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 ==Card pages==
 Cards are the building blocks for the entire Pokémon Trading Card Game. Cards allow for the existence of decks, expansions, promotional merchandise, among everything else. Below are the conventions to follow when addressing card pages and their content. Relevant links are provided to tutorials for the current templates used on these articles.
+Titling card pages on Bulbapedia is based on their name, expansion, and card number: <code><Name> (<Expansion> <Number>)</code>. The expansion name will occasionally be parsed down for ease of searching and organization, and the number will be omitted if non-existent. In the event that two cards from the same expansion will result in the exact same title, the two cards will be arbitrarily given a '''1''' and '''2''' distinction for their number. In the event that two cards from different expansions will result in the exact same title, the expansion name for one of the card releases will be modified to accommodate the situation. All other cards in the expansion release must be modified to follow suit. In the case of {{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}}, a parenthetical description of the promotional release is used in lieu of a proper expansion and card number, i.e. [[Mewtwo Strikes Back (CoroCoro promo)]].
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 [[File:ReshiramLegendaryTreasuresRC22.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Legendary Treasures Reshiram Full Art]]
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 :::*For exceptions only used significantly few cards, or cards before [[Generation VI]], refer to the '''{{redlink|Bulbapedia:Manual of Style/TCG/Obsolete Conventions}}.'''
-:'''Card text''': The card text section is the bulk and primary focus of most card articles. The section provides quotes of all included text on the body of the card, including but not limited to Abilities, Attacks, Pokédex entries, card rules, etc. The main exception are card stats such as HP and Retreat Cost, which are provided within the card's Infobox in the '''Intro''' section. The information included in this section is contained entirely in card templates, all of which are listed out below, with their instructions of use included on their respective talk pages. This section here will detail when to include specific subsections for relevant extraordinary cards.
+:'''Card text''': The card text section is the bulk and primary focus of most card articles. The section provides quotes of all included text on the body of the card, including but not limited to Abilities, Attacks, Pokédex entries, card rules, etc. The main exceptions are card stats such as HP and Retreat Cost, which are provided within the card's Infobox in the '''Intro''' section. The information included in this section is contained entirely in card templates, of which are listed out below{{tt|*|barring sub-templates}}, with their instructions of use included on their respective talk pages. This section here will detail when to include specific subsections for relevant extraordinary cards.
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+! Tutorial
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 | {{template|Cardtext}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Copies opponent's Ability upon switch-in.
+| [[Template talk:Cardtext/PrimalEX|Tutorial]]
+| style="text-align:left" | Every Pokémon card page: Sub-templates used as needed
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-| {{a|Mold Breaker}}
+| {{template|Carddex}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Ability user's moves ignore other Abilities.
+| [[Template talk:Carddex|Tutorial]]
-|-
+| style="text-align:left" | Every Pokémon card page with Pokédex stats or entries{{tt|*|Notable exception: Post e-Reader Generation III cards}}
-| {{a|Mummy}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Attacker's Ability becomes Mummy if attacker makes contact.
-|-
-| {{a|Turboblaze}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Ability user's moves ignore other Abilities.
-|-
-| {{a|Teravolt}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Ability user's moves ignore other Abilities.
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+|}
+|}
+{{-}}
+:'''Release information''': The release information section details how to acquire the card in question. It is omitted if the card is only available in the most basic ways—via {{TCG|booster pack}}s and {{TCG|Theme Deck}}s of a single expansion in all languages. When a card is released by ''any'' promotional means or is included in more than one expansion in any language, it must be documented here.
-| {{a|Receiver}}
+:The section's intent is to tell the card's history, allowing for a significant amount of variation in order to tell the card's full story. This history is considered a supplement to the expansion information already included within the intro's infobox, explaining information that is not easily inferred. This is included, but not limited to, events or products where the card was made available, regional distribution, reprints in later expansions, prints released with commemorative stamps, exclusive promotional Holofoil patterns, etc. The rule of thumb here is to include as much information as possible.
-| style="text-align:left" | Copies ally's Ability when ally faints.
-|-
-| {{a|Power of Alchemy}}
+:'''Trivia''':
-| style="text-align:left" | Copies ally's Ability when ally faints.
-|-
-|}
-|}
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