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Hi, I'm Joe D'Andrea, a Pokemon professor at Comic Cafe in Warren New Jersey, and we're
here to show you how to play the Pokemon trading card game.
So when we talk about rare cards, there are two types. One is player rare and one is collector
rare. Player rare refers to a card that is very popular in the current meta-game. The
meta-game describes what those around you are playing. For example, Pokemon Catcher
is really popular recently. And because this is such a popular card, people are going to
collect more of them and hold onto them, so it becomes more scarce. Then there's rare
according to the collector—these are actual rare cards. For example, in a box of 36 packs,
you might have a full art card in all those packs or a secret rare card like the recent
Pikachu, which does not appear in the normal set sequence. Also, event exclusives just
like trophies and medals, sometimes you get a card that you can only get at a tournament.