Card types īasic Pokémon are the foundation of all decks. Basic Pokémon are Pokémon that have not evolved and can be played directly onto the Bench. Without them, a player cannot play the game since both players begin the game by placing a Basic Pokémon in the Active position on the field. Each Pokémon card depicts a Pokémon from the video games. Each player may have up to six Pokémon on the playing field at a time: one 'Active' Pokémon and up to five on the bench. Each Pokémon card has a name, a type, and a number of Health Points (HP).Īll Pokémon feature attacks (requires energy cards to use) these typically deal damage to the opponent's active Pokémon, or occasionally, their benched Pokémon however, an attack may also perform different functions, such as drawing cards, inflicting Special Conditions, or altering the opponent's board state. The vast majority of these attacks require Energy, which comes in the form of Energy cards. Abilities, known as Poké-Powers and Poké-Bodies until 2011, are not attacks but simply effects that either are activated under certain conditions or remain in effect as long as the Pokémon with the Ability remains in play. The other type of Pokémon card is an Evolved Pokémon. In contrast to a Basic Pokémon, an Evolved Pokémon cannot normally be placed directly onto the field they must be played on top of the corresponding lower-stage Pokémon. Stage 1 Pokémon evolve from Basic Pokémon, and Stage 2 Pokémon evolve from Stage 1 Pokémon.

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