Funnily enough, there are meme cards that oblige you to do some random things, like play rock, paper, scissors, sing a song or ask your opponent if you can do something. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if we get a card that obliges you and your opponent to play chess someday.
@@Elia2Tu magic the gathering had a card like that in its couple sets, i forget its name, but when it was played it required both players to set aside their hand, shuffle all other cards together, reset life totals to the starting 20 and play as if you just started a game. It was banned really quickly
@@fromryuk7785 the card that I mentioned about rock paper and scizors was not banned because it was just a little thing, but there was a card that was banned because it required you to sing a song every time you used it iirc
Let's face it. Almost all of us collected the cards instead of playing the game. I used to be like that... Then I got two decks that I use for train and learn how to play myself. And I played against my cousin.
I used to have Pokemon Cards but no one to play with. I could read, but not well enough to understand the rules and my mom could never make sense of them herself. I just shuffled and looked at them. One day I sold all my cards to a boy who was looking for Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Back then, I had no conception about that this was a scam.
To play the game you need a pair of scissors and you must open them, put your deck in between and close the scissors, this is so much fun to do and I enjoy doing this on very rare cards
You madman, you did it. ...now do one for Yu-Gi-Oh! I expect a hour long video explaining PSCT, missing the timing, If/When differences, and proper extra deck summon.
A pretty good summary. While starter decks are easy to come by, I see a few comments that mention using their own collection. With that in mind, I think it'd be good to have a video about deck composition. How many energy cards should you have, the proportion of basic, stage 1, and stage 2 pokemon, etc. It's not a firm set of rules, but it would really help players move on from preassembled decks.
@@conradoamano3446 exes, gxes, vs etc. are great ways to save deck space and have a very relevant pokemon from the beginning of the game. Only downside is they are worth 2 prizes so have some powerful 1 prize basics too
i remember playing pokemon cards with my classmates in elementary school, we lived in a poor country so no one had real cards, just those overpowered fake pokemon cards that were like 180HP - 340HP. The most popular kid had a card with 380 HP. the way we played it was the 2 players would pick a card each from their deck and put it face down on the table, count from 3 and then flip the cards over. The person who had the card with the most HP would get the other players card for himself.
@@Hraptor @Hraptor there r other variations of the game, this one was the method that grade 3-4 Elizabeth Seton students played, in Divine Light Academy, Pamplona Elementary and Central School students would play by having 7 cards in each hand, they would pick a card each to battle and "attack" by turns, so forexample person A had a charizard 190hp with a -80hp attack and person B had 220hp card with -90hp attack they would flip a coin to see who would go first and the game goes - A attacks, B is at 140hp - B attacks, A is at 100hp then they continue until the card is "knocked out" which is replaced by another card the person whose all cards get knocked out first loses
This video is awesome! Thank you so much. My husband, little brother, and I all started playing Pokémon cards and battling a couple weeks ago and some of these rules we did not know about!! We are loving the game!
I am trying to learn how to play for my nephew. He is 6 and in love with Pokémon. 2 days ago we went to the toy store and his recent biggest dream was to have Pokémon cards. So I bought it for him. He is very happy now and want to play with me. But we both don't know how to play. So I made up simple game rules in my mind and played with him. I also purposely lose to him because he becomes very happy when he wins. Now, I learned from this video that I should also buy myself an another deck to play with him properly. I guess he is too small to learn all the rules right now so I will wait 2-3 years to play with him properly. Thanks for the video
Hi! I'm a Pokémon Professor (Professors are the guys who staffs Organized Play events such as competitive tournaments and league meet ups), maybe this message comes too late and your nephew already learned the full game or lost interest in Pokémon but if that's not the case I suggest you to google the "Pokémon Alternative Play Handbook" which contains many alternative games which can be played with Pokémon cards, part of these games are very easy and can even be used as a gentle introduction to the basic rule of the original game
Praise be to the digital version. It's not as complicated as I thought it would be. After 25 years, i decided to learn how to play with the smartphone version:)
I have literally hundreds of Pokémon cards (would not be surprised if I have over a thousand of them) but never learned the game So I’m looking forward to this video
so like i get what the rules are, and this is more a question for people who play this game regularly, but what does strategy typically look like in this game? What are you typically building decks to do?
