How to play Pokemon TCG

[@PendoraBox]

With this i can finally play with those 6 years old pokemon card collection

[@rocketpadgamer]

Grab your scissors, open them, put your pokemon card collection between them and close the scissors

[@Tyranitar.]

@@rocketpadgamerwith enough cards at some point you would have to do that individually.

[@coolnooob4980]

@@rocketpadgamer 💀

[@SillySquishmallows]

Sell them

[@Lots_of_Loto]

The rules are not the same as regular chess, unless a specific card says so.

[@PopitTart_]

En Pokésant - pull out a chessboard and play a full game of chess with your opponent. the loser receives 30 damage.

[@chrayez]

@@PopitTart_ almost as annoying as Shaharazad 😂

[@Elia2Tu]

Funnily enough, there are meme cards that oblige you to do some random things, like play rock, paper, scissors, sing a song or ask your opponent if you can do something. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if we get a card that obliges you and your opponent to play chess someday.

[@fromryuk7785]

@@Elia2Tu magic the gathering had a card like that in its couple sets, i forget its name, but when it was played it required both players to set aside their hand, shuffle all other cards together, reset life totals to the starting 20 and play as if you just started a game. It was banned really quickly

[@Elia2Tu]

@@fromryuk7785 the card that I mentioned about rock paper and scizors was not banned because it was just a little thing, but there was a card that was banned because it required you to sing a song every time you used it iirc

[@antogame1178]

Let's face it. Almost all of us collected the cards instead of playing the game. I used to be like that... Then I got two decks that I use for train and learn how to play myself. And I played against my cousin.

[@evilnessie7241]

I’d play if I had someone to play..

[@destruct0503]

I didn't know the rules so we just played it like an uno battler

[@rocketpadgamer]

I enjoy cutting pokemon cards, especially the rarest ones

[@destruct0503]

@@rocketpadgamer you monster

[@Hufi2.]

Well the first thing I ever bought was a premade deck. The only problem is that I rarely had someone to play with, but I mainly tried to build decks.

[@supersain2349]

Finally! Now more people will know how to play it! It's genuinely a super fun game and I wish more people played it.

[@rocketpadgamer]

No, why would someone wish an extremely toxic community to grow?

[@MrDirt]

I used to have Pokemon Cards but no one to play with. I could read, but not well enough to understand the rules and my mom could never make sense of them herself. I just shuffled and looked at them. One day I sold all my cards to a boy who was looking for Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Back then, I had no conception about that this was a scam.

[@serraramayfield9230]

@@MrDirt Oh, you got screwed :( Were they all common cards?

[@Otto500206]

@@MrDirt Channel picture checks out.

[@31oannamphong66]

@@Otto500206 it's called profile picture

[@ItsPForPea]

You madman, you did it. ...now do one for Yu-Gi-Oh! I expect a hour long video explaining PSCT, missing the timing, If/When differences, and proper extra deck summon.

[@renaldyhaen]

How to play Yu-Gi-Oh TCG, "The rule is simple, don't!"

[@lmaadventure]

Digimon tcg too.

[@ItemVexReview]

It's actually good. ikr? Now I know how to play Pokémon now!

[@remixtheidiot5771]

magic the gatheric can potentially be absurd too.

[@AsyrafFile]

And another hour of different between OCG and TCG.

[@ZeneonOMEGA]

Finally! I can finally learn how to play this Pokémon card game! Now where did I last my cards half a decade ago..?

[@rocketpadgamer]

To play the game you need a pair of scissors and you must open them, put your deck in between and close the scissors, this is so much fun to do and I enjoy doing this on very rare cards

[@blazingfuryoffire1]

@@rocketpadgamer we found satan....

