How to play Pokemon TCG for absolute beginners

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Күн бұрын

The Pokemon trading card game is quick and simple to learn once you know the basics. So to make sure you don't hurt yourself from Confusion,, we've broken down everything you need to know when playing in a step by step guide. Evolving Pokemon, attaching energy cards, and all those special conditions in just ten minutes. So whether you love the games and want to play more, are obsessed with collecting cute creatures, this is your chance to learn how to play the Pokemon TCG.
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Intro 00:00
What deck to use? 00:46
The basics 01:55
The setup 02:41
On your turn 03:56
Attacking 05:59
Evolving Pokemon 08:02
Special Conditions 09:07
How to win 11:24
Learn online 12:17
Outro 12:49
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@commanderraccoon8860 5 ай бұрын

Omg thank you so much for this video! My nephew (8) has started collecting the cards and since i'm the "Gamer/nerd" of the family, they all turned to me to play with him and I didn't know how. So a HUGE thanks for allowing me to continue my quest is being the Coolest Aunt

@leftlegleg 22 күн бұрын

I respect your nephew. I’ve been collecting the cards since I was 9 and my cards are insane! I’ll never meet your nephew but I wish him luck in getting good cards and hope he gets good progress in the game! Good on you for going out of your way to play with him too.

@supremecoast8985 20 күн бұрын

Im in the exact same situation

@michaelluu3600 5 ай бұрын

Learned and taught my 6yr old niece how to play as I got her some cards for Christmas. It's a pretty simple game, and she pretty much understood how to play after one game. I recommend getting a premade deck for about £10-12, they are labeled 1 to 3 (I think) and a level 1 deck was perfect entry for niece.

@gshocknight 21 күн бұрын

I'm here for the same and it's pretty wow that my niece is 6 as well. I'm so sorry for this but... 🎶Let us be the very best🎶

@nomeaknat 5 ай бұрын

Great tips! My nieces and nephews are really into this game and ask me to play on occasion.

@vee-bee-a 5 ай бұрын

Lucky you. Non-local board-games are an alien concept in where I live. Ignorant bastards...

@Gw_fishes 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much I wanted to learn and you made it so easy!

@dbspurge 24 күн бұрын

Best tutorial I have watched yet ! Trying to lean the game to play with my grandson!

@kiwikratos 5 ай бұрын

Great video. An overview of the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG would also be great!

@Mr_Phox 5 ай бұрын

Literally nobody understand Yu-Gi-Oh though.

@jrkanaan 5 ай бұрын

thanks for this video I always thought it was too hard but it’s actually not that hard once you play it a couple times

@WestOzCards Ай бұрын

EXCELLENT Tutorial.

@0hron 4 ай бұрын

You can also win if you knock out all your opponents Pokémon from the active spot or bench

@pradeep.1937 3 ай бұрын

Tanku so much 😄

@stevenhuang217 24 күн бұрын

great tutorial 😊

@noRanchnoService Ай бұрын

I'm looking to start learning how to play.

@marlondiriche 2 ай бұрын

Thanks bro

@hellboy6661234 4 ай бұрын

awesome channel

@Supernovaartistry 4 ай бұрын

Is there a way to randomize the 60 cards? Can i just pick my best evolutions for battle or my best basics, trainers and energy types, or is there a rule for how you choose or something?

@Gmann10 2 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure that u can put what ever cards you want just al long as there are 60 cards and the deck is shuffled

@BiscuitTahat 2 ай бұрын

I have two questions, for the burn you said each turn, do you mean the players turn or both players turn? And for when you said after the coin flips aren’t working we can retreat but you also said the Pokémon can’t retreat? Those two things I was a bit confused on.

@misholx_ Ай бұрын

Burn and poison damage is infected at the end of each player's turn, that means both you and your opponent, you can't retreat only if your Pokémon is asleep or paralysed 😁

@zacharygarrison4912 4 ай бұрын

Ok so im new learned to play it but just curious if i was to go by the official rules is it ok to use v decks against ex or should i use ex vs ex and v vs v

@MrFLstyle 4 ай бұрын

You can use any deck

@zacharygarrison4912 4 ай бұрын

@MrFLstyle so there isn't any specific decks that can't be played against one another

@0hron 4 ай бұрын

⁠⁠⁠@@zacharygarrison4912 No there isn’t really any decks that can’t be played against one another. There are cards that do get rotated out of use in official tournaments though

@Supernovaartistry 4 ай бұрын

Well you can buy at stores they will have a pack of 2 decks 60 cards each and battle with those

@zachthebossman Ай бұрын

What if you have a stage 3 pokemon but not the stage one or two does that mean you just can't use it?

@misholx_ Ай бұрын

Unfortunately you can't use a stage 2 Pokémon without it's basic form.

@constantineliverakos1950 2 ай бұрын

I have some questions. One, Smoochum is basic card and Jynx is basic too, that mean Smoochum isn't evolves to Jynx. Two, in my deck how meny types can i have. Three, i have some basic EX card, can evolves or not.

@misholx_ Ай бұрын

Hi, I can answer your questions 😊 1. In the Pokémon tcg baby Pokémon like smoochum do not evolve, that means their evolutions are basic Pokémon too. 2. You can have as many types of Pokémon in your deck as you want. 3. Basic Pokémon ex do not evolve, for example, a Pikachu ex could not evolve into raichu, you can look at a card of raichu and see that above the picture will be written "evolves from Pikachu" not Pikachu ex. I hope I helped, if you have any more questions feel free to ask 😊

@constantineliverakos1950 Ай бұрын

@@misholx_ Thank you, i appreciate your help.🙏🏻✨😁

@mohdameruddin7672 7 күн бұрын

How to play this game with a standard deck of 52 cards? 😂 Just kidding. Love this video anyway ❤🎉

@noRanchnoService Ай бұрын

How do you know what prize cards to put down.

@dicebreaker Ай бұрын

You just take cards from the top of your deck and keep them face down so you don't know what is in there!

@freshcoastlife Ай бұрын

I’m still like wtf how do i play this

@vee-bee-a 25 күн бұрын

Start with one of the most common, quite possibly, un‑written rule; reading the card explains the card. Then again, I hope you're just trolling. Did you even watch the entire video?

@carlavillanueva6770 29 күн бұрын

thank you i have gold cards

@user-ut4rg2nm2n 4 ай бұрын

i have pokemon

@seansmith4513 4 ай бұрын

How the heck did this channel fly under my radar?! O.o you are adorable, and it feels very earnest, not fake. Your delivery is brilliant. The explanation was so digestible. Thank you for this! My daughter INSISTED I learned how to play, and my old a55 was having a hard time with it. You broke it down perfectly. We now play every Thursday! Game night!!! Wooo! Cheers.

@captainautismreal 12 күн бұрын

This comment makes me so unexplainably happy

@layleh.isdead 4 ай бұрын

Are those her real ears????

@mbii7667 4 ай бұрын

How are you seeing her ears?

@al2642 5 ай бұрын

What's going on with everyone? Why does it become so popular again when I get into it?

@Michael-kn5ls 2 ай бұрын

I have no friends so never get to play 😭

@noRanchnoService Ай бұрын

Same here. No friends at all for me

@bluethunder2859 20 күн бұрын

Why are the people who watch this video are mostly adults😅 !! ? well I'm 16 and I just wanted to play with my lil bro

@infiniterer287 4 күн бұрын

Because the game is old as h3ck and we never leaned to play when we were just collecting as kids 😂

@PenguinWithaCrown 2 күн бұрын

W sibling, im learning to play so I can play against my cousin

@ZaphodBeeblebrox-sy8ey 3 ай бұрын

20-20-20 is absolutely terrible advice. Any real Pokémon deck is closer to like 12 Pokémon, 40 trainer cards, and 8 energy cards. If you want to simplify that to a rounded 10-40-10, and use that as your heuristic, that would be fine. But 20 energy is patently insane unless you're doing some weird build that requires tons of energy cards (like celebrations kyogre). Plus, you can play as many item cards in a turn as you want, whereas you only get one energy attach per turn, and have a fine amount of bench space.

@robertbaker90 3 ай бұрын

I’ll bet my bottom dollar I take you 3 for 3 if you’re only using 8 energy cards. That’s horrible advice

@ZaphodBeeblebrox-sy8ey 3 ай бұрын

@robertbaker90 You are so wrong. Just go to limitless and look up any recent tournament list. Mew Vmax decks play 6 energy. Charizard Pigeot decks play 6 energy. Roaring Moon decks play 6 energy. Giratina actually is playing 12, which is a lot, but their draw engine burns cards in a way that can't be regained, and their energy costs have 3 different types, which is a bit restrictive. Gardevoir also plays 12, but that's not because they need them for energy requirements. They're searching them up and using them to ping you. You can also just play regular single prize lost box and get away with like 4 energy. In short, shut up. You have no idea what you're talking about.

@misholx_ Ай бұрын

@@robertbaker90it's true that most competitive Pokémon decks play around 10 energy cards.

@misholx_ Ай бұрын

You're correct, but you need to remember this is a guide for beginners. If they'll play a deck with such low energy count without a good engine they'll struggle to find those energy cards. For beginners I would recommend playing around 15 Pokémon, 12-15 energy and 30 trainers.

@Unkown7able 3 ай бұрын

Absolute not for a beginners , watched whole video still not understand we need deep details....

@Tryaldar 4 ай бұрын

this game sucks so so much unless you're using a an upgraded deck that lets you find necessary cards more easily... otherwise, it's mostly a race for who reaches a single stage 2 evolution first, since that alone is enough to win the game and there's no way to get rid of it, because there are no counter spells, damaging spells, etc. i doubt anyone will see me playing this ever again haha

@Tables-zm7db 4 ай бұрын

Why click on the video then, quit being a douchbag asshole to people who actually want to learn how to play pokémon

@MrFLstyle 4 ай бұрын

We don’t care

@Tryaldar 4 ай бұрын

@@MrFLstyle and i don't really care about your comment; if you disagree with mine, you can either ignore it or prove me wrong

@misholx_ Ай бұрын

So just upgrade your deck, I don't see a problem 😅