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The **Pokemon TCG: Sword & Shield ** expansion launches on February 7, 2020 and will introduce new Pokemon V and VMAX cards to the game. Screen Rant was provided with a booster box of the new expansion alongside all three theme decks for the purposes of this prev

One of the most exciting changes coming to the Pokemon TCG is the Pokemon V variant of Pokemon. Pokemon V work very similarly to Pokemon-EX and Mega Evolutions, and they can be built upon with Pokemon VMAX cards, which give them absurd amounts of HP, more powerful attacks, and an extremely double-edged sword mechanic where players who are able to beat them can claim a whopping three prize cards. It's a high risk and high reward style of play that will both restrict deckbuilding and breed creativity in terms of using them most effectively and protecting them, and it beautifully mirrors the way that _Pokemon Sword & Shield _ 's Gigantamax and Dynamax Pokemon offer the same risky style of battl

Before jumping right into the decks, it's important to establish exactly how the Pokémon card game handles rotations. Every year or so, old sets of cards are " rotated out of the format. " This means they are no longer able to be used in competitive play. This rotation not only helps to keep the card game fresh but also demands that players pick up new strategies and deck id

Every several months the Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are reviewed and it’s determined if there should be any new additions to the Banned or Forbidden list . This means that these cards can’t be used in Advanced Format Play and it’s encouraging that the rules of the game are consistently being balanced and mana

Since this card is Colorless, it can be inserted in almost any deck to offset a natural dominant weakness to anything except Fighting-type cards. It is especially effective in Colorless decks that are designed to search and play excessive amounts of energy cards so that Mega Kangaskhan EX can power up their sole move fas

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game has evolved in many ways since its debut, but the biggest shift has come in the form of a completely new version of the game that’s called Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Deal. Rush Deal is a very new development that just hit Japan in April, 2020 and it pulls from the new Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens anime for inspiration. Rush Deal uses a completely different set of cards and new rules that cater to faster and easier battles. It’s a level of versatility that the Pokémon TCG doesn’t of

Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon both have popular anime series, but the difference between them is that Pokémon’s TCG is an adaptation of the video slg game online guide and anime’s universe, whereas Yu-Gi-Oh! actually has characters engage in the same card game that the audience does. This level of representation in the anime series allows fans to casually learn how to play the game and figure out card strategies through osmosis. The Pokémon anime is entertaining, but watching it isn’t going to improve anyone’s skills at the trading card g

This fiery Pokemon needs 2 turns to dish out its true damage, but it rarely needs more than that to bring down an adversary. Dealing 100 on its first attack turn and then a whopping 200 on the next means Mega Blaziken from the XY Black Star Promos expansion has one of the deadliest 2-turn combos in the g

With the announcement that Gigantamax Snorlax will be making its Sword and Shield debut in early December, a few months prior to the release of the new TCG series, new details and descriptions have been given for Pokemon on showcase in the new trailer. These descriptions will apply to both the Nintendo Switch games and Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield VMAX cards once they become available worldw

Although many decks had to be left out, these six deck archetypes proved to be very dominant in their respective formats. The future of the **Pokémon Trading Card Game ** is currently uncertain. Although, given how fun and diverse many of these decks are, there is little doubt that future decks will follow in their footst

The reason that Pull Up can be useful is that a lot of the best EX cards are based on Legendary and Mythical Pokemon and are thus classed as Basic. Being able to hit the opposition for 130 HP after playing the card is a nice bonus, as too can Hyper Beam's ability to discard one of the opposition's active Pokemon's energy ca

Having cracked open the theme decks and played them against each other, they're startlingly similar to the way trainers can battle their Pokemon in the video games - and just like those, typing matters a bunch. Having access to all three was especially fun since the decks basically make one person play as the "rival" in each instance. For younger fans of the game or those who've always wanted to learn, the _Pokemon Sword & Shield _ TCG theme decks make a game that has been around for decades much easier to learn than it has any right be

Both the trading card games for Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! offer unique strategies in order to reach success. There are suspenseful heights that can be reached in both, but Yu-Gi-Oh! is the only one that allows for the sense of a truly epic climax. Yu-Gi-Oh! games can end in automatic victories by fulfilling certain requirements of particular cards , like to have all five Exodia the Forbidden One Cards at once. It adds a poker-like element and allows for card battles to end in many different ways and not just the standard win or l