[@iidoughnutholes3087]

@@rocketpadgamer if you cut the rare cards that just means the value goes up for me so thank you

[@TerraKnight27]

@@iidoughnutholes3087 > find valuable card > cut it in half > sell both halves > you have doubled your cash

[@kemcolian2001]

you know its a complex game when its 5 times longer than most other videos

[@AB-J]

Multiple rules is not complexity

[@Gamebuilder2000]

@@AB-J i mean, it kind of does depending on the amount

[@thechuckster664]

just wait til the yugioh video drops lmao

[@AB-J]

@@Gamebuilder2000 I disagree, I’ve played many games with so many rules and I have understood them well

[@AB-J]

@@thechuckster664 That game isn’t complex, It is a hard game to learn, But just because it’s difficult to take in doesn’t mean it’s complex

[@jardex2275]

A pretty good summary. While starter decks are easy to come by, I see a few comments that mention using their own collection. With that in mind, I think it'd be good to have a video about deck composition. How many energy cards should you have, the proportion of basic, stage 1, and stage 2 pokemon, etc. It's not a firm set of rules, but it would really help players move on from preassembled decks.

[@blazingfuryoffire1]

Buy a trainer's toolkit box. That'll give you a good idea. Some decks can run on as little as four energy, most run 12-16, and some run 20-25.

[@franklin3271]

Don't they have to remain in the series?

[@haroldsheedog1859]

18 energy cards should suffice for mono/one type deck

[@conradoamano3446]

​@@haroldsheedog1859 So, that's a total of 12 Pokémon (of different stages & not just basics), and a total of 30 Trainer cards?

[@danielhontos5164]

"The rules are the same as 5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel except for these changes..."

[@simon_vii7913]

Only if a specific card says so

[@symmetry6320]

i remember playing pokemon cards with my classmates in elementary school, we lived in a poor country so no one had real cards, just those overpowered fake pokemon cards that were like 180HP - 340HP. The most popular kid had a card with 380 HP. the way we played it was the 2 players would pick a card each from their deck and put it face down on the table, count from 3 and then flip the cards over. The person who had the card with the most HP would get the other players card for himself.

[@LegendAryNows]

that is a much better,understandable, and a more fun way

[@Hraptor]

How is that more fun when it butchers the game to a flip of a coin LOL 😂

[@agustinulricheuriel1633]

legitimately had no clue how to play. very happy for the 10 min. video.

[@blazingfuryoffire1]

If you get a bunch of Silver Tempest cards, try the Swords of Justice deck archetype. Smeargle and Gloria just makes it insane.

[@bobjoe2955]

I’m not gonna lie, I still have no clue how to play this game.

[@johnmichaels4330]

I'll have to watch this a few times.

[@AshokAetukuri]

Same bro

[@utshyutshyReacts625]

I have a Pokémon card box but I have same problem as you.. well I have to watch this over and over until I finally know how to play..Ig oh well

[@morkosfamily-ks2fb]

Your right

[@irtazaqazi9423]

😂

[@Deathnotefan97]

I have literally hundreds of Pokémon cards (would not be surprised if I have over a thousand of them) but never learned the game So I’m looking forward to this video

[@littlelexx123]

This video is awesome! Thank you so much. My husband, little brother, and I all started playing Pokémon cards and battling a couple weeks ago and some of these rules we did not know about!! We are loving the game!

[@thenoobinside9915]

thanks for finally showing the the pokemon TCG, i knew it existed, and it was always at the back of my head, thanks TSG

[@maverickhunterzx8582]

THIS was the video I was looking for, very well explained and cleared all my questions, thanks !!

[@beng2620]

I am trying to learn how to play for my nephew. He is 6 and in love with Pokémon. 2 days ago we went to the toy store and his recent biggest dream was to have Pokémon cards. So I bought it for him. He is very happy now and want to play with me. But we both don't know how to play. So I made up simple game rules in my mind and played with him. I also purposely lose to him because he becomes very happy when he wins. Now, I learned from this video that I should also buy myself an another deck to play with him properly. I guess he is too small to learn all the rules right now so I will wait 2-3 years to play with him properly. Thanks for the video

[@apprenticerocker9885]

Hi! I'm a Pokémon Professor (Professors are the guys who staffs Organized Play events such as competitive tournaments and league meet ups), maybe this message comes too late and your nephew already learned the full game or lost interest in Pokémon but if that's not the case I suggest you to google the "Pokémon Alternative Play Handbook" which contains many alternative games which can be played with Pokémon cards, part of these games are very easy and can even be used as a gentle introduction to the basic rule of the original game

[@rafa57games]

You made me start playing MTG, now I want a Yu-Gi-Oh vídeo

[@e2011ugdia]

0:27 that means i must use tangela in my bulbasaur deck

[@Apple101012]

There were a lot of important rules I didn't know about the game that where left out, causing a lot of confusion. So much so that I had to look up multiple sources of the game's rules in order to full understand the game

[@learninggodot]

10:27 noooo why are the bottom 2 switched up :((((

[@johnathan2749]

This was actually really helpful unlike the others videos I watched on how to play properly.

