TAG TEAM (TCG)
TAG TEAM is a category of cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game introduced in the Team Up expansion. TAG TEAM cards can be Pokémon or Supporter cards, and show two or more characters working together. Certain attacks, Abilities and Trainer cards interact specifically with TAG TEAM cards.
All TAG TEAM Pokémon are Basic Pokémon-GX. These cards combine two or three Pokémon that share at least one type to form a team, which is reflected in the card's artwork focusing equally on each Pokémon, and have higher HP than regular Pokémon-GX. When a TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, the TAG TEAM rule causes the opponent to take three Prize cards instead of one. (This overrides the normal Pokémon-GX rule.)
The GX-attack of TAG TEAM cards includes a '+' sign next to the attack's Energy cost, indicating that if the Pokémon has more Energy cards attached than the ones required to perform that attack, or if a certain Supporter card was played during that turn, an additional effect specified in the GX-attack is applied.
TAG TEAM Supporter cards were later featured in the Cosmic Eclipse expansion, combining two characters in the same manner as TAG TEAM Pokémon cards. These cards have an additional effect that can be activated by discarding cards from the player's hand when played.
In terms of layout changes, a TAG TEAM label is added below the card's name and the top-left and bottom-right corners are covered by matching outlined polygons. For Pokémon-GX, the Pokémon-GX rule box is replaced by the TAG TEAM rule box, All of these elements are colored yellow.
TAG TEAM Pokémon cards featured in expansions are accompanied by the usual Full Art and Rainbow Rare variants as well as a second, alternate artwork variant. With the exception of the TAG TEAM cards originating from the Japanese Dream League subset, all Regular Pokémon card prints feature artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita.
According to the game's director, Atsushi Nagashima, work on the TAG TEAM mechanic began during the Black & White Series.[1] During development, other proposed drawbacks to TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX included granting the opponent four Prize cards upon Knocking one Out, allowing the opponent to use two GX attacks during the match instead of one, or giving the cards multiple weaknesses.[2] Mitsuhiro Arita has stated that more than 100 different combinations of Pokémon were considered for TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX cards.[3]
List of TAG TEAM cards
References
- ↑ Pokémon World Championships 2023 Interview: "I Know Where The Meta Is Going To Go", Screen Rant
- ↑ Pokémon Trading Card Game Director Talks Balancing The Powerful New Tag Team Pokémon-GX Mechanic, Game Informer
- ↑ Exclusive: Pokemon TCG Explains Pokemon Tag Team Pairings in Unified Minds Expansion, ComicBook.com
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