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How Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket's battles work Key Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket Battle System Summary20 Card Decks No Prize Cards: Your goal is to reach three points No Energy Cards Only three Pok\u00e9mon on your Bench No damage counter dice; damage is auto-calculated through an HP Bar Instead of the usual 60-card decks, the mobile game has you craft decks of 20 cards, making choosing which Pok\u00e9mon and other cards you use more important. We also lack many draw cards, judging by what we saw, but that could change with future booster pack releases, or we might not have seen everything. The game appears to have way more Pok\u00e9mon cards than Trainer cards, with the focus seeming to be on building mostly Pok\u00e9mon decks, considering the small deck sizes and quick gameplay. A match should take anywhere between three to seven minutes long, which is much shorter than some regular card games that can take hours. There also aren't any Prize Cards in-game, with Pocket instead using a points-based system to determine a winner. When you face off against an opponent, you get one point every time you knock out an opposing pok\u00e9mon and two points when you knock at an opposing ex Pok\u00e9mon. The first trainer to three points wins the match. There are also no Energy Cards, with Energy being turned into a token you can grab from the bottom right of the screen. This frees up decks to focus entirely on Pok\u00e9mon and Trainer cards. You get one Energy token per turn and can drag and drop it onto your Active or Benched Pok\u00e9mon. The Bench has also been reduced from the main game, with you only able to have three Pok\u00e9mon on your Bench at once instead of the usual five. Lastly, all damage done to Pok\u00e9mon is automatically calculated while playing, so there is no need for manual dice or damage counters here. 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How Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket's battles work Key Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket Battle System Summary20 Card Decks No Prize Cards: Your goal is to reach three points No Energy Cards Only three Pok\u00e9mon on your Bench No damage counter dice; damage is auto-calculated through an HP Bar Instead of the usual 60-card decks, the mobile game has you craft decks of 20 cards, making choosing which Pok\u00e9mon and other cards you use more important. We also lack many draw cards, judging by what we saw, but that could change with future booster pack releases, or we might not have seen everything. The game appears to have way more Pok\u00e9mon cards than Trainer cards, with the focus seeming to be on building mostly Pok\u00e9mon decks, considering the small deck sizes and quick gameplay. A match should take anywhere between three to seven minutes long, which is much shorter than some regular card games that can take hours. There also aren't any Prize Cards in-game, with Pocket instead using a points-based system to determine a winner. When you face off against an opponent, you get one point every time you knock out an opposing pok\u00e9mon and two points when you knock at an opposing ex Pok\u00e9mon. The first trainer to three points wins the match. There are also no Energy Cards, with Energy being turned into a token you can grab from the bottom right of the screen. This frees up decks to focus entirely on Pok\u00e9mon and Trainer cards. You get one Energy token per turn and can drag and drop it onto your Active or Benched Pok\u00e9mon. The Bench has also been reduced from the main game, with you only able to have three Pok\u00e9mon on your Bench at once instead of the usual five. Lastly, all damage done to Pok\u00e9mon is automatically calculated while playing, so there is no need for manual dice or damage counters here. 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Details about <\/em>Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket’s<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>battle system<\/strong> have been scarce since its initial reveal. But, thanks to a recent trip hosted by The Pok\u00e9mon Company that Dot Esports attended, we know every detail about how matches between other players work.<\/p>

Matches are entirely different from the usual Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game<\/a><\/em> and have been crafted to offer much quicker matches and made for on-the-go gameplay. There are many differences and changes made to utilize the digital format, including some pretty surprising alterations.<\/p>