Question 1

What year did the TCG come out with its first pack in Japan?

Accepted Answer

1996

Question 2

In the United States, what games and toys company oversaw Pokemon TCG before turning it over to Nintendo entirely in 2003?

Accepted Answer

Wizards of the Coast

Question 3

Which expansion pack introduced Darkness and Metal type into the game?

Accepted Answer

Neo Genesis

Question 4

What was the first set to include Pokemon-ex?

Accepted Answer

EX Ruby and Sapphire

Question 5

What is the name of this card?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Mew

Question 6

Pokemon TCG got its first video game adaptation in what year?

Accepted Answer

1998

Question 7

Instead of Gym Leaders, players battled what kind of boss enemy in "Pokémon Trading Card Game" (1998)?

Accepted Answer

Club Masters

Question 8

The Japanese version of "Koga's Ninja Trick" contains a Buddhist "manji," which is often mistaken for a _____.

Accepted Answer

Swastika

Question 9

The Pokémon TCG World Championships began in what year?

Accepted Answer

2004

Question 10

What is the only type to have been retired in the history of TCG?

Accepted Answer

Fairy

Question 11

In 2021, Post Malone received a card in commemoration of his participation in the P25 music program. What two Pokemon are featured on the card?

Accepted Answer

Dragonite and Butterfree

Question 12

There is currently no Pokemon card with exactly 290 base HP.

Accepted Answer

true There are twenty-six with 280 HP and twenty-three with 300 HP.

Question 13

Ditto's card from the "Fossil" expansion is the only one in the entire game to use what phrase instead of the abbreviation "HP" in its card text?

Accepted Answer

Hit Points

Question 14

The TCG was banned in what country for a while due to "references to gambling and Zionism"?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Question 15

The "Secret Mission" card from the Gym Heroes expansion depicts what in its background?

Accepted Answer

German-occupied Poland during WWII

Question 16

As of February 2025, where is the largest collection of Pokemon cards located, according to the Guinness Book of World Records?

Accepted Answer

United Kingdom - https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/649317-largest-collection-of-pokemon-cards

Question 17

Although they were introduced in the Neo Genesis expansion, Darkness and Metal did not receive Basic Energy cards until which set?

Accepted Answer

Diamond & Pearl

Pokémon TCG Trivia: 20 Questions about Pokémon Trading Cards

2) In the United States, what games and toys company oversaw Pokemon TCG before turning it over to Nintendo entirely in 2003?

3) Which expansion pack introduced Darkness and Metal type into the game?

4) What was the first set to include Pokemon-ex?

5) In 2021, Logan Paul paid $5,275,000 for which rare card?

6) What is the name of this card?

7) In 2000, magician Uri Geller sued Nintendo, leading to what Pokemon's twenty year hiatus from nearly all Pokemon media, including TCG?

8) Pokemon TCG got its first video game adaptation in what year?

9) Instead of Gym Leaders, players battled what kind of boss enemy in "Pokémon Trading Card Game" (1998)?

10) The Japanese version of "Koga's Ninja Trick" contains a Buddhist "manji," which is often mistaken for a _____.

11) What Pokemon is infamous for having a card where it appeared to be staring up a schoolgirl's skirt?

12) The Pokémon TCG World Championships began in what year?

13) What is the only type to have been retired in the history of TCG?

14) In 2021, Post Malone received a card in commemoration of his participation in the P25 music program. What two Pokemon are featured on the card?

15) There is currently no Pokemon card with exactly 290 base HP.

16) Ditto's card from the "Fossil" expansion is the only one in the entire game to use what phrase instead of the abbreviation "HP" in its card text?

17) The TCG was banned in what country for a while due to "references to gambling and Zionism"?

18) The "Secret Mission" card from the Gym Heroes expansion depicts what in its background?

19) As of February 2025, where is the largest collection of Pokemon cards located, according to the Guinness Book of World Records?

20) Although they were introduced in the Neo Genesis expansion, Darkness and Metal did not receive Basic Energy cards until which set?