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    “Temporal Forces” Has Hardest Pull Rates of Scarlet & Violet Sets for Highest Rarities

    I do but I kind of don’t pay attention to the pull rates on Live due to a few factors (Live having 5-card packs, the credit system making it somewhat easy to get the cards you need for decks if you don’t pull them in your packs, certain meta decks being given to you right out the gate, and the...
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    “Temporal Forces” Has Hardest Pull Rates of Scarlet & Violet Sets for Highest Rarities

    Well that's worrying, I really hate it when TPCi tweaks the pull rates for the worst. That said I bought a box of Temporal Forces before the set actually dropped and I ended up pulling 1 SIR (Iron Crown ex) three FAs (Explorer's Guidance, Salvatore, and Iron Crown ex), two ACE SPECs (Neo Upper...
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    “Twilight Masquerade” Pokemon TCG Set Officially Revealed for May!

    Meh, these are a bit mediocre to me… — Teal Mask Ogerpon ex does have the capability to threaten Dark Tera Charizard ex but Dark Tera Charizard ex has its own counter in the form of Entei V, something I’m expecting to rise in usage come rotation. — Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex is nice in theory...
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    League Cups and Challenges Going on Break in June, Promo Giveaways Announced!

    Eh, I‘m all for more friendlier events but I’m not a fan alternate formats like GLC. I guess I‘ll have to find a League that doesn’t bother with those if I want to get these cards.
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    Collecting The "Look What I Pulled" & Pull Rates Thread

    I ended up attending 4 Temporal prereleases over the weekend, I ended up pulling the following: Prerelease 1: Regular Iron Leaves ex and an Ancient/Future Pokémon 40-card deck with a Miraidon promo. I went 1/2/0 (mostly due to poor deck building, I failed to include enough Grass Energy to...
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    TPCi Doubles Pokemon TCG Vending Machines to 200 Locations, Including California!

    There are no purchase limits AFAIK (I visited the ones that popped up in WA malls back in 2017) but they do run out of high-demand items (151 booster bundles, Shiny Charizard ex tins, anything with Evolving Skies packs, etc.) like @Chaosbeat mentioned. How recent are the videos? The last time...
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    How “Pokemon TCG Pocket” Will Usher in a Massive New Era for the Pokemon TCG

    I mentioned this on other channels but I'm cautiously optimistic about Pokémon TCG Pocket. On the one hand it's nice to see that the TCG is getting another game app, especially when it has two-sh (my faith in Creatures is shaky at best, I really don't like how the current meta is heavily...
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    Pokemon League Giveaways for Pokemon Day 2024 Revealed, Includes Cancelled Promos!

    I understand that it’s “free” in the sense that TPCi could’ve easily just let this year’s Pokémon Day go by with just a Pokémon Presents but it feels like that they want it to more than just that by doing events on that day. My complaint is that it just consists of recycled products and stuff...
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    Pokemon League Giveaways for Pokemon Day 2024 Revealed, Includes Cancelled Promos!

    Eh, outside of the dice and the cancelled promos this is a bit weak. The tins are still available on Pokémon Center and I assume the PC-exclusive ETBs are ones available on the site too. Oh, and there are a couple of things I noticed in the article that seemed a bit off. Here's the first...
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    Pokemon Reduces Van Gogh Distribution for Hobby Stores, Expands to Large Chain Stores: At Least 100K Copies Expected!

    AFAIK there are no distinctions between the versions of the promo obtained via the original museum giveaway and the Pokémon Center giveaway so I doubt that there will be any for this run either.
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    Chain Stores to Receive Up to 250 Copies of Pikachu Van Gogh Promos, Stepping Up Security

    Huh, well that's a bit better than what I expected. Here's hoping the security at these events are better than ones in the past. Also, having a system like the one used at Game Mania would really help curb scalping in other stores. I know Game Stop has its Pro membership but I've never seen it...
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    Pokemon Reduces Van Gogh Distribution for Hobby Stores, Expands to Large Chain Stores: At Least 100K Copies Expected!

    Eh... I believe in a price drop when I see it, big box stores can still have the same problem that scummy LGSes can have depending on the employees (You remember when the video games used to have local wireless distribution events at stores like Toys R Us and GameStop? Those were basically...
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    “Iono Premium Tournament Collection” Releasing in April!

    Weird, the main TCG page the usual “out-of-stock” label over the Iono Premium Tournament Collection’s image but I can still it to my cart from the product’s page.
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    “Iono Premium Tournament Collection” Releasing in April!

    I’m actually kind of shocked that this product is still available on Pokémon Center right now, I remember the Marnie Premium Collection selling out pretty quickly. On the other hand, this isn’t 2021 here. The production of TCG sets and products aren’t hampered down by a loss in production due...
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    50 Cards Revealed from “Wild Force” and “Cyber Judge,” Including Tera Pokemon, ACE SPEC, Illustration Rares!

    Eh, on the one hand it's nice to see that we're getting a massive reveal when the release is a few months away. On the other this kind of a nothingburger. I've put my thoughts on the "relevant" cards under this spoiler...
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