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-A '''Trainer card''' is one of three types of card found in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] alongside Pokémon cards and Energy cards. The Trainer is the main type of "Trainer" card and was introduced at the very start of the game in the {{TCG|Base Set}}. It was the only type of "Trainer" card until Supporter cards and Stadium cards were split into their own categories in {{TCG|Diamond & Pearl}}. Unlike these two, Trainer cards have subtypes, and thus have a wide range of effects.
+A '''Trainer card''' is one of three types of card found in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]], alongside {{TCG|Pokémon card}}s and {{TCG|Energy card}}s. While Pokémon cards do the direct attacking of an opponent's cards and Energy cards power their attacks, Trainers provide a more supportive role, allowing a player to search through their deck, draw cards, or other special effects.
-Different Trainer cards have different effects and, as such, there are many different Trainer cards usable with many different effects. Trainer cards may be designed to help the user or hinder the opponent and are a key inclusion in any deck.
+==Types==
+Trainer cards can be divided into several different types.
-There are several different types of Trainer card, excluding Supporter cards and Stadium cards, which are part of their own categories.
+===Trainer===
+The base type of Trainer, these cards usually involve searching of either the {{TCG|deck}} or {{TCG|discard pile}} (no card yet allows players to access the {{TCG|Lost Zone}}) for a card to put into easier access for the player. Most reprinted Trainer cards fall into this class, with staples like {{TCG ID|Jungle|Poké Ball|64}} and {{TCG ID|Fossil|Energy Search|59}} being used since the early days of the game, and later cards like {{TCG ID|EX Sandstorm|Rare Candy|88}} being based on cards released early on in effect.
-=== Goldenrod Game Corner ===
+===Stadium===
-In {{TCG|Neo Genesis}}, two cards were released based on the [[Goldenrod Game Corner]] found in {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}.
+{{main|Stadium card (TCG)}}
+Introduced in the {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} expansion, and formerly a subclass of Trainer card, Stadium cards represent the field of play, and may alter things slightly on both sides of the field. A Stadium card can usually only be removed from play when another Stadium card with a different name comes into play. Starting in the {{TCG|Diamond & Pearl}} expansion, Stadium cards became their own class of card, though they are still often grouped with Trainers by players, and no distinction is made from Trainer cards when they are compiled into an English set list.
-=== Pokémon Tool ===
+===Supporter===
-Pokémon Tool cards are similar to [[held item]]s in the games as they are attached to a Pokémon in order to help or affect them somehow. Held items may prevent damage being done to them, may prevent the opponent from using effects such as Poké-Powers or Poké-Bodies, or may prevent them from inflicting {{TCG|Special Conditions}} on their opponent's Pokémon. There are many more types of effects from Pokémon Tools.
+{{main|Supporter card (TCG)}}
+Like Stadium cards, Supporter cards were formerly a subclass of Trainer until Diamond & Pearl. Following their introduction in the {{TCG|Expedition Base Set}}, they were widely used, despite the ruling that only one could be used per turn. This ruling was, of course, likely to prevent players from gaining too much draw power, as {{TCG ID|Base Set|Bill|91}} and {{TCG ID|Base Set|Professor Oak|88}} of the {{TCG|Base Set}} allowed.
-=== Rocket's Secret Machine ===
+===Rocket's Secret Machine===
-A selection of Trainer cards have been released in sets such as {{TCG|Team Rocket}} and {{TCG|EX Team Rocket Returns}} based on items used by Team Rocket. These are known as Rocket's Secret Machine cards. The first of these cards appeared in the first Team Rocket set and have also appeared in sets such as {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} and {{TCG|Neo Destiny}}, which included Rocket's Pokémon and Dark Pokémon respectively.
+Cards with this subclass will usually depict a device used for [[Team Rocket]]'s evil acts. They have usually been released in expansions with a focus on Team Rocket, the first of which was {{TCG|Team Rocket|named for the organization}}.
-=== Technical Machine ===
+===Pokémon Tool===
-Technical Machine cards play a similar role to those of [[TM|Technical Machines]] in the games: attached to a Pokémon, they allow it to use the attack on the card instead of one of their own. However, upon attacking (regardless of whether or not it is with the card's attack), the Technical Machine must be discarded, similar to the way a TM can be used only once. This drawback does not apply to the Technical Machine cards released in {{TCG|Legends Awakened}}.
+In another similarity to the games' [[held item]]s, which were introduced in [[Generation II]], the Pokémon Tools released since the {{TCG|Neo Genesis}} expansion are attached to a Pokémon, and once their effect is used, are discarded.
-=== Trainer ===
+===Goldenrod Game Corner===
-The generic Trainer cards are the most basic type of Trainer cards, with generally simple effects. Trainer cards are discarded as soon as they have been used and there is no limit to the number of Trainer cards that can be played in one turn. Cards such as {{TCG|Poké Ball}} and {{TCG|Energy Search}} are regularly reprinted, and cards such as {{TCG|Rare Candy}} are staples in the majority of decks played in Organized Play.
+While not much different from a standard Trainer card, cards in this subclass are based on games played in the [[Goldenrod Game Corner]], and thus their effect is largely based on luck. Only two cards in this subclass exist.
+===Technical Machine===
+Playing a similar role to the [[TM|items of the same name]] in the games, a Technical Machine may be attached to a Pokémon card, and that Pokémon may then use the attack on the card as its own. Like in the games, most have a compatibility requirement (such as only being able to be used by cards of a certain {{TCG|Elemental types|type}}, or only by evolved Pokémon) and all those released before {{TCG|Legends Awakened}} are to be discarded from the Pokémon at the end of the turn they were played, no matter if the player had actually used the attack in question or not. These cards first saw a release in {{TCG|Pokémon VS}}, however, international audiences did not have access to them until {{TCG|Aquapolis}}.
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