Primal Clash Player's Guide (TCG)
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| ISBN: | None |
| Published: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | The Pokémon Company International |
| Author: | Wolfgang Baur |
The Primal Clash Player's Guide is a booklet included within the Primal Clash Elite Trainer Box detailing the Primal Clash expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The booklet is written by Wolfgang Baur and was published by The Pokémon Company International in 2015. The content features strategy for the new cards introduced within the Primal Clash expansion as well as a complete checklist for the expansion.
Contents
Welcome to the Pokémon TCG: XY—Primal Clash Elite Trainer Box!
The first section gives a brief introduction of the Primal Clash expansion, detailing the what the Elite Box contains, as well as a short overview of what is covered in the expansion.
Mega Evolution Pokémon and Primal Reversion Pokémon Galore
The Primal Reversion Pokémon are truly on par with the Mega Evolution Pokémon in this set, and the Hoenn region's legacy of powerful, ancient Pokémon remains strong. With fully a dozen Pokémon-EX, the XY–Primal Clash expansion is not just big in card count—it's got huge weight to throw around!
Primal Groudon-EX (86/160 and 151/160) and Groudon-EX (85/160 and 150/160)
One of the two keystone cards in XY—Primal Clash is Primal Groudon-EX, with 240 HP and the awesome Gaia Volcano attack. It costs 
and does 100 damage normally—or, if there's a Stadium card, it does double that damage and discards the Stadium card. Better yet, Primal Groudon-EX has one of the new Ancient Traits (more on that later): Ω Barrier, which makes it nearly immune to effects of your opponent's Trainer cards.
The regular version of Groudon-EX is just as great, with 180 HP, a Rip Claw attack for 30 damage that can discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon, and a Massive Rend attack for that delivers 130 damage. If there's no Stadium card in play, that's an even bigger hit than Primal Groudon-EX can deliver for the same Energy Cost!
Primal Kyogre-EX (55/160 and 149/160) and Kyogre-EX (54/160 and 148/160)
Aggron-EX (93/160 and 153/160) and Mega Aggron-EX (94/160 and 154/160)
Gardevoir-EX (105/160 and 155/160) and Mega Gardevoir-EX (106/160 and 156/160)
Mega Gardevoir-EX has 210 HP and a Brilliant Arrow attack that does 30 damage times the amount of 
Energy attached to all of your Pokémon. The only upper limit to the damage is how many Energy cards are in your deck!
The regular Gardevoir-EX has 170 HP and Life Leap that does 20 damage and heals itself for the same amount. So if you bump up the attack power, you bump up the healing too—can anyone say combo? The second attack is Shinning Wind for , which does 100 damage and removes Gardevoir-EX's weakness for the next turn.
Ancient Traits
Last Card Tricks
Dangerous Levels of Pokémon-EX Detected
Shield Energy, Wonder Energy, and Four New Stadiums
Pokémon TCG: XY-Primal Clash Card List
This section lists out the 146 cards of the XY—Primal Clash expansion, and their rarities.
Credits
Original Japanese Game
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English-Language Version
The Pokémon Company International
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Pokémon TCG: XY-Primal Clash Showcase
This final section details the two Primal Clash Theme Decks: Ocean's Core and Earth's Pulse.