The main way to win the game is by getting all of your 6 prize cards (sure, you can always win by other ways, but typically you'd want to win by that rule, since it's the easier way) so you should build an entire deck revolving around doing damage to your opponent's Pokémon. That being said, the main struggles you'll have while playing this game are the energy attachment and the draw power. You can only attach 1 energy per turn and can only draw 1 card per turn, in a deck of 60 cards, so you'll always want to have trainer cards (usually they are the dominant type of card in a deck, going up to 30+ cards in a single deck) or Pokémon cards that can help you bypass those limitations. Examples of cards that could help you bypass those limitations are: Professor's Research (let's you discard your entire hand and draw 7 new cards, which can get you rid of useful cards, but sometimes can give you better ones), Ultra Ball (let's you discard 2 cards from your hand to search your deck for any Pokémon card that you want up to 1, same case as Professor's Research) or Malamar (it's ability let's you pick one basic energy card from your discard pile and attach it to one of your benched Pokémon). The examples are infinite, but hope you can have some notion of it by this comment.
I only play against my little brother, but I noticed some things that made me win and he lose almost all the time: 1. He has more pokemons than anything else in his deck (that's not ideal, cuz you usually only use up to 6 of them before losing the game, except counting their evolutions, and no matter what powerful card he pulled he was almost always with his hands tied cuz he couldn't find energy to attack). 2. Many different type pokemons is bad because you keep waiting for some specific energy but you couldn't put many so the chances of drawing it are way too small. Now, this is a mistake we both make but I found it relatively easy to counter with when you have many trainers/pokemons that call for you to choose energy cards from the deck (and I knew for a fact that he doesn't even have many of those). Also, I use the pokemons with most powerful attacks not needing specific type of energy, that way you have something to do no matter what you draw. 3. Also a stupid mistake he used to make (but maybe that's my opinion, someone might know how to use it well): putting more evolved pokemon than basic ones on your deck. As I said before, you gotta be able to play with whatever you draw, but sometimes I won just because he only found one or two basic types and some evolution that he couldn't place yet. The quickest games we've played. Also, not to forget that *6 of your cards stay unplayable until you defeat your opponent*, so depending on your shuffle abilities you might get too many important pokemons stuck, your other pokemons can't be just "fillers". I guess that's what I remember. I only bought a deck because he once appeared crying to me that I never spend time with him (we have a big age-gap but I was never that cruel to leave him to the side, really) so I just wanted to show him I cared. I never was interested in finding other kids to play so maybe it's all just commonsense but I don't know any real strategies.
So how do we get cards in our hand ?from deck? Or do just have some in the beginning and if so then how many can we have in our hand and where do we place our energy in our deck or in our hand FYI I have never played but I just wanna know for the future PLS ANSWER THIS
I remember as a kid I made the decision that I liked yugioh more than Pokémon because of the fact that it translated to real life a bit easier and was fairly simple. I couldn’t really get the same affect from Pokémon (at the time) although I did enjoy the game boy games. I’ve always wondered how they managed to turn it into a full blown TCG and tbh I’m not disappointed. I’ll need to see a few real time matches to get more grasp of combos and what not but it does seem fun.
There were a lot of important rules I didn't know about the game that where left out, causing a lot of confusion. So much so that I had to look up multiple sources of the game's rules in order to full understand the game
For a beginner, would you recommend sticking to one set of cards for the whole deck or mix and match? My son and I started collecting the cards recently and we are focusing on three sets so far: Fusion strike, Brilliant stars and Silver Tempest. Our understanding is we should first focus on building one color decks until we have a better idea on how the game goes. What about mixing the sets from the same series? Should we do so or try to stick with one having deck build based on Fusion strike when the other uses Brilliant stars? I hope my question makes sense. :) Thanks and cheers!!!
I started with a battle deck 1st. Which is one type pokemon set with a 60 card deck ready to play. I recommend that. They sell them by player level. 1-3.
Mixing sets for deck building is very very common so yeah go for it (You should look at which sets and cards are illegal for standard and expanded play tho)
Thanks for creating this video. I now am 100% confident I made the right choice when I was 10 to not learn how to play the TCG and instead just collected the cards.
