You’ll also need to ensure that every card synergizes strongly.

Success means not a single spot of 60 wasted.

Make the most of using these cards while you’ve got the option to.

A split image of of Shadowless Blastoise, Shadowless Charizard and Shadowless Venusaur from the Pokemon TCG Base Set.

There’s a lot of depth to this game’s strategy, but it’s not all theory.

By playing the game, you’ll quickly see where your deck’s strengths and weaknesses are.

You take Ice Pokemon to fight Dragon Pokemon or Bug Pokemon for Dark and Grass Pokemon.

Three of the most valuable Pokemon TCG ex cards.

But in the Trading Card Game, you don’t have that luxury.

But that is terribly impractical.

Ever wondered about how much your old Pokemon cards are worth?

A Laprass from Pokemon TCG Live and Mewtwo from Genetic Apex in Pokemon TCG Pocket.

If you’ve got the cards on this list, you’re sitting on a fortune!

So, does that mean you should build your deck around one or two types?

That’s not the most helpful advice, we realize.

Building a powerful Pokemon TCG deck means using the best cards.

It boils down to whether or not the cards you need can all be found within so few types.

In fact, there are even ways to get around needing ‘basic’ Energy cards at all.

Look for nifty special Energy such as Fusion Strike, Double Turbo, and Regenerative.

A collage of cards leaving rotation in the Pokemon TCG such as Radiant Greninja. Irida, and Lugia Vstar.

What does it mean to set up quickly?

Terapagos EX has both a two-energy colorless attack that scales with your Bench.

Some Pokemon have powerful abilities that can add significant utility to your deck.

Prismatic Evolution Terapagos ex Pokemon TCG card art.

Paying careful attention to your Pokemon’s abilities can help you control your deck.

But not just your attacker.

You’ll also need them to have Energy and Items equipped.

Archeops Pokemon TCG Card Art.

Maybe you need a Stadium out on the field and your bench out as well.

For Supporters, it is critical that most of them are cards that allow you to draw.

To start with, include eight to ten of these.

The Pidgeot from Obsidian Flames in the Pokemon TCG.

Be sure to have at least a few that allow you to shuffle your hand back into your deck.

Drawing is important, but so is not running out of cards.

And finally, pick three Stadium cards that complement your Pokemon’s jot down and move set.

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You won’t always follow our number suggestions.

In fact, you mayneverfind cause to do so.

But our ratios are fairly common for a reason.

Pokemon TCG

You have to learn how the deck works and why.

By playing with decks built by other people, you’ll start seeing the logic behind the deck.

What cards do they have?

What moves do they use most often?

When should you be using your Trainer cards?

Is Pokemon Pocket or TCG Live the very best like no one ever was?

As sets rotate out of Standard, they will no longer be playable in Standard legal decks.