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The guide explains how to choose Basic Pokémon, set up Active and Bench positions, draw and play during your turn, attach energy, use Trainers, retreat, and resolve attacks with weakness and resistance. 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If a player has no Basic Pokémon, they reshuffle and draw again, while the opponent may draw extra cards. Players also place Bench Pokémon (up to 5) and set Prizes by placing the top 6 deck cards face down.","Answer",{"name":111,"@type":106,"acceptedAnswer":112},"What can a player do during their turn, and what are the limits?",{"text":113,"@type":109},"On your turn, draw a card (unless you go first) and then perform actions in any order. You may bench Basic Pokémon (up to 5), evolve (not on the first turn), attach 1 Energy per turn, play Trainer cards with limits (one Stadium and one Supporter per turn, and no Supporter if you go first), retreat once per turn, and use Poké-Powers.",{"name":115,"@type":106,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How are attacks resolved and when are prizes taken?",{"text":117,"@type":109},"Check that your Active Pokémon has enough attached Energy to attack, then check Weakness and Resistance, resolve the attack, and place damage counters. Check for Knockouts; when you Knock Out a Pokémon, take a prize, or take two prizes if the knocked-out Pokémon is a Pokémon-ex. The turn then ends.",{"name":119,"@type":106,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What happens to a Pokémon under Special Conditions, and how do they clear?",{"text":121,"@type":109},"Special Conditions can make the Defending Pokémon Asleep, Burned, Confused, Paralyzed, or Poisoned, and they only affect Active Pokémon. Retreating to the Bench or evolving removes all Special Conditions for that Pokémon. 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They apply to all previous sets and cards.  \nStarting the Game  \n1. Flip a coin to decide who goes first. The person who gets heads has to go first.  \n2. Shuffle your deck and draw a starting hand of 7 cards. Put the rest of your deck face down in front of you.  \n3. You and your opponent each choose a Basic Pokémon card from your hands and put them face down. These will be your starting active Pokémon.  \n4. If you don't have any Basic Pokémon, show your hand to your opponent, shuffle it back into your deck, and draw 7 new cards. Your opponent can then choose to draw an extra card. If you still don't have any Basic Pokémon cards in your new hand, you repeat this process, but your opponent can draw an extra card each time!  \n5. Each player may, if he or she wishes, choose up to 5 Basic Pokémon cards from his or her hand and put them face down on his or her Bench (this is where Pokémon wait when they're not Active Pokémon) .  \n6. Each player has put down his or her Basic Pokémon, put the top 6 cards of your deck face down in front of you. These are your Prizes, which you take when your opponent's Pokémon are Knocked Out. You can't look at a Prize Card until you take it.  \n7. Flip over all Active and Bench Pokémon that have been put on the table.  \nLet's Play!  \n1. Draw a card (if you go first, you do not draw a card) .  \n2. Now do any of these you want in whatever order you want.  \no Put Basic Pokémon cards on the Bench (as many as you want up to 5) .  \no Evolve Pokémon (as many as you want, but not during your first turn) .  \no Attach 1 Energy card to 1 of your Pokémon (once per turn.)  \no Play Trainer cards (as many as you want, but only one Stadium and one Supporter card per turn, and if you go first, you cannot play a Supporter) .  \no Retreat your active Pokémon (only once per turn) .  \no Use Poké-Powers (as many as you want.)  \nATTACK!  \n1. Check to make sure you have enough Energy attached to your Active Pokémon to attack.  \n2. Check Weakness and Resistance of your opponent's Pokémon.  \n3. Attack your opponent.  \n4. Place damage counters on your opponent's Pokémon.  \n5. Check to see if you Knocked Out your opponent's Pokémon.  \n6. If you knocked out your opponents Pokémon, take a prize. If the Pokemon you knocked out is a Pokemon-ex, take two prizes instead.  \n7. Your turn is now over.  \nSpecial Conditions  \nSpecial Conditions cause the Defending Pokémon to be Asleep, Burned, Confused, Paralyzed, or Poisoned. If you retreat a Pokémon to the bench or evolve it, all Special Conditions that Pokémon has are removed. So, this means that only Active Pokémon can be affected by a Special Condition.  \nAsleep  \nIf a Pokémon is Asleep, it can't attack or retreat. As soon as a Pokémon is Asleep, turn it sideways to show that it's Asleep. After each player's turn, flip a coin. On heads, the Pokémon wakes up (turn the card right back up), but on tails it's still Asleep, and you have to wait until after the next turn to try to wake it up again.  \nBurned  \nIf a Pokémon is Burned, place a \"Burn Marker\" on it to show that it is Burned. As long as it's still Burned, flip a coin after each player's turn. If tails, place 2 damage counters on it, ignoring Weakness and Resistance. If an attack would Burn a Pokémon that's already Burned, it doesn't get doubled Burned; instead, the new Burn condition replaces the old one.  \nConfused  \nIf a Pokémon is Confused, you have to flip a coin whenever you try to attack with that Pokémon. Turn a Confused Pokémon with its head pointed toward you to show that it's Confused. A Confused Pokémon can retreat to the Bench normally, where it loses all Special Conditions. When you attack with a Confused Pokémon, you flip a coin. On heads, the attack works normally, but on tails your Pokémon receives 3 damage counters.(Only apply Weakness and Resistance for actual damage, not damage counters.","cbCaioBdvBCIA9Oo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioBdvBCIA9Oo","pdf",144254,6,"English","# Starting the Game\n## Let’s Play!\n# Attack!\n# Special Conditions\n## Asleep\n## Burned\n## Confused\n## Paralyzed\n## Poisoned\n# New Nintendo Playing Rules","[{\"question\":\"How do players set up the starting game in Pokemon TCG?\",\"answer\":\"Flip a coin to decide who goes first, shuffle and draw 7 cards, and select Basic Pokémon for the starting Active Pokémon. If a player has no Basic Pokémon, they reshuffle and draw again, while the opponent may draw extra cards. 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