Citations:Basic Pokémon

English citations of Basic Pokémon and Basic Pokemon

Noun: a Pokémon Card (of Pokémon TCG) that does not require evolution to become the Active Pokémon edit

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1999, Brian Brokaw, Mark MacDonald, J. Douglas Arnold, Mark Elies, Pokemon Trainer's Guide‎^[1], revised, illustrated edition, Sandwich Islands Publishing, →ISBN:
In the event you get a Mulligan (fail to get a Basic Pokémon in your initial cards), you will need to pick all those prizes back up and reshuffle your entire deck.
2000, Hudson Soft, Pokémon Trading Card Game, Nintendo:
[said by the character "SAM" in "MASON LABORATORY"] THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF POKÉMON CARDS: BASIC POKÉMON, STAGE 1 POKÉMON AND STAGE 2 POKÉMON. SQUIRTLE IS A BASIC, WARTORTLE A STAGE 1 AND BLASTOISE A STAGE 2 POKÉMON. BASIC POKÉMON ARE THE ONLY CARDS THAT CAN BE PUT DIRECTLY INTO PLAY. A BASIC POKÉMON IN PLAY CAN BE EVOLVED TO A STAGE 1 POKÉMON. A STAGE 1 POKÉMON IN THE PLAY AREA CAN THEN BE EVOLVED TO A STAGE 2 POKÉMON. THEREFORE, SQUIRTLE IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO PLAY WARTORTLE, AND WARTORTLE IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO PLAY BLASTOISE.
2000, Jeffrey B. Snyder, Collecting Pokémon: An Unauthorized Handbook and Price Guide‎^[2], illustrated edition, Schiffer Pub., →ISBN:
The Basic Pokemon cards provide the first creatures used to battle your opponents. Evolution cards represent "evolved" forms of the basic Pokemon, larger and stronger combatants.
2003, “Pokemon-e TCG EX Expert Rules”, in Pojo.com‎^[3], archived from the original on 2003-06-28:

When you start a game without Basic Pokémon in your hand, show your hand to your opponent, shuffle it back into your deck, and draw seven new cards.
2006, John Kaufeld, Jeremy Smith, Trading Card Games for Dummies, illustrated edition, For Dummies, →ISBN, page 84:
Onix, shown in the Figure 6-2, is a basic pokémon — that means you can play him straight onto the board without requiring any other specific pokémon to be in play first. Many other pokémon, on the other hand, say Stage 1 or Stage 2 just below the picture; this means that they're evolution pokémon — you need to have the pokémon specified next to the stage number in play before you can play the Stage 1 or 2 pokémon.
2008, Cameron R., “Rules of the Pokémon TCG”, in Legendary Pokémon‎^[4], archived from the original on 2008-05-25:

All Basic Pokémon will have the words "Basic Pokémon" printed at the top of the card. Baby Pokémon are treated like Basic Pokémon for these purposes.
2008, Cameron R., “Rules of the Pokémon TCG”, in Legendary Pokémon‎^[5], archived from the original on 2008-05-25:

When you're ready to evolve a Pokémon, just play the Evolution Card right on top of the Basic Pokémon Card.
2008, Kyle Sucevich, “Kingdra”, in Pokemon Anime Table Top Card Game‎^[6], retrieved 2010-11-14:

Well, Pachirisu essentially has no use past making the deck more consistent. With Call For Family, you can grab all the Basic Pokemon you need right away, ensuring a quick Kingdra swarm. In addition, playing four Pachirisu reduces mulligans and odds of starting with undesirable Pokemon, such as Regice.
2008, Ninjomewtwo, “Deck Building Guide”, in Legendary Pokémon‎^[7], retrieved 2010-11-14:

Your first thing to do when building a deck is to choose the Pokémon that the deck will be based on. Usually, it's gonna be your main sweeping Pokémon. That Pokémon must be able to deal some good damage and still able to get out in the battle quickly. [...] If your main Pokémon is a Basic Pokémon, you'll want to have 4 copies of it in your deck.
2008, Stephen P. Clouse, “Pokémon TCG Comprehensive Rules”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[8], retrieved 2010-11-14:

There are nine card types: Baby Pokémon, Basic Pokémon, Evolution, Level Up, Trainer, Supporter, Stadium, Basic Energy, and Special Energy. Baby Pokémon, Basic Pokémon, Evolution, and Level Up cards are collectively called Pokémon (or Pokémon cards). Basic Energy and Special Energy are collectively called Energy.
2010, Pokémon Organized Play, “Pokémon Organized Play Official Tournament Formats”, in Pokemon.com‎^[9], retrieved 2010-11-14:

Players may put up to 2 Basic Pokémon into play, face down, at the beginning of the game.
2010, Wikipedia contributors, “Pokémon Trading Card Game”, in English Wikipedia‎^[10], Wikimedia Foundation, revision 395273360:
The two types of Pokémon cards are Basic Pokémon and Evolved Pokémon. Basic Pokémon are Pokémon that have not evolved, and can be played directly onto the Bench. Each deck must have at least one Basic Pokémon to be considered legal.