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Competitive Pokémon TCG Card Usage History
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This extensive collection offers detailed insights into the competitive history of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, spanning all official tournaments conducted between 2011 and 2023. The data captures every individual Pokémon and Trainer card utilised within these successful decks, excluding basic Energy cards to focus on strategic relevance. It is engineered for analysis, specifically standardising card identifiers to their first-ever printing to allow researchers to track how staple cards perform and evolve across competitive seasons over a decade. The dataset links card usage directly to player performance, deck strategies (combos), tournament importance, and historical rotation rules.
Columns
The dataset includes 26 fields detailing card specifics, player metrics, and tournament context:
- id_card: The unique card identifier, referencing its release set and number. Notably, this is configured to represent the card's first printing for longitudinal analysis.
- name_card: The name of the specific card.
- amount_card: The quantity of this card included in the associated deck, ranging from one to four copies.
- price_card: The estimated dollar price for the card, based on values recorded in October 2023 from a major TCG store.
- energy_type_card: The card’s energy type, applicable only to Pokémon cards (listed as 'None' for Trainer cards).
- type_card: Classifies the card as either a Pokémon or a Trainer card.
- combo_type_id: A unique numerical identifier for the specific deck strategy or archetype.
- combo_type_name: The common name players use to refer to the deck's core strategy (e.g., Lugia Archeops).
- id_player: A unique identifier assigned to the player.
- name_player: The player's full name.
- country_player: The player's nationality.
- all_time_score: The total points accumulated by the player across all attended competitions, as scored by The Pokémon Company.
- ranking_player_tournament: The player's final placement in the specific tournament (an ordinal value).
- id_tournament: A unique identifier for the specific tournament event.
- category_tournament: The level of importance of the tournament, descending from Worlds, International, National, and Regional, to Others.
- name_tournament: The name of the tournament, typically reflecting the year, location, and type.
- region_tournament: The region where the tournament was hosted (e.g., North America, Europe, Japan).
- country_tournament: The country where the tournament was held.
- year_tournament, month_tournament, day_tournament: Date components indicating when the tournament took place.
- valid_rotation_at_tournament: The allowed set range for play during that tournament, identified by unique three-letter codes (e.g., SSH-SIT).
- rotation_name: The name of the standard rotation effective at the time of the tournament (e.g., standard_2023).
- year_begin, month_begin, day_begin: Date components indicating when the specific rotation officially took effect.
Distribution
The data is presented in a tabular format and is designed to be easily processed, typically supplied as a CSV file named
tournaments.csv. The file contains approximately 114,000 records, detailing card appearances across the tournament history. The dataset consists of 26 columns and is provided entirely in English.Usage
This data is exceptionally useful for various analytical tasks, including:
- Competitive Meta Analysis: Tracking the dominance and evolution of deck archetypes and core strategies over time, using the
combo_type_namefield. - Card Longevity Research: Observing how certain key cards ("staples") maintain relevance across many competitive years by tracking their first-ever printing ID.
- Player Performance Modeling: Connecting card choices and deck composition to player rankings and all-time accumulated scores.
- Historical Timeline Mapping: Analyzing changes in tournament importance, geographic focus, and the shifting official rotation periods between 2011 and 2023.
- Economic Correlation Studies: Linking estimated card prices to their competitive popularity and tournament success.
Coverage
This resource covers official Pokémon Trading Card Game tournaments from 2011 through 2023. The geographical scope is global, encompassing tournament locations and player nationalities from 47 different countries across regions like North America, Europe, Asia-Oceania, and Japan. The content scope is limited to Pokémon and Trainer cards, as basic Energy cards were deliberately filtered out during data collection.
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Who Can Use It
- Esports Analysts: To identify historical win conditions and predict future meta shifts.
- Trading Card Game Developers: To assess card balance, power creep, and the impact of specific card releases on competitive play.
- Collectors and Economists: To correlate competitive performance and perceived power levels with real-world card market values.
- Media and Content Creators: For data-driven storytelling about TCG history and top players.
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- Pokémon TCG Global Tournament Decks 2011-2023
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