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welcome to PPC version 3.0
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If you haven't heard of this game by now, you must live in a cave
somewhere! Pokémon TCG has been sweeping the nation since its release
here in the states. Its developers are Media Factory (in Japan) and is
translated/printed here by none other than Wizards of the Coast, the ones
who created Magic: The Gathering, a CCG (collectable card game). This game
captures the essence of Pokémon, the excitement of battling your friends
one-on-one and the challenge to collect all of the different cards. Much
like Magic, Pokémon separates the cards into different "types".
Each type is played differently, with different Pokémon available for
each type. There are electric, water, fighting, psychic, fire, grass, and
normal (colorless) types. Each type must be played differently in order to
win. This adds a whole new emphasis on strategy for Pokémon. |
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Trying to build the perfect 60 card deck will be tough and will take time
and experience to fine tune. I'll tell you right now that all 150 Pokémon
will not be available in the first series. As the popularity of this game
grows here in the U.S., Wizards of the Coast will release more series,
each with new Pokémon. Recently, the new 'Jungle' series has been
released proving how popular this game is. Each card can be classified as
either common, uncommon, or rare. Rare cards are usually the fully evolved
form of a Pokémon such as Blastoise or Charizard. Starter and
pre-constructed decks come with 60 cards and start at around $7.99 to
$10.99 depending on where you look. Booster packs go for around $2.99 and
come with 11 cards (1 rare, 3 uncommon, 5 common, and 2 energy cards). |
There are 6 different pre-constructed decks (now counting the 'Jungle'
series), each with different Pokémon types and strategies with which to
use them. There's the Zap (Electric/Psychic), Blackout (Water/Fighting),
Overgrowth (Water/Grass), Brushfire (Grass/Fire), Power Reserve
(Psychic/Grass), and Water Blast (Water/Fighting) decks. There's also a
2-player starter deck that will help beginners get introduced to the
basics of the Pokémon TCG. Each of these decks come with easy to follow
instructions on how to get you started on your way to become a Pokémon
TCG master. These instructions also come with checklists to help you
"catch 'em all", so get started while you can cause these babies
are getting harder to find each day. |
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