Evolution is done in stages, and you are unable to skip or jump any stages unless otherwise stated on a card in play - meaning evolution must follow the pattern of basic, Stage 1 and Stage 2, and a single Pokmon can only be evolved once per turn
Pokmon card types Just like in the Pokmon videogames, each 'mon has an elemental 'type' that affects its strengths and weaknesses (Decidueye above is Grass-type, shown by little leaf symbol)
Red is tricky
Arven (Special Illustration Rare) Arven is known as the trainer with a heartwarming story about his best friend, Mabostiff
paired her with Tiny, who had been in training to be a sniffer hound but kept failing because he was too trusting of anyone with food
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces is a great commander to pair with another, including the more popular Krark, the Thumbless, Vial Smasher the Fierce, and Kodama of the East Tree