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What are Pokemon cards?

Pokemon cards are part of a trading card game where players use cards featuring different Pokemon characters to battle each other. Each card has unique abilities and strengths, and players build decks to compete. Declan is competing in the trading card tournament at the World Championships, showing how popular and competitive the game is.

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