Damn, and here I thought this was going to be their answer to Yugioh's Speed Duels...NOPE! It's just Evolutions again. @_@
“Pokemon Trading Card Game Classic” Box Set Announced for Fall, Features New and Classic Cards!
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Awh heck nah
I ain't paying THAT much for the bulkiest Pokemon product in existence.
I ain't paying THAT much for the bulkiest Pokemon product in existence.
Was that it for the TCG? No Live updates? What is this company doing?
Also these tools are going to be nuts in GLC.
Also these tools are going to be nuts in GLC.
i like that metal chute thing, its like a dice tower but fancier
So Pokemon day has been a bit of a bummer for me, there was no Let's Go sequel, and this too was a mixed bag.
This assumes that the product is the thing in question as the celebration of bringing back the Abra line; however, even without this I got issues.
Firstly, this is a pimped up nostalgia version of the Battle Academy, which looks amazing in it's layout but why older cards etc? Older cards to me are a collectable thing, not playable. I might be the only one to think this mind you but, it doesn't functional exactly like Battle Academy wherein it teaches you how to play more recent types of cards. I also hope that unlike Battle Academy, the deck boxes are designed to fit all cards sleeved, because this is an issue currently because no one wants to deal with raw cards when playing.
See, when I thought about the 151 Pokemon TCG thing, I was thinking of two paths going forward. Either proper authentic unlimited reprints of base set, followed by the other older sets; or, a new take on the old cards using modern card designs.
If this turns out to be the celebration of the return (and I hope it's not), then that is sad.
If it isn't, it's still a VERY expensive product for what it ultimately is. But maybe it will be printed to buggery like the Charizard UPC and see price drops due to availability. This ain't MTG levels of stupidity, but it is 1/4 of the way there.
This assumes that the product is the thing in question as the celebration of bringing back the Abra line; however, even without this I got issues.
Firstly, this is a pimped up nostalgia version of the Battle Academy, which looks amazing in it's layout but why older cards etc? Older cards to me are a collectable thing, not playable. I might be the only one to think this mind you but, it doesn't functional exactly like Battle Academy wherein it teaches you how to play more recent types of cards. I also hope that unlike Battle Academy, the deck boxes are designed to fit all cards sleeved, because this is an issue currently because no one wants to deal with raw cards when playing.
See, when I thought about the 151 Pokemon TCG thing, I was thinking of two paths going forward. Either proper authentic unlimited reprints of base set, followed by the other older sets; or, a new take on the old cards using modern card designs.
If this turns out to be the celebration of the return (and I hope it's not), then that is sad.
If it isn't, it's still a VERY expensive product for what it ultimately is. But maybe it will be printed to buggery like the Charizard UPC and see price drops due to availability. This ain't MTG levels of stupidity, but it is 1/4 of the way there.
Please don't be super expensive...
$275
fudge me
$275
fudge me
It's a question of the regulation marks. None of the cards in these decks will be printed with any regulation marks, so they cann't be legal – except for Basic Energy cards, which have never needed regulation marks printed on them to be legal.
I honestly don't see the point of not giving these cards regulation markers, especially for the new ones. So far the new cards are on-par with the current format and the reprints aren't anything that breaks the game (except Comp Search but they could've just errata'd it somehow).
I'm also confused on what the goal is here. It's called "classic", but the inclusion of new, modern cards throws that out the window. I guess what they meant by "timeless" was unlimited format with some new cards made to clumsily bridge the gap and make the old cards playable by today's standards?
I feel like they should've just either printed some Base-Fossil structure decks for a premium nostalgia box, or done an Evolutions-esque collection that adapts cards from all eras to make them feel like they belong in the same format. This is some sort of strange halfway point between the two and it's just. So bizarre.
I'm also confused on what the goal is here. It's called "classic", but the inclusion of new, modern cards throws that out the window. I guess what they meant by "timeless" was unlimited format with some new cards made to clumsily bridge the gap and make the old cards playable by today's standards?
I feel like they should've just either printed some Base-Fossil structure decks for a premium nostalgia box, or done an Evolutions-esque collection that adapts cards from all eras to make them feel like they belong in the same format. This is some sort of strange halfway point between the two and it's just. So bizarre.
All this whining aside, it's interesting that they're still using the incorrect Pokédex entries for the Base Set reprints for the English cards, and even more interesting they're sticking with an incorrect translation of the way the Energy Burn Pokémon Power actually works.
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Are they going to add an ugly logo to the cards like they did in Celebrations?
They won't need to, they will be distinguishable from old stuff imo.
I'm in the same boat of wondering who this product is for. If it's classic why did we shoehorn ex pokemon in that have no regulation marker and make a new tool to help the base set starters keep up with the power creep of the current design standards.
I'm interested to see how the decks are actually built. Rain dance is a hell of a thing to balance around.
I'm interested to see how the decks are actually built. Rain dance is a hell of a thing to balance around.
I think this would be really cool as a way to let people use old card types, like Crystal and Trainer Pokemon. They could update it every 8-10 months with newer and newer Pokemon types, until they stop at gen 4, which is what most people consider the most recent 'nostalgic' gen.
But they won't.
But they won't.
Disappointing
We had 2 Suicune ex
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i think $100 is fine
especially since ur only getting it for the nostalgia and u cant play it
WAIT! theyre gonna ban the ENERGY CARDS but not the frickin 1990 CHARIZARD THAT IS JUST A REPRINT?
Read my post and the article more carefully. This is the opposite of what is actually the case.