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[deanhystad]

I tested this code.

from dataclasses import dataclass
import requests, random

MAX_POKEMON = 905
POKEMON_LINK = "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/"

@dataclass(order=True)
class Pokemon:
    """Info about a Pokemon.
    dataclass provides __str__, == and sorting
    """
    id: int
    name: str
    height: int
    weight: int

    def __init__(self, id, name, height, weight, **kwargs):
        self.id = id
        self.name = name.title()
        self.height = height
        self.weight = weight


def new_deck(count, end=MAX_POKEMON, start=1):
    """Make a random deck of "count" pokemon cards."""
    # random.sample() guarantees no duplicates.  To allow duplicates, use random.choices()
    ids = random.sample(range(start, end+1), k=count)
    return [Pokemon(**requests.get(f"{POKEMON_LINK}/{id}/").json()) for id in ids]


def deal(count, deck):
    """Deal count cards from deck.  Return list of cards."""
    return [deck.pop() for _ in range(count)]


def print_cards(cards, title=None):
    """Print a list of cards"""
    if title:
        print(title)
    print(*cards, "", sep="\n")


def get_card(name, deck):
    """Find card by name.  Return matching card or None."""
    name = name.title()
    for card in deck:
        if card.name == name:
            return card
    return None


# Create a deck of cards and deal a hand
deck = new_deck(10)
hand = sorted(deal(5, deck))

# Try printing some cards
print_cards(hand, "Hand")
print_cards(sorted(deck), "Deck")

# Try picking a card by name
print("Picking \"Daffy Duck\"", get_card("Daffy Duck", deck))
print(f"Picking \"{deck[2].name}\"", get_card(deck[2].name, deck))

It makes more sense for a deck of cards to be a list than a dictionary. Selecting a card by name can be done with a loop and doesn't take too long for something as a deck of cards.

I made a dataclass for the pokemon cards. The dataclass does nice things like providing a function for making a pretty string when you print a card, providing comparison methods so you can sort cards, or compare cards. Currently it compares cards using their ID, you might find a better attribute.