The Pokémon Trading Card Game is a 2-player game in which players use 60-card decks to battle. In the Pokémon TCG, players build decks around cards that feature Pokémon characters and then take turns using attacks to try to defeat their opponent. The game requires some strategy and planning to win.

Pokémon is short for “Pocket Monsters” the original Japanese name. The franchise has its roots in a gaming magazine in the early 1980s in Japan—Game Freak

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How to play THE POKÉMON TRADING CARD GAME

If you’re interested in getting started with the Pokémon TCG, we’ve put together a Pokemon Academy day at CPOD. You can play and learn from a real Pokémon Professor. The Prof can walk you through the basics of the game.
When you have attended the session you’ll be ready to start playing your first competitive Pokémon TCG game!

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Lesson 1 How to build a Pokemon deck

Pokémon Cards

Refers to the 649 fictional species that have made appearances in Pokémon media. These characters are for attacking plays.

Trainer Cards

These are cards you use for the items, supporters and stadiums you can use during a battle.

Energy Cards

Energy cards are attached to a Pokémon on the field or bench to power that Pokémon’s attacks. Typically, only one Energy card may be played per turn. There are two main categories of Energy cards: Basic Energy and Special Energy.

Item Card

Item cards, as the name suggests, depict items, typically from the Pokémon games such as the Good Rod and Moomoo Milk, which a player can use once to have some kind of effect on the game, and are then discarded. Players are allowed to play as many Item cards as they wish during their turn.

Support Card

Supporter cards depict and feature people. Generally, the people are characters from the Pokémon games and Pokémon anime such as Gym Leaders and Trainer classes, though many are exclusive characters featured within the many themes created for the Pokémon Trading Card Game.