The Pokémon Trading Card Game
The Pokémon TCG is centered around collecting
cards and battling other players.
In the TCG You win by earning the six prize cards, you earn
those prizecards by defeating your foe's Pokémon.
You beat a Pokémon by depleting it's HP by
attacking it with your Pokémon.
Attacks cost energy, you can
harness energy by attaching (the right) energy cards.
At first, every so often a new set was released but since
Nintendo started producing the sets theirself every
2.5-3.5 months a new set is released.
Below a table with all of the types of cards (5) currently in play
| Pokémon Cards | Trainer Cards | Energy Cards |
| Supporter Cards | Stadium Cards |
Not all of the types from the games (17) exist in the TCG (9) Below a table with all of the types currently in play:
| Type Name | Colour | Video game Type | Symbol | Example Pokémon |
| Colourless | White/Light Gray | Normal, Dragon, Flying |  |
Pidgeot |
| Fire | Red | Fire |  |
Charizard |
| Water | Blue | Water, Ice |  |
Articuno |
| Grass | Green | Grass, Bug, Poison |  |
Butterfree |
| Lightning | Yellow | Electric |  |
Pikachu |
| Fighting | Brown/Dark Orange | Fighting, Rock, Ground |  |
Machoke |
| Psychic | Purple | Psychic, Ghost, Poison |  |
Mewtwo |
| Metal | Dark Gray/Silver | Steel |  |
Steelix |
| Darkness | Black | Dark |  |
Houndoom |