Pokemon TCG: What Are VMAX Cards?
A long time ago, in hobby shops both near and far away, the Pokemon Trading Card Game was ruled by Stage Two evolutions and a few (very) sturdy Basic cards. You wanted to get your Charmander evolved into a Charmeleon immediately, and you scrounged to find the Charizard for that Charmeleon thereafter. Or you just threw Mewtwo on the field and shrugged.
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Through the years, the core rules behind the Pokemon TCG more or less stayed the same, but the introduction of various new categories of cards has shifted the moment-to-moment "gamefeel" time and again. Before long, the days of Venusaur cards just being Venusaur cards were done and dusted. Team Rocket's Venusaur, Erika's Venusaur, Venusaur EX, Venusaur GX — and so much more.
VMAX is one of the latest game-changers, native to the Pokemon TCG's Sword & Shield era. But what is VMAX, exactly? How does it function, what does it do, and why should we care?
The quickest way to get to the heart of VMAX cards is to imagine that, in addition to the classic Basic/Stage One/Stage Two evolution line, there is now a V-to-VMAX line as well. Importantly, these lines do not cross over.
What we mean by that is, take Charizard V, for example. Charizard V does not evolve from Charizard. It might take some getting used to, but Charizard V is, in fact, a Basic Pokemon card:
From a linguistic perspective, there's, well, nothing "basic" about that Charizard V card. V doesn't stand for "vicious," but it could. With 220 HP and a raw damage potential of 180, it isn't messing around. And because V cards are Basic, it requires no build-up whatsoever. Just slot it in as your active Pokemon if you've drawn it, and you so desire — even if it's the first turn in the
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