Pokemon cards

really random question but does anyone know how the new pokemon cards work? my wife wants to get my son cards for xmas but i dont understand how this new shit works. i looked online and they have like full picture cards and than reg size pic cards. does it matter what ones u buy now? i see mega evolution's and all kinds of other crazy off the wall shit. thanks! if this is wrong section please feel free to move to the right section XD

 

[Tyler]

really random question but does anyone know how the new pokemon cards work? my wife wants to get my son cards for xmas but i dont understand how this new shit works. i looked online and they have like full picture cards and than reg size pic cards. does it matter what ones u buy now? i see mega evolution's and all kinds of other crazy off the wall shit. thanks! if this is wrong section please feel free to move to the right section XD

All of the cards are playable. (Dont worry about official pokemon rules if children are going to be playing)


Check out the "evoultion" theme decks at your local walmart or whatever store. And push your child to play the online trading card game from the official pokemon website.

 

All of the cards are playable. (Dont worry about official pokemon rules if children are going to be playing)


Check out the "evoultion" theme decks at your local walmart or whatever store. And push your child to play the online trading card game from the official pokemon website.

Ahh my wife doesnt want him to really play around online he's only 5. so you're saying that any of the cards will work with each other? do you know if its worth it to buy that box collection box? it has a pikachu on the front of it cant remember what its called. its around 50$

 

[Teeto]

Ahh my wife doesnt want him to really play around online he's only 5. so you're saying that any of the cards will work with each other? do you know if its worth it to buy that box collection box? it has a pikachu on the front of it cant remember what its called. its around 50$

It's usually better to buy a theme deck of you want to play. They're about $15 each and it comes with a pre-built deck. The cards aren't usually that good or worth that much because it's prebuilt but if you just want to teach your son how to play it's a very good place to start. The $50 box you're talking about comes with a deck box some booster packs and other accessories it's really cool for kids if they just want to have some Pokemon stuff but if you actually want to battle with other people it'll be really hard to make a deck from just booster packs. Packs aren't really good for starting up unless you just want to open them which is fine. But it's a good idea to just buy a theme deck and if you want you can improve it with better cards that you can get from packs.

 

[Tyler]

Starter kit > theme decks > packs > loose cards.

 

It's usually better to buy a theme deck of you want to play. They're about $15 each and it comes with a pre-built deck. The cards aren't usually that good or worth that much because it's prebuilt but if you just want to teach your son how to play it's a very good place to start. The $50 box you're talking about comes with a deck box some booster packs and other accessories it's really cool for kids if they just want to have some Pokemon stuff but if you actually want to battle with other people it'll be really hard to make a deck from just booster packs. Packs aren't really good for starting up unless you just want to open them which is fine. But it's a good idea to just buy a theme deck and if you want you can improve it with better cards that you can get from packs.

Ah i thought the box came with a desk ok. I'll buy a deck too i guess. I think for now hes going to be more interested in keeping it in the binder we also bought. He's had some loose cards from mcdonalds or something and like to look at them thats why we are deciding to buy them. I'm sure once he learns how to actually use them he will love to battle with them. Do they still do that at toys r us like back in the day? lol

Starter kit > theme decks > packs > loose cards.

Thanks tyler!

 

[Teeto]

Ah i thought the box came with a desk ok. I'll buy a deck too i guess. I think for now hes going to be more interested in keeping it in the binder we also bought. He's had some loose cards from mcdonalds or something and like to look at them thats why we are deciding to buy them. I'm sure once he learns how to actually use them he will love to battle with them. Do they still do that at toys r us like back in the day? lol

Thanks tyler!

If he's just like to have some cool looking cards to keep in a binder to show off to his friends it's probably a better idea to buy him the $50 box you were talking about. Opening packs are good fun. Make sure if you get anything valuable looking do your research online and check it's value so he doesn't trade it away. Some cards are pretty damn expensive in this game. I haven't played in awhile but I'm pretty sure there's still some out there that are rare/useful. Some cards might look cheap but can be incredible good and in high demand and might actually be worth some money. Although I doubt you'd need to research anything about those because I don't think there's many cards like that out there and most times kids won't bother with those cards because they don't look appealing enough. This information might not be that useful but just make sure you teach your kid how valuable a card is so he doesn't lose it/trade it for something that isn't worth it. I just don't want ya to get screwed over because people are willing to pay a lot for trading cards nowadays.

 

When I was young I didnt really care about the cards too much most people buy sealed packs because it is exciting not knowing what you might get and knowing that any pack you open could contain something really rare. I'm not sure on the rules or anything, the only thing I can say is buying a pack or a tin or something like that would be more exciting unless hes taking it serious and wants certain cards.

 

Thanks guys for the help! @Tyler @Teeto @rs-crown

 

[Agnostic]

As long as you get him a shiny Machamp you should be in the clear.

 

[Ninostap]

Never played the card game i used to collect all the cards tho Got a few old "Ex" cards here. Probably worth nothing tho.

 

I recently found a store that sells pokemon cards, the same with yugioh cards etc and I have collected a load.

I cant say they are the "old old old" ones, but they are cool looking and seem pretty interesting to say the least.

 

[Shadyowns1]

I have all the "old" Charizards Like the dark star, EX and all the other ones

 

[chr1$]

id love to have a 1st ed base set charizard. Also Id like to find a machamp starter deck holo in the plastic still.