1. You collect your 6 Prize cards (by knocking out the opponent’s Pokémon).

2. Your opponent has no more Pokémon in play.

3. Your opponent can no longer draw a card at the start of their turn.

1. Active Zone: where your active Pokémon, the one fighting, is located.

2. Bench: up to 5 Pokémon can be placed there waiting.

3. Deck: where cards are drawn from.

4. Discard pile: used or knocked-out cards are placed here.

5. Prize Cards: 6 face-down cards to collect after knocking out an opponent’s Pokémon.

6. Hand: the cards you hold to play during your turn.

1. Pokémon cards

These are your fighters! Here is how a Pokémon card is composed:

2. Trainer cards

They represent items, supporters, or stadiums. They offer you various effects: draw, heal, search for a card in your deck, or even disrupt the opponent’s game.

There are several subcategories:

3. Energy cards

They are essential to attack. Each Pokémon attack has an Energy cost to respect. Once per turn, you can draw an energy card and attach it to one of your Pokémon.

1. Shuffles their deck.

2. Draws 7 cards.

3. Places 1 active Pokémon face down (the one fighting) and up to 5 Pokémon on the Bench.

4. Places 6 Prize cards face down.

1. Draw: draw a card.

2. Available actions:

3. Attack : if your active Pokémon has enough Energy, you can attack.

4. End of turn : attack or Status effects are resolved.

• Each player starts with 6 Prize cards.

You win by taking them all.

If you beat a V, VSTAR, EX or GX Pokémon, you take 2 Prizes

If you beat a VMAX or V-UNION Pokémon you take 3 Prizes

• Only the Pokémon in the active spot can attack.

• To attack, the number of energy cards required by the attack must be attached to the Pokémon. Energy cards are not discarded when attacking.

• Once a Pokémon is knocked out, the energies attached to it disappear with it.

• To play an Evolution Pokémon, the corresponding basic Pokémon must have been on the bench since the previous turn.

• You can only attach one Energy per turn, unless otherwise stated.

• The Bench can hold up to 5 Pokémon.

Start with preconstructed decks, perfect for learning.

Learn to manage your Energies and your Bench well.

Read each card carefully: their effects are often decisive!

Don’t hesitate to try the mobile app Pokémon TCG Pocket. Although the rules are simplified there to make games shorter, it helps to understand the basics in a fun way.