Talk:Pokémon Trading Card Game

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Contents 1 Will the value of the cards increase? 2 rules? how is it played? 3 Image 4 very rare 5 Rocket returns and beyond 6 EX: Legend Maker 7 Illustrator List 8 peer review 9 Representative Card 10 Suggested Changes

[edit] Will the value of the cards increase?

I still have some mint conditions Original, Jungle and Fossile cards. Some normal, some holo, some first edition. Anyway, how much are the cards in general adding in value per year (or falling in value:( )?

-G

The PTCG is more of a players rather than a collectors game right now. Unless the cards you list are named Charizrd, Blastoise, or Venusaur, each is probably worth less than 2 dollars.

Spinach Dip 10:55, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] rules? how is it played?

This article seems to be quite incomplete as an encyclopedia entry. For readers who don't know what it is, this article does not help in learning how the game is played. The article assume the readers already know how to play a trading card game. This lacks information on how the cards are handled in each round, what is considered a win/loss. What is the prize for win etc.? Does the winner takes the cards from the loser? How is the trading of the card related to the playing of the game etc.? None of these basics is in the article. I'd suggest an external link to a webpage with the official rules from the card game company. Kowloonese 07:28, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

Good point! But I would prefer some experienced players, preferably professors to write it.

This isn't a game guide, though. This is a general encylopedia entry telling about the game, not how to play it. There are game guides all over the internet, including the basic How-To-Play guides. Go there if you want to know more. PantherFoxie 22:39, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Why is there an image of the Rare Candy on the article? Why not an image of a full card to show the reader what a Pokémon card looks like? I'd recommended a Pikachu card. -realwingus 09:18, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps I'm being picky, but the card shown there is REALLY old...Shouldn't we get a scan of a card from a more recent set, preferably one from within the New Modified format? Ron Stoppable 19:09, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Agreed, why do we have cards that aren't playable and not easily obtainable representing this page? If anything this page should showcase each style of card in an additional section.

[edit] very rare

what do you think is the rarest card in the world? i think it is rocket's mewtwo. shadin

I'm sure the rarest Pokémon TCG card is one of the ones given out in Japanese contests, like the Illustrator card (the winner of the card had their art used for an actual card). Cards like that really are ONE-of-a-kind. --BPM 06:03, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rocket returns and beyond

I noticed that the Team Rocket Returns page and all those after it (i.e. delta species, emerald ect.) have no pages dedicated to them. Perhaps the TCG wikipdedia community could get started on it?

I've kept on going. I know a lot more about these new sets, so they're substantially longer and aren't stubs. I'd still really appreciate it if people who know more about the old sets than I do can fill in the blanks. Also, should I put up articles for game mechanics (such as retreating, Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers and Poké-Bodies, etc.)? Ron Stoppable 18:54, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

I've edited/created pages for all sets including and after EX Unseen Forces, I'll start on pages for EX Emerald and before. Double Dash 21:09, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] EX: Legend Maker

Should it go after EX Delta Species in the 'Delta Species' Series subsection? Or should it be at the end of the 'Originals' Series 2 subesction?

I'd be enclined to go for the former; as in the UK and North America it was released after EX Delta Species. Plus, it is technically the beginning of the series, as it introduces Delta Species Pokémon in the form of the Pikachu box topper.

But, I do think it'd fit at the end of 'Originals' Series 2. It just depends which is more suitable. Double Dash 15:59, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Illustrator List

I am preparing to create a new page: a simple list of illustrators who have worked on the cards. It probably won't be complete, only 57 names, but I reckon it could be a basis to start creating small pages for each illustrator - or at least some of the more regularly used guys. What do you think, good idea or pointless?--Ninty 18:23, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Good idea, definitely; there's scarce info on here about them. Double Dash 11:58, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

It is done! I've added a link at the bottom of this article, I'm just gonna do the same on the Pokemon card page--Ninty 19:54, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] peer review

This article has been nominated for peer review. In my opinion, this article is too long and detialed. For example, listing the outcomes of all major tournaments should not be here. A separate page for these would be more appropriate. All that is needed here is a list of the tournaments, not who won them. The content is mostly relevant, but some of it needs to be diverted into separate articles. Heavy Metal Cellist^talk_contribs