I watched TCC Prof's pokemon tutorial yesterday and thought "that rules are the same guy should do this" and not 24 hours later, I am offically dubbing myself psychic
As an amateur Yu-Gi-Oh player who grew up mostly invested in Pokemon (I also watched vgc tourneys and stuff), I want to merge my Pokemon interest and my newfound love for TCG (which I got from playing Yu-Gi-Oh) by expanding into Pokemon TCG. I just didn't know how it worked. Thanks.
thank you for making this video, i'm going to try to play with my friends. They got into it a few weeks ago and i had fomo, so i've started collecting since last week 😅
I just noticed, are You playing with the Battle Academy set? That's the same set i used to learn the Game, it's pretty fun and cheap in comparison to getting any box set since there is 3 full decks for 20 dollars
Do you have to attack if able? If I have the energy to attack but attacking will defeat the opponents active Pokeman. Allowing the opponent to make a stronger Pokémon as active Pokémon and that Pokémon will defeat me. Can I choose not to attack or do I have to ?
This is so different to the Pokemon TCGP app rules. Must require completely different strategy and tactics. I do kind of like the elegance of the simpler rules of TCGP.
2 things I noticed that was missed out 1) You don't have to put a pokemon in your bench at the start of the game but it isn't ideal 2) If you try attack while confused and it's tails, I think you take 10, 20, or 30 damage
1) correct, that is why I said "may". 2) according to page 16 of the official rulebook: "If tails, the attack doesn’t happen, and you put 3 damage counters on your Confused Pokémon."
During the abilities segment he doesn't mention if there are more then 1 Pokémon with an ability then we can use them both or only 1 a turn. Can someone please clarify this for me?
If the ability says once per turn that means only for this Pokémon, not for all of your Pokémon, and if it says you can't you more then one "name of ability" ability during your turn it means you can't use an ability with this name with any of your Pokémon but you can use other abilities 😊
No, they just need to be attached to the Pokemon for it to use the attack, you don't discard them. Generally, you only discard Energy cards if the Pokemon they're attached to retreats or is knocked out. Also, each Energy Card attached to a Pokemon can only be used by that Pokemon up to 1 time, during a given turn, when 'paying' for the cost of an attack. This applies even if it's a Special Energy Card; for example, "Prism Energy" is a card that can be used to give Energy from any element, but it can only give a Pokemon 1 type of Energy of your choice when you use it such as to pay for an attack. Energy Cards work almost identically to Land Cards in Magic: The Gathering.
So, does each player only get six total pokemon, and the other 54 cards are trainers and energy? Does an evolution count as the same pokemon technically? Also, do you get to choose your prize cards, or are they random?
Playing a basic pokemon to your bench is something you do during your turn (as often as you like if the bench isn't full). Promoting a pokemon after your active is knocked out is something that happens between turns before your turn starts. A promotion does not trigger an event for you to play a pokemon to your bench. Once your promotion is done, and you've started you turn by drawing a card, you are then free to place a basic pokemon on your bench.
I was wondering where you buy damage indicators etc for this game. I cant seem to find them on Amazon and have just been using cutout pieces of paper for a while but I want to buy some new ones.
I think one glaring issue i always thought was the active Pokemon dies and one goes from the bench into play if no energy is attached it effectively becomes a punching bag. I always felt like there was so many limitations because of the energy went away. This is one of the down sides of the game unlike it's competition magic the gathering offers more complex attack phases and more options for dealing with creatures
Are the older cards still legal for play? You know how like in Magic the Gathering, older expansions become obsolete are no longer legal for competitive play. Is this true for Pokemon?
Ik it's an older video, but I have to say this: 6:24 "Only your active pokemon can attack" Alakazam ex (151 set): I'm going to pretend I didn't see that
I used to play back when sun and moon was the most recent region, but they’ve added some stuff to the game I think. Anyways, I’m gonna have to teach some kids how to play with the new cards they get from Christmas. (Their mom asked me to help lol) Wish me luck! 😅
I‘m no expert when it comes to the pokemon tcg, however I do think that it is possible to make a deck AROUND aggron, with other pokemon that can help you get the best out of the aggron that you are using. Remember that when building a deck around a specific card you should identify what you want your win-condition to be and build your deck accordingly. So, to answer your question: Yes it can work if it‘s built well
@@GUNS_jk Well, a _sole_ Aggron deck is not viable, but an Arceus Aggron deck using Aggron V and VMAX from the Brilliant Stars set was top 32 in the recent World Championship. However, it is rather a rogue strategy than a solid meta.
With this i can finally play with those 6 years old pokemon card collection
Grab your scissors, open them, put your pokemon card collection between them and close the scissors
@@rocketpadgamerwith enough cards at some point you would have to do that individually.
