Card of the day:Bastiodon Gl(Rising Rivals)

Hello today's card of the day review is on Bastiodon Gl from the Rising Rivals Set. This is a basic pokemon card so 90 hp is pretty good. A x2 weakness can really be harmful because fire is used a lot in the pokemon game and it's a really strong type since it usually it has attacks that do 100 or 50 damage, and Bastiodon doesn't have a lot of hp to start with. Then a -20 resistance to psychic isn't that good since psychic isn't used that much and it's not a very strong type. Then a 3 colorless energy retreat cost is really pricey so if i played this card i would battle with it until it faints. Now his first attack is called Bounce Back and it does 30 damage for 3 energy's, 1 metal and 2 colorless, so I wouldn't use this attack unless i'm battling a strong pokemon because this card says that your opponent switches the defending pokemon with of his or her benched pokemon so I would keep my energy's for his other attack unless you want to switch the defending pokemon. Now Smack Attack does 60 damage, but it works for 4 energy's, 1 metal, 3 colorless, but along with that attack it lets you remove 1 damage counter from Bastiodon. So even thought it doesn't have that many hp you can remove those damage counters just as easy. So this card is better for defense than for battling. So peace out and bye.