Pokémon (TCG)

A Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game is any card on which there is a Pokémon that is represented as they are in the games. Pokémon are used in the TCG to battle an opponent's Pokémon, much like Trainers battle in the games.

Greninja, a Pokémon card that was released in the XY expansion

Contents

Each card has at least one attack listed, sometimes up to three, and most attacks use a set amount of Energy cards that the Pokémon must have attached to it in order to use that attack. They will also have a value designated as their Hit Points, which runs no lower than 30, and no higher than 230*.

Also printed on each card is Type, rarity, set, set number and a Pokédex entry as flavor text.

Some cards may also contain a Weakness, Resistance, Retreat Cost or a Poké-Power or Poké-Body.

Stages

Pokémon cards have four stages:

• Baby, which is considered one stage lower than basic Pokémon. However, they are not required to play their evolved forms. They represent Baby Pokémon in the games.
• Basic, which is a Pokémon that does not evolve from any other (excluding Baby Pokémon). Pokémon which do not evolve to or from another Pokémon, Pokémon SPand Pokémon EX are also classified as Basic.
• Stage 1, which is a Pokémon which has evolved from a Basic Pokémon.
• Stage 2, which is a Pokémon which has evolved from a Stage 1 Pokémon.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.