[@oansdwalsadwpaksld]

I watched this and im already a pokemon expert. Thank you for making this tutorial!

[@doublemintmaple]

Very well organized video, easier to understand than the videos on the official Pokemon channel

[@ItemVexReview]

This guy, I like this guy. He is THE GOAT of how to plays.

[@JustUniversa]

If you want to learn how to play something this guy probably has a tutorial

[@CreativedesignersGraphics]

THANK YOU, IT IS NOW CLEAR HOW TO PLAY POKEMON.

[@citronvannalemon]

He did it, the madlad actually did it. If this isn't enough to subscribe, I don't know what is.

[@Vibesssssssssssss]

as a guy who loves to play this, i must say this is well explained🙂

[@WalkerOnYT]

Bro i played by myself and still lost-

[@philipp5386]

Congratulations, you played yourself

[@andersbengtsson8521]

THIS is what i call a proper tutorial, finally..

[@LightYagami-ik1cg]

I remember as a kid I made the decision that I liked yugioh more than Pokémon because of the fact that it translated to real life a bit easier and was fairly simple. I couldn’t really get the same affect from Pokémon (at the time) although I did enjoy the game boy games. I’ve always wondered how they managed to turn it into a full blown TCG and tbh I’m not disappointed. I’ll need to see a few real time matches to get more grasp of combos and what not but it does seem fun.

[@a_guy_in_orange7230]

I watched TCC Prof's pokemon tutorial yesterday and thought "that rules are the same guy should do this" and not 24 hours later, I am offically dubbing myself psychic

[@lucasvasquez4976]

Thanks for the vid helps me who is starting to play

[@legendgames128]

My variation (that is not to be used in official competitions or the like): One person is to bring 120 randomly selected cards so that each player gets 60 cards total. You can have as many copies of any card as you want. When the active Pokémon is knocked down, they don't go to the discard pile yet. On your next turn, you flip a coin. If heads, you have succeeded one death save. If tails, you have failed one death save. Any damage against a knocked down Pokémon increases the failed death saves by one, including checkup effects. Any healing on a knocked down Pokémon increases the successful death saves by one. When at three successes, the Pokémon gets up to fight again at full HP but they take double damage (in addition to weakness and resistance), and then if they go down again, they are discarded. If they fail three death saves, they are discarded anyways. You may evolve a Pokémon you just put into play or one you just evolved. Not only may evolved Pokémon use their predecessor's moves, but the stats stack, so health or resistance can stack up. This means weakness also stacks up (additively). You may attach any number of energy to as many Pokémon as you want. Pokémon can have as many tools as one wishes. Attacking costs energy. Weakness also needs to check for the type of energy required for an attack, but it does not stack with the Pokémon type or any other instances of the type. If an evolved Pokémon reaches 0 HP, it reverts to one stage lower. When your opponent's Pokémon has failed 3 death saves or has been knocked out a second time, you take a Prize Card at random. If attacking while Confused, you flip a coin. Heads, it works. Tails, half the damage first, then apply resistance and weakness according to the rules above to your Pokémon. Any knockdown from a failed Confused attack will instantly get the Confused Pokémon discarded.

[@MagicForg]

This both confused me and helped me. Luckily, it helped me more, so thank you

[@AringasGenevicius]

Bro ty very much im trying to learn and im taking notes like its quartine and im listening to my teacher

[@vortexplayz9648]

I'm watching this a billion times to understand and still don't understand -_-

[@NikitaGamer64]

There was a Hex edition, as I remember. Pokemon Master Trainer, or something.

