Friday, January 12, 2018

Alolan Muk GX -- Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Review

Alolan Muk GX Burning Shadows Pokemon Card
Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Alolan Muk GX from the Burning Shadows Pokemon Card Set.  Alolan Muk GX is a Stage 1, Darkness type Pokemon card, with a HP of 220.  It has a x2 weakness to Fighting type Pokemon, a -20 resistance to Psychic type Pokemon, and a four Colorless Energy card retreat cost.  This card does not have an Ability, but it does have three different moves, two regular moves and one GX move.  The first move on this card is called Chemical Breath, for three Energy cards, one Darkness and two Colorless, this move does 10 damage plus 70 more damage for each Special Condition affecting your opponent's Active Pokemon.  The second move on this card is called Crunch, for four Energy cards, two each of Darkness and Colorless, this move does 120 damage, plus, you're able to discard all Energy from your opponent's Active Pokemon.  Tri Hazard GX is this card's GX move, it does not require any Energy to use, this move allows you to switch your opponent's Active Pokemon with one of their Benched Pokemon, their new Pokemon is now Burned, Paralyzed, and Poisoned.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, first off, the way a Pokemon GX works is that it is used instead of a regular Alolan Muk card, so you do not need to first play Alolan Muk and then evolve it into Alolan Muk GX, instead you can evolve Alolan Grimer directly into Alolan Muk GX.  In play, only one GX move can be used during the entire game, and once a Pokemon GX is knocked out, two prize cards are taken instead of one.  There is an Alolan Grimer in this set, I reviewed that card yesterday.  If you read that review, I thought Alolan Grimer was an average Basic Pokemon card overall, I did like that it had an above average HP, and that if you were using Double Colorless Energy in your deck, it could Confuse the defending Pokemon for only one Energy card.  This Alolan Grimer card works well with Alolan Muk GX, since you can Confuse the defending Pokemon first, then your next turn, if the defending Pokemon is still Confused, you can evolve Alolan Grimer and use Alolan Muk's Chemical Breath move to do 80 damage, or you could use its GX move, and if the defending Pokemon still had all of those Special Conditions inflicted on it, Alolan Muk's Chemical Breath move could then do 290 damage, knocking out every single Pokemon possible in the Active Pokemon spot in one move, add in a Choice Band Trainer, and it does 320 damage per turn.  Of course there is risk that your opponent is somehow able to retreat the Active Pokemon, by using something like Acerola or Guzma, if they do that, the GX move on this card is wasted.  Although slow to set up, I do like this card's Crunch move, if you're facing something like Gardevoir GX and it has multiple Energy on it, this move can really set back your opponent if all Energy are discarded from their Active Pokemon.  So while there is some risk to playing this card in a deck, I could see building a deck full of Pokemon that inflict Special Conditions and going from there.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 3 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an average Stage 1 Pokemon GX card from the Burning Shadows set.  Like I mentioned above, if you're lucky when using this card, mainly able to set it up quickly and your opponent isn't able to remove Special Conditions, this card can do lots of damage and is worth using in a deck.  Together with Alolan Grimer from this set, which I also gave a 3 out of 5 rating, both cards get a 3 out of 5 rating combined.

Tomorrow's Pokemon Card:
So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Alolan Muk GX from the Burning Shadows set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Sneasel, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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True or False? This is the first English Sun and Moon series set to include Alolan Muk.
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2 comments:

Juan L. Dela Cruz said...

False

Juan L. Dela Cruz said...

Almost forgot

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