I know nothing about Pokémon; it completely skipped me somehow growing up in the 90s. Now, my nephew is asking for Pokémon card packs for Christmas. I looked on Amazon, since I’ll need to ship anyway, but was royally confused by colors and boosters and foils.
He has like a dozen cards now, but wants more to play with friends at school.
What the hell am I supposed to be looking for?
It depends. Does he collect them because they’re cool and he wants to trade with friends, or to play the game and win? If it’s the former, get a bunch of packs (I think they typically have of order 10 cards each, and you’re guaranteed one of the better cards with nice art). If the latter, you would need to ask so you get something that works with what he has; one possibility is to get a trainer box that has cards that tend to work together, or you can buy decks that previously won a championship or something.