Having a core strategy to focus on is ideal in that this allows one to concentrate on doing one thing really well as opposed to doing multiple things in a mediocre manner, though relying on a single card is a bad i
Part of the Majestic Dawn expansion, Empoleon is a stage 2 Water-Type Pokémon Card, with 130 HP. Empoleon comes equipped with two extremely useful abilities, the first being Dual Splash, which requires one water and one colorless energy card to deal 30 damage to any two of the opponent’s poké
Water types have "Plus" energy attacks, moves with a plus sign to the right of the damage number. These kinds of moves get a flat bonus to their damage output for water energy, and they mostly only exist on water type cards. The Wailord card from the Vivid Voltage expansion is a great example of this. Even though it takes a total of 4 energy to unleash their Hydro Pump attack, it will always deal massive damage when launched. The base 10 damage plus the optimal attachment of 4 water energy results in a 170 damage assault that has no negative downside for the u
Since the very beginning of the Pokemon TCG 's existence, Charizard cards have been some of the most powerful in the series. Many are able to dish out huge damage in a single turn, which can fell many foes even if they are at full hea
These cards allow a player to recover cards from the discard pile, draw them, or even look through their decks for specific cards that the Trainer Card allows. All-in-all, they are extremely powerful, and, therefore, players are limited to using them only once every turn. However, there are many supporters to choose from, and thereby, ranking the most powerful can prove to be quite tough. Nevertheless, some Trainer Cards rank superior to others and can be considered the most powerful in the PTCG unive
Possessing a powerful Pokemon Power, this fully evolved dragon Pokemon can be difficult for the opposing trainers to go up against if they try to make use of special energy cards that are anything except Colorless. Miraculous Wind makes all special energy cards on the field not only lose their additional effects but also make their type Colorl
Pokemon Powers are essentially the early TCG's equivalent for Abilities and they can be greatly useful in the right situations. At the beginning of its trainer's turn, Light Arcanine's Drive Off forces the opponent to switch their Active Pokemon with one of their Benched Pokemon, assuming any are availa
With that in mind, a reason the trading card game so famous is that players have the option of winning a game via various means. With cards having special abilities and powers, it is no surprise that PTCG has become so entertaining for fans. One such card that the decks' support is the Trainer Cards, also known as Supporter Ca
However, the reason that makes Blastoise so powerful is that it is able to make energies come into play continuously through the game and get the strong attackers powered up extremely quickly, allowing the player to win the game before the opponent has any c
There is no best or worst type of Pokemon , as each group has its strengths and weaknesses. All advantages in the ever-evolving franchise's games are situational. Be it in the games, anime, or Pokemon TCG , strategy and planning are the most important factors in attaining vict
While Hypnotoxic Laser poisons the opponent's Active pokémon and possibly also puts it to sleep, Virbank City Gym levies two damage counters on all poisoned pokémon, which in this unfortunate or fortunate circumstance is that of the opponent. Upon the release of these two Trainers, players from all around the world started making space in their decks to incorporate and utilize them in innovative gamepl
It not only refreshes the hand, but it also allows the player to forego cards he/she doesn’t want. Owing to the fact that it adds cards to the discard pile, the player may also later use cards in the game which allows him/her to recover discarded cards and use the same to benefit his/her p
Kyurem is a Basic-type pokémon with 130 HP, which belongs to the Plasma Freeze expansion. Equipped with Frost Spear, Kyurem can deal 30 damage to one of the opponent's benched pokéMon tcg Pocket 24 hourglasses Distribution at the cost of one water and one colorless energy card. It also has the ability of Blizzard Burn, which deals 120 damage for two water and one colorless energy card, but it restricts Kyurem from attacking in the next ro
As a Rapid Strike card, this Censtiskorch lives up to its classification pretty well. On the first turn that it is in the Active Pokemon slot, it can use Coil to deal a bit of damage to the opponent as well as to buff itself. Coil will cause Centiskorch's next attack to deal an additional 90 damage. Therefore, if Centiskorch then uses their other move, Burning Train (which has a base damage of 120), this Fire-type Pokemon can slam the foe with 210 damage with no downsides besides a 1-turn buil