@@rocketpadgamer 💀
Sell them
Or get a bigger binder I have all my other cards even dupes in a really huge binder
The rules are not the same as regular chess, unless a specific card says so.
En Pokésant - pull out a chessboard and play a full game of chess with your opponent. the loser receives 30 damage.
@@PopitTart_ almost as annoying as Shaharazad 😂
Funnily enough, there are meme cards that oblige you to do some random things, like play rock, paper, scissors, sing a song or ask your opponent if you can do something. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if we get a card that obliges you and your opponent to play chess someday.
@@Elia2Tu magic the gathering had a card like that in its couple sets, i forget its name, but when it was played it required both players to set aside their hand, shuffle all other cards together, reset life totals to the starting 20 and play as if you just started a game. It was banned really quickly
@@fromryuk7785 the card that I mentioned about rock paper and scizors was not banned because it was just a little thing, but there was a card that was banned because it required you to sing a song every time you used it iirc
Let's face it. Almost all of us collected the cards instead of playing the game. I used to be like that... Then I got two decks that I use for train and learn how to play myself. And I played against my cousin.
I’d play if I had someone to play..
I didn't know the rules so we just played it like an uno battler
I enjoy cutting pokemon cards, especially the rarest ones
@@rocketpadgamer you monster
Well the first thing I ever bought was a premade deck. The only problem is that I rarely had someone to play with, but I mainly tried to build decks.
Finally! Now more people will know how to play it! It's genuinely a super fun game and I wish more people played it.
No, why would someone wish an extremely toxic community to grow?
I used to have Pokemon Cards but no one to play with. I could read, but not well enough to understand the rules and my mom could never make sense of them herself. I just shuffled and looked at them.
One day I sold all my cards to a boy who was looking for Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Back then, I had no conception about that this was a scam.
@@MrDirt Oh, you got screwed :(
Were they all common cards?
@@MrDirt Channel picture checks out.
@@Otto500206 it's called profile picture
Finally! I can finally learn how to play this Pokémon card game!
Now where did I last my cards half a decade ago..?
To play the game you need a pair of scissors and you must open them, put your deck in between and close the scissors, this is so much fun to do and I enjoy doing this on very rare cards
@@rocketpadgamer we found satan....
@@rocketpadgamer if you cut the rare cards that just means the value goes up for me so thank you
@@iidoughnutholes3087
> find valuable card
> cut it in half
> sell both halves
> you have doubled your cash
you know its a complex game when its 5 times longer than most other videos
Multiple rules is not complexity
@@AB-J i mean, it kind of does depending on the amount
just wait til the yugioh video drops lmao
@@Gamebuilder2000
I disagree, I’ve played many games with so many rules and I have understood them well
@@thechuckster664
That game isn’t complex, It is a hard game to learn, But just because it’s difficult to take in doesn’t mean it’s complex
You madman, you did it.
...now do one for Yu-Gi-Oh!
I expect a hour long video explaining PSCT, missing the timing, If/When differences, and proper extra deck summon.
How to play Yu-Gi-Oh TCG,
"The rule is simple, don't!"
Digimon tcg too.
It's actually good. ikr?
Now I know how to play Pokémon now!
magic the gatheric can potentially be absurd too.
And another hour of different between OCG and TCG.
A pretty good summary. While starter decks are easy to come by, I see a few comments that mention using their own collection. With that in mind, I think it'd be good to have a video about deck composition. How many energy cards should you have, the proportion of basic, stage 1, and stage 2 pokemon, etc. It's not a firm set of rules, but it would really help players move on from preassembled decks.
Buy a trainer's toolkit box. That'll give you a good idea. Some decks can run on as little as four energy, most run 12-16, and some run 20-25.
Don't they have to remain in the series?
18 energy cards should suffice for mono/one type deck
@@haroldsheedog1859 So, that's a total of 12 Pokémon (of different stages & not just basics), and a total of 30 Trainer cards?
@@conradoamano3446 exes, gxes, vs etc. are great ways to save deck space and have a very relevant pokemon from the beginning of the game. Only downside is they are worth 2 prizes so have some powerful 1 prize basics too
legitimately had no clue how to play. very happy for the 10 min. video.
If you get a bunch of Silver Tempest cards, try the Swords of Justice deck archetype. Smeargle and Gloria just makes it insane.
i remember playing pokemon cards with my classmates in elementary school, we lived in a poor country so no one had real cards, just those overpowered fake pokemon cards that were like 180HP - 340HP. The most popular kid had a card with 380 HP. the way we played it was the 2 players would pick a card each from their deck and put it face down on the table, count from 3 and then flip the cards over. The person who had the card with the most HP would get the other players card for himself.
that is a much better,understandable, and a more fun way
How is that more fun when it butchers the game to a flip of a coin LOL 😂
he also do taht i live in srilanka
@@Hraptor @Hraptor there r other variations of the game, this one was the method that grade 3-4 Elizabeth Seton students played, in Divine Light Academy, Pamplona Elementary and Central School students would play by having 7 cards in each hand, they would pick a card each to battle and "attack" by turns, so forexample person A had a charizard 190hp with a -80hp attack and person B had 220hp card with -90hp attack they would flip a coin to see who would go first and the game goes
- A attacks, B is at 140hp
- B attacks, A is at 100hp
then they continue until the card is "knocked out" which is replaced by another card
the person whose all cards get knocked out first loses
This video is awesome! Thank you so much. My husband, little brother, and I all started playing Pokémon cards and battling a couple weeks ago and some of these rules we did not know about!! We are loving the game!
Bro you are getting me the wrong way 😂
"The rules are the same as 5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel except for these changes..."
Only if a specific card says so
I am trying to learn how to play for my nephew. He is 6 and in love with Pokémon. 2 days ago we went to the toy store and his recent biggest dream was to have Pokémon cards. So I bought it for him. He is very happy now and want to play with me. But we both don't know how to play. So I made up simple game rules in my mind and played with him. I also purposely lose to him because he becomes very happy when he wins.
Now, I learned from this video that I should also buy myself an another deck to play with him properly. I guess he is too small to learn all the rules right now so I will wait 2-3 years to play with him properly. Thanks for the video
Hi!
I'm a Pokémon Professor (Professors are the guys who staffs Organized Play events such as competitive tournaments and league meet ups), maybe this message comes too late and your nephew already learned the full game or lost interest in Pokémon but if that's not the case I suggest you to google the "Pokémon Alternative Play Handbook" which contains many alternative games which can be played with Pokémon cards, part of these games are very easy and can even be used as a gentle introduction to the basic rule of the original game
10:27 noooo why are the bottom 2 switched up :((((
thanks for finally showing the the pokemon TCG, i knew it existed, and it was always at the back of my head, thanks TSG
10:27 This triggers me
Literally gonna say the same thing
Praise be to the digital version. It's not as complicated as I thought it would be. After 25 years, i decided to learn how to play with the smartphone version:)
I’m not gonna lie, I still have no clue how to play this game.
I'll have to watch this a few times.
Same bro
I have a Pokémon card box but I have same problem as you.. well I have to watch this over and over until I finally know how to play..Ig oh well
Your right
😂
I have literally hundreds of Pokémon cards (would not be surprised if I have over a thousand of them) but never learned the game
So I’m looking forward to this video
Very well organized video, easier to understand than the videos on the official Pokemon channel
THIS was the video I was looking for, very well explained and cleared all my questions, thanks !!
He did it, the madlad actually did it.
If this isn't enough to subscribe, I don't know what is.
so like i get what the rules are, and this is more a question for people who play this game regularly, but what does strategy typically look like in this game? What are you typically building decks to do?
The main way to win the game is by getting all of your 6 prize cards (sure, you can always win by other ways, but typically you'd want to win by that rule, since it's the easier way) so you should build an entire deck revolving around doing damage to your opponent's Pokémon. That being said, the main struggles you'll have while playing this game are the energy attachment and the draw power. You can only attach 1 energy per turn and can only draw 1 card per turn, in a deck of 60 cards, so you'll always want to have trainer cards (usually they are the dominant type of card in a deck, going up to 30+ cards in a single deck) or Pokémon cards that can help you bypass those limitations.
Examples of cards that could help you bypass those limitations are: Professor's Research (let's you discard your entire hand and draw 7 new cards, which can get you rid of useful cards, but sometimes can give you better ones), Ultra Ball (let's you discard 2 cards from your hand to search your deck for any Pokémon card that you want up to 1, same case as Professor's Research) or Malamar (it's ability let's you pick one basic energy card from your discard pile and attach it to one of your benched Pokémon). The examples are infinite, but hope you can have some notion of it by this comment.
