Resource Simple TCG Questions, Simple TCG Answers

[aQrator]

Based off of the SQSA threads from Jett, KineSquared and Quite Quiet.

Simple Questions, Simple Answers​

Welcome to the Trading Card Game subforums' SQSA thread! As the name suggests, if you have a question that can be asked and/or answered in one post, please post it in this thread. When asking questions, make sure the questions are relevant to playing the TCG. If you want to ask or talk about collecting in the TCG, Orange Islands is the place to go.

Rules:

• If your question can be answered through a simple Google Search, please do that instead.
• Keep your questions to a couple of lines. If you need half a booklet for your question, they're best asked elsewhere.
• When answering a question, please quote the question you are answering to help keep the thread organised.
• Your answers should contain at least a brief explanation, even if it was the simplest of questions. This way we can avoid followup questions.
• Questions about TCG Pocket should go to [its own SQSA thread] instead.

Completely new to the TCG? Be sure to check out our introduction to the game.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Where can I play the TCG on PS?
We have a side server at https://ptcg.pnine.me/.

Which formats are currently playable?
As of right now, only standard legal TCG and standard legal TCG Pocket formats are available. That said, we (read: P9) are also working on other formats such as Expanded, Gym Leader Challenge and past formats. Stay tuned!

Which cards are currently legal?
In the standard format, the legal cards are those marked H or later. The earliest Standard legal expansion is Temporal Forces. The teambuilder on our side server adjusts automatically.

When will there be a forum about TCG Pocket?
Soon. We wanted to get this running first before expanding to other formats and TCG Pocket.

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I found a bug on the side server's simulator!
You can submit the bug in our bug report subforum!

How can I contribute?
There's many ways to contribute! The biggest one is to spread the word and have more people join us in playing the TCG on the side server and help us playtest there. You can also make contributions to the tier list discussion, metagame discussion or add decks to the deck bazaar, or you can make suggestions for FAQs for this thread. Maybe you want to make some TCG inspired art to fill these threads with and truly make them stand out! Any and all help is appreciated.

This question list will be expanded as time goes on.

 

[aQrator]

Reserved. You may now post!

 

[TheMantyke]

The TCG on showdown and a new crack at a TCG forum after over a decade!? That's so cool! I wish you all the best piloting this thing. It looks awesome.

 

[lcalvexx]

Could there be a tournament?

 

[aQrator]

Could there be a tournament?

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As the simulator is relatively new and we're still working on making it 100% stable, we're not going to be doing any until that is done. That said, we definitely want to host them in the future!

 

[wowalrightcoolokay]

looking forward to this

 

[guys the ret]

Random battles are cool, ngl

 

[lcalvexx]

What I’m about to say isn’t really a question, but that’s fine—I’m just really happy that the TCG is available here. Before I started playing Pokémon Showdown, I was super into the TCG, so I’m glad I’ll be able to play a bit of both now.

 

[Lilymoding]

Is the code for the simulator over on the side server open source / could we see the github for it? Mostly curious if it was developed w/ AI, would love more clarification there

 

[Finchely]

How exactly do mulligans work and what are the conditions for one to happen?

 

[Dusk Mage Necrozma]

How exactly do mulligans work and what are the conditions for one to happen?

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If you have no Basic Pokemon in your hand to start the game with, you must mulligan. After your opponent has set out an Active Pokemon (or declared that they too have a mulligan), reveal your hand to your opponent, shuffle it into your deck, and draw a new hand of 7. You may have to mulligan multiple times before you find a Basic. You cannot choose to mulligan*: if you have a Basic Pokemon, you must keep the hand. After both players have set out an Active Pokemon, players may draw one card for each time their opponent took a mulligan, except that if both players had to take mulligans they cancel out 1:1. For example, if player A had to take 3 mulligans and player B had to take 1, player B may draw up to two cards.

*If you happen to have a card like Cinderace in your hand but no Basics, you get an interesting edge case where you actually do have a choice. The Pokemon's Ability lets it act like a Basic Pokemon when setting up, but because it's not a Basic Pokemon, you're still eligible to take a mulligan, so you can choose which to do.