The Card Game

Second, there is the card game and there are rules to follow. The rules are complex so I'm going to go over the breakdown of a pokemon card.

HP: the health points.
Type: water, fire, grass, etc.
Stage: evolution
Info: information on the Pokemon.
Attack: what the name is and what it does.
Damage: the amount of HP points it takes away from opponent.
Weak: weak against type usually X2 damage.
Resis.: resistance against type usually half damage.
Retreat: how many energy cards are needed to be discarded to
retreat the Pokemon.

Each card has their advantages and disadvantages, but multitypes have a slight advantage over single types. there are also special types called Delta Species, where the type is opposite of the original. The EX Pokemon are very strong and are very good against other strong Pokemon. Level X Pokemon are about the same as EX Pokemon.