One main reason why Pokemon is so successful is because of how Pokemon has meticulously crafted their IP and the surrounding subsecs: TCG, Video Game, Manga, TV Show, Culture, exc
(2025-09-19) To determine whether it is legal to play a modal double-faced card, consider only the characteristics of the face you're playing and ignore the other face's characteristics
Your main phases are the two main bits before and after combat on your turn when you're allowed to play non-flash spells like creatures, artifacts, and sorceries
I include it only to note that the tutorial is misleading
There's really nothing much beyond that, though, it's just the silly surrealness of seeing a realistic cow sitting and acting like a human