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!

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‘Til next time :D