The Pokemon Trading Card Game is a collectible card game based on the PTCG or Pokemon TCG, based on Nintendo’s video games and anime’s Pokemon franchise, published in October 1996 by the Japanese media factory. In the United States, it was first published by Wizards of the Coast; The Pokemon company finally took charge of releasing the card game in June 2003. In 2016, it was the best selling toy of the year in the strategic card game subclass 2017. In 2017, it had an 82% share of Europe’s strategic card game market of September 2019, the game has sold 28.8 billion cards worldwide.
Players take on the role of Pokemon Instructor and use their Pokemon to fight their opponent’s Pokemon. Players play Pokemon on the field and attack their opponent’s Pokemon. A Pokemon with enough damage gets knocked out and the player who throws it pulls out a reward card. There are usually six rewards cards, and the initial winning condition is to draw them all. Other ways to win are to scatter all of the opponent’s Pokemon in the opponent’s field, so that the opponent has nothing left to do, or if their opponent has no card to draw the opponent’s call at the beginning of the turn.
Players start by selecting one player by selecting the main or the tail, and the other turns a coin; The winner of the coin flip will decide who goes first or second. Unless the card says otherwise, players who are moving first cannot attack their first turn. (Dyes can be used in place of coins, even with the numbers that represent the heads and the odd numbers that represent the ledges). Players change their deck and draw seven cards, then play a Basic Pokemon on the field. This Pokemon is known as Active Pokemon and usually attacks and deals damage. If a player does not have a basic Pokémon, they must draw a new hand instead of a hand, and the opponent can draw an extra card. Once both players have at least one Basic Pokémon, they can play up to five more basic Pokemon above their “bench” (representing the maximum carrying limit from video games). Players take the top six cards on their deck and place them on the side as a reward card, then the play begins with the player who wins the coin flip.
Play options among players who can take various steps during their turn, including playing new Buddhist Pokémon, developing their Pokémon, playing trainer cards and power cards, and using Pokemon abilities. Any player can go back and forth with their active Pokémon, switching the Active Pokémon with the bench. At the end of their turn, a player can use one of their Pokémon offensive attacks, but the condition is that the prerequisite amount and that kind of power are tied to that Pokémon. The effects from the attack are then activated and the damage can be assigned to the Defending Pokemon; Some attacks have only effects but no damage. The amount of damage can be changed depending on whether the attacker has Pokemon type defenses or weaknesses. If the final damage exceeds the Defending Pokémon HP, it shuts down and the active player takes a rewards card and finishes their turn.
- 1 foil promo card featuring charizard-gx
- 1 foil oversize card featuring charizard-gx
- 4 Pokémon TCG: detective pikachu 4-card booster packs
- 2 additional Pokémon TCG booster packs
- 1 Code card for the pokémon trading card game online
- The Pokémon TCG: Sun & moon—cosmic eclipse booster display box contains 36 booster packs from the sun & Moon --cosmic eclipse expansion.
- The Sun & Moon --cosmic eclipse expansion features over 230 cards to collect.
- There are 9 brand-new tag team Pokémon-GX within the expansion.
- The expansion also features 7 more Pokémon-GX, a special energy card, and more than 20 trainer cards to collect.
- The Sun & Moon --cosmic eclipse expansion also contains the first appearance of tag team supporter cards.
- Pokemon 2017 Lycanroc GX box
- Oversized foil card: featuring Lycanroc-GX, a must have for your collection!
- Never-before-seen foil card: unique Lycanroc-GX also included.
- Online bonus card: contains one code card to continue the action and play online.
- Collect and trade them all: propel your deck to victory and crush your foe's hopes!
- 1 foil promo card featuring pikachu-gx
- 1 full-art foil promo card featuring eevee-gx
- 1 foil promo card featuring Pikachu
- 1 foil promo card featuring Eevee
- 1 oversize foil card featuring pikachu-gx
- 1 never-before-seen foil promo card featuring Raikou-GX!
- 1 never-before-seen foil promo card featuring Entei-GX!
- 1 collector's pin and coin featuring Suicune!
- 1 oversize foil card featuring all three legendary Pokemon!
- 6 Pokemon TCG booster packs!
- 2 foil promo cards featuring tag team Pokémon: Charizard & braixen-gx and Venusaur & snivy-gx
- 1 oversize foil promo card featuring Charizard & braiden-gx
- 1 full-size playmat featuring tag team illustrations
- 7 Pokémon TCG booster packs
- 1 metallic coin
- You will receive at random, one Pokémon TCG: TAG TEAM POWERS Collection featuring either Espeon & Deoxys-GX or Umbreon & Darkrai-GX.
- The Pokémon TCG: TAG TEAM Powers Collection includes 1 full-art foil card featuring Espeon & Deoxys-GX and 1 full-art foil card featuring Umbreon & Darkrai-GX.
- You will also get 1 of 2 possible full-art foil oversize cards featuring one of these TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX.
- This also comes with 1 full-art foil card featuring Eevee-GX, 1 foil promo card featuring Carracosta-GX, and 3 more promo cards featuring Leafeon, Glaceon, and Regigigas.
- You will also find 8 Pokémon TCG booster packs and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
- The Pokémon TCG: sword & shield Elite trainer box includes 8 Pokémon TCG: sword & shield booster packs.
- This also comes with 65 card sleeves featuring zacian or Magenta and 45 Pokémon TCG energy cards.
- You will also receive 6 Damage counter dice, 1 Competition legal coin-flip die, and 2 acrylic condition markers.
- Show your Pokemon pride with a special collector's box to hold everything, including 4 dividers to keep it organized.
- You will also find a player guide to the sword & shield expansion to help you in your training and a code card for the Pokémon trading card game online.
- Give your collection a boost: includes 36 booster packs containing 10 cards each to advance your collection to a new level.
- Your best odds for rare cards: This booster box is factory sealed to prevent packs from being weighed or mapped. No more fear of valuable insert cards being removed.
- Become THE GREATEST TRAINER: Will you find reshiram & charizard-gx-gx, pheromosa & Buzzwole-GX, Gardevoir-EX & Sylveon-GX, or Lucario & Melmetal-Gx?
- Gotta catch them all: the Pokemon sun & Moon Unbroken Bonds expansion brings over 210 brand new cards to collect. Will you find them all?
- Brand new cards: sealed by Pokemon International
- The star Pokemon of the collection will be M Lucario-EX, which will come as a full art jumbo card along with a brand new Lucario Spirit Link promo!
- But that?s not it ? the collection will also feature four full art foil promos of M Manectric-EX, M Lucario-EX, Jolteon-EX, and Zygarde-EX! All of these promos will be reprints of existing cards, but will feature brand new full art artwork! Only Lucario Spirit Link is brand new.
- The box will also come with eight booster packs and a PTCGO code card.