[@kemcolian2001]

bakugan?

[@NikitaGamer64]

@@kemcolian2001 Wrong series, man

[@polarissolaris-q3x]

As an amateur Yu-Gi-Oh player who grew up mostly invested in Pokemon (I also watched vgc tourneys and stuff), I want to merge my Pokemon interest and my newfound love for TCG (which I got from playing Yu-Gi-Oh) by expanding into Pokemon TCG. I just didn't know how it worked. Thanks.

[@dreamerschorus]

nice video; been thinking about getting back into this game.

[@zitzle]

I can't wait for him to explain Yu-Gi-Oh

[@steffythomas6896]

thank you i learn to play the the game you are the best

[@T101G]

Basic rules: 10 mins long. Oh no what have I gotten myself into

[@blazingfuryoffire1]

Oh yes, We have the difference of regular pokemon and V, Vstar, and Vmax. The lost zone Radiant pokemon Cards that exist simply to negate other cards V union Don't get me started on how abilities interact to form new effects.

[@Toytle]

I used to play back when sun and moon was the most recent region, but they’ve added some stuff to the game I think. Anyways, I’m gonna have to teach some kids how to play with the new cards they get from Christmas. (Their mom asked me to help lol) Wish me luck! 😅

[@ericlewandowskivlogs]

Trying to get into this with my kid. So many rules😂 ordered a scarlet violet elite trainer box. Hopefully that has everything I need to get started.😂😊

[@TheOnlyPonyAnonyous]

Now we need the rest of the TCG Trilogy (MTG, YU-GI-OH and POKEMON)

[@BeriadanLocien]

I just got back into playing the online version of this.

[@Enraptored-]

One qualm I have - for confusion I believe, it’s damage and can be prevented with cards like protect cube, I think?

[@vishwamohanpradhan7217]

Thank you

[@reaperstalkerpeeperleviath7324]

This useful because played Pokémon with my little brother we have no clue how to play so we made our own version

[@יותםדותן-ב8כ]

Ik it's an older video, but I have to say this: 6:24 "Only your active pokemon can attack" Alakazam ex (151 set): I'm going to pretend I didn't see that

[@zakiajacobprecioso408]

WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR TY

[@Abhishek-dy5yy]

Finally the rules. Now my greninja gx will come to some use

[@hmmmm434]

I can finally play this game! Then I realised that I am in india,where it is a mission impossible to get real cards,and you can forget about championships

[@NotMiku01]

😊

[@vanlaldarnei4381]

Bro, Which part of India are you? There is a huge community of Pokémon TCGs here in India. Pokedex, tofutcg , tcgrepublic, Tcghub, pokevolt, beyondgaming, M2x i can name 10 more (all Indian websites to buy real Pokemon cards) I trade and sell Pokemon cards for my expenses. Get out more hahaha

[@vanlaldarnei4381]

Bro, we have real Pokemon cards everywhere in India. Lots of Indian websites. I buy trade and sell them. Those cheap ones from local stores aren’t real of course.

[@keystone5750]

so like i get what the rules are, and this is more a question for people who play this game regularly, but what does strategy typically look like in this game? What are you typically building decks to do?

[@Elia2Tu]

The main way to win the game is by getting all of your 6 prize cards (sure, you can always win by other ways, but typically you'd want to win by that rule, since it's the easier way) so you should build an entire deck revolving around doing damage to your opponent's Pokémon. That being said, the main struggles you'll have while playing this game are the energy attachment and the draw power. You can only attach 1 energy per turn and can only draw 1 card per turn, in a deck of 60 cards, so you'll always want to have trainer cards (usually they are the dominant type of card in a deck, going up to 30+ cards in a single deck) or Pokémon cards that can help you bypass those limitations. Examples of cards that could help you bypass those limitations are: Professor's Research (let's you discard your entire hand and draw 7 new cards, which can get you rid of useful cards, but sometimes can give you better ones), Ultra Ball (let's you discard 2 cards from your hand to search your deck for any Pokémon card that you want up to 1, same case as Professor's Research) or Malamar (it's ability let's you pick one basic energy card from your discard pile and attach it to one of your benched Pokémon). The examples are infinite, but hope you can have some notion of it by this comment.

