GUIDES & RESOURCES
Where to go when you want more than a card page. Everything here was checked to exist before it was listed — books carry the ISBN of the edition to look for, and videos link to channels rather than single uploads, because individual videos disappear.
THE CARD GAME
Pocket Deckers tells you what a card is. These tell you what to do with it — what is winning tournaments, what is coming next, and what the rules actually say.
- Limitless TCGlimitlesstcg.com
Tournament results and decklists from every major event worldwide, with metagame and deck statistics on top. If you want to know what is actually winning right now, and with which list, this is the answer. It also runs the online tournament platform much of the community plays on.
- PokéBeachpokebeach.com
TCG news, set reveals and leaks — and, unusually, English translations of Japanese cards months before they release in English. The long-standing first source for what is coming next.
- PokéGuardianpokeguardian.com
Daily TCG news with heavy coverage of Japanese sets and product announcements. Useful alongside PokéBeach rather than instead of it — the two often surface different things.
- Official Pokémon TCG rulesThe Pokémon Company
The rulebook and the official online client. Worth knowing the actual rules exist in writing before taking a ruling from a video.
THE VIDEO GAMES
A different game entirely, and what “Pokémon walkthrough” usually means.
FREE WALKTHROUGHS, AND USUALLY BEST
For walkthroughs specifically, the free resources beat the paid ones. They cover every game — including ones no printed guide has covered for fifteen years — and they get corrected when they are wrong. Every printed guide below is for one game only, and most are out of print. Start here before buying anything.
- Bulbapedia walkthroughsBulbagarden
Step-by-step written walkthroughs for the main series, route by route, maintained by the community. The first place to look for any game — including old ones no printed guide covers any more.
- Serebii.netSerebii
Game guides, event distributions and a full Pokédex, updated fast when a new game or event lands. Strongest on time-limited events, which books cannot cover at all.
- Pokémon Databasepokemondb.net
Cleanest reference for species, moves, abilities and type matchups. Better for looking one thing up mid-game than for reading end to end.
PRINTED GUIDES
Worth buying if you want something to read away from a screen, or a physical Pokédex to flip through. Check the ISBN — several publishers use near-identical titles.
- Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield: The Official Galar Region Strategy GuideThe Pokémon Company International
The official guide, with a full walkthrough and complete Galar Pokédex. A Collector’s Edition (ISBN 978-1604382068) adds a hardcover and a poster; the content is the same.
ISBN 978-1604382044
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Strategy GuideAlpha Strategy Guidesunofficial
Scarlet & Violet never received an official printed guide. This is one of the unofficial ones, and it says so on its own cover — worth knowing before you pay official-guide money for it.
ISBN 978-1739902360
- Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon: The Official Alola Region Strategy GuideThe Pokémon Company International
The official Alola guide: a full walkthrough plus the regional Pokédex. Out of print, so watch the price — official guides for older games routinely resell above cover.
ISBN 978-0744018820
- Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon: The Official Strategy GuideThe Pokémon Company International
The original Alola guide, for Sun and Moon rather than the Ultra versions. A collector’s edition (ISBN 978-0744017489) adds 16 pages; the walkthrough is the same.
ISBN 978-0744017472
- Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Edition: The Official National PokédexThe Pokémon Company International
Not a walkthrough — a printed National Pokédex covering every species to that point, with stats and locations. Buy it for reference, not for beating the game.
ISBN 978-0744019360
Not every game has an official guide. Scarlet & Violet never received one, so every printed guide for it is unofficial — some of them priced as though they were not. Official guides for older games are largely out of print and resell well above cover price.
VIDEO
These are channels, not single videos — a specific video's link dies, a channel does not. Both are stronger on understanding the game than on route-by-route walkthroughs.
- WolfeyVGCWolfe Glick
Competitive VGC play and team building, explained rather than just performed. The best watch once you have finished a game and want to understand why teams work.
- BKCBKC
Long, in-depth competitive analysis, heavy on older generations. Slower and more detailed than most Pokémon video content.
A NOTE ON WHAT THIS IS
Two different games share the name. The first section is the trading card game this site catalogues; the second is the video game series.
Nothing on this page is sponsored and none of these links are affiliate links. The list is short because it only includes resources worth the recommendation.