First of all, to play the TCG you must have a deck of 60 cards which includes your pokemon, Trainers, and energy.
HOW TO WIN
In the pokemon tcg you can win three different ways.First, at the start of the game, you set aside six cards which are your prizes.When you knock out a defending pokemon, you get to take one of your prizes.When you collect all six, you win! Second, you also win if your apponent has no Pokemon left to fight with.Third, you win if your opponents deck is out of cards.
STARTING THE GAME
*Shuffle your deck and draw a starting hand of 7 cards. Put the rest of your deck face-down in front of you
*If you don't have any bsaic pokemon in your hand, show your deck to youe opponent, shuffle it back into your deck, and draw seven new cards.Your opponent may then draw up to two extra cards from his or her deck.If you still do not get a basic pokemon in your hand, repeat the process over until you get a basic pokemon in your deck.
*You and your opponent then choose a basic pokemon from your hands and put them face-down in front of you. These will be your active pokemon.
*Each player may,if he or she wishes may choose up to five basic pokemon from his or her hand, and put them face-down on his or her bench.
* Put the top six cards of your deck face-down in front of you.These are your prizes.You can't look at a prize card until you take it.
* Flip a coin to decide to see who goes first.
* Flip over all the active and benched pokemon that have been put on the table
WHAT YOU CAN DO DURING YOUR TURN
1)Draw a card
2)Do any of the following in any order and as often as you like:
*Put a basic pokemon on the bench
*Evolve a pokemon in play
*Attach an energy to one of your pokemon (only once per turn).
*Play a trainer card
*Retreat your active pokemon
*Use a pokemon power
3)Attack with your Active pokemon
4)Your turn is over now |