How The Pokemon Trading Card Game Helped Define the Art and Identity of Pokemon
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The great thing about Pokemon`s trading cards is that each feels singular, and not just because of its attributes. While that`s by no means a unique trait of trading card games, for Pokemon, it feels so. The RPGs often feel so static, that the only way that Pokemon had the chance to play with its identity and style in the early goings was through the official Trading Card Game.