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A Pokémon TCG playmat with labels of various gameplay aspects, e.g. Active Spot, Bench, Deck, and Discard Pile. The Pokémon Trading Card Game is a strategy-based card game that is usually played on a designated playmat or digitally on an official game client where two players (assuming the role of Pokémon Trainer) use their Pokémon to battle one another.
Hanafuda (Japanese: 花札, lit. 'flower cards' [1] [2]) are a type of Japanese playing cards. They are typically smaller than Western playing cards, only 5.4 by 3.2 centimetres (2.1 by 1.3 in), but thicker and stiffer. [3] On the face of each card is a depiction of plants, tanzaku (短冊), animals, birds, or man-made objects.
The Pokémon Trading Card Game collectible card game was released in Japan in 1996. As of April 2022, there are 98 card sets for the game released in English and 91 in Japan, including special sets. [1] As of September 2017, collectively, there are 6,959 cards in Japanese sets and 9,110 cards in English sets.
The original Japanese version of the TCG base set in 1996 had no rarity symbols. In spite of the designation “No Rarity,” these cards are actually very rare and highly coveted.
Omamori, another kind of Japanese talisman, shares the same origin as and may be considered as a smaller and portable version of ofuda. A specific type of ofuda is a talisman issued by a Shinto shrine on which is written the name of the shrine or its enshrined kami and stamped with the shrine's seal.
Pokémon [a] [b] is a Japanese media franchise consisting of video games, animated series and films, a trading card game, and other related media.The franchise takes place in a shared universe in which humans co-exist with creatures known as Pokémon, a large variety of species endowed with special powers.
Pokémon as a franchise has been around for more than 25 years, and in that time we’ve seen hundreds of characters introduced across the games, anime, manga, movies, and even the trading card game.
Unown (/ ʌ ˈ n oʊ n / ⓘ; Japanese: アンノーン, Hepburn: Annōn) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Unown first appeared in the video games Pokémon Gold and Silver and most of its subsequent sequels. It has also appeared in various merchandise, spin-off titles, and animated ...