Coin (TCG)
A coin, in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, is used in a variety of ways, from Energy cards to Pokémon attacks. Many attacks say "Flip a coin. If heads, _____________________. If tails, ____________________." The coin flip is often the main point of the attack, as it decides the effect that the attack had on the Defending Pokémon: For example, these effects can succeed or fail in attacking the opponent, pick one of two possible status conditions to inflict on the opponent, or succeed in the attack or counter on the user. Sometimes, the attack's effectiveness depends on the number of successive heads-flips.
Types of coins
A coin can be a real, monetary coin, a special metal, or a cardboard disc with a Pokémon on it, or any small, flat object that has the same chance of landing on either of two sides when flipped. Sometimes, the player may prefer to use a die rather than a coin, with 1, 2, and 3 as "heads" and 4, 5, and 6 as "tails".
A special plastic coin is distributed to all pre-constructed decks, such as the starter decks and theme decks and excluding the Championship decks, and excluding the Generation II sets by Wizards of the Coast as the Johto series sets came with a silver, metal Lugia coin. There will be a Pokémon or a symbol on top (representing heads) and a logo and/or copyright on the back (representing tails). The Pokémon or symbol usually represents in some way the set that the pre-constructed deck came from, but sometimes it's just the game in general, like the coin that depicts all the elements, before the Darkness and Metal types were introduced. There is usually more than one type of coin per set, featuring a different Pokémon or symbol on top, and can be distributed based on the deck purchased, or otherwise at random. Most of the Wizards of the Coast sets only had one coin with a seemingly random Pokémon on front.
Aside from the metal Lugia coin, a silver, metal Pikachu coin was also made for the Base Set 2 also released by Wizards or the Coast. These metal coins were the only actual metal, TCG coins that came with the decks; the rest are plastic.
Gallery
- Coin Chansey.png
- Vileplume Coin.jpg
- Coin Fossil Theme Decks.png
- Coin Mewtwo.jpg
- Coin Exeggutor.jpg
- Coin Imakuni Doduo.jpg
- Coin Pikachu.png
- Coin Team Rockets Meowth.png
- Coin Starmie.png
- Coin Raichu.jpg
- Coin Blains Arcanine Japanese.png
Arcanine Coin from Guren Town Gym
- Coin Sabrinas Alakazam.png
- Coin Bulbasaur.png
- CharmanderCoin.jpg
- Coin Manaphy.jpg
- Coin Jirachi.jpg
- Treecko coin.jpg
- TCG energy coin.jpg
Coin depicting the elemental type symbols
- TCG energy coin gold.png
Coin depicting the elemental type symbols
- Coin Magmortar Electivire Gold.jpg
Magmortar and Electivire
- Coin Pikachu Holon Phantoms.jpg
- Coin Blissey.jpg
- Coin Aqua.jpg
Team Aqua emblem
- Coin Magma.jpg
Team Magma emblem
- Coin Deoxys.jpg
- Coin Gardevoir.jpg
- Coin Celebi.jpg
- Coin Salamence.jpg
- Lugiacoin.jpg
Metal Lugia coin from Generation II
- Pikachucoin.jpg
Metal Pikachu coin from Base Set 2
- Coin Chikorita.gif
- Coin Cyndaquil.gif
- Coin Totodile.gif
- Coin Flygon.jpg
- Coin Metagross.jpg
- Coin Lucario.jpg
- Munchlax Coin.jpg
Tails side of the very first coins released by Wizards of the Coast.
- Coin Back Wizards.jpg
The later version of the Tails side of coins released by Wizards of the Coast up til Generation II.
- Coin Back Old.jpg
Tails side of coins released during Generation I in Japan.
Tails side of the Metal coins released during Generation II.
In the games
In Template:Card GB 2, there are several collectible coins that can be obtained by the protagonist, Mark or Mint. These coins are used as proof of achievements within the game, much like Gym Badges from the main series or the medals from the previous TCG Game Boy game. Besides marking achievements, the player may choose one of their coins to use in duels for coin flips in place of their original coin. The appearance and purpose of these coins mimic the real-life collectible coins.
List of available coins
TCG Island coins
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GR Island coins
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Special coins
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