Pokémon Trading Card Game Online/Play Modes/Trainer Challenge

In the Trainer Challenge, players face various computer-controlled Trainer characters using only Theme decks, including Online-exclusive Theme decks featuring Starter Pokémon and  Pokémon,  and  Pokémon , and  and  Pokémon  from the Black & White Series (TCG Black & White - Basic Red (BW Basic Red), TCG Black & White - Basic Green (BW Basic Green), and TCG Black & White - Basic Blue (BW Basic Blue)) and the TCG X & Y - Basic Yellow (XY Basic Yellow) featuring  and TCG Lightning (Lightning type) Pokémon , unlocked in Tutorial Mode, from the X & Y Series. Players may also use Theme decks unlocked by Redemption codes from code cards found inside appropriately marked, physical Theme decks as well as those purchased virtually with Trainer Tokens or Gems from the in-game Shop. Code cards are obtainable from the onward.

Players battle in three "Leagues": Gold League, Platinum League, and City Championship. Players have the option of adjusting the difficulty between: "Easy", "Medium", and "Hard" (see Earning stars). Changing the difficulty setting changes the composition of the opponent's deck. Players must defeat a given Trainer in a specific spot or position once before unlocking the next Trainer position. Players must also defeat a given league once before unlocking the next, starting with Gold League and ending with City Championship. Unlike more traditional such as the multi-player Tournament Mode, defeat on the part of players in these Trainer Challenge leagues does not result in players changing their standing. In other words, players may pickup right where they left off rather than start all over again.

matches in the Trainer Challenge earn players Trainer Challenge Points that apply toward each Trainer in a unique league position. Trainer Challenge Points then Earns 1 to 4 stars with 1, 3, or 10 Trainer Token or TCG Booster pack awards.

There are also 12 circles at the bottom of the "Select A Trainer" screen for a Trainer Challenge, which correspond to each of the 12 Trainers in that league. By clicking on the corresponding circle, players may quickly select that Trainer in that specific spot or position. Some Trainers appear more than once in a league. Some do not appear at all. A padlocked circle means that the corresponding Trainer has not yet been unlocked. An open grey circle indicates that the Trainer has been unlocked but has not been beaten with any of the player's Theme decks. A dark green check mark over a grey circle means that the Trainer has not yet been defeated with the player selected Theme deck. A light green check mark indicates that the Trainer has already been defeated with the player selected Theme deck. Each Theme deck has its own set of dark green and light green check marks for each Trainer position in each league. 