Alright, maybe we should think about that after we do all the existing tasks on the peer review page, cheers Minun ^(talk) 10:18, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I already did some work on the tournament section by splitting most of the content from the section "Pokemon Super Trainer Showdown" to it's own article. I also put in a "main article" link. The point still sticks, though; too much information is a bad thing. Heavy Metal Cellist^talk_contribs

[edit] Representative Card

I believe it would be best to use a standard back of a card rather than the front. This would make it seem more universal for the game, rather than just using a picture of a specific card. Anyone else agree? Xiivi 08:59, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

It would be good to have 1 trainer, 1 energy, and 1 Pokemon. Hopefully something from modified-legal sets. I'm not sure if there's a point to use something that's on EVERY card in the game. Spinach Dip 02:09, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggested Changes

To make this article better, this is what I suggest (listed by topic order):

Intro: Fine. May need some grammar editing, but that's all IMO.

Game Concepts (Original/Full Deck): Alright. May need some improvements involving certain types of cards, ie. Supporters, EXs, and Special Energy Cards. Also, remove the 'Original/Full Deck' Modifier.

Game Concepts (Half-deck/30-card deck): Looks very awkward where it is. IMO, it should be assimilated into the Game Concepts heading above.

Sets: Seems too long. IMO, the best idea is to remove the long list, and give some short overview as to which sets are modified legal at the moment, or something like that. Just make sure you keep the link to the main sets article.

Tournaments and Leagues: by subject now:

Pokemon Organised Play Program: Should be divided into 2 subjects; Casual Play, and Competitive Play. Casual would cover Leagues and Prereleases, while Competitive would cover everything from Weekly Tournaments to the World Championships. Should not be too in-depth, as that is the purpose of the Pokemon Organised Play article.

Tropical Mega Battle: IMO, this should be joined with the STS article, and the whole thing should be renamed 'Organised Play Under Wizards Of The Coast'.

Super Trainer Showdown: See above. Same advice.

Pokemon Card Labs (PCL): Deserves more emphasis. Afterall, PCL is the company that DESIGNS the cards.

Pokemon cards in Hong Kong: Does not belong. Might belong in a new article about OP differences over the world. Either way, it's not nearly important enough to belong on the main page.

Video Game Releases: Could be expanded slightly. Otherwise, it's just fine.

Other stuff: A comparison of the similarities and differences between the TCG and the RPG game would be interesting, and important to understanding how the two relate.

That's all for now. Discussion is welcome.

Spinach Dip 09:38, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

All of these seem to be very useful changes to the article; I emphatically support this. My main suggestion is to redirect the articles on EX Deoxys, Emerald, and what not to the main Set page, because there's already overviews for all those sets in the page. Erik Jensen ^{(I appreciate talk!)} 19:07, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

New idea: there ahould be a 'terminology' section, which would be important for describing important game concepts that are very basic to playing, but not exactly 'easy' to find over the internet. It could be an expansion of the 'Game Concepts' topic.

PS. Because of school, editing will likely start on Friday. Get your ideas in before then! Spinach Dip 10:23, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Did the intro today. Spinach Dip 07:19, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

The intro definitely looks better. Erik Jensen ^{(I appreciate talk!)} 16:52, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Did a complete re-write of Game Concepts, and changed the half-deck explanation into an explanation of all 3 main deck types. Spinach Dip 09:54, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Did sets. Right now I'm wondering if anyone's really interested in what I'm doing...

Spinach Dip 01:09, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, look at it this way; since there hasn't been any objections to what you're doing yet, you're doing great. I think most of the participants in the project think it's nice, what you're doing, and that they'll be more interested once the page is fully rewritten. When you consider yourself done with all the big stuff you should announce it outright and there should be more editing and a possible effort to promote it into Good Article status. Erik Jensen ^{(I appreciate talk!)} 00:33, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Did some major changes tonight. Spinach Dip 11:05, 12 November 2006 (UTC)