of HP and the possibility of evolution, so it could turn out to be really great, just not alone ;)

A bit about the artwork:

I actually like this card. Well, not the Pokémon as much as the background to be honest! I mean, it looks incredibly sweet, it even looks happy! It’s sort of reaching out for something, or at least it looks like that.

But the background with a small stream, lots of rocks and flowers with all different colours. That’s awesome! And in the back, there is sunlight which just makes the card so bright and cheerful!

If you look closely, you can see the same little lines with shiny stars/bubbles that are on the Mr. Mime card I just reviewed yesterday! I think that’s really cool :)

Next Card Review:

Next time I will do 2 cards at the same time! I will do both Emolga EX and Emolga EX full art (both from X&Y), because the only difference between them is the artwork, so I think it’s easier this way. I should have done the same with the Blastoise and Venusaur, but I totally forgot :P

Pokémon Code Card Giveaway!

Remember to check out my channel on YouTube and my Facebook, where I will also be giving away codes, and hopefully other great stuff in the future!

I have no codes for you today I'm afraid, but that means that tomorrow I will give you TWO online codes! Hope you'll look forward to that :)

‘Til next time :D

Pokémon Bedtime Stories 

With: Arcanine Studio

HI guys, this is something new I'm doing. Once in a while you get a story from my background, something that has to do with Pokémon of course :) To let you know how things were when I was a kid, and just to be able to tell some great stories about Pokémon related stuff. I love telling stories :3

So.. I once considered selling all of my Pokémon cards.

I don’t know if it’s something we’ve all been through - some sort of mid-collection-crisis or something like that. But there was a time, before I got a job and an income every month, I really wanted a lot of things, and I just couldn’t afford to get them.
So at some point I thought “Why not sell my collection of Pokémon cards? I barely use them anymore..” (this was obviously during my collecting break that lasted a few years).

I went on the internet, on eBay, to check what the cards were worth. I can’t remember at all, how much money I could possibly earn from selling them, but I can say that it was a fair amount!
I even counted them, and wrote on a piece of paper how many Pokémon, trainer and energy cards I had, so if a potential buyer would ask, I had the information.

Not going through with this, is probably one of the best decisions in my entire life. Other collectors would understand why.

I’ve had breaks in my periods of collecting the cards, but most recently, the only breaks I have is when I’ve already spent all the money I have on cards, and just waiting to get more! :P

I would never consider selling them again, not in a million years.
People sometimes tell me “Just wait and see, you probably don’t even want those cards when you get older..” Well maybe I don’t, and maybe I’ll stop collecting - what do I know? I can’t tell the future!

But I’m most certainly NOT going to sell them. I would rather sell my TV, instead of my Pokémon cards. 
They’re from my childhood. They’re memories from the happiest periods of my life, and no way I’m going to sell that..

A couple of years ago I sold a bunch of cards. A guy needed some for a study at his school or something like that, and he was willing to give around $35 for 400 cards. He didn’t care what they were, or how many of them were the same, as long as they had Pokémon on them. THAT I did, because they were all cards I already have, and if I ever wanted to get more, they’re extremely cheap..

Later on, I sometimes wonder, if I should sell some of the rare cards that I have more than 1 of. But then I think, what if something happens to the only version I have then?? So that’s a bad idea as well :) 
I have like 30 Hitmonchan holo’s from Base Set and a LOT of Nidoking and Nidoqueen.. I might consider selling just a few of these - I mean, there is no reason to have 30 of the same card! I doubt 29 of them will be destroyed ;)

So that was a little bedtime story from me, and some thoughts I have now shared with you guys. I hope you like it, I liked writing it! Have a good day/night depending on where you live.

Cya out there!

Today's Pokémon Card:

X&Y - Mr. Mime

“Emanations from its fingertips solidify the air into 

invisible walls that repel even harsh attacks.”

Total Overview:

Hey dudes and dudettes out there! Hope you’re all doing well and are ready for today’s review :D

This time I’ve chosen this Mr. Mime from the X&Y set, and since this is what everybody wants right now, I think I’m going to continue reviewing X&Y Pokémon, until there are no more, or until it gets boring :P

So.. Mr. Mime has 80HP and is actually the first fairy type Pokémon I’ve reviewed.

It has 2 attacks, the first one is called Massage and it requires 1 fairy energy card and 1 colorless energy card to use. It doesn’t deal any damage, but it heals 60 damage from one of your benched Pokémon! So that’s actually a pretty cool “attack”.

The other one is called Slap Down and requires 1 fairy energy and 2 colorless ones. It deals 40+ damage, AND 20 more for each heads you get, when you flip a coin. You have 2 coins to flip in this attack :)

I think this is probably the first Pokémon I’ve reviewed that has a resistance! So that’s awesome.. It’s -20 resistant to dark Pokémon, which means that if a Sandile deals 50 damage to Mr. Mime, you can remove 20 damage, so it only deals 30.

It’s weak x2 to metal type Pokémon, so if a Skarmory deals 30 damage to Mr. Mime you have to double it up, which makes it 60 damage in total.

If you wish to retreat Mr. Mime it will cost you 2 energy cards of your very own choice! Oh boy! ;)

Mr. Mime is a basic Pokémon, so you don’t have to worry about having any other Pokémon in play, before you can have Mr. Mime as your active Pokémon. 

Personal Opinion:

So, looking at other uncommon Pokémon cards in this X&Y sets and, well, taking a lot of them in consideration, Mr. Mime seems to be very average. It has a very fair amount of HP, it has an opportunity to heal one of your benched Pokémon, but that way, Mr. Mime of course cannot attack the opponent in that round, AND it requires that you have a Pokémon on your bench, that has been in combat and has been wounded and retreated ;) The other attack is pretty average though, so I think the amount of Poké Balls Mr. Mime will get, is:

Yeah, I think I’ve explained pretty well already, why I’ve chosen to give it 3 Poké Balls :) Maybe it could have gotten 4 instead, but it actually is pretty average taken the rest of the set in consideration.. So if you want, we can give it 3 1/2 Poké Balls instead :D

A bit about the artwork:

Well, there is a reason I chose this card.

I haven’t really been that crazy about Mr. Mime at all, I always thought he looked scary as sh*t and mostly just hated the artwork. This is the first exception I’ve ever seen!

I can’t even describe how much I love this card, and it’s definitely one of my favourites in this set. First and foremost, I like the colour of the fairy type Pokémon, they could have made it like a really gross pink colour, but this is very tolerable and makes the cards look amazing.

But the way the Mr. Mime just sits there, in this magic forest, is amazing.. The colours in the artwork are beautiful, and you can almost imagine that Mr. Mime is sitting in his own little imaginary world, surrounded be trees, and little shiny star-things. He just looks so happy and calm and peaceful - is that too much? :P

I guess you get the point, I really like the artwork on this card :) 

Next Card Review:

As I said in the beginning, I’m just going to keep on doing these X&Y Pokémon, so next time give it up for Bidoof!

Pokémon Code Card Giveaway!

This is indeed fun times - and remember to check out my Facebook AND my YouTube channel. I’m opening up packs and doing lots of Pokémon stuff here, and sometimes even handling out online TCG code cards like I do here!

I choose you: Code Card!

RRE-7UBF-E87-3W4

Have a good one :)