Gotta know 'em all\! From deck-building rules to the rarest cards ever printed, how much do you really know about the Pokémon Trading Card Game?
Play interactively with scoring — can you get a high score?
▶ Play this quizThe 60-card deck requirement has remained constant since the game's launch in 1996 — it provides enough variety for strategy while keeping games to a manageable length.
The Pikachu Illustrator card has sold for over $5 million — only about 39 copies are known to exist, making it the holy grail of Pokémon card collecting.
Prize cards create a natural comeback mechanic — taking a prize after every knockout means a player who falls behind still has cards in reserve that their opponent cannot access.
Drawing seven cards mirrors the hand size in many classic card games — it gives players enough options on their first turn to set up a viable strategy.
When a mulligan occurs, the opponent may draw an additional card for each mulligan — this discourages players from building decks without enough Basic Pokémon.
The one-Supporter-per-turn rule was introduced to prevent overpowered turns — Supporters include draw cards and search effects that would be too strong if played multiple times.
CoroCoro Comic is one of Japan's most popular manga magazines — the Illustrator card contest it ran in 1998 was a small promotional event that accidentally created the rarest Pokémon card in existence.
Topsun cards were among the very first Pokémon cards ever produced — they predated the official TCG and came as collectible inserts in packs of chewing gum.
The Fairy type existed in the TCG for only about six years — its removal simplified the Energy system and consolidated Fairy Pokémon under the Psychic type.
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