Here is the only accurate card rating system

Here is the only accurate card rating system. It is slightly confusing, but with a smart mind and a calculator, this system tells you exactly which card is better in a comparison, or how one card compares to the rest of the cards.

I also rated some of the most widely used, and most argued about pokemon. If you don't care bout the system, just scroll to the bottom of the list to see them.

I've seen a lot of ratings and comparisons that, in my opinion, were not very well thought out.

These people compare one card to another like this:

Hitmonchan vs Hitmonlee

Hitmonchan wins

1-0

Retreat cost

Hitmonlee wins

1-1

First attack

Hitmonchan's Jab is better than Hitmonlee's Stretch Kick

2-1

Second attack

Hitmonlee's Hi Jump Kick is better than Hitmonchan's special punch.

2-2

They are tied at 2 points each.

This is a very poor comparison, and this person did not think this out very well.

Here is why it is a poor comparison:

Sure, Hitmonchan won 2 categories, and Hitmonlee also won 2 categories, but this does not necessarily mean that they are equal.

Why? Here are some reasons.

-Some categories may be more important than other categories. For instance, The Attack can be much more important than the Retreat cost. Hitmonchan's Jab, is extremely dominant, where Hitmonlee's cheaper retreat cost does not provide the same advantage that Chan's attack does. Important categories should be weighed higher, because, they give more of an advantage than categories that are almost meaningless.

-Sometimes, one pokemon has a huge advantage over another, in one of the categories. For instance, if you took a pokemon with 120HP and an attack that does 50 damage, and compared it to a different pokemon, that has 40HP, but does 60 damage with the same amount of energy. You would say the first pokemon won the HP category, and the second pokemon won the attacks category, so they are equal (1-1 tie). This is not true because the first pokemon had a HUGE HP advantage over the second pokemon, where the second pokemon only had a slight advantage in the attack category. If a pokemon has a large advantage, it should be weighed higher as well. In this case, Hitmonchan had a huge advantage in the first attack category, but got jipped by only receiving one point.

-Sometimes, there is more to the pokemon, than the categories. Hitmonchan's speed is far greater than Hitmonlee's. Chan can still attack, if he had just been whacked with a super energy removal. Just put a fighting energy on, and jab. Lee cannot do this. Though none of the categories cover this advantage, it is a huge difference that should not be overlooked.

-Never compare basic to stage 1, or stage 1 to stage 2 etc. They are very different. You cannot compare them.

So you're probably thinking, if that system doesn't work, what does?

Here is a system that i've whipped up, that should help you compare cards to others. However, not any idiot can use this method. It takes a bit of intelligence, to distinguish the advantage in each category and maybe a calculator. Each category has a rating from 0-5, which represents the dominance from that category.

The categories are:

HP: HP is very significant, because, the longer your pokemon stays concious, the more damage you can do. Even 10HP difference can last you an extra turn. This category is weighed by 4.

Basic Pokemon:

30HP: 0

40HP:1

50 - 60 HP:2

70HP:3

80-90HP:4

100HP+:5

Stage 1 Pokemon.

~50HP:0

60HP-1

70HP-2

80HP-3

90HP-4

100HP+-5

Stage 2 Pokemon

~70HP:0

80HP:1

90HP:2

100HP:4

110HP+:5

Attacks and Pokemon Power: This is the most important part of the pokemon. The strengths and advantages of your pokemon's attacks can determine the outcome of the battle. This category is weighed by 6.

The value for this category, takes a little bit of intelligence to figure out. Best:5 ~ Worst:1. Keep in mind that their evolution stage also matter.

Retreat Cost: This category is only slightly important, but can make a huge impact on the game. This category is weighed by 3.

Free Retreat:5

1:3

2:2

3:1

4:0

Be more lenient on the higher evolution stages.

Speed: The costs of the attacks. This category is also reflected by the attacks category, but it can be overlooked by that category too. This category is weighed by 4.

Again, the value for this category takes a little bit of intelligence to figure out. rating from 0-5. Be more lenient on the higher evolution stages.

Versitility: How versatile is this pokemon? How does it's weakness, resistance, and color affect its effectiveness? Weighed by 3.

This one takes intelligence as well, but just to give you an idea...

Weakness: Don't worry about weakness to fire, or lightning. Worry about Weakness to Fighting and Grass. Fighting and Grass devours pokemon that are weak to it, where fire and lightning do big damage anyways, causing the weakness to result in overkill. Fire and Lightning pokemon suck anyway. No weakness would be best of course. Weakness to grass and fighting is the worst.

Resistance: Resistance to fighting is excellent. Resistance to Psychic and Lightning are only somewhat useful but it is better than having no resistance. Nothing is resistant to fire, grass and water.

Color: Fighting is an awesome color. Many colorless pokemon are weak to it. However, quite a few pokemon are resistant to fighting, but that does not stop Fighting from being a very dominant color type. If it is colorless, no pokemon are resistant to it, but no pokemon are weak to it. I'd call it a weak point. Fire and Lightning are weak also, because not many pokemon are weak to it, and if they are, it doesn't matter most the time, because of the power of fire and lightning would just make the KO and overkill. If a pokemon has a color and has good colorless attacks, that is the best. Best to worst: Fighting, Grass, Water, Psychic, Colorless, Fire, Lightning.

Pokemon Power: If the pokemon power works extremely well with the pokemon, or gives the rest of your pokemon an advantage, it makes that pokemon a lot more versatile, as a possble bench warmer.

Just to recap the weighs:

HP-4

Attacks and PP-6

Retreat-3

Speed-4

Versatility-3

Now here's the math part. (ugh)

-Multiply the rating(0-5) from each category, with it's corresponding weight value.

-Add together all of the products

-Divide this sum by 10.

This should give you a rating from 0-10 overall.

Now let's test the rating system on Chan and Lee.

HP:(x4)

Chan:3-------12

Lee:2 ---------8

Attacks: (x6)

Chan:5 -----30

Lee:4 -------24

Retreat:(x3)

Chan:2-------6

Lee:3---------9

Speed: (x4)

Chan:5---------20

Lee:3-----------12

Versatility:(x3)

Chan:4----------12

Lee:4------------12

Totals:

Chan:80

Lee:65

divide by 10 and voila

Hitmonchan:8.0

Hitmonlee:6.5

Hitmonchan wins.

Also, keep in mind when deciding which family to use, rate all of the pokemon in the family, rather than just the highest stage.

Here are ratings for widely used and argued about pokemon:

Scyther:8.2

Hitmonchan:8.0

Electabuzz:7.7

Blastoise:7.4

Mr. Mime:7.4

Magmar (fossil):7.3

Clefable:7.3

Chansey:7.2

Lapras:7.2

Gengar:7.2

Promo Mewtwo:7.1

Alakazam:7.1

Kangaskhan:7.1

Jigglypuff:7.0

Wigglytuff:7.0

Jynx:6.9

Gyarados:6.7

Venusaur:6.7

Magmar (base):6.7

Articuno:6.5

Hitmonlee:6.5

Clefairy:6.4

Rattata:6.2

Zapdos (fossil):6.2

Pinsir:5.8

Zapdos (baseset):5.2

Charizard:4.4

Note: This system cannot rate trainers, energy cards, or ditto.

Questions? Comments?

Agree? Disagree?

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