Competition-ready basic strategies for the Pokémon Trading Card Game

If you’ve spent some time playing the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), you’ll notice that players gravitate toward the super-powerful and rare Pokémon that can change the tide of battle in an instant—cards like Mega Mewtwo-EX. The rarest cards with the highest-damage attacks can be fun to use, but with some ingenuity, you can build decks using some of the more common cards that can hold their own with any opponent. It’s amazing what a little creativity and planning can do to build decks from these cards that are good enough to compete against even the most intimidating Pokémon. Check out a couple of these powerful decks as you consider what to play against your friends, on the Pokémon TCG Online, or at your next Play! Pokémon competition. To read the rest of this feature, click here.