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If the problem persists, please contact Customer Support. Started: Ends:. Begins: Ends:. Player Privacy and Safety. Player Responsibility. Installation Information. I had no idea what I was in for, but I figured it was yet another made-up card game with rules that were as fluid as the ocean — and always in his favor.

Everything is explained here! Little did I know that Pokemon TCG is a well-structured card game with an established set of rules — and a never-ending list of sub-rules. Much to my surprise, I found that the game requires strategy, discipline, memory and math — A LOT of math!

Things finally started to make sense to me. Jacob is our little math nerd, so no wonder he fell in love with Pokemon. Then I thought back to my own childhood, when I collected stationary, stickers, pretty pictures and post cards. Remember how much fun it was to collect things when you were a kid?

Trading with your friends and working towards getting more of whatever it was you collected. Regardless of what you collected, chances are that you became a master in the subject.

You knew which ones were valuable, rare and which ones to trade. In other words, PCL found a way to simplify one of the most important features of the game.

Another thing to note is the lack of new mechanics starting with the Black and White block. This important factor largely defines the game from that point to the present.

Just compare a card like Regigigas LV. Phantom Forces seems to be taking a step in the right direction with the Team Flare cards, all of which have interesting effects. By contrast, Gothitelle has a whopping Consider Pow! Think Fluffy Berry and Float Stone are the same? Think again! Are the card creators even trying anymore? What happened to interesting cards like Regigigas LV. What about the Lost Zone and all the crazy things that went with it?

Oh yeah, Energy cards. Special Energy cards today? With all this simplification, what effect does it have on the game? Either way, it introduces a lot of variability in Trainer cards, which is a welcome thing. Unfortunately, though, the overall feeling is that the complexity of the game has been diluted. Many cards never see play because of their crippling design. Or Victreebel FFI? What if Magnezone- EX had a decent Ability in addition to its two attacks?

Instead, we have basic cards that contribute to a simpler game. Keep in mind, I still feel the game is complex enough that skillful players will continue to win out over others, but the days of intense SP mirror matches is mostly over it seems. Cards like Regigigas LV. With Phantom Forces, our next set, there looks to be an interesting break in this simplification of the game, most notably in the Team Flare Trainer cards that are coming out.