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Pokémon TCG for Beginners: 7 Simple Steps to a Fun Start
A plain-English starter guide to the trading card game: card types, Prize cards, sealed products, English vs Japanese, regulation marks and card care.
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Set guides and explainers for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, from the Mega Evolution series back to Scarlet & Violet.
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Pokémon Pitch Black Set Guide: 120 Cards & 6 Awesome Mega ex
Mega Darkrai ex, Mega Zeraora ex and four more Megas: our guide to the 120-card Pitch Black set, its Japanese roots and its rarities.
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Pokémon Perfect Order: 124 Cards and 4 Brilliant New Mega ex
Everything to know about Pokémon Perfect Order: four new Mega ex, how the 124 cards break down and where the set came from in…
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Pokémon Ascended Heroes: An Amazing 295-Card Special Set
Our guide to Ascended Heroes, the largest English Pokémon TCG set yet: headline Megas, Mega Attack Rares, Trainer's Pokémon and which product suits you.
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Mega Evolution Explained: 3 Prizes, 7 Sets and the Best Megas
How Mega Evolution works in today's Pokémon TCG, from the 3-Prize rule and XY-era history to the seven English sets and their Japanese sources.
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Destined Rivals: 244 Cards and Amazing Team Rocket Chase Cards
Team Rocket takes over Scarlet & Violet in Destined Rivals. Meet the villains and the rivals, see how the 244 cards are structured and…
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Journey Together: 190 Cards and Brilliant Trainer’s Pokémon
N, Iono, Lillie and Hop bring Trainer's Pokémon back in Journey Together. Here's how the 190-card set works, which cards to chase and where…
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Surging Sparks: 252 Cards, Tera Pikachu ex and Amazing Dragons
Everything worth knowing about Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks, from Tera Pikachu ex and the Dragon-type line-up to ACE SPECs and the Japanese source sets.
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Pokémon 151 Set Guide: 207 Cards and a Wonderful Kanto Pokédex
Everything about Scarlet & Violet—151: the 207-card Kanto set, its rarity ladder, the starter chase cards, the English product line and the Japanese original.
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Pokémon Scarlet: From Switch Game to 258 Amazing TCG Cards
How the Nintendo Switch game set in Paldea led to the Scarlet & Violet card era: game basics, the base set, Japanese Scarlet ex…