[@keystone5750]

@@Elia2Tu Yes, this helps, thank you. I didn't really know what kind of combos players were trying to hit in this game but that all makes sense.

[@rebecabggs]

I only play against my little brother, but I noticed some things that made me win and he lose almost all the time: 1. He has more pokemons than anything else in his deck (that's not ideal, cuz you usually only use up to 6 of them before losing the game, except counting their evolutions, and no matter what powerful card he pulled he was almost always with his hands tied cuz he couldn't find energy to attack). 2. Many different type pokemons is bad because you keep waiting for some specific energy but you couldn't put many so the chances of drawing it are way too small. Now, this is a mistake we both make but I found it relatively easy to counter with when you have many trainers/pokemons that call for you to choose energy cards from the deck (and I knew for a fact that he doesn't even have many of those). Also, I use the pokemons with most powerful attacks not needing specific type of energy, that way you have something to do no matter what you draw. 3. Also a stupid mistake he used to make (but maybe that's my opinion, someone might know how to use it well): putting more evolved pokemon than basic ones on your deck. As I said before, you gotta be able to play with whatever you draw, but sometimes I won just because he only found one or two basic types and some evolution that he couldn't place yet. The quickest games we've played. Also, not to forget that *6 of your cards stay unplayable until you defeat your opponent*, so depending on your shuffle abilities you might get too many important pokemons stuck, your other pokemons can't be just "fillers". I guess that's what I remember. I only bought a deck because he once appeared crying to me that I never spend time with him (we have a big age-gap but I was never that cruel to leave him to the side, really) so I just wanted to show him I cared. I never was interested in finding other kids to play so maybe it's all just commonsense but I don't know any real strategies.

[@SupremeOracle]

​@@rebecabggs top tier sister

[@kingofplayer2]

Dang... This video makes me wanna play the pokemon TCG again. I don't wanna have to get back into the meta again though. You aren't there for like, 2 months and the whole game changes.

[@cooltrainerpat_tcg]

So true, it kinda stresses me out lol

[@RatnKat-couchpotato1]

Thank you ive gotten so much better at pokemon

[@adamwells1410]

This is super useful. I just got lots of pokemon packs. I'll be happy I'll be able to use my cards

[@Mr_rice12345]

Is Leon’s charzard different to a regular charzard in the TCG or are they the same thing with the name rule

[@ControlPlayersUnite]

Item cards classified as "tool cards" are now their own classification, thus giving us 4 kinds of trainer cards: supporter, stadium, item, and tool 🙂.

[@ChrisPauX]

That shuffle is one way to defeat an opponent

[@argentum1738]

There's a ton of instances where you can say "unless it's stated otherwise" or "unless you don't" and it would be correct.

[@_weebzee]

somebody really went out one day and thought let's turn this kid's franchise into a super complex TCG

[@ccramit]

Yeah, my brothers and I just made up our own rules. When I finally learned how to actually play, I decided I'd just be a collector instead.

[@BestDayEvor]

QUESTION: Why when you mulligan before the duel, why would the opponent draw an extra card per mulligan? What is the balancing logic?

[@lolaldanee2743]

If you do not put enough Basic Pokemon in your Deck, you are punished for it by your opponent drawing cards for free

[@FrankCosbyNo-Relation]

You never saw this coming _I SUMMON POT OF GREED!!!_

[@jacobwansleeben3364]

My understanding of the mulligan penalty rule is that if a player performed more mulligans than the other player, then that other player gets to draw cards equal to how many more mulligans their opponent took than them. For example, if Player 1 needed to take 1 mulligan and player 2 needed to take 2, then player 1 would draw exactly 1 additional card at the end of setup, while player 2 wouldn't get to draw any even though their opponent took a mulligan. Additionally, my understanding of Energy Cards is that you can play as many of them on your turn as you want, however you can only play one of them on the SAME POKEMON on any given turn unless an effect says otherwise. Just wanted to confirm that I understand these two rules.

