You can create as many tokens as you want before this, but you will have to settle for a number
The flow is actually remarkably similar to the mainline Pokmon games: you can choose from a Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle deck at the beginning, and your overall goal is to win the 8 medals from different Gyms (sorry, Pokmon Clubs) around the island so that you can go on to
Cosmic Series
Booster Box (Pokemon 1999 Topps TV | Pokemon Cards) prices are based on the historic sales
My friends and I would make our way down to the local Wizards of the Coast store in Orange County, California and buy pack after pack of the cards, trying to collect the entire set

They have 12 or 13 cards instead of 15, and their card distribution is pretty complicated: 1 art card (5% chance of a signature variant) 1 land (15% chance of a foil land) 6 connected cards 35% chance of 5 commons, 1 uncommons 40% chance of 4 commons, 2 uncommon 12.5% chance of 3 commons, 3 uncommons 7% chance of 2 commons, 4 uncommons 3.5% chance of 1 common, 5 uncommons 2% chance of 6 uncommon 1 showcase variant 2 wildcards of any rarity 49% chance of 2 commons 24.5% chance of 1 common, 1 uncommon 17.5% chance of 1 common, 1 rare/mythic 3.1% chance of 2 uncommon 4.3% chance of 1 uncommon, 1 rare/mythic 2.6% chance of 2 rare/mythics 1 rare/mythic 1 foil of any rarity 1 token/ad card with a chance of being a card from The List You basically sacrifice the boosters ability to be used in a Draft for a chance at multiple rares