Pokémon Card Game Online

Pokémon Card Game Online; ポケモンカードゲーム Online
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Basic info
Platform:	PC and Mac
Category:	Strategy
Players:	2
Connectivity:	Internet
Developer:
Publisher:	The Pokémon Company
Part of:	Generation IV misc
Ratings
CERO:	N/A
ESRB:	N/A
ACB:	N/A
OFLC:	N/A
PEGI:	N/A
GRAC:	N/A
GSRR:	N/A
Release dates
Japan:	November 20, 2009
North America:	N/A
Australia:	N/A
Europe:	N/A
South Korea:	N/A
Hong Kong:	N/A
Taiwan:	N/A
Websites
Japanese:	Game site (Archive)
English:	N/A

Not to be confused with the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.

The subject of this article has no official English name.
The name currently in use is the official English translation of the Japanese name.

Pokémon Card Game Online (Japanese ポケモンカードゲーム Online) was a Japanese-exclusive browser game built in Flash and the first Pokémon game of the MMOTCG (massively-multiplayer online trading card game) genre. It was based on the Pokémon Trading Card Game or TCG aspect of the Pokémon franchise and followed the same rules. Players were only able to play the game by registering with the unique access number included in the Leafeon vs Metagross Expert Deck CD-ROMs and played against other opponents with fixed decks. The game's services were active from November 20, 2009 to August 31, 2010.^[1]

Gameplay

With any deck of choice, players could engage in ranked and unranked battles against random or chosen opponents, as well participate in scheduled tournaments. A monthly leaderboard based on ranked matches displayed the best 100 players of each age division (Junior, Senior and Masters), and the player's rank position. Players were also automatically assigned to a "team" upon registration based on the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh, Lugia, Entei, Suicune and Raikou, and the leaderboard's "Team Score" was an indicator of the team's perfomance against players of other teams.

Tournaments could be participated by using a tournament ticket or with no entry free at early events. Players were automatically awarded 5 tickets every Friday, and could have up to 10 tickets stored in an account. These events were always 4-player tournaments with single eliminations, divided by age divisions and often restricted to a single deck. Winning these tournaments rewarded players with cosmetic items.

Other minor features were the possibility of sending friend requests to players and using cosmetic items such as coins, playmats and card sleeves, which were unlockable from tournaments and playing cumulative ammounts of matches.

List of constructed decks

The game originally contained four decks, with a fifth one available at Reviving Legends's release and another deck at Clash at the Summit's debut. The Leafeon and Metagross decks have the same contents as the physical decks included with the CD-ROM, while the Feraligatr and Donphan decks were also featured in a game from the CD-ROM.

Leafeon deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Eevee		—
4×	Leafeon		—
4×	Roselia		—
3×	Roserade		—
2×	Carnivine		—
1×	Shaymin		—
2×	Torkoal		—
2×	Good Rod	I	—
2×	Super Scoop Up	I	—
4×	Dual Ball	I	—
2×	Interviewer's Questions	Su	—
4×	Professor Elm's Training Method	Su	—
4×	Emcee's Chatter	Su	—
4×	Cheerleader's Cheer	Su	—
7×	Grass Energy	E	—
7×	Psychic Energy	E	—
4×	Rainbow Energy	E	—

Metagross deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Beldum		—
3×	Metang		—
4×	Metagross		—
2×	Misdreavus		—
2×	Mismagius		—
1×	Jirachi		—
3×	Dunsparce		—
4×	Dual Ball	I	—
3×	Rare Candy	I	—
2×	Pokémon Circulator	I	—
4×	Professor Elm's Training Method	Su	—
4×	Emcee's Chatter	Su	—
3×	Engineer's Adjustments	Su	—
3×	Judge	Su	—
18×	Psychic Energy	E	—

Feraligatr deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Totodile
3×	Croconaw
3×	Feraligatr
4×	Growlithe
2×	Arcanine
3×	Teddiursa
2×	Ursaring
2×	Girafarig
3×	Pokémon Communication	I
2×	Switch	I
2×	Pokémon Reversal	I
4×	Bill	Su
3×	Professor Oak's New Theory	Su
3×	Copycat	Su
2×	Pokémon Collector	Su
10×	Water Energy	E	—
6×	Fire Energy	E	—
2×	Double Colorless Energy	E

Donphan deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Phanpy
3×	Donphan
4×	Natu
2×	Xatu
3×	Spearow
2×	Fearow
2×	Farfetch'd
2×	Shuckle
2×	Moomoo Milk	I
2×	Switch	I
4×	Bill	Su
3×	Professor Oak's New Theory	Su
3×	Professor Elm's Training Method	Su
2×	Copycat	Su
6×	Psychic Energy	E	—
10×	Fighting Energy	E	—
3×	Double Colorless Energy	E

Houndoom deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Houndour
2×	Houndoom
1×	Houndoom		—
4×	Sneasel
2×	Weavile
3×	Rattata
3×	Raticate
1×	Cleffa
2×	Pokémon Communication	I
2×	PlusPower	I
4×	Emcee's Chatter	Su	—
2×	Team Rocket's Trickery	Su
1×	Flower Shop Lady	Su
4×	Professor Elm's Training Method	Su
4×	Professor Oak's New Theory	Su
4×	Pokémon Collector	Su
13×	Darkness Energy	E	—
4×	Darkness Energy (Special)	E

Machamp deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Machop
3×	Machoke
2×	Machamp
2×	Machamp
3×	Ponyta
2×	Rapidash
1×	Aipom
4×	Professor Oak's New Theory	Su
3×	Professor Elm's Training Method	Su
2×	Emcee's Chatter	Su	—
3×	Cheerleader's Cheer	Su	—
3×	Copycat	Su
2×	Black Belt	Su	—
2×	Switch	I
2×	Pokémon Communication	I
2×	Rare Candy	I
13×	Fighting Energy	E	—
4×	Fire Energy	E	—
2×	Double Colorless Energy	E
2×	Rainbow Energy	E

List of ranks

Rank	No. of matches	Reward
E	0	Coin, card sleeve and playmat corresponding to the assigned team's Pokémon
D	3	Leafeon coin
C	8	Leafeon card sleeve
B	16	Leafeon playmat
A	26	Metagross coin
S	41	Metagross card sleeve
SS	60	Metagross playmat
SSS	180	Groudon coin, card sleeve and playmat

List of tournament rewards

Grass-type coin
Grass-type card sleeve
Fire-type coin
Fire-type card sleeve
Fire-type playmat
Water-type coin
Water-type card sleeve
Water-type playmat
Lightning-type coin
Lightning-type card sleeve
Lightning-type playmat
Psychic-type coin
Psychic-type card sleeve
Psychic-type playmat
Fighting-type coin
Fighting-type card sleeve
Fighting-type playmat
Darkness-type coin
Darkness-type card sleeve
Metal-type coin
Metal-type card sleeve
Jirachi & Shaymin coin
Pikachu coin
Pikachu card sleeve
Pikachu playmat
Shaymin coin
Shaymin card sleeve
Shaymin playmat
Donphan card sleeve
Feraligatr card sleeve
Houndoom playmat
Pikachu set
Kyogre set
Kyogre (Silver) set

Trivia

From April 23, 2010 to May 10, 2010, a tournament inside the game has been used as a qualification method to the Last Chance Qualifier event for the 2010 World Championships.