Pokémon Card Game Online

Not to be confused with the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.

The subject of this article has no official English name. The name currently in use is the official English translation of the Japanese name.

Pokémon Card Game Online ポケモンカードゲーム Online
Logo of Pokémon Card Game Online
Basic info
Platform:	PC and Mac
Category:	Strategy
Players:	2
Connectivity:	Internet
Developer:
Publisher:	The Pokémon Company
Part of:	Generation IV misc
Ratings
CERO:	N/A
ESRB:	N/A
ACB:	N/A
OFLC:	N/A
PEGI:	N/A
GRAC:	N/A
GSRR:	N/A
Release dates
Japan:	November 20, 2009
North America:	N/A
Australia:	N/A
Europe:	N/A
South Korea:	N/A
Hong Kong:	N/A
Taiwan:	N/A
Websites
Japanese:	Game site (Archive)
English:	N/A

Pokémon Card Game Online (Japanese ポケモンカードゲーム Online) was a Japanese-exclusive browser game built in Flash and the first Pokémon game of the MMOTCG (massively-multiplayer online trading card game) genre. It was based on the Pokémon Trading Card Game or TCG aspect of the Pokémon franchise and followed the same rules. Players were only able to play the game by registering with the unique access number included in the Leafeon vs Metagross Expert Deck CD-ROMs and played against other opponents with fixed decks. The game's services were active from November 20, 2009 to August 31, 2010.^[1]

Gameplay

With any deck of choice, players could engage in ranked and unranked battles against random or chosen opponents, as well participate in scheduled tournaments. A monthly leaderboard based on ranked matches displayed the 100 best players of each age division (Junior, Senior and Masters), and the player's rank position. Players were also automatically assigned to a "team" upon registration based on the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh, Lugia, Entei, Suicune and Raikou, and the leaderboard's "Team Score" was an indicator of the team's perfomance against players of other teams.

Tournaments could be participated by using a tournament ticket or with no entry free at early events. Players were automatically awarded 5 tickets every Friday, and could have up to 10 tickets stored in an account. These events were always 4-player tournaments with single eliminations, divided by age divisions and often restricted to a single deck. Winning these tournaments rewarded players with cosmetic items.

Other minor features were the possibility of sending friend requests to players and using cosmetic items such as coins, playmats and card sleeves, which were unlockable from tournaments and playing cumulative ammounts of matches.

List of constructed decks

The game originally contained four decks, with a fifth one available at Reviving Legends's release and another deck at Clash at the Summit's debut. The Leafeon and Metagross decks have the same contents as the physical decks included with the CD-ROM, while the Feraligatr and Donphan decks were also featured in a game from the CD-ROM.

Leafeon deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Eevee		—
4×	Leafeon		—
4×	Roselia		—
3×	Roserade		—
2×	Carnivine		—
1×	Shaymin		—
2×	Torkoal		—
2×	Good Rod	I	—
2×	Super Scoop Up	I	—
4×	Dual Ball	I	—
2×	Interviewer's Questions	Su	—
4×	Professor Elm's Training Method	Su	—
4×	Emcee's Chatter	Su	—
4×	Cheerleader's Cheer	Su	—
7×	Grass Energy	E	—
7×	Psychic Energy	E	—
4×	Rainbow Energy	E	—

Metagross deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Beldum		—
3×	Metang		—
4×	Metagross		—
2×	Misdreavus		—
2×	Mismagius		—
1×	Jirachi		—
3×	Dunsparce		—
4×	Dual Ball	I	—
3×	Rare Candy	I	—
2×	Pokémon Circulator	I	—
4×	Professor Elm's Training Method	Su	—
4×	Emcee's Chatter	Su	—
3×	Engineer's Adjustments	Su	—
3×	Judge	Su	—
18×	Psychic Energy	E	—

Feraligatr deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Totodile
3×	Croconaw
3×	Feraligatr
4×	Growlithe
2×	Arcanine
3×	Teddiursa
2×	Ursaring
2×	Girafarig
3×	Pokémon Communication	I
2×	Switch	I
2×	Pokémon Reversal	I
4×	Bill	Su
3×	Professor Oak's New Theory	Su
3×	Copycat	Su
2×	Pokémon Collector	Su
10×	Water Energy	E	—
6×	Fire Energy	E	—
2×	Double Colorless Energy	E

Donphan deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Phanpy
3×	Donphan
4×	Natu
2×	Xatu
3×	Spearow
2×	Fearow
2×	Farfetch'd
2×	Shuckle
2×	Moomoo Milk	I
2×	Switch	I
4×	Bill	Su
3×	Professor Oak's New Theory	Su
3×	Professor Elm's Training Method	Su
2×	Copycat	Su
6×	Psychic Energy	E	—
10×	Fighting Energy	E	—
3×	Double Colorless Energy	E

Houndoom deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Houndour
2×	Houndoom
1×	Houndoom		—
4×	Sneasel
2×	Weavile
3×	Rattata
3×	Raticate
1×	Cleffa
2×	Pokémon Communication	I
2×	PlusPower	I
4×	Emcee's Chatter	Su	—
2×	Team Rocket's Trickery	Su
1×	Flower Shop Lady	Su
4×	Professor Elm's Training Method	Su
4×	Professor Oak's New Theory	Su
4×	Pokémon Collector	Su
13×	Darkness Energy	E	—
4×	Darkness Energy (Special)	E

Machamp deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Machop
3×	Machoke
2×	Machamp
2×	Machamp
3×	Ponyta
2×	Rapidash
1×	Aipom
4×	Professor Oak's New Theory	Su
3×	Professor Elm's Training Method	Su
2×	Emcee's Chatter	Su	—
3×	Cheerleader's Cheer	Su	—
3×	Copycat	Su
2×	Black Belt	Su	—
2×	Switch	I
2×	Pokémon Communication	I
2×	Rare Candy	I
13×	Fighting Energy	E	—
4×	Fire Energy	E	—
2×	Double Colorless Energy	E
2×	Rainbow Energy	E

List of ranks

List of tournament rewards

• Grass-type coin
• Grass-type card sleeve
• Fire-type coin
• Fire-type card sleeve
• Fire-type playmat
• Water-type coin
• Water-type card sleeve
• Water-type playmat
• Lightning-type coin
• Lightning-type card sleeve
• Lightning-type playmat
• Psychic-type coin
• Psychic-type card sleeve
• Psychic-type playmat
• Fighting-type coin
• Fighting-type card sleeve
• Fighting-type playmat
• Darkness-type coin
• Darkness-type card sleeve
• Metal-type coin
• Metal-type card sleeve
• Jirachi & Shaymin coin
• Pikachu coin
• Pikachu card sleeve
• Pikachu playmat
• Shaymin coin
• Shaymin card sleeve
• Shaymin playmat
• Donphan card sleeve
• Feraligatr card sleeve
• Houndoom playmat
• Pikachu set
• Kyogre set
• Kyogre (Silver) set

Trivia

• From April 23, 2010 to May 10, 2010, a tournament inside the game has been used as a qualification method to the Last Chance Qualifier event for the 2010 World Championships.^[2]

See also

• Pokémon Trading Card Game
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Online

References

This article is part of both Project Sidegames and Project TCG, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on video games about the TCG.