Pokémon Card Game Battle Academy is a beginner-friendly Deck Kit containing everything needed to learn and play the game. There are two versions of the Battle Academy: a full version and a travel version, also known as the Anytime, Anywhere Battle Academy (Japanese: いつでもどこでも バトルアカデミー Anytime, Anywhere Battle Academy). The full Battle Academy kit contains four ready-to-play 60-card decks each containing two Pokémon ex; a full-size playmat; a sheet of damage counters, Poison, and Burn markers; a Pikachu coin; and beginner's guide manual booklets. The kit also contains four bands to hold the decks together when not in use, and a cardboard deck box and damage counter case to keep everything tidy. The travel-sized Anytime, Anywhere Battle Academy is similar in content, except it contains two decks instead of four (namely the Sprigatito ex and Pikachu ex decks), two half-size playmats instead of one full-size one, and a damage counter storage envelope instead of a cardboard box. Additionally, the Pokémon ex cards in the Anytime, Anywhere Battle Academy kit do not have Holofoil.
Each Battle Academy card is printed with a colored silhouette of the primary Pokémon at the bottom right corner, allowing easy sorting for each deck. Some cards also have a number next to the silhouette, which is used with the step-by-step first-time playing guide contained within the manual booklet for beginner play. The manual booklets contain QR codes which can be scanned to access video versions of the guides.