@@Elia2Tu Yes, this helps, thank you. I didn't really know what kind of combos players were trying to hit in this game but that all makes sense.
I only play against my little brother, but I noticed some things that made me win and he lose almost all the time:
1. He has more pokemons than anything else in his deck (that's not ideal, cuz you usually only use up to 6 of them before losing the game, except counting their evolutions, and no matter what powerful card he pulled he was almost always with his hands tied cuz he couldn't find energy to attack).
2. Many different type pokemons is bad because you keep waiting for some specific energy but you couldn't put many so the chances of drawing it are way too small. Now, this is a mistake we both make but I found it relatively easy to counter with when you have many trainers/pokemons that call for you to choose energy cards from the deck (and I knew for a fact that he doesn't even have many of those). Also, I use the pokemons with most powerful attacks not needing specific type of energy, that way you have something to do no matter what you draw.
3. Also a stupid mistake he used to make (but maybe that's my opinion, someone might know how to use it well): putting more evolved pokemon than basic ones on your deck. As I said before, you gotta be able to play with whatever you draw, but sometimes I won just because he only found one or two basic types and some evolution that he couldn't place yet. The quickest games we've played.
Also, not to forget that *6 of your cards stay unplayable until you defeat your opponent*, so depending on your shuffle abilities you might get too many important pokemons stuck, your other pokemons can't be just "fillers".
I guess that's what I remember. I only bought a deck because he once appeared crying to me that I never spend time with him (we have a big age-gap but I was never that cruel to leave him to the side, really) so I just wanted to show him I cared. I never was interested in finding other kids to play so maybe it's all just commonsense but I don't know any real strategies.
@@rebecabggs top tier sister
I watched this and im already a pokemon expert.
Thank you for making this tutorial!
You made me start playing MTG, now I want a Yu-Gi-Oh vídeo
QUESTION: Why when you mulligan before the duel, why would the opponent draw an extra card per mulligan? What is the balancing logic?
If you do not put enough Basic Pokemon in your Deck, you are punished for it by your opponent drawing cards for free
The energy.. does it have to be in the hand on bench? Or do you only have energy if you draw it from your deck on your turn?
One qualm I have - for confusion I believe, it’s damage and can be prevented with cards like protect cube, I think?
This was actually really helpful unlike the others videos I watched on how to play properly.
So how do we get cards in our hand ?from deck? Or do just have some in the beginning and if so then how many can we have in our hand and where do we place our energy in our deck or in our hand FYI I have never played but I just wanna know for the future PLS ANSWER THIS
I remember as a kid I made the decision that I liked yugioh more than Pokémon because of the fact that it translated to real life a bit easier and was fairly simple. I couldn’t really get the same affect from Pokémon (at the time) although I did enjoy the game boy games. I’ve always wondered how they managed to turn it into a full blown TCG and tbh I’m not disappointed. I’ll need to see a few real time matches to get more grasp of combos and what not but it does seem fun.
There were a lot of important rules I didn't know about the game that where left out, causing a lot of confusion. So much so that I had to look up multiple sources of the game's rules in order to full understand the game
This guy, I like this guy.
He is THE GOAT of how to plays.
If you want to learn how to play something this guy probably has a tutorial
2:25 "each player may have up to 5 pokemon on the bench at any time"
Note: unless a card says otherwise(like eternatus vmax)
Is Leon’s charzard different to a regular charzard in the TCG or are they the same thing with the name rule
THIS is what i call a proper tutorial, finally..
For a beginner, would you recommend sticking to one set of cards for the whole deck or mix and match?
My son and I started collecting the cards recently and we are focusing on three sets so far: Fusion strike, Brilliant stars and Silver Tempest.
Our understanding is we should first focus on building one color decks until we have a better idea on how the game goes.
What about mixing the sets from the same series? Should we do so or try to stick with one having deck build based on Fusion strike when the other uses Brilliant stars?
I hope my question makes sense. :)
Thanks and cheers!!!
Focus on one type first! Then as you both get it you'll be able to play multi type pokemon
I started with a battle deck 1st. Which is one type pokemon set with a 60 card deck ready to play. I recommend that. They sell them by player level. 1-3.
Mixing sets for deck building is very very common so yeah go for it
(You should look at which sets and cards are illegal for standard and expanded play tho)
7:15 shouldnt it be the attack type and not the pokemon type?
