How it works

Prize cards

Six face-down cards. You take them when you KO something. Taking the last one wins.

After setup you put six cards from your deck face-down as Prizes. They are not in your hand. You cannot play them until you take them.

A normal KO lets you take one Prize. A rulebox Pokémon (ex and friends) usually lets the opponent take two. That is why people say “it is a two-prize attacker.”

You choose which face-down Prize to take. Sometimes the card you need is still a Prize — that is the game being rude, not a misplay you can undo.

If you take your last Prize, you win immediately. You do not have to attack again. Count them.

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More how-it-works notes

Bench
One attacker, five waiting. Retreat swaps them. A KO forces a promote.
First game
Battle Academy or two theme decks, six prizes, one Energy a turn. Boosters are dessert.

Prize cards

Bench

First game