the idiots guide to pokemon

well, after seeing super knex builder freak's instructable i though it left out a lot. so i am here to clear things up.

pokemon is a card game, video game, and T.V. show. i will talk about all of them in this instructable.

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Step 1: Card game

the card game is a very fun game if you understand it. weather it is collecting or battling it has a place for everyone (even pyromaniacs lol)

the rules are pretty easy to learn. they have got more complicated and changed as the game evolved but they are pretty simple.

1. your deck has to have 60 cards
2. you can only have up to 4 of each pokemon in your deck.
3. you can only have up to 4 of each trainer in your deck (that might have changed)
4. on your turn you can do the following (in this order).
1. pull card
2. play trainer/evolve/attach energy
4. attack (once)
5. you can not evolve a pokemon you just put out
6. you can not attach more then one energy per turn.

thats the basic rules. you can get more in depth in the rule book (comes with each deck)

altaria1993 says: Jun 27, 2008. 12:58 PM

the card game is a very fun game if you understand it. weather it is collecting or battling it has a place for everyone (even pyromaniacs lol) that, was really makingn me fall of my chair, becaues im a pyromaniac,(i lit my keyboard on fire..) and i actually still have a shitload of cards somewhere, i dont do anything with them really, but i also ahve sapphire, and diamond those are funny :')

omnommaster in reply to altaria1993Jan 25, 2012. 11:35 AM

if u are a pyromaniac get a charizard and teach it blast burn, flamethrower, fire spin and fire punch.

bannana inventor says: Jun 15, 2008. 9:15 PM

Who the heck plays/watches Pokemon anymore?!?

omnommaster in reply to bannana inventorJan 25, 2012. 11:30 AM

ILIKEPIE333 in reply to bannana inventorNov 25, 2008. 6:09 PM

I dont know, but my friend still plays with yugi-oh cards and he is 15

Owenmon in reply to ILIKEPIE333Dec 2, 2008. 11:40 AM

i like yugioh, just not the kind you think (cough yugiohabridged.com cough)

Owenmon in reply to OwenmonDec 2, 2008. 11:49 AM

once, when i was five, i was really cold, and i saw a whole bunch of yugioh cards, and that magneisum block and a blade, and a aluminum tin, so then i set the card on fire, but they smelled like poo :D they were hot, though (LOL)

bannana inventor in reply to ILIKEPIE333Nov 29, 2008. 9:39 PM

OMG!!! He needs a life!!!

ILIKEPIE333 in reply to bannana inventorDec 1, 2008. 5:36 PM

tell me about it

bannana inventor in reply to ILIKEPIE333Dec 1, 2008. 6:06 PM

LOL. :D Why is he your friend?!?

ILIKEPIE333 in reply to bannana inventorDec 2, 2008. 11:45 AM

because Ive known him for a long time, and he doesnt try to convert me to playing yugi-oh. Its not like he gets in my face about it

jayman1310 in reply to bannana inventorOct 22, 2008. 10:31 PM

agreed

bannana inventor in reply to jayman1310Nov 29, 2008. 9:40 PM

Yeah, man!

Camisado in reply to bannana inventorOct 22, 2008. 6:32 PM

You're one to talk. You think playing Pokemon is more pitiful then creating toy guns out of building blocks that are generally for 5 year old kids? I think not.

bannana inventor in reply to CamisadoOct 23, 2008. 6:02 PM

Is that why college proffesors use them to show how some bridges are designed? Oh, yeah, that's right college proffesors are 5 year olds. LOL. Pokemon is just a game were you play around with pieces of cardboard sheets. K'nex are for enginuitive resons, my friends older brother went off to college 4 weeks ago for an engineering class in Virginia. He showed some of his K'nex creations to the dean, got in and now he is on his way to making 100k a year. Are K'nex stupid? I don't think so!

Owenmon in reply to bannana inventorDec 2, 2008. 11:42 AM

ooh 100k? i make like 360 $ a year =P

Owenmon in reply to OwenmonDec 2, 2008. 11:43 AM

but its not really 100k, now that barak insane obama is "da-man" its gonna be like 20K a year =P

dsman195276 (author) in reply to bannana inventorJun 16, 2008. 7:20 AM

ME.

alfpwns says: Jan 28, 2009. 12:52 PM

i beat leaf green _{but i have another game (fire red)}

omnommaster in reply to alfpwnsJan 25, 2012. 11:30 AM

i have firered

Zootch says: Mar 16, 2009. 10:23 PM

Make a note that in red and blue version, the critical hit ratio for Razorleaf was incorrectly set at 98.7%, making it the most powerful move in the game, thus making Bulbasaur the ideal starter for the first two games of generation one. Also it may be noted that generation one had no effective counters for psychic as the only ghost types in the game shared the poison type as well, making psychic the most powerful type in all of generation one. (also Mudkipz!)

omnommaster in reply to ZootchJan 25, 2012. 11:28 AM

wow... is that for firered?

dynno97 says: Apr 2, 2009. 12:34 PM

AHHHHH ITS POKEMON. HEAD TO THE HILLS! HIDE OBAMA IN THE BOMB SHELTER! I IS THE END OF THE WORLD!

omnommaster in reply to dynno97Jan 25, 2012. 11:27 AM

???

Raiden97 says: Aug 17, 2009. 11:04 PM

is the pokemon card game just like yu gi oh? because it sounds like it

omnommaster in reply to Raiden97Jan 25, 2012. 11:19 AM

i have memorized the first (i think) 4 generations and am working on the Black and White series.

BOOM5601 in reply to Raiden97Aug 20, 2009. 11:42 PM

No, I understand yugioh but not pokemon.

Gannas says: Aug 31, 2009. 1:18 AM

Pokemon is awesome yeehaa

omnommaster in reply to GannasJan 25, 2012. 11:19 AM

i have memorized the first (i think) 4 generations and am working on the Black and White series.

Miles Tails Prower says: Jun 25, 2009. 11:13 AM

Nice guide man. This will help alot with getting a card game started! ;D BTW: I checked out the newer booster packs of Pokémon. They RULE. I got 1 lv X and an reversed card! Random pic: