Pokemon 2017 Standard Format Rotation

I just logged into Pokemon TCG Online this afternoon and was prompted with this message:

When I looked in the Pokemon TCG Online shop, I noticed that I could no longer buy older Booster Packs just as the message stated:

Lastly, I decided to check out this link to review the reason for removing these older Booster Packs:  http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/pokemon-tcg-format-rotation-for-2017/


Therefore, these MAJOR Expansion Sets have been removed:

• XY
• XY-Flashfire
• XY-Furious Fists
• XY-Phantom Forces
• Black & White-Legendary Treasures
• Black & White-Plasma Storm
• Black & White-Plasma Freeze
• Black & White-Plasma Blast

If you are playing with Standard Format decks in Pokemon TCG Online, this will affect which decks are valid for gameplay, but this also affects which decks you can build in the FUTURE (even in the Expanded Format) as well since you will no longer be able to acquire these Booster Packs from the Pokemon TCG Online Shop!!

Pokemon Championship Decks

If you play Pokemon TCG, you may know that the Pokemon World Championships just completed this year and the Championship decks have now been published online for your review!

Here are the World Champions for Pokemon TCG this year: http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/meet-the-pokemon-tcg-world-champions/

You can see the Championship Decks that were used that won the World Championships this year: http://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/worlds/2016/decks/masters/#deck-shintaro-ito-mega-audino-ex-masters-division

Displaying Pokemon TCG Online in Full Screen Mode on Windows

If you want to display Pokemon TCG Online in Full Screen mode on Windows, you can do that simply by pressing Alt + Enter!

This will toggle  Pokemon TCG Online between Full Screen mode and Windowed mode.

That is all there is to it!

Challenging a friend in Pokemon TCG Online

If you ever want to challenge to a friend to a match in Pokemon TCG Online, it is not readily obvious on just how to accomplish that!

The way to do this is quite simple though!

Simply go into your list of Friends and click on the icon to "Challenge Friend to a Game"

Once the Challenge has been accepted, you will be able to select one of your Pokemon Decks to use for your battle:

You will then be able to battle you friend in Pokemon TCG Online!

However, unlike normal Versus battles, battling your friend is only for entertainment purposes and does not offer any rewards in the form of Coins, Tournament Tickets or Booster Packs as when you are playing on the normal Versus ladder! :-(

Oh well....

Pokemon Trainer Cards to have in EVERY deck

I have been playing Pokemon TCG Online for the past few months and after playing numerous games I have come up with a list of Pokemon Trainer cards that I put in each and every one of my decks without fail.

Below is the list:

1. Pokemon Fan Club or Brigette
2. Professor's Letter
3. Energy Retrieval
4. Fisherman
5. Pokemon Center Lady
6. Potion
7. Lucky Helmet
8. Evosoda
9. Switch
10. Cheren or Tierno
11. Team Flare Grunt
12. Lysandre
13. Town Map
14. VS Seeker
15. Professor Birch's Observations, Professor Sycamore, N or Shauna
16. Cilan
17. Level Ball or Heavy Ball
18. Revive, Max Revive or Rescue Scarf
19. Fighting Fury Belt or Muscle Band
20. At least 1 Stadium card depending on the Pokemon Deck type

Pokemon EXes in the Fates Collide Expansion Set

If you are looking for the list of Pokemon EXes in the Fates Collide Expansion Set, you can find the full list here: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fates_Collide_(TCG)

• Delphox BREAK
• Omastar BREAK
• Glaceon EX
• Alakazam EX
• Mega Alakazam EX
• Regirock EX
• Carbink BREAK
• Zygarde EX
• Umbreon EX
• Bronzong BREAK
• Genesect EX
• Altaria EX
• Mega Altaria EX
• Diancie EX
• Kingdra EX
• Lugia BREAK
• Audino EX
• Mega Audino EX

Pokemon EXes in BREAKpoint Expansion Set

If you are looking for the list of Pokemon EXes in the BREAKpoint Expansion Set, you can find the full list here: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/BREAKpoint_(TCG)

• Emboar EX
• Golduck BREAK
• Gyarados EX
• Mega Gyarados EX
• Palkia EX
• Manaphy EX
• Greninja BREAK
• Luxray BREAK
• Espeon EX
• Trevenant BREAK
• Darkrai EX
• Scizor EX
• Mega Scizor EX
• Togekiss EX
• Raticate BREAK
• Ho-Oh EX