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Team Rocket's Porygon card from the Destined Rivals set
Illustration by Oswaldo KATO. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Team Rocket's Porygon

A basic Porygon that forces both players to discard cards.

Colorless60 HPBasicBeginner to play

What this card does

The attack Hacking costs one Colorless energy.

You discard a card from your hand to make your opponent discard a card from theirs.

Signature attack

Hacking

Discard a card from your hand. If you do, your opponent discards a card from their hand.

This attack creates a trade where you lose a card but also remove one from your opponent. It matters because it can disrupt their strategy by forcing them to lose resources they need for their next move.

Attacks

C
Hacking

Discard a card from your hand. If you do, your opponent discards a card from their hand.

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits decks that want to control the pace of the game through card removal. It works best in strategies that do not mind losing cards to gain an advantage over the opponent.

Strengths
  • Card disruption
  • Low energy cost
  • Basic stage
Watch out for
  • Self-inflicted loss
  • Fighting weakness
Pro tip

Only use this attack if you have a card in your hand that is less valuable than the one your opponent might keep.

From the Pokédex

Porygon is a digital Pokemon created by humans using advanced programming techniques.

Note for the parent

Explain to your child that using this attack means they must choose a card from their hand to get rid of, so they should pick something less useful.

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