For the first time, the strategies of the Pokémon Trading Card Game: Platinum and Platinum—Rising Rivals expansions are at your fingertips with the Pokémon TCG Player’s Guide! You’ll learn the ins-and-outs of two of the newest and most exciting expansions of the Pokémon TCG. Inside, you’ll find:

* Summaries of every single card in both Platinum and Platinum—Rising Rivals, including all the secret cards, with recommendations on how to play them and suggestions for card combos
* Insight into the theme decks for each expansion
* A quick review of the basic rules for the Pokémon TCG plus a summary of the new rules for the Platinum Series sets
* A guide to a brand-new deck, “Toxic SP,” that you can build around the exclusive Toxicroak [G] promo card included only in this book!

The Official Pokémon Trading Card Game Player’s Guide will add an extra dimension to the games you’ll play with these two awesome releases! Available now!

Source: http://go-pokemon.com/tcg/news/articles/120.html

This looks like it would be a good book for noobs (like me) of the newest TCG expansions.