Pokemon Trading Card Game Online is the online, free-to-play version of the physical card game. Below is a list of our own beginner guides, deck guides for each format (Standard, Expanded, Theme, and Legacy), information about upcoming cards, latest news, and listicles for the game.
Each Pokemon TCG Online deck guide includes its list of cards, sample gameplay, and a thorough explanation of what role each card plays in that deck. Each of the lists below will be updated regularly as we post more content.
Beginners guide for Pokemon TCG Online
New to Pokemon TCG Online? Here are all the resources you need to know about to get started. Be sure to check out our trading guide for an in-depth look into beginner progression.
- Official download links – Windows, Android, macOS, and iOS
- Trading Guide and building competitive decks in Pokemon TCG Online
- Reddit – r/ptcgo and official forums
- Live price guide – PTCGOPrices
- Upcoming tournaments and previous results – LimitlessTCG
News and lists
- Upcoming Shiny Star V cards: Ditto VMAX, Crobat VMAX, and more
- Upcoming cards: Venusaur VMAX and Blastoise VMAX
- Top 10 cards in Battle Styles
- Top 10 cards in Vivid Voltage
- Top 10 cards in Evolving Skies
- Top 10 cards in Fusion Strike
- Top cards in Brilliant Stars & VSTAR explained
- 6 cards every Standard player should have in 2021
- 10 cards every Standard player should have in 2022
- 7 of the most broken decks in Pokemon TCG Online
- 8 cards every Expanded player should have
- Top 10 Standard decks to use in 2021
- Top 10 Standard decks to use in 2022
- Top 10 Expanded decks to use in 2022
Standard Deck guides
Standard is the serious, competitive, and most popular format of the game. If a card is too strong in Standard, it is evaluated, and it “rotates” into Expanded.
- ADP/Z (Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX)
- Blacephalon
- Centiskorch VMAX
- Coalossal VMAX
- Dragapult VMAX and Inteleon
- Eternatus VMAX Poison variant
- Eternatus VMAX Standard updated for 2022
- Jolteon VMAX and Inteleon
- Galarian Darmanitan VMAX
- Gengar VMAX Single Strike
- Green’s Reshizard (Reshiram & Charizard-GX)
- Inteleon Sableye V damage-spreader
- Leafeon VMAX and Inteleon
- LucMetal (Lucario & Melmetal-GX)
- Mew3 (Mewtwo & Mew-GX)
- Mew VMAX and Genesect V Fusion Strike
- PikaRom (Pikachu & Zekrom-GX)
- Rayquaza VMAX
- Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX deck – Turbo and Zacian V
- Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX and Alcremie VMAX
- Sylveon VMAX toolbox deck
- Suicune V and Ludicolo
- Umbreon and Single Strike Urshifu VMAX
- Whimsicott Tool Engine
- Zacian V post-Rotation (2022 update)
Expanded Deck guides
Expanded is a more versatile form of Standard. This format contains all cards from Standard along with some pretty broken cards.
- ADP Dragonite
- Coalossal VMAX
- Dark Box 2022
- Eternatus VMAX and Zoroark-GX
- Garchomp & Giratina-GX
- Mew3 (Mewtwo & Mew-GX)
- PikaRom (Pikachu & Zekrom-GX)
- Rowlet & Alolan Exeggutor-GX and VIleplume
- Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX
- Snorlax VMAX and Zoroark-GX
- Turbo Dark
Theme Deck guides
Theme Decks are pre-built decks that you can obtain from the in-game Shop for just 500 Tokens. This is the easiest format to get into because no matter how long veterans have been playing, you can acquire the same decks they use for a pretty cheap price.
