Card Game Links

Pokemon World's Cards Section
The Official Pokemon Card Game Site From Wizards of the Coast

The images above are examples of what the pokemon card game looks like. These are the three types of pokemon cards from top to bottom, Pokemon card, trainer card, energy card:

This is how you should set up your battle grounds.

"You and your opponent take turns playing cards from your hands. Some of these cards will be Basic Pokémon cards, Evolution cards that can grow them into bigger and stronger Pokémon, or Energy cards that help Pokémon fight. You can also play Trainer cards - these will do lots of different things to help you win.

You might have several Pokémon on the table at once, but only one of them (called your "Active Pokémon") will be fighting for you at a time. The rest will be sitting on your Bench in case you need them to fight. Every turn, you'll have a chance to attack with your Active Pokémon, which will either do damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (called the "Defending Pokémon" during your attack) or do something else to it, like making it Asleep, Confused, Paralyzed, or Poisoned. If your attack does enough damage to Knock Out the Defending Pokémon, you get to take 1 of your 6 Prizes. When you take your 6th Prize (when you've Knocked Out 6 of your opponent's Pokémon), you win! "

An excerpt from Wizrds Of The Coast "What is the pokemon game like?