The first set of Pokémon cards, known as the base set, was released in Japan in 1996. In 1999, an English base set was ...

You pay only 10 cents per card for 50 cards which is a lot less than the $4 to $5 it costs to buy individual booster packs ...

Andrea is an editor at Game Rant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for nearly five years. She became a gamer for life at 7, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy.

While some people like Pokémon cards for their competitive value, others prefer to look at them as investments. These slabs of shiny cardboard can run up an immense price on the resale market, ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

Paldean Fates is the first Pokemon TCG set of 2024 and it already comes with some must-have chase cards. This week, The Pokemon Company released Paldean Fates, a new “special set” for the Pokemon ...

If you've been sinking time into Pokemon TCG Pocket like us, you've probably been trying to optimise your decks as much as you can. But rather than slotting in more basic Pokemon, or trying to squeeze ...