Rule

Here is some important rule we need to keep in mind. For more detailed rule specification please go to the rule book.

How to win

• Take all of your Prize cards.
• Knock Out all of your opponent’s in-play Pokemon.
• If your opponent has no cards in their deck at the beginning of their turn.

Setting up to play

1. Flip a coin. The winner of the coin flip decides which player goes first.
2. Draw the top 7 cards.
3. Check to see if you have any Basic Pokemon in your hand.
4. Put one of your Basic Pokemon face down as your Active Pokemon.
5. Put up to 5 more Basic Pokemon face down on your Bench.
6. Put the top 6 cards of your deck off to the side face down as your Prize cards. (If you don’t have any Basic Pokemon, what do you do? First, reveal your hand to your opponent and shuffle your hand back into your deck. Then, draw 7 more cards. If you still don’t have any Basic Pokemon, repeat.)
7. Both players flip their Active and Benched Pokemon face up and start the game. (Each time your opponent shuffles their hand back into their deck because they had no Basic Pokemon, you may draw an extra card!)

Parts of a turn

1. Draw a card.
2. Do any of the following actions in any order:
   2.1 Put Basic Pokemon cards from your hand onto your Bench (as many times as you want).
   2.2 Evolve your Pokemon (as many times as you want).
   2.3 Attach an Energy card from your hand to one of your Pokemon (once per turn).
   2.4 Play Trainer cards (as many as you want, but only one Supporter card and one Stadium card per turn).
   2.5 Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).
   2.6 Use Abilities (as many as you want).
3. Attack.
4. End your turn.

Note: Abilities aren’t attacks, so you can still attack if you use an Ability! You can use Abilities from both your Active and Benched Pokemon.

Some important rule's detail

Evolve

If you have a card in your hand says "evolves from X" and X is the name of a Pokemon you had in play. You may play that card in your hand on the top of the Pokemon X. This is called "evolving" a Pokemon. You can evolve the Pokemon from Active place or Bench. And you can perform evolve as many times as you want.
You can only evolve from Basic to Stage 1 or from Stage 1 to Stage 2, evolving from Basic to Stage 2 is not allowed. Also neither player can evolve a Pokemon on its first turn in play.

Trainer Card

When you play any Trainer card, do what it says and obey the rule at the bottom of the card, and then put it in the discard pile. You can play as many Item cards as you like. Supporter cards are played like Item cards, but you can play ONLY one Supporter card each turn.

Stadium cards have a few special rules:

• A Stadium card stays in play when you play it.
• Only one Stadium card can be in play at a time (if a new one comes into play, discard the old one and end its effects).
• You can’t play a Stadium card if a card with the same name is already in play.
• You can play ONLY one Stadium card each turn.

Retreat your Active Pokemon

Retreat operation is ONLY allowed once per turn. To retreat, you must discard 1 Energy from your Active Pokemon for each Colorless Energy listed in its Retreat Cost. If no Colorless Energy are listed, it retreats for free. Then you switch that Pokemon with a Pokemon from your Bench. Keep all damage counters and all attached cards with each Pokemon when they switch.

Note: Pokemon that are Asleep or Paralyzed cannot retreat.

Abilities

ps: tricky part for implementation.

Use Abilities (as many as you want). Some Pokemon have special Abilities they can use. Many of them can be used before you attack. Each Ability is different, though, so read carefully to see how each one works. Some work only if a condition is met, while others work all the time even without you using them. Be sure to announce which Abilities you are using so your opponent knows what you’re doing.