Over the next five years, Wizards of the Coast published more than a dozen expansion sets for the game, allowing the company to sell millions of cards and make more money from Pokémon than they had made from Magic: The Gathering in its first 10 years. In the US, it was first published by Wizards of the Coast, towards the end of 1998 to capitalize on the US popularity of Pokémon. It was first published in October 1996 by Media Factory in Japan. The Pokémon Trading Card Game was developed in Japan, based on the 1996 Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow Game Boy video game by Nintendo. As of March 2023, the game has sold over 52.9 billion cards worldwide.
The Pokémon Trading Card Game ( ポケモンカードゲーム, Pokemon Kādo Gēmu, 'Pokémon Card Game'), abbreviated as PTCG or Pokémon TCG, is a collectible card game developed by Creatures Inc. Some (order of cards drawn, dice, coin flip)