[@misholx_]

The mulligan part is correct, you can attach only one energy per turn, not one to each Pokémon, hope I helped 😁

[@tahira7915]

What's ur pokemon card series name?

[@pikoangelexists]

Very helpful

[@laserblast6084]

The energy.. does it have to be in the hand on bench? Or do you only have energy if you draw it from your deck on your turn?

[@XIPH01D]

So how do we get cards in our hand ?from deck? Or do just have some in the beginning and if so then how many can we have in our hand and where do we place our energy in our deck or in our hand FYI I have never played but I just wanna know for the future PLS ANSWER THIS

[@themightycarrotknight]

“Only your active Pokémon may attack” 2023 Alakazam: This is where you’re wrong kiddo.

[@danhentschelfan]

Ty I have so many Pokémon cards but I never knew how to actually play it

[@VARLIFE295]

Can you tell the exact link for the set you use with tokens and piwer cards

[@HaifengLi-sj4mh]

What happens if a card size you win the Game

[@PlacingRed]

For those who are confused. Harrison Ford/Indiana Jones: If you want to be a good archeologist you have to get out of the library! You need to physically start playing the game. The more you actually play. The more you will understand!

[@sarahgomez9727]

I enjoyed this video. Couldn't find the advanced rules playlist yet. I think it may not be made yet?

[@MajorMelon_14]

I just did some calculations and learned that due to the rules of your opponent running out of cards being a victory for you can auto win if you mulligan your hand exactly 46 times

[@based_nerd]

I went to a shop to buy a pencil (I have pending assignments) and there i saw one pack of pokemon cards and now I am here

[@SillySquishmallows]

Wow, that’s way simpler than I thought it was

[@welikethembig]

thanks this help me a lot.

[@dannyboots]

Same! Unless a specific card says it didn't help me

[@josu6288]

When I thought playing pikachu in Smash Bross would help me understand this... 😪

[@davidgregory2434]

Watched this 3X’s and I still don’t know how to play. I have a new found respect for those who know how

[@cripson114]

I think one glaring issue i always thought was the active Pokemon dies and one goes from the bench into play if no energy is attached it effectively becomes a punching bag. I always felt like there was so many limitations because of the energy went away. This is one of the down sides of the game unlike it's competition magic the gathering offers more complex attack phases and more options for dealing with creatures

[@vinchayseng9056]

I been waiting for this video for so long

[@RiseAtlantis]

Wow so many rules and complicated simplified rules is better

[@mattiismouse1086]

How to play danmaku or how to play Warhammer 40k

[@ibrahimixd4506]

That means you tell me I don't have to reduce my opponent's life points to 0 in order to win?

[@Windows70095]

Sesame Street is not a production of the Children’s Television Workshop unless a specific card says so.

[@cratostony2832]

I neeed that playlist! 😖

[@Hammm2.0]

at least someone from the championships explain this to us

[@bladehunter6360]

7:15 shouldnt it be the attack type and not the pokemon type?

[@TripleSGames]

According to page 14 of the official rules, no. link.triplesgames.com/PokemonRules

[@bladehunter6360]

@@TripleSGames huh, thats wierd but if its official ok then

[@mysteriousgoop5516]

the way you bend those cards is literally killing me inside

[@kaitokid6785]

Fact: Ash just won the world championship after 25 years.

[@rocketpadgamer]

I can beat him in no time by exploiting pokemon weaknesses

[@Mizai]

ash ketchupp

[@TGFTH]

And we all haven’t play Pokémon card game for 25 years

[@JonjonPham]

2:25 "each player may have up to 5 pokemon on the bench at any time" Note: unless a card says otherwise(like eternatus vmax)

[@ravishreens1607]

now everybody will actually play the pokemon game!

[@G_money357]

I'm just glad I collected the cards and never played, this seems so complicated to play.

[@NoobRobloxYT01]

Put the good ones in sleeves because you can sell it or it won’t get dirty

[@KBXband]

I used to use dimes as damage counters and the winner pocketed the money when they knocked out a pokemon. Also, I only ever battled one person ever. Everyone else played Magic and Yugioh

[@tristianzero3106]

This makes more sense as a videogame