All You Need to Know About Pokemon Trading Card Game

The Pokemon trading card game is a strategy-based abstract card game that is often played on a specified play-mat between two players who are each a Pokémon trainer and who use their Pokémon to engage in combat. A Pokémon is brought into the field by each player, who then assaults the Pokémon of their opponent. A Pokémon is said to be "Knocked Out" if it has taken enough damage from attacks to reach or surpass its HP. Prize cards are required to win the game, with six Prize cards resulting in an immediate victory. 

How To Play Pokemon Trading Card Game? 

• The first player chooses heads or tails, and the second player flips a coin. (Coins may be substituted with dice, with even numbers denoting charges and odd numbers denoting tails; dice are also frequently used in The Pokémon Company's official competitions.)  Following the shuffling of the decks and the drawing of seven cards, each player sends one Basic Pokémon into the field.

• The Pokémon that is actively attacking and taking damage is known as the Active Pokémon. A player must call mulligan, shuffle, and then draw from another hand until they find a Basic Pokémon if they don't already have any. For each mulligan, the opponent may draw one more card. After then, the player who won the coin toss enters the game.

• The game is played back and forth between players. A player may also exchange their active Pokémon with one available on the Bench, although doing so will cost them a specific number of Energy cards. A player may utilize one of their Active Pokémon's attacks after their turn if it has the necessary quantity and kind of energy.

• The attack's effects are activated, and the Defending Pokemon Trading Card Game may suffer damage. However, some attacks have effects and inflict no actual damage since they may be altered based on whether the Defending Pokémon has a weakness or resistance to the Attacking Pokémon's type. After affixing an energy card to attack the opposing, defensive Pokémon, the player's turn is over. Before concluding their turn, if they "Knock Out" the opponent Pokémon, they may take one reward card. 

Collecting Cards

• Stores sell Pokémon cards in various forms, including pre-built decks, booster boxes with 36 packs inside, promo card sets with booster packs, and individual packs. Consequently, e-commerce companies and independent vendors also sell cards. However, purchasers need to be aware of fraudulent Pokémon cards.

• Collectible Pokémon cards are worth a range of prices depending on their rarity levels. Cards' rarities are denoted by various shapes in the bottom corner, such as Common (circle), Uncommon (diamond), and Rare, in ascending order of rarity (star).

• Reverse Holo cards are any-rarity cards with holographic textures on other parts of the surface outside the primary picture. In contrast, Holo Rare cards are rare cards with holographic illustrations. As the names Half Art and Full Art suggest, these cards include artworks that span half or the whole card surface, respectively. Unlike Full Art or Half Arts, Secret Rare’s are reprinted with different artwork schemes like an alternate holofoil scheme, a glossy scheme, or a gold trim. They may be identified by a set number more than the set's actual printed size (242/220). Secret Rare’s also fall under the category of Rainbow Rare, which includes materials with comparable properties but rainbow-colored foil patterns.

• The "Pikachu Illustrator" is the most expensive and rarest Pokemon Trading Card Game ever sold, and Logan Paul, a celebrity and collector, paid $5,275,000 for it in July 2021. It is the sole Pokémon card that reads "Illustrator" rather than "Trainer" like other Trainer cards since it was made as a reward for the 1997–1998 Pokémon design competitions run by the Japanese manga magazine Coro-Coro Comic. According to the Japanese imprint, we confirm that your image is a top-notch entry in the Pokémon Card Game IL lust Contest. We declare that you are an officially recognized Pokémon Card Illustrator and are impressed by your talent.

All Pokemon Trading Card Game feature a single or several Pokémon from the Pokémon video game series and provide information on their name, primary type, move set, special abilities, and HP values. Basic Pokémon can be played right onto the Bench because they have not evolved.