According to page 14 of the official rules, no. link.triplesgames.com/PokemonRules
@@TripleSGames huh, thats wierd but if its official ok then
as a guy who loves to play this, i must say this is well explained🙂
Can you tell the exact link for the set you use with tokens and piwer cards
1) What cards need to be in those 60 cards which we choose? Can it be all v or Vmax or Ex cards?
Thanks for creating this video. I now am 100% confident I made the right choice when I was 10 to not learn how to play the TCG and instead just collected the cards.
I watched TCC Prof's pokemon tutorial yesterday and thought "that rules are the same guy should do this" and not 24 hours later, I am offically dubbing myself psychic
Can you remove poison by retreating Pokemon
I been waiting for this video for so long
I collect the cards, but I'm having a hard time learning how to play. Thanks for this video. Very helpful.
As an amateur Yu-Gi-Oh player who grew up mostly invested in Pokemon (I also watched vgc tourneys and stuff), I want to merge my Pokemon interest and my newfound love for TCG (which I got from playing Yu-Gi-Oh) by expanding into Pokemon TCG. I just didn't know how it worked. Thanks.
thank you for making this video, i'm going to try to play with my friends. They got into it a few weeks ago and i had fomo, so i've started collecting since last week 😅
Nice i have been collecting pokemon cards since i was 6 im now 12
This both confused me and helped me. Luckily, it helped me more, so thank you
I just noticed, are You playing with the Battle Academy set? That's the same set i used to learn the Game, it's pretty fun and cheap in comparison to getting any box set since there is 3 full decks for 20 dollars
Do you need all stages/evolutions of one basic card to play?
Please suggest where to buy trainer and energy cards, the set what we brought do not have trainer and energy cards
9:37 I don't understand what this means "if your pokemon has been paralysed scince the beggining of your most recent turn"
Has someone that has been playing the PTCG for a long time I don’t either
We can add any pokemon on another pokemon?
Do you have to attack if able? If I have the energy to attack but attacking will defeat the opponents active Pokeman. Allowing the opponent to make a stronger Pokémon as active Pokémon and that Pokémon will defeat me. Can I choose not to attack or do I have to ?
There was a Hex edition, as I remember. Pokemon Master Trainer, or something.
bakugan?
@@kemcolian2001 Wrong series, man
honestly the best tutorial thank you ❤❤
How do you know which Pokémon has paralyze asleep, burned poison or asleep or a few? How do you know that?
Is the check up happen auto during next turn or thier will be stadium in play for it ?!
This is so different to the Pokemon TCGP app rules. Must require completely different strategy and tactics. I do kind of like the elegance of the simpler rules of TCGP.
I enjoyed this video. Couldn't find the advanced rules playlist yet. I think it may not be made yet?
Can you buy damage and effect coin's
0:48 I can't be the only one that feels uncomfortable seeing that.
It's actually easy
No lie as a collector i cringed at the shuffling, but the explanation is awesome so I stuck around lol
The Greninja Card at 10:27 is assembled incorrectly
What kind a card is that, Greninja V union I never see a set of card in my life
What's ur pokemon card series name?
0:38 what about vmax vstar gx and ex
Can i use the heart of the cards here? The power of friendship to win?
Bro i played by myself and still lost-
Congratulations, you played yourself
How
2 things I noticed that was missed out
1) You don't have to put a pokemon in your bench at the start of the game but it isn't ideal
2) If you try attack while confused and it's tails, I think you take 10, 20, or 30 damage
1) correct, that is why I said "may".
2) according to page 16 of the official rulebook: "If tails, the attack doesn’t happen, and you put 3 damage counters on your Confused Pokémon."
@@TripleSGames Touche
The amount of confusion damage counters has changed over the years.
Don't correct others if you **think** you know the right answer
@@TripleSGamesthere is a official rulebook
During the abilities segment he doesn't mention if there are more then 1 Pokémon with an ability then we can use them both or only 1 a turn. Can someone please clarify this for me?
If the ability says once per turn that means only for this Pokémon, not for all of your Pokémon, and if it says you can't you more then one "name of ability" ability during your turn it means you can't use an ability with this name with any of your Pokémon but you can use other abilities 😊
This actually a super good guide!
This helped me soooo much! That i liked and subbed! You are awesome!
When you attack do you remove the energy cards to discard them for the amount shown on the attack?
