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Pokemon Trading Card Game FAQs

  • Pokemon Trading Card Game FAQ

    Submitted by Shane Lile

Pokemon Trading Card Game Hints

  • Game Boy | Submitted by Kyle Warner

    Get Any Promotional Card

    Take the challenge hall challenge and save before each contestant. If you don't like your prize, turn the game off and on, challenge the last contestant again, and you will get a different card.


  • Game Boy | Submitted by GamesRadar

    See COOl Pokemon 1-50

    #1


    #2


    #3


    #4


    #5
    Bulbasaur1

    Bulbasaur2

    Bulbasaur3
    Ivysaur1

    Ivysaur2
    Venusaur1

    Venusaur2
    Charmander

    Charmander 2

    Charmander 3
    Charmeleon

    #6


    #7


    #8


    #9


    #10
    Charizard1

    Charizard2
    Squirtle

    Squirtle 2
    Wartortle1

    Wartortle2
    Blastoise1

    Blastoise2

    Blastoise3

    Blastoise4
    Caterpie 1

    #11


    #12


    #13


    #14


    #15
    Metapod Butterfree1

    Butterfree2

    Butterfree3
    Weedle1

    Weedle2

    Weedle3
    Kakuna

    Kakuna2
    Beedrill1

    Beedrill2

    Beedrill3

    #16


    #17


    #18


    #19


    #20
    Pidgey

    Pidgey 2
    Pidgeotto Pidgeot Rattata Raticate

    #21


    #22


    #23


    #24


    #25
    Spearow Fearow Ekas Arbok Pikachu1

    Pikachu2

    Pikachu3

    Pikachu4

    Pikachu5

    Pikachu 6

    Pikachu 7

    Pikachu 8

    Pikachu 9

    #26


    #27


    #28


    #29


    #30
    Raichu

    Raichu 2
    Sandshrew1

    Sandshrew2
    Sandslash Nidoran-female Nidorina

    #31


    #32


    #33


    #34


    #35
    Nidoqueen Nidoran-male Nidorino Nidoking1

    Nidoking2
    Clefairy

    Clefairy 2

    #36


    #37


    #38


    #39


    #40
    Clefable Vulpix Ninetales Jigglypuff

    Jigglypuff 2

    Jigglypuff 3
    Wigglytuff

    #41


    #42


    #43


    #44


    #45
    Zubat Golbat Oddish

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    #47


    #48


    #49


    #50
    Paras Parasect Venonat Venomoth Diglett 1

    Diglett 2

    Diglett 3

    Diglett 4

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  • Game Boy | Submitted by Zapping_Dragon

    Unlimited Trys

    After you defeat an opponet, when you have to fight a series of people, when the host asks you if you what to change decks say yes and you can save it in the diary. If you lose you can turn the gameboy off, load the game back up and you're able to fight him/her again.


  • Game Boy | Submitted by Anonymous

    Prize swap

    When you get a prize & if you dont like it turn off your gameboy and turn it on go to continue duel and use your winning attack pick up a different prize:-)


  • Game Boy | Submitted by Josh

    Earn Boosterpacks Without Fighting

    While in a club, go to the computer and check your e-mail. Dr. Mason always sends boosterpacks attached to your e-mail!


  • Game Boy | Submitted by 96odliD

    Get a Promo Level 9 Slowpoke

    Take 59 of your ENERGY cards and 1 basic pokemon and make a deck with them. Select the deck as your dueling deck. Then go talk to the boy in the Fire Club. He will ask you to give him all your unused ENERGY cards. Tell him Yes. If you tell him No, he will go away and not come back. Then you can't get the Slowpoke.


  • Game Boy | Submitted by pika man

    Always coin lands on heads

    In a battle when you want to paralize,confuse, ect. on a opponets Pokemon press AA right when the coin starts to spin.


  • Game Boy | Submitted by Anonymous

    Play in Challenge Cup any time

    When you want to play in the challenge cup any time, just save your game in any place then turn it off and back on. Then go to another location and save your game and turn it off and on, repeat this about 3-5 times then go to the challenge cup and you'll see that the challenge cup will be on!
    Note:
    Make sure you go and check out the challenge cup each time you save it and do the code!


  • Game Boy | Submitted by Anonymous

    Energy packs

    Sam the guy the you battle at the very beginning talk to him after you beat him go to normal duel and when you battle him you will have the same cards when you battled him befor and him too! You even draw the same cardes. Do the same steps and you will win and you will get a pack of energys! the only thing diferent is he does not tell you what to do but it is real easy! You can repeat this over and over!


  • Game Boy | Submitted by Christopher Julian

    Poke-Ball cheat

    When in battle if you have a poke-ball trainer in your hand use it. If you get heads you can look at the order of they cards inyour deck. Look until you get a stratigy then turn the game off. Click on the continue Duel option at the main screen and you will start of right before you used the Poke-Ball card!


  • Game Boy | Submitted by Matt

    See Cards Without Computer Search

    To see your cards without using computer search or energy search, play your computer or energy search and then turn off your game boy then turn it back on and at the menu choose continue duel and any search that you choose will still be in your hand


  • Game Boy | Submitted by Yonny

    How to run

    If you want to run, just hold the B button while your walking.


Pokemon Trading Card Game Unlockables

  • Game Boy | Submitted by sam

    Easy Booster Packs

    Go into a club such as the Water Club, and take the left side door (have the volume up). If you here a strange music talk to everyone. A guy named Imakuni? will ask if you want to duel - if you say yes and beat him you'll get four booster packs. He will then walk away. Repeat this cheat again and you will see him in a different club.

    Editor's note: to activate Imakuni?, you must talk to a girl in the Water Club Lounge, who tells you what a strange guy Imakuni? is, and that he may have rare cards.


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