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Pokémon Cards Quiz
📝 10 questions

First question:

How many cards must a player's deck contain in the Pokémon Trading Card Game?

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Pokémon Cards Quiz — Questions and Answers

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1easyHow many cards must a player's deck contain in the Pokémon Trading Card Game?

💡 60🔍

The 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.

2easyWhich Pokémon features on the most expensive Pokémon card ever sold, the 1998 Japanese promo known as the Illustrator card?

💡 Pikachu🔍

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.

3easyHow many Prize cards does each player set aside at the start of a Pokémon TCG game?

💡 6🔍

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.

4mediumHow many cards does each player draw into their hand at the start of a Pokémon TCG game?

💡 7🔍

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.

5mediumIn the Pokémon TCG, what is the term for when a player has no Basic Pokémon in their opening hand and must shuffle and redraw?

💡 Mulligan🔍

When a mulligan occurs, the opponent may draw an additional card for each mulligan — this discourages players from building decks without enough Basic Pokémon.

6mediumIn the Pokémon TCG, how many Supporter cards is a player allowed to play during a single turn?

💡 One🔍

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.

7mediumThe Pikachu Illustrator card was awarded to winners of a card design contest run by which Japanese magazine?

💡 CoroCoro Comic🔍

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.

8hardThe Charizard Topsun Blue Back card from 1997 was produced alongside which product?

💡 Chewing gum🔍

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.

9hardA Master's Key Prize Card sold at auction in May 2023 for $66,000 through which auction platform?

💡 Fanatics Collect🔍

10hardIn the Pokémon TCG, the Fairy type debuted in the Kalos Starter Set but was retired alongside which expansion in February 2020?

💡 Sword & Shield🔍

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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