No, they just need to be attached to the Pokemon for it to use the attack, you don't discard them. Generally, you only discard Energy cards if the Pokemon they're attached to retreats or is knocked out. Also, each Energy Card attached to a Pokemon can only be used by that Pokemon up to 1 time, during a given turn, when 'paying' for the cost of an attack. This applies even if it's a Special Energy Card; for example, "Prism Energy" is a card that can be used to give Energy from any element, but it can only give a Pokemon 1 type of Energy of your choice when you use it such as to pay for an attack. Energy Cards work almost identically to Land Cards in Magic: The Gathering.
So, does each player only get six total pokemon, and the other 54 cards are trainers and energy? Does an evolution count as the same pokemon technically? Also, do you get to choose your prize cards, or are they random?
You can have more Pokémon in your deck
Can turn one goes 2nd player evolve their pokemon? Attack or play supporter?
This is super useful. I just got lots of pokemon packs. I'll be happy I'll be able to use my cards
THANK YOU, IT IS NOW CLEAR HOW TO PLAY POKEMON.
what if all my pokemon attacks cost energy and I dont have any energy cards
Well you wont to be able to play with energy skills
the pokemon other rules playlist is missing!
THANK YOU I finally know how to play after all these years!
When attacking, do you have to remove the energy cards used for the attack?
no
No, unless it's written on the card. Then you will need more energy cards and/or a strategy to draw more energy cards.
but after you used an attack can you still attack with the same energies that you used in the other turn
Say you have a full bench and your in play pokemon gets knocned out. You move one to play from your bench, then add another pokemon to your bench?
Playing a basic pokemon to your bench is something you do during your turn (as often as you like if the bench isn't full). Promoting a pokemon after your active is knocked out is something that happens between turns before your turn starts. A promotion does not trigger an event for you to play a pokemon to your bench. Once your promotion is done, and you've started you turn by drawing a card, you are then free to place a basic pokemon on your bench.
What if the tax or 30 and 10 and the resistant say 30 the Pokémon can’t use any other tax or what
Thanks for the vid helps me who is starting to play
Really graat explanation, thank you
Great video, thank you. Where can I buy those damage counter markers?
local game shop or eBay
thanks! @@TripleSGames
The Elite Trainer Box includes everything that you need. Dice, damage markers, burn marker, poison marker, sleeves and energy cards.
I was wondering where you buy damage indicators etc for this game. I cant seem to find them on Amazon and have just been using cutout pieces of paper for a while but I want to buy some new ones.
structure decks have them
try a local game shop or eBay
Where do you het those like hit points or the poison thing
I think one glaring issue i always thought was the active Pokemon dies and one goes from the bench into play if no energy is attached it effectively becomes a punching bag. I always felt like there was so many limitations because of the energy went away. This is one of the down sides of the game unlike it's competition magic the gathering offers more complex attack phases and more options for dealing with creatures
Are the older cards still legal for play? You know how like in Magic the Gathering, older expansions become obsolete are no longer legal for competitive play. Is this true for Pokemon?
Yes that's true the website tells you which expansions are legal in the current rotation
Ik it's an older video, but I have to say this:
6:24 "Only your active pokemon can attack"
Alakazam ex (151 set): I'm going to pretend I didn't see that
Can u attack after u placed an energy card or tool card
XYZ summon?
I used to play back when sun and moon was the most recent region, but they’ve added some stuff to the game I think. Anyways, I’m gonna have to teach some kids how to play with the new cards they get from Christmas. (Their mom asked me to help lol) Wish me luck! 😅
could you make a video about the digimon tcg rules ?
What is retreat? 5:09
Can a full Aggron deck be viable? That's my favorite Pokemon.
I‘m no expert when it comes to the pokemon tcg, however I do think that it is possible to make a deck AROUND aggron, with other pokemon that can help you get the best out of the aggron that you are using. Remember that when building a deck around a specific card you should identify what you want your win-condition to be and build your deck accordingly.
So, to answer your question: Yes it can work if it‘s built well
Viable as "possible to construct and play nicely" or viable as "competitively viable"?
@@tiozuradasexatas6754 Competitively.
@@GUNS_jk Well, a _sole_ Aggron deck is not viable, but an Arceus Aggron deck using Aggron V and VMAX from the Brilliant Stars set was top 32 in the recent World Championship. However, it is rather a rogue strategy than a solid meta.
Now we need the rest of the TCG Trilogy
(MTG, YU-GI-OH and POKEMON)
So your allowed to have as many energy cards as you want but can only have 60 cards in a deck?