These boxes not only provide a stylish storage space for the newly opened Pokemon goods : they also include unique card sleeves, competitive play dice and damage counters, a bundle of Energy Cards, a rulebook, a player's guide to the expansion, and special dividers for the box itself. The Shining Fates Elite Trainer Box will feature a unique Eevee VMAX foil promo card, which also serves as the inspiration for the set's packaging design. The card sleeves and box itself will feature a black-on-gold Eevee VMAX des

Interestingly for a Fire-type Pokemon card, Ninetales gives themselves and their allies significantly lower retreat costs by simply being on the field. Their ability, Byway of the Nine-Tailed Fox, essentially gives their trainer the ability to switch which of their Pokemon is in the Active slot with the utmost ease. With this, a trainer can create a revolving door of Pokemon that will keep the opponent guess

Although the damage counter dealt by this attack is little, landing only 30 damage to the opponent, it allows the player to attach one dark energy to any of his/her benched pokemon from the discard pile. The cost is also minimal at just one dark energy. It also has a secondary attack known as Darkness Blade, but it restricts Yveltal from attacking in the following turn and therefore should be avoided as it ruins the setup the player had made in the previous t

"Burn" is the newest special condition out of all the status ailments that can be inflicted upon foes in the Digital TCG Meta. It acts like Poison in that it consistently chips away at the afflicted Pokemon's HP every turn until healed, though it does 20 HP worth of damage per turn instead of Poison's 10 HP damage-over-t

The Sword & Shield expansion has a Rillaboom card with such an Ability. This card's Voltage Beat lets their trainer pull two grass energy cards from their deck and attach them to any of their Pokemon. Getting more energies onto a team can mean that more powerful attacks are able to unleash quicker. This strategy works well with many others, acting as a quick way to fuel one's powerhouse ca

Since most Electric-type pokémon require a strange combination of 2-electric and 1-colorless energy to mete out their attacks, having this stage one pokémon in the deck can prove to be extremely use

Furthermore, it has other useful abilities like Strafe, allowing it to change places with a benched pokémon that has been perfectly setup, as well as a GX attack known as Dark Call, which allows the player to remove two energy cards from the opponent’s pokemon. However, this attack can only be used once in a game and also should be used cautiously as it may backf

Although the cards belonging to this type were initially quite weak, a resurgence and bolstering of this Pokémon-type in recent years has provided players with some impressive Electric-type cards to choose from. Known for their dominance over certain cards such as Mega Rayquaza EX and Lugia EX, an abundance of carry and support pokémon, availability of helpful Trainer-cards, and potential for dealing massive damages to the opponents, the Electric-type has some strong pokémon in their ra

While the base damage is only 10, Zoroark deals an extra 30 damage for each of the opponent’s benched pokemon. If the player uses another card such as Sky Field, the damage can go as high as 250, making everything become a one-shot prey following the attack. Furthermore, it has an ability called Stand-In which allows Zoroark to shift from the bench to the active slot at the cost of just 1

The Active Pokemon may be the one doing the battling but those on the Bench are equally important. If a trainer ever runs out of Pokemon on their side, they automatically lose. Many Grass-types have the ability to call for reinforcements with low-energy moves. This is a great way to set up basic Pokemon, or greater, quickly and efficien

Hailing from the XY expansion, Electrode is meant to be used as a super battery for powerful Electric-type pokémon—albeit at the cost of one Prize Card—since this ability knocks Electrode out and transforms it into a Special-Energy Card, providing two electric energy to whichever Electric-type Pokémon it has been attached

Belonging to the XY-Fates Collide expansion, Mandibuzz is a stage one pokémon with 110 HP that comes as hugely handy when dealing with particular situations. This dark pokemon is especially useful because of its ability Bone Drop, which is able to deal a damage of 60 to any one of the opponent’s pokémon if it has an Abil

Grass Pokemon are some of the most versatile in the series. They can deal out many types of special conditions, recover HP, and stall foes into submission. However, trying to do everything in one deck will leave a player without resources very quickly with many half-implemented strategies. Focusing on a few specific strengths is a better approach for succ

Granted, Electrode has a low HP of 80, and its primary attack, Head Bolt, also deals low damage of 70, but the factor that makes this card extremely useful and powerful in the PTCG is its ability Buzzap Thun