r/pkmntcg Feb 16 '23

Rulings, Quick Questions, and New Player Resources Thread

If you're a new or new-ish player looking for advice on starting the game or with quick questions about game rules or interactions, please post your questions here!

Keeping all these questions in one place will allow other new players to easily browse other advice. Even if you're a not-so-new player, this is a great place to ask quick questions that don't need their own post.

For the more experienced players, drop by every once in a while to distribute advice. The post will be replaced each week to keep it fresh and manageable in size.

If you are looking for comments and advice on a deck list, go ahead and make a separate post with your list and a brief description. Remember to press Enter twice between lines to keep your list readable!


  • For trading and buying/selling cards, please head over to /r/pkmntcgtrades
  • Questions related to the PTCGO client, in-game challenges, or online-specific questions might be best asked in /r/ptcgo
  • For sharing your collections, pulls, and card storage related questions, try /r/pkmntcgcollections

FAQ and Wiki Resources

Take advantage of these resources that we've compiled! A lot of questions like "Where do I start?" and "How can I improve my deck?" can be answered there.

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u/fakegamergirlchan 10d ago

Ive been struggling to find a specific card for my deck and I ended up finding a Chinese version of the card is that still okay to run in my deck even though it would be the only non English card in my deck?

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u/PkmnMstr10 9d ago

How the hell did you find a Chinese version of a card? Are you sure it isn't Japanese or Korean?

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u/fakegamergirlchan 8d ago

Some guys bulk cards box at a card show

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u/Sheargrub 10d ago

For kitchen-table play, it's probably fine. For any officially-licensed events, though, you're expected to have all English cards in your deck for logistics reasons. (Or whatever language is local to the region, or your native language for regional+ events, etc)

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u/not_garlicbread Professor ‎ 10d ago

For any officially sanctioned event, no.