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Is there a section where it actually tells you how to play the game?

I have looked everywhere and can not find a single page or help page that breaks down how to play the game? It doesn't teach us how to exchange Pokemon, and it doesn't have a setting where you can shuffle your own cards to be in order of Evolution. Also what's up with only being able to use STANDARD Pokemon? Am I wrong? Does anyone know of a page that exists like this? One more thing why can't we buy diamonds And currency with real money instead of just doing battles. It will take forever.

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  • AndTom
    AndTom Member Posts: 74 ✭✭
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    I’m sorry. There isn’t any page for that. I recommend you just watch a video on it

  • pikayou
    pikayou Member Posts: 78 ✭✭✭
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    Do you mean the TCG as a whole or Live itself? If you want to learn how to play the game check the rulebook, or like AndTom said there are plenty of videos and guides you can consult.

    To exchange credits for Pokemon you first have to click on the mon you want in the deck builder then click the big 'exchange' button. I'm not sure what you mean by not being able to sort by evolution, afaik the game always shows you cards in order of evolution during games - both in your hand and when searching the deck. You can only use Standard Pokemon in the Standard format, but you can play the Expanded format in casual mode by clicking on the casual banner and then clicking the red Charizard badge.

    I think the reason you can't buy gems directly is because the only thing they can get you are digital versions of products you can buy physically, and they would rather you spend more money on those products irl. They did try out in app purchases for a bit in PTCGO but I think they stopped of how many younger players there are. Good riddance imo, I hate that sort of game design.

  • YouYongWuMou
    YouYongWuMou Member Posts: 14
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    Yeah, I always thought why this app don't have a decent tutorial mode, it is not exactly easy to play. Other card games like Yu-Gi-Oh, Hearthstone etc never pretend their games are easy to play and their apps have rather impressive tutorial modes. Even the old Pokemon TCG app has a tutorial mode, if I remember correctly 😅