Patrat -- Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Patrat from the Guardians Rising Pokemon Card Set.  Patrat is a Basic, Colorless type Pokemon card with a HP of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to Fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  Patrat does not have an Ability but it does have two moves.  The first move on this card is called Glance, for one Colorless Energy card, this move lets you look at the top card of your opponent's deck.  The second move on this card is called Tackle, for two Colorless Energy cards, this move does 20 damage.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Patrat is a Basic Pokemon card with a Stage 1 evolution in Watchog, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own, unless you think you'll gain a big advantage by starting the game with Patrat in your Active Pokemon spot and using its Glance move to see the top card of your opponent's deck, I would look elsewhere for a Basic Pokemon card to use and probably evolve this entire line on the Bench.  Although doing 20 damage for one Energy card, if you use a Double Colorless Energy card, is solid, I would still pass on using this card on its own.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Watchog, this is a below average Basic Pokemon card from the Guardians Rising set.  Like I mentioned above, this card does have some positives on it, like a solid HP, and the fact it has two moves.  I'm personally not a huge fan of Glance and you need two Energy cards on this card to attack and do damage, so again, without using Watchog in your deck, I would pass on using this card.

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Patrat -- Furious Fists Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Patrat from the Furious Fists Pokemon Card Set.  Patrat is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost. Patrat does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move it has is called Safety Check, this move requires one colorless energy card and allows you to look at one of your face-down prize cards.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Patrat is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Watchog, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So, on its own I would not recommend using this card in a deck.  The main reason being that this card can't do any damage at all.  If I were using this card with Watchog, I would definitely put this card into the active Pokemon spot to start the game just to see one or many of my prize cards, then use Watchog to do the attacking.  But if you're just considering this card to use in a deck, please look elsewhere.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  So in my opinion, on its own, without considering Watchog, this card is a very poor Basic Pokemon card that makes no sense to use in a deck.  Without being able to do any damage, this card doesn't belong in a deck.  There are plenty of Basic Pokemon cards out there that have 60 HP like this card and can do damage for only one energy card.

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Patrat #111/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Patrat from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the second of the two Patrat cards from this set that I'll be reviewing.  This Patrat card is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Patrat card does not have an Ability but unlike yesterday's card, it does have two moves.  The first move this card has is called Collect, the move requires one colorless energy card and allows you to draw a card.  Patrat's second move is called Slam, this move requires two colorless energy cards and does 20 damage times the number of heads you get when you flip two coins.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Patrat is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Watchog, which I'll be reviewing in the next two days (there are two Watchog cards in this set), you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yets, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So on its own, this Patrat card wouldn't be much better  than yesterday's Patrat card, even though this card has one more move, it can really do about the same amount of damage on average, and this card is actually slower than yesterday's card if you want to attack using this card and do some damage.  So I would not include this Patrat card in a deck if I were you and I would actually recommend using the other Patrat if you're forced to use one.  With that being said, if you do have this card in your deck, you'll want to use Slam when you can since Collect doesn't do any damage.  But of course, if you only have one energy card attached to Patrat you'll have no other option than to use Collect.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 1 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average basic Pokemon card.  I am actually rating this card lower than yesterday's Patrat card, even though this card has two moves, I think yesterday's Patrat card with only the one move is better.  I can not wholeheartedly recommend either of them, but if you have to use one of them, use yesterday's card.

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Patrat #110/135 -- Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Patrat from the Plasma Storm Pokemon Card Set.  This is the first of two consecutive Patrat cards I'll be reviewing from this set.  Patrat is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 50.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  This Patrat card does not have an Ability and it only has one move.  The only move this card has is called Reckless Charge, this move requires one colorless energy card and does 20 damage to the defending Pokemon and 10 damage to Patrat.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Patrat is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Watchog, which I'll be reviewing in two days and three days (there are two Watchog cards in this set), you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed those cards yet and I have not reviewed the other Patrat card from this set, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So on its own, this Patrat card wouldn't be a good card to use in a deck because the only move it has does damage to Patrat, which has a below average hp to begin with.  The only way I could envision using this card in a deck is putting one in a deck, max, and then starting it in the active Pokemon spot, using Reckless Charge 3 times, hopefully knocking out the defending Pokemon, then retreating Patrat and not playing it the rest of the game.  But again, I would not use this card on its own in a deck.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average basic Pokemon card.  The reason this card is below average for me is because of its low hp and because the only move this card has does damage to itself.  It is important for a basic Pokemon to start the game that is quick, which this card is, but that can last a long time without getting knocked out, and since this card can't do that, I'm giving it a below average rating.

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Patrat -- Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:

Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Patrat from the Boundaries Crossed Pokemon Card Set.  Patrat is a basic, colorless type Pokemon card with an hp of 60.  It has a x2 weakness to fighting type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Patrat does not have an Ability, and it only has one move.  The only move Patrat has is called Patrol, this move requires one colorless energy card and lets you look at the top 3 cards of your deck put them them back on your deck in any order you would like.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Patrat is a basic Pokemon card with a stage 1 evolution in Watchog, which I'll be reviewing tomorrow, you'll more than likely want to use this card with that Pokemon.  However, since I haven't reviewed that card yet, I'll just act as though I plan on using this card without its evolution.  So on its own, I would not recommend using Patrat in any type deck.  I say this because it only has one move which doesn't do any damage at all, so if you only have this card in your deck and can't evolve the card, putting this card in the active Pokemon spot really won't do anything for you, all you can do when this card is in the active Pokemon spot is rearrange the top 3 cards of your deck.  I would much rather include a trainer card in my deck that allows you to do something similar than to waste a Pokemon spot in my deck with this card. So you'll have to wait and read tomorrow's Watchog review to see if you should use that card and thus have to use this card as well.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 2 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion, this is a below average basic Pokemon card.  This is a pretty bad card in my opinion but I'm still giving this card a 2 out of 5 rating instead of a 1 rating because this card has a low retreat cost, average hp, and even though it can't do any damage it can still attack quickly.  Again, I would not recommend using this card in a deck on its own.

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