As many would expect, Dark Charizard, from the Team Rocket Set, is one of the stronger of the Dark Pokemon variants. Although, since it essentially guzzles energy, this Fire-type Pokemon should be used only when someone has plenty of resources to sp

While players can normally purchase Pokemon cards in various forms of bundles, the basic breakdown is as follows: booster packs, starter/theme decks, and collector's sets. Generally speaking, each "expansion" of the Pokemon TCG will offer a new set of cards to collect, which can be obtained through some combination of the aforementioned means. "Shining Fates" will be the next expansion to arrive to the English-speaking Pokemon TCG world, releasing on February 19th, 2

This card plays the role of a healer and helps to remove damage counters from its Benched Pokemon allies. Both of Light Vaporeon's moves involve allowing its friends to recover some HP, exemplifying the theme behind this card vari

This is one of the best-supporting moves of any card released in the Neo Destiny expansion, though if push comes to shove, Light Ledian can unleash a flurry of punches for unreliable, yet potentially high, dam

As a Rapid Strike card, this Censtiskorch lives up to its classification pretty well. On the first turn that it is in the Active Pokemon slot, it can use Coil to deal a bit of damage to the opponent as well as to buff itself. Coil will cause Centiskorch's next attack to deal an additional 90 damage. Therefore, if Centiskorch then uses their other move, Burning Train (which has a base damage of 120), this Fire-type Pokemon can slam the foe with 210 damage with no downsides besides a 1-turn buil

This can cause enough chaos to prevent the foe from forming a proper defense. It should be mentioned that this Fire-type's sole attack is only useful against evolved Pokemon, Slg Game Tier List doing little damage against Baby and Basic cards. A somewhat common trait among the gentle Light Poke

Nidoking from the Aquapolis set actually has two good attacks, both of which are useful in different situations that give this Stage 2 Pokemon some versatility. Nidoking's Poison Horn may be a bit high-cost, though making the adversary Poisoned will eventually pay off if the foe does not heal and remove this special condit

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

It would be a good idea to have a few Fire-type Pokemon that take neutral damage to Water-type attacks, like Talonflame from the Darkness Ablaze expansion (it is instead weak to Lightning-type attacks). Having some Grass-types or Lighning-type Pokemon could also be useful counters, depending on one's deck syne

Strategy and victory are important factors to be sure but don't forget to enjoy the battle. Use Pokemon that are interesting and fun to build a strategy that feels right. There are no wrong ways to enjoy the Pokemon TCG and innovation by utilizing new strategies can be satisfying. This can even give a trainer a leg up on the competition by unleashing unexpected battling techniq

Furthermore, Light Machamp then automatically switches to become the new Active Pokemon, allowing for a free and fast swap. This is a particularly great play if the foe is a Dark Pokemon or a Dark-type, as the Beatdown attack is especially effective on these kinds of adversar

Here is another excellent Water-type card from the Team Rocket expansion. Dark Blastoise has two great moves that put it at the top of all Dark Pokemon. Firstly, its Rocket Tackle may result in a bit of recoil damage, but this is worth the result. After a successful coin flip, the opponent's Active Pokemon will not be able to do damage to Dark Blastoise during its next t

Possessing a powerful Pokemon Power, this fully evolved dragon Pokemon can be difficult for the opposing trainers to go up against if they try to make use of special energy cards that are anything except Colorless. Miraculous Wind makes all special energy cards on the field not only lose their additional effects but also make their type Colorl

Here's a Pokemon with a one-two combo that will give the opponent nightmares. With Dark Gengar's Pull In attack, it deals 30 damage and puts the foe Asleep, though they can also choose to drag a Pokemon from the Bench and do the same to them inst

Another with a great Pokemon Power, Light Machamp can enter the fray in a unique and more beneficial way than usual. Tag Team lets this muscle-bound pocket monster heal the ally Active Pokemon for 30 damage if they are played from the hand to the Be

Rolling Thunder is also pretty good in that it deals decent damage and has the potential to hit all of the opposing team's Benched Pokemon for 10 HP each while landing 50 damage on the Active enemy. However, there is a coin flip involved that can lead to the user's own Benched Pokemon taking the stray bolts of this attack, therefore this move should be used with a bit of caut