POKEMON TRADING CARD GAME 2 PLAYER STARTER SET

by Pokemon

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00000JYUR
• Item model number: 6057
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,616 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Gotta catch 'em all! But before you decide, try out the Pokémon 2-Player Starter Set. You'll get 60 Pokémon trading cards, plus a bonus foil super card, 10 damage counters, and complete rules for this fast-paced game. The deck is meant to be split into two, 30-card minidecks (listed in the rules) to learn the game, but they can be combined into one regular deck as well. Players compete to bring out their combatant cards to the table, and power them up for battle with energy cards. Whoever wins the game is the champion Pokémon trainer! It's never the same game twice; myriad card patterns abound, so it'll take a long time for the challenge to wear thin. --Rob Lightner

From the Manufacturer

Start a new Pokemon adventure with the Pokemon trading card game! Just like in the bestselling Pokemon Game Boy game, only those who train hard will become great Pokemon masters. In the Pokemon trading card game, you collect and train your favorite Pokemon to challenge rival Pokemon trainers using the special attacks you've seen in the popular Pokemon animated TV show!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant game, March 19, 2011

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Bookbug (Wyoming) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: POKEMON TRADING CARD GAME 2 PLAYER STARTER SET (Board Game)

I've gotta disagree with the not-for-kids-under-10 comment. My nephews started playing Pokemon using this set way back when they were little--I mean, 5 and 7, something like that. A grownup needs to read the rules and teach them how to play ... then they're off and running. At first they'd come find grownups to read the attack info and help them with difficult rule points, but pretty soon they had the cards down 100%. It was incredible. They actually learned to read in part by playing Pokemon ... and they got lightning fast at multiplying by 10s, subtracting and adding by 10s, etc. When an adult would play with them they were much faster at working the math (skipping steps to get the final result), and they NEVER made a mistake.

My beef with the game is the sales of small packs. Little kids are pathologically optimistic. Every time they spent their money on a pack they thought they were going to get exactly the card they wanted. When they didn't, well ... sometimes there were tears. They felt ripped off. So grownups have to be prepared to set firm rules on what the kids can spend on cards and talk them through the disappointments.

With that caveat, though ... this was the first strategy game they were really interested in. They learned a ton from it. As far as educational value goes, there's nothing in the world that compares to that 100% all-out I-love-it energy kids bring to their favorite things.

We live in a Pokemon world. We do. Just accept it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WARNING!!!, May 6, 2011

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Dylan Buckles (Draper UT) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: POKEMON TRADING CARD GAME 2 PLAYER STARTER SET (Board Game)

9 times out of 10 when you buy this all the good cards will be gone because this is actually a "Not For Resale" item you get free with another item so they're all pre-owned by collectors who then sell them for a quick buck.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good game, October 6, 2005

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Amy "DJ Fox" Sollers (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: POKEMON TRADING CARD GAME 2 PLAYER STARTER SET (Board Game)

I had gotten this deck way back when it first came out, 1999 I believe? 1998? Somewhere around there. It was very exciting to me & I took it over my friend`s house for us to test it out & learn how to play it. She beat me every time, I lost just about every game I played, even with the new decks that came out. But oh well, even though I always loose, I still had fun.

I do not reccomend this for children under the age of 10.