What's a Pokémon?
Welcome to the world of Pokémon! Pokémon are mysterious creatures that you can collect and train to fight against other people's Pokémon in your efforts to prove that you are the greatest Pokémon trainer of all time!
What do I need to play?
The starter game contains two different 30-card decks, one for you and one for your opponent, and 10 damage counters that you'll use during that game. You'll also find a bonus holographic foil Machamp card between the two decks;set it aside for now and just play with the two 30-card decks. In later games you will play with a 60-card deck.
How to Win
In the Pokémon game, you can win two different ways. First, at the start of the game, you set aside 6 of your cards as prizes. Every time you defeat one of your opponent's Pokémon, you can take one of your prizes and put it in your hand. When you've taken all 6 prizes, you win the game! Second, you also win if your opponent has no Pokémon left to battle.
What's the Game Like?
You and your opponent take turns playing cards from your hands. Some of these cards will be Basic Pokémon cards, Evolution cards to make them bigger and stronger Pokémon, and Energy cards to help them fight. You can also play trainer cards-these do different things to help you win. Only one of your Pokémon (active Pokémon) will be fighting for you at a time, but you can have other Pokémon behind it (on what's called the "Bench") ready to enter the fight.
The goal is take all 6 of your prizes, which are set aside at the start out the game. Every turn, you'll have a chance to attack with your Active Pokémon, which will usually do damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon. If your opponent's active Pokémon has total damage at least equal to its Hot Points ("HP"), it's Knocked Out, and you take one of your six prizes. When you take your sixth prize, you win! You also win if your opponent has no Pokémon left to battle with.
How Your Play Area Should Look
What Can I Do During My Turn?
1) Draw a card.
2) -Play a Basic Pokémon from your hand onto your bench. You can only do this if your bench has 4 or fewer Pokémon.
-Play an evolution card on top of the matching Pokémon.
-Attach and Energy card to a Pokémon (once per turn).
-Play a trainer card.
-Switch your active Pokémon with a Pokémon from your bench.
3)Attack (If you can't attack, say "pass").
4) Your turn is now over
Now that you know the starter rules, play a couple of games!
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