Learn how to play Pokemon trading card game
https://www.lukeko.com/13/learn-how-to-play-pokemon-trading-card-game 0- also abbreviated as Pokemon TCG
- learn how to play in 15 mins from this youtube video
- buy the basic card set for 2 players on Amazon
Basic Premise
- use a 60 card deck
- draw 7 cards
- chose an active pokemon
- use energy cards to power up and enable attacks on that pokemon
- place and evolve additional Pokemon on your bench and use trainer cards for support
TLDR
- made by the same company that made magic the gathering
- think of it as magic the gathering lite
- there are 3 types of cards
- pokemon cards
- energy cards
- trainer cards
- there are different types of pokemon cards
- the most common are basic pokemon cards
- these are pokemon at the lowest stage of evolution
- you start the game with a basic pokemon as your active pokemon
- these are the only pokemon that can be put from your hand to your bench
- after a basic pokemon has been in play for one turn you can replace it with a stage 1 or stage 2 pokemon if you have one in hand
- evolved pokemon have better HP and better attacks
- they must be placed before their respective basic pokemon first