What if you have no active Pokémon?

The top row of a player's in-play section is for the Active Pokémon. Each player starts with (and must always have) one Active Pokémon. Each player may have only one Active Pokémon at a time. If your opponent doesn't have any more Pokémon in play, you win the game!

What happens if you don't have energy in Pokémon?

If you "run out of energy" means it's all in your discard pile, then there are cards like energy retrieval, fisherman, and special charge to name a few to get your discarded energy back out of your discard pile and into your deck or hand depending on the card.

Do I lose if I have no benched Pokémon?

Yes. The rules only require that the player have one Pokemon in the active position. Pokemon on the bench are optional. If the opponents active Pokemon is knocked out, and they have no pokemon on the bench to replace it, the attacking player wins.

What if you run out of basic Pokémon in your hand?

If you don't have any basic Pokemon in your starting hand, shuffle your hand back into your deck and draw a new starting hand. You repeat this until you have at least one basic Pokemon in your starting hand.

Can you switch out active Pokémon?

Switch enables you to change your Active Pokémon without paying its Retreat Cost. Currently, Switch is one of the most common cards in the Standard format.

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What happens if you run out of moves in Pokémon?

If you have no moves available, your move will be Struggle. When you have no PP left, this move comes out instead. It damages an enemy, but it also damages you.

Are benched Pokémon considered active?

Remove the marker if the Pokémon is Benched or evolved. An effect that is active as soon as that Pokémon is in play and lasts until the Pokémon leaves play. A once-per-turn power on Active and Benched Pokémon you must choose to use. Most Poké-Powers are turned off if the Pokémon has a Special Condition.

Should I keep 1 of every Pokemon?

There's no need to carry every type of Pokemon as a growing collection in your bag - that's what the Pokedex is for. It's better to keep only the Pokemon you need: that's an army to fight with in Gym and Raid battles.

What is the rarest basic Pokemon?

Even outside of a Gem Mint score, Illustrator Pikachu is the rarest card in existence, with only 39 being distributed following a series of contests in the last 1990s.

Are basic Pokemon worth anything?

The real money is in Pokémon's Base Set (Shadowless) cards. If you somehow have these rarities in your collection, you can absolutely make some decent money off of your childhood hobby. And if you have a Base Set (Shadowless) Charizard, you can pretty much pay your rent with it.

What is the Mulligan rule in Pokémon?

The current mulligan rule works like this: If a player has no Basic Pokémon in their opening hand, they reveal their hand to their opponent, shuffle it back into their deck, and draw a new hand (and repeat this process until they do draw a Basic Pokémon).

Does your opponent get a prize card if you knock yourself out?

Whenever a Pokémon is Knocked Out, the other player gets Prize cards -- even if you Knock Out your own.

How do you retreat an active Pokémon with no energy?

To retreat a Pokemon, look at the bottom of the card, and you'll see something called a retreat cost. This is the amount of energy you must discard from an active Pokemon before you can retreat it to the bench. If you don't have enough, you can't retreat the Pokemon.

Can a Pokémon have no ability?

Some species of Pokémon do not have a Hidden Ability even though their evolved forms do; upon evolution, the evolved form will only have its Hidden Ability if its pre-evolved form had the Hidden Ability flag (despite this not being visible on the pre-evolved form).

What is the most expensive Pokemon card?

The most expensive Pokémon card is the Pikachu Illustrator which sold for $5.275 million in July 2021. It's the true Holy Grail of Pokémon card collecting and only one PSA 10 is known to exist.

What is the 3 rarest Pokémon?

Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf are the Lake Guardians of the Sinnoh and, despite being the only legendary Pokémon to appear in the wild outside of events and Daily Adventure Incense, they're three of the rarest Pokémon in the game.

What is #1 Pokémon?

The first Pokémon, Bulbasaur, is number 001 and the last, Mew, is number 151. Alternate forms that result in type changes are included for convenience.

What is the hardest Pokemon card to get?

Is it worth it to not purify Pokémon?

Purified Pokemon will have better Appraisal and receive 2 points towards all their IVs. This can potentially bring a 2-star Shadow Pokemon to a 3-star if it's purified. Purified Pokemon will receive a significant boost in Combat Power (CP).

Has anyone ever caught all Pokémon in Pokemon go?

Oh what a time to be alive and get paid trips to catch Pokémon! Original story: Gotta catch 'em all, and one dude actually did — all 142 of them. Who needs an impressive résumé when your Pokédex is complete?

Should I always purify Pokémon?

Purifying a Shadow Pokémon will improve their appraisal and reduce the amount of Stardust and Candy required for them to Power Up, Evolve, or learn a new attack. When Purified, a Shadow Pokémon will forget Frustration and learn Return, a Charged Attack that's exclusive to Purified Pokémon.

What is the highest HP Pokémon card?

Each Pokémon card has between 30 and 340 HP.

Can you evolve on your first turn?

You cannot evolve a Pokémon if its card was just added to the bench, and you can only evolve once per turn. Additionally, you cannot evolve on your first turn. Once a Pokémon is evolved, it retains the damage counters and energy cards attached to it.

Can you kick a Pokémon out of a gym?

When its Motivation and CP get reduced to zero, and you defeat it, it gets kicked out of the Gym. If you kick all the Pokémon out of a Gym, you can take over the Gym for your team. Pokémon accumulate one Poké Coin per 10 minutes when they're in a Gym.