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The <b>Pokémon Trading Card Game</b> (or Pokémon TCG) is one of the most popular and steady aspects of the [[Pokémon]] franchise (next to the video game and animated television series). The Pokémon TCG revolves around buying, collecting, and trading playing cards with various likenesses of Pokémon on them. To play, a person must build a deck of sixty cards using a combination of various "Pokémon" cards (creatures that do battle), "Trainer" cards (which have special effects on them) and "Energy" cards (a method of cost). To win, a player must "knock out" six of their opponent's Pokémon creatures. A player can also win if their opponent no longer has any Pokémon creatures left to battle with, or if their opponent runs out of cards in their deck. | The <b>Pokémon Trading Card Game</b> (or Pokémon TCG) is one of the most popular and steady aspects of the [[Pokémon]] franchise (next to the video game and animated television series). The Pokémon TCG revolves around buying, collecting, and trading playing cards with various likenesses of Pokémon on them. To play, a person must build a deck of sixty cards using a combination of various "Pokémon" cards (creatures that do battle), "Trainer" cards (which have special effects on them) and "Energy" cards (a method of cost). To win, a player must "knock out" six of their opponent's Pokémon creatures. A player can also win if their opponent no longer has any Pokémon creatures left to battle with, or if their opponent runs out of cards in their deck. There are also "Special conditions", which affect Active pokemon. Not to mention trainer cards such as "supporters", which are usually human characters that can only be used once a turn. Other types of trainer cards include "tools", "techinical machines" and "stadiums". | ||
Now unlike classic card games, like Poker, which uses a single deck of 52 cards, a <i>trading card game</i> (TCG) is constantly growing. New cards with new game abilities are released at a steady interval in order to keep the game fresh and alive. The only cost of TCG's, however, is that it forces a player to constantly keep in touch with the game, as well as having to purchase new cards from newly released sets. Players who don't keep up run the risk of falling behind other players. | Now unlike classic card games, like Poker, which uses a single deck of 52 cards, a <i>trading card game</i> (TCG) is constantly growing. New cards with new game abilities are released at a steady interval in order to keep the game fresh and alive. The only cost of TCG's, however, is that it forces a player to constantly keep in touch with the game, as well as having to purchase new cards from newly released sets. Players who don't keep up run the risk of falling behind other players. | ||