Recent content by bitface

People complain about these randomly thrown together sets, but be honest, how much would we have loved for Jamboree to have come out? I think it's great that they find ways to make sure as many JP cards as possible get an international release. Not so interesting for players, but isn't it a...

I’m pretty sure Base Set didn’t rotate until later. I seem to remember BS Blastoise and NG Feraligatr being a thing.

I actually love these 4 SIRs, I'll probably be getting a box of TWM after all!

How to make opening packs great again: 1. Make rares non-holo 2. Kill the two reverse holo slots (replace 1 with a rare, replace the other with a common or uncommon) 3. The holo slot contains either a hit (ex or better, 1 in 3 packs) or a cosmos holo version of a common, uncommon, or rare. I'd...

Super strong but never hits for weakness? Type according to energy attached? Extra damage per different type of energy attached?

Could they not at least get the fonts right?

Usually with these kinds of sets (new Pokémon I don’t care about), my first reaction is “meh”… and then they reveal the IRs and SIRs and I change my mind ?

I mean, some kind of premium collection box with 8 SV-era packs, a plush and a promo card would sell tons… and they could do that (perhaps with each one containing a different merch type) for Sunflora, Eevee and Smeargle, maybe Snorlax too with some cropping. Charge $80 a pop. Almost like...

Went to Intertoys in Utrecht, quite a few people in line, but calm atmosphere and easily enough copies for those who arrived around opening time. Funny that some stores (like Game Mania) attracted much longer lines and others (like Media Markt) attracted almost none. I kinda expected some...

This went surprisingly smoothly. No scalper mania. Went to a mall with several stores offering the promo. Some had long-ish lines. Got there 15 mins before opening and had no trouble getting a card. Didn’t feel like going to another store for a 2nd one but maybe could have. Now hopefully the...

“ex Battle Deck” btw, not “ex League Battle Deck”

I’d recommend picking up either a couple of League Battle Decks or a couple of World Championship Decks from 2022 (or wait until 1st of March for the 2023 ones). These are readily available but by no means “entry-level” and will give you a better feeling of how the game plays nowadays. I quit in...

Great list! Does anyone know of a version for Sword & Shield? And earlier generations?

This will most likely be a $4 card or about $2 for Japanese / Korean, so no worries there ;)

Could be an interesting way to run lots of different stage 2s without having to include their pre-evolutions. Maybe a good GLC card?