If your opponent already has their board set up with all their Pokemon equipped with Tools and full on Energy, then making them discard their hand doesnt do much
Pok-Power: Pok-Powers are usually once-per-turn powers on Active and Benched Pokmon, that you must choose to use
Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at the beginning of" in their reminder text
Action cards such as Dragon Fire and Stampede allow you to disrupt your opponents plans by damaging and banishing their characters, while the Evasive ability of characters such as Peter Pan, Never Landing and Pongo, Ol' Rascal means you can quest safely until your opponent plays their own Evasive character able to challenge the cards
The Formula We will close this week with a sort of foundational formula that can help new players build decks for a very different format