Matthew (TCG GB)

Matthew ヤストモ Yasutomo
Club Member Matthew
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Trading Card Game Islands
Trainer class	Club Member
Generation	I
Games	Pokémon Trading Card Game; Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!
Specializes in	Fighting

Matthew (Japanese: ヤストモ Yasutomo) is one of the three Club Members from the Rock Club, under Club Master Gene, in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Pokémon Trading Card Game

Matthew challenges the player to a 4-card prize match. Upon defeat, he awards the player with two Mystery booster packs.

Hard Pokémon Deck

Main article: Hard Pokémon Deck (TCG)

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Geodude
3×	Graveler
2×	Golem
3×	Onix
3×	Cubone
2×	Marowak
2×	Rhyhorn
1×	Rhydon
1×	Snorlax
3×	Bill	T
2×	Poké Ball	T
4×	Defender	T
3×	Gust of Wind	T
2×	Potion	T
25×	Fighting Energy	E	—

Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!

Rolling Stone Deck

Main article: Rolling Stone Deck (TCG)

Rolling Stone Deck (Japanese: ローリングストーンデッキ) is played by Matthew. When challenged, Matthew plays a 4 prize card match. Upon defeat, he awards the player with one Beginning Pokémon booster pack.

This battle is available from the start of the game.

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
2×	Charmander
1×	Charmeleon
3×	Ponyta
2×	Rapidash
3×	Diglett
2×	Dugtrio
3×	Geodude
1×	Geodude
1×	Graveler
2×	Graveler
2×	Golem
2×	Rhyhorn
2×	Potion	T
2×	Defender	T
2×	Gust of Wind	T
2×	Switch	T
2×	Bill	T
2×	Double Colorless Energy	E
8×	Fire Energy	E	—
16×	Fighting Energy	E	—

Quotes

Pokémon Trading Card Game

Rock Club lounge

• First encounter

"Hi. I'm Matthew, a member of the Rock Club. I just finished a duel! I won, of course! The Legendary Cards will belong to me! How about it? Would you like to duel me?"

No: "What? Are you afraid of me? Well, come back any time you want to duel with me."

Yes: "Ok, same as last time! We'll play with 4 prizes. Is that alright? Ok then, let's begin!"

• Subsequent encounters

"Hi, <player>. Would you like to duel? The Legendary Cards will eventually belong to me! How about it? Would you like to duel me?"

• After being defeated

"I'll never get the Legendary Cards if I play like that..."

"I'm going to win the next time we duel."

• After defeating player

"I won again! I guess the Legendary Pokémon Cards will eventually belong to me!"

Sprites

Sprite from Pokémon Trading Card Game	Main sprite from Pokémon Trading Card Game 2	Win sprite from Pokémon Trading Card Game 2	Loss sprite from Pokémon Trading Card Game 2	Overworld sprite from GB1 and GB2

In other languages

Language Title Japanese ヤストモ Yasutomo French Mathieu German Pascal Italian Matthew Spanish Mateo

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.