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!

8FY-XJG4-TQL-884

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