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Why Some Pokémon TCG Cards Get Banned
New players are often surprised that a perfectly good card can simply stop being tournament-legal without anything being wrong with it.Rotation is scheduled, not punitiveStandard rotation periodically removes older sets...
Why Some Pokémon TCG Cards Get Banned
New players are often surprised that a perfectly good card can simply stop being tournament-legal without anything being wrong with it.Rotation is scheduled, not punitiveStandard rotation periodically removes older sets...
Pokémon TCG Deck Archetypes Explained
Most competitive Pokémon decks fall into one of a few recognisable shapes, even though the exact cards change every format.Aggro: win fast, before the board developsAggro decks aim to deal...
Pokémon TCG Deck Archetypes Explained
Most competitive Pokémon decks fall into one of a few recognisable shapes, even though the exact cards change every format.Aggro: win fast, before the board developsAggro decks aim to deal...
Pokémon TCG Full Art vs Alternate Art
These two terms get used almost interchangeably by casual collectors, but they describe different things that happen to overlap often.Full Art: a border-to-border treatmentA Full Art card extends its artwork...
Pokémon TCG Full Art vs Alternate Art
These two terms get used almost interchangeably by casual collectors, but they describe different things that happen to overlap often.Full Art: a border-to-border treatmentA Full Art card extends its artwork...
How Pokémon TCG Print Runs Affect Card Value
Scarcity gets thrown around a lot in collecting conversations, but it only matters when demand is there to match it.What a print run actually determinesThe print run is simply the...
How Pokémon TCG Print Runs Affect Card Value
Scarcity gets thrown around a lot in collecting conversations, but it only matters when demand is there to match it.What a print run actually determinesThe print run is simply the...
Pokémon TCG Ability Cards Explained
Abilities are where a lot of the Pokémon TCG's deeper strategy actually lives, well beyond just picking the biggest attack.Not an attack, a passive powerAn Ability is a special effect...
Pokémon TCG Ability Cards Explained
Abilities are where a lot of the Pokémon TCG's deeper strategy actually lives, well beyond just picking the biggest attack.Not an attack, a passive powerAn Ability is a special effect...
What Is Pokémon TCG 151? The Set Explained
151 is one of the clearest examples of a set built almost entirely on nostalgia, and it worked exactly as intended.Every original Pokémon, one setThe set takes its name from...
What Is Pokémon TCG 151? The Set Explained
151 is one of the clearest examples of a set built almost entirely on nostalgia, and it worked exactly as intended.Every original Pokémon, one setThe set takes its name from...