Why the Pokémon trading card game still rocks 10 years later

FEATURE: In the competitive field of trading card games, few stick around long enough to make any sort of lasting impression, especially those that spawned from existing entertainment franchises. And continuing to thrive in 2016 means competing with far more affordable electronic card games like Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, which leads a $1.2 billion market.
Despite these challenges, the Pokémon TCG managed to stay among the most popular hits in the genre for more than 10 years,