The Pokémon TCG: Rumble Game card collection (Japanese: 乱戦！ポケモンスクランブル×ポケモンカードゲームMelee! Pokémon Scramble × Pokémon Card Game) is a special card collection for the Pokémon Trading Card Game and was released in conjunction with the WiiWare game Pokémon Rumble.
Information
This collection of cards features Pokémon as they appear in Pokémon Rumble. None of the cards have Pokédex entries, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or rarity symbols. Each card has "Pokémon Rumble" written in the illustrator box instead of an illustrator credit. In addition to the cards, a large amount of damage counters, and a new game board is included in order to mimic the actual game by having seven players at a time.
All the English cards bear the English Pokémon Rumble logo, while the Japanese cards have the Japanese Melee! Pokémon Scramble logo. The Pokémon Rumble logo is in holofoil.
This is the first English set to sort Pokémon cards by Energy type, then Pokédex number. This would be the only set like this until Black & White.
Rules
Cards in this collection are designed to be played in a custom format allowing for two to seven players. This format mimics the WiiWare game's Battle Royale. The rules are as follows:
Each player gets two player markers of the same color.
Shuffle a deck of 16 Pokémon cards. Deal 7 cards face-down in a circle, then deal 7 more cards face-up on top of them. The remaining 2 cards are unused.
Determine who goes first. The official rules suggest playing rock-paper-scissors, but allow for other methods.
Moving clockwise from who goes first, each player places a marker beside one of the 7 stacks of cards. Each stack may have up to two markers, and each players' markers should be with two different stacks.
Moving clockwise from who goes first, each player attempts to attack:
Roll all four Energy dice. If all four dice roll zero Energy, skip the following three steps and deal 100 damage to any Pokémon.
Choose any visible attack that can be used with the Energy rolled. If no attacks are usable, the player may re-roll any dice that rolled zero Energy. If the player is still unable to attack, that player is skipped.
Announce the attack, and roll the Target die.
Check for Weakness and Resistance on the Defending Pokémon chosen by the Target die.
Place damage counters on the Defending Pokémon.
If a Pokémon is Knocked Out:
The player who used the attack takes the Pokémon card that was Knocked Out. If a Pokémon is Knocked Out by damage from its own attack, it is removed from the game.
If a face-down card was underneath the Knocked Out Pokémon, turn it face up.
If the Knocked Out Pokémon was the last Pokémon in its stack, all player markers beside the stack are removed from the game. The Target die will skip this stack going forward.
The game ends when either only one stack or one player marker remains.
The winner is whoever has the highest amount of collected Knocked Out Pokémon plus the number on the back of any remaining player markers.
Markers and Dice
The seven player markers come in red, yellow, blue, cyan, orange, green, and purple. Each color has one marker worth 3 points and one worth 5 points.
The four Energy dice have the following values on their six faces:
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The Target die has three 1 faces, two 2 faces, and one 3 face, each pointing clockwise.
Compatibility with other cards
Cards from other Pokémon TCG releases may be added to the game. Attributes other than type, HP, attacks, Weakness, and Resistance are ignored. If an attack has an additional effect that cannot be resolved under normal Pokémon Rumble rules, that effect may also be ignored. Coins may be added to the game to allow for effects involving coin flips.
All cards in the collection are allowed in regular TCG play, and were legal in the 2008-10 and 2010-11 Modified formats. While not used in the Pokémon Rumble ruleset, most cards in the collection have a Retreat Cost to ensure compatibility.
Additional secret cards
In Japan, the Pokémon Daisuki Club released three additional secret cards in a promotion than ran from June to August 2009. Upon beating the WiiWare game, 20 lines of numbers appear at the end. Daisuki Club members could input these numbers to enter a lottery, and 100 winners received a 3-card pack containing Pachirisu, Croagunk, and Eevee. In addition to the usual Melee! Pokémon Scramble logo, these cards also bear the Pokémon Daisuki Club logo in the bottom left corner of the card.
The Melee! Pokémon Scramble × Pokémon Card Game was exclusively released in Japanese, only available in unlimited edition. The Pokémon Rumble set was exclusively released in English.
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