Here’s an interesting list of links related to the Pokemon TCG Game with an additional emphasis on the retro era of the TCG game.
Limitless TCG – Deck list and tech of competitive meta Pokemon TCG decks. This site tracks all of the decks from winners of Pokemon TCG competitions and what decks they are using.
Retro Pokemon TCG – Deck lists and analysis of Wizards of the Coast era TCG decks.
Pokemon TCG Legends – PTCG Legends is a comprehensive resource for the competitive Pokémon TCG community, offering event info, results, stats, player details, and game history, filling a gap by covering major events from 1999 to 2022 and beyond.
Helix Chamber has a page on the early origins and the prototype of the Pokemon TCG Game. His page also has extensive information on the early of the Pokemon video games as well.
Guide To Identifying All WotC Base Set Booster Packs – Site detailing the various variations of the TCG Base packs and how to identify them all.’
Identifying Early Pokemon Base Set Variations – This site has a page on shadowless Pokemon TCG cards and how to identify them and the packs they come in.
Pokemon Coin Fan – This Japanese site is a great resource on all of the Pokemon TCG Coins and has a useful search engine on the coins as well.
Pokemon Pack Simulator – Want to emulate that feeling of opening a random pack of cards? This site gives you that across multiple different card expansions.
Card Grading Centering Tool – Site that uses digital image processing and manual adjustments to measure a card’s centering percentages.
Price Charting Pokemon TCG – Site that tracks the pricing for Pokemon TCG cards.
Youtube Videos and Channels
Ruby Retro has a series on the Wizards of the Coast era Pokemon TCG meta.
You can find the whole playlist here. He also has a couple videos on the history of the TCG game in Japan as well.
Paraspectre has a series on the Pokemon TCG GB games and specifically a series on the vending card TCG cards that were available in Japan and their inclusion in